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Lucho20724
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How can i sort months in Power BI when get data from direct server?

i saw that is easy manipulate data when this is import, but when i connect directly whit the server can't do that (at least not intuitively). I need sort the months in a data segment but don't appear options for the data for do this task.

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amitchandak
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@Lucho20724 , In case of direct query you can create a few columns

 

like

Month year sort = year([Date])*100 + month([Date])

 

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I have a connection to a data source from analisys services. I put a sample of how I am visualizing the data in the data segment that I use as a filter. These are seen in alphabetical order but I need them to be arranged chronologically. I put the image of the days since I would also need to order it (1,2,3, etc.) but it orders it as if it were a string (in the database it is an int). And since the data is obtained directly from the server I have no option to manipulate the data. Thanks for the help

Hi @Lucho20724 ,

 

There is an video about How to sort month name in Power BI while using direct query . Hope it can give you a few ideas.

 

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@Lucho20724 

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