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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Index column in calculated table

Hello, guys!

Created dynamic date scales 

https://www.inkeysolutions.com/blogs/power-bi-dynamic-scales-values/

 

and got the problem. The x-axis sorted in a wrong way

 

I created an "index" column in calculated table to fix it:

Range = IF('DateSlicer'[Frequency] = "Monthly", LOOKUPVALUE('Calendar'[Month], 'Calendar'[Month + year short round 2], 'DateSlicer'[Value]), IF('DateSlicer'[Frequency] = "Quarterly", LOOKUPVALUE('Calendar'[Quarter], 'Calendar'[Quarter&Year], 'DateSlicer'[Value]), IF('DateSlicer'[Frequency] = "Yearly", LOOKUPVALUE('Calendar'[Year], 'Calendar'[Year_2], 'DateSlicer'[Value]), 0)))

 

Tried to sort  Value by Range and ... got the system message: 

 

All I need is Sort Value in right ascending order in x-axis (Jan '18, Feb '18 etc). 

How could I do this ? 

 

 

 

 

10 Replies

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    So, the solution is.

    add adition column via union - formulae below. (Calendar[Current date] - measure)

     

    UNION(
    SUMMARIZE ('Calendar', 'Calendar'[Month&Year], "Frequency", "Monthly", "Sorting", 'Calendar'[Current date]),
    SUMMARIZE ( 'Calendar', 'Calendar'[Quarter&Year], "Frequency", "Quarterly", "Sorting", 'Calendar'[Current date]),
    SUMMARIZE ( 'Calendar', 'Calendar'[Year], "Frequency", "Yearly", "Sorting", 'Calendar'[Current date])
    )

     

    and Sort by Sorting column.

     

    Thanks sayaliredij for idea.

     

    SOLVED

  • selimovd's avatar
    selimovd
    Most Valuable Professional

    Hey Anonymous ,

     

    the values in the sort by column have to be unique for the same value.

    So Jan'18 can be 1, but then Jan'19 cannot be 1.

     

    If you need any help please let me know.
    If I answered your question I would be happy if you could mark my post as a solution ✔️ and give it a thumbs up 👍
     
    Best regards
    Denis
     
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    Thanks selimovd for your reply. 

     

    I am not sure, if its help. Cause the main problem - Circular dependency. Or, it will  definitely help?

  • You can include Year + month as Index and sort accordingly 

     

    eg. Jan 18  - 201801

          Feb 18  - 201802

     

    Regards,

    Sayali

     

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      Yes, it works with numbers. But i need this month labels - Jan, Feb etc

      • sayaliredij's avatar
        sayaliredij
        Solution Sage

        you can keep the column with the Month name, create an additional column index with not 1 or 2 numbers but 201801, 201802.. 

        you can sort month column using index column 

  • Angith_Nair's avatar
    Angith_Nair
    Continued Contributor

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Create a sorting column in DateSlicer Table like this:

    SortOrder = Month ( 'DateSlicer'[Value])

    Then Sort Value column by SortOrder column.

    This will resolve your issue..
    If this helps, please mark this as a solution. Appreciate with Kuddos.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      Can`t do this. ''DateSlicer'[Value]  has text format.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
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    Hello Anonymous ,

     

    You can create sort column in power query editor. by extracting month and year in two separate column and then create custom column two combine that yearmonth like 20181 and then use that column to sort.

     

    Then you will not have circular depedency issue in report.

     

    #"Inserted Month" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type", "Month", each Date.Month([Date_Added]), Int64.Type),
    #"Inserted Year" = Table.AddColumn(#"Inserted Month", "Year", each Date.Year([Date_Added]), Int64.Type),
    #"Changed Type1" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Inserted Year",{{"Month", type text}, {"Year", type text}}),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Changed Type1", "Custom", each [Year]&""&[Month])

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      its caclculated table. i cant use power querty editor unfortunelly.