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DAX for months selected in a filter - sorting the concatenated list

I am concatenating a string to show the months selected in a filter.

 

I have FiscalMonthNames which run from June to May and display in visuals sorted by a FiscalMonthNo column (January = 8).  The filter on the page starts at June.

 

The string works fine up until I include January which appears before June. - it is not sorting alphabetically (which I could understand) -  it is sorting by calendar month - where is it getting that from?  Is there a piece I can add to this DAX that will do the sort before I concatenate?

 

Months Selected = IF(
ISFILTERED('Calendar'[FiscalMonthName]),
VAR months = FILTERS( 'Calendar'[FiscalMonthName])
VAR string = CONCATENATEX(months,'Calendar'[FiscalMonthName],", ")
RETURN string
)
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parry2k
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@Anonymous yes you can pass the order by column to get the proper sorting. see example below:

 

parry2k_0-1611507159594.png

 

Measure = CONCATENATEX ( ALLSELECTED ( Mnth ), Mnth[Month], "," , Mnth[Sort])

 

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parry2k
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@Anonymous yes you can pass the order by column to get the proper sorting. see example below:

 

parry2k_0-1611507159594.png

 

Measure = CONCATENATEX ( ALLSELECTED ( Mnth ), Mnth[Month], "," , Mnth[Sort])

 

Check my latest blog post Compare Budgeted Scenarios vs. Actuals I would  Kudos if my solution helped. 👉 If you can spend time posting the question, you can also make efforts to give Kudos to whoever helped to solve your problem. It is a token of appreciation!

Visit us at https://perytus.com, your one-stop-shop for Power BI-related projects/training/consultancy.

 



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