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Scout
Regular Visitor
3 years ago

Date Dim Table Not Sorting Correctly

Hello, 

 

I cannot figure out why my graphs are not sorting correctly. I've created a DateDim table, marked the table as a date table, and sorted it by date, but I can't get my graphs to sort correctly. Please find the screenshots below. Thank you!

 

I've marked the table as a Date Table, and sorted it ascending by the date.

Need Help

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  • PhilipTreacy's avatar
    PhilipTreacy
    Super User
    3 years ago

    Hi Scout 

     

    Download example PBIX file

     

    You're chart is ordered by a text value on the x-axis.  To sort correctly (by date) you need to create a new numeric column in your Date Table then set the MonthID column to sort by that.

     

    To create the column you can use this

     

    YearMM = FORMAT([Date], "YYYYMM")

     

     

    Then select the MonthID column and click on Sort by Column in the Ribbon and choose the new YearMM column.

     

     

    regards

     

    Phil