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Anonymous
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Short month names in Column Headers and in Charts Axis

Hi

 

Kindly let me know how can i make the months name in short

 

Eg: January -> Jan

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Thanks

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Dangar332
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hi, @Anonymous 

add a column to your table with the following formula:

 

Short_Name = Format (Table[Date], "mmm")

Then use this column as your axis.

 

 

Anonymous
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Hi,

 

Thank you. Its working.

 

How can I sort in a proper order? Like Apr, May, Jun

 

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Thanks

 

 

HI, @Anonymous 

Dangar332_0-1701085037422.png

 

first short axix according to month
then short according to A-Z as above image

 

Anonymous
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Hi,

 I couldnt see only Month option here.  Kindly check

 

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Thanks

Hi, @Anonymous 

use hierarchy instead of different field

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Anonymous
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Thank you. Its woring now. I have sort the Month column using Month num

 

Again Thank you a lot!!

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