How to sort the Month/Year in matrix.

[Anonymous]

Hello Comminity,

Can anyone guide on how sort the columns Month/Year, Have tried but couldnt get the desire reusults 

Please help.

[Thim · Accepted solution]

Here is how i would do it.

Make a new column at the table with the date.

Make the coloumn look like this.

Month/Year sorting = CONCATENATE(YEAR(Datoer[Date]);

IF(MONTH(Datoer[Date])<10;

CONCATENATE(0;MONTH(Datoer[Date]));

MONTH(Datoer[Date])))

Then choose the column with the year/month text and sort it by this new coloumn.

This should make the text being sorted in correct year/month by calender.

[Anonymous]

But how to sort in descending order like Jun 2024, May 2024, Apr 2024 etc. The above logic only works from Jan 24 etc to Dec 2024

[Thim · Accepted solution]

Here is how i would do it.

Make a new column at the table with the date.

Make the coloumn look like this.

Month/Year sorting = CONCATENATE(YEAR(Datoer[Date]);

IF(MONTH(Datoer[Date])<10;

CONCATENATE(0;MONTH(Datoer[Date]));

MONTH(Datoer[Date])))

Then choose the column with the year/month text and sort it by this new coloumn.

This should make the text being sorted in correct year/month by calender.

[Anonymous]

Hi Thim,

Thnaks for the solution!

Furthermore on this we would like to add the - between Year/Month, So can you guide me on this please.

Current values: 201804

Expected values: 2018-04

[Thim · Accepted solution]

I have Highligted the new part in the Formula.

Month/Year sorting = CONCATENATE(YEAR(Datoer[Date]);CONCATENATE("-";

IF(MONTH(Datoer[Date])<10;

CONCATENATE(0;MONTH(Datoer[Date]));

MONTH(Datoer[Date]))))

Hope this will help. 🙂

[Anonymous]

Thanks Thim for your kind support!

[Anonymous]

Hello Team,

I am trying to sort the month/year column but couldnt able to sort .

Can anyone help on this as I am new to power BI and trying to create the sales dashboard.