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JennaExe's avatar
JennaExe
Helper I
2 years ago
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Custom date format

Hi, I want to shorten the dates on my graphs from e.g. "September 2023" to "Sep-23". I found a way to do this online, by creating a new column in the modelling tab and using the formula Short_Date = ...
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  • manvishah17's avatar
    manvishah17
    2 years ago

    Hi JennaExe , 
    You have created MonthYear column. 
    Now create a new column by this formula 

     

    Sortkey = FORMAT('Date'[Date], "yymm")

     

    Then sort your month year column by this SortKey column.
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    If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!

     

cherrybi_com's avatar
cherrybi_com
Frequent Visitor
2 years ago

Hi

Create another calculated column 

Month = MONTH(‘Table name'[Date]).
And then sort this Month column and you will get the desired result.
  • Idrissshatila's avatar
    Idrissshatila
    Super User
    2 years ago

    Hello cherrybi_com ,

     

    it won't work like this because what you suggested would sort by month only so it would be like Jan 23 - Jan 24 beside each others, and he wants to sort by month year.