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Anonymous
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Error while Sorting date column

Hi all,

I am trying to sort month column by its actual month-year order

example,jan-2018,feb2018,Mar-2018

But its giving below error.

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Any help would be appreciated.

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v-cherch-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous 

There are too many different values in your month-year column.Please use the same value to sort by.

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Regards,

Community Support Team _ Cherie Chen
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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v-cherch-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

Hi @Anonymous 

There are too many different values in your month-year column.Please use the same value to sort by.

1.png

Regards,

Community Support Team _ Cherie Chen
If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

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