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patquevillon
9 years agoNew Member
Date Sorting in Line Chart
Hello, I want to display data ranging from November 2016 to now (March 2017, but will keep growing) in a line chart. My date field is a date (properly recognized as a date Hierarchy) and I want t...
parry2k
9 years agoSuper User
First question comes in my mind, do you have dedicated continuous calendar table? if not follow this link as example to create one and then use the fields from calendar table on your axis to achieve what you are looking for. Let me know if you need further help.
Thanks,
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patquevillon
9 years agoNew Member
Thank you Parry2k!
You put me on the right track. I ended up creating a Calendar table using your instructions (not as many fields and tweaking the syntax as my French Operationg System doesn't like the ";" ).
I was then able to link my source table to the Calendar on the date field and simply use the Calendar day, year-month and year-quarter as the elements of my axis hierarchy. Works like a charm.
- parry2k9 years agoSuper UserGood to hear. Always get good feeling when there is a solution.
Cheers