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a68tbird
Resolver II
4 years ago
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Matrix Sort by Column Header Date Descending

This is a popular topic on the boards, I know, and I've read many different solutions, however nothing seems to be working for me and it's got me stumped.   My matrix has a Date Hierachy for column...
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  • v-yalanwu-msft's avatar
    v-yalanwu-msft
    4 years ago

    Hi, a68tbird ;

    I tested it , product as rows, sales as values, date as  column;

    If the column is Date Hierarchy, sort by column is not work ,so we should change the different column about year and month.

    create a rank column.

    Column =RANKX('financials',YEAR('financials'[Date]),,DESC,Dense)

     

    The final output is shown below:

     


    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team_ Yalan Wu
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a68tbird
Resolver II
4 years ago

Everything that I'm reading, seems to suggest that this should work.  I decided to create a brand new report, new sample data, and try it again from scratch.  With my data imported, I created two calculated columns:

 

DateSort = sampleData[RecognitionDate].[Date]
Rank = RANKX(sampleData,sampleData[RecognitionDate],,,Skip)

 

I then sorted the DateSort date by Rank.  This displays correctly in the Data view (most recent sales date is ranked 1).  I then add three fields to a matrix: Products as Row, StoreTotal as Value and DateSort as Columns.  The matrix still has oldest year leftmost in the grid.  

I've followed a suggestion from this post: Solved: Sort date field in Matrix column header descending - Microsoft Power BI Community but it's not working for me.  Does the fact that I'm using a Date Hierachy in the matrix make a difference?