Forum Discussion

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
Not applicable
5 years ago
Solved

Arrange date in correct order

Hi everyone,   I plotted a graph but the date structure is not arranged graphically. I got this column of dates from my excel file and It is in format Jan-16 which means January, 2016. I want to di...
Need Help
  • v-deddai1-msft's avatar
    v-deddai1-msft
    5 years ago

    Hi Anonymous ,

     

    Please create a custom column in power query:

     

    = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Datefororder", each Text.Insert([No. of Working Days],4,"20"))

     

    Then convert it to date in data view:

     

    Then you can use sort by columns:

     

    Please refer to the pbix file.

     

    If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

     

    Best Regards,

    Dedmon Dai

     

     

jaideepnema's avatar
jaideepnema
Icon for Solution Sage rankSolution Sage
5 years ago

Hi Anonymous ,

Can you please confirm if the data type of your date column is date or something else ?

 

Regards,

Jaideep Nema