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Anonymous
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Month Sorting

Hi all

i have a date column and from that column i extract month and year like this 

Extract Month Name

Month Name = FORMAT (Data[Date Main], "MMM" )

Extract year

Year = YEAR(Data[Date Main])

 

Extract Month Number

Month = MONTH(Data[Date Main])

in table month number and month are sorted .. but when i try to click sort by columns --- >then click on Month then this shows an error

"A circular dependecy was detected : Data[Month Name],Data[Month], Data[Month Name]"

 

whereas month name are sorted in Month Name column..

and when i create bar chart and drag Month Name then Month Name sorting is disturbed .. 

like this 

 

bakhtawarashiq_0-1663921223311.png

 

how i sort MOnth Name . 

 

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VijayP
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@Anonymous 

Select month name in DAte Table, 

VijayP_0-1663921620669.png

then select column tools , under that select Sort by Column and select Month Number Column

VijayP_1-1663921710931.png

 

 




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Anonymous
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@VijayP i tried still shows same error

TODEI
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Did you perhaps chose to sort column [Month] by column [Month Name]? 

Anonymous
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in Month there is numbers and in month name there is names like jan, feb.. so i have to choose number column when i select name column @TODEI 

What I meant is that you can' sort column [Month] by column [Month name] and at the same time sort column [Month name] by column [Month].

 

Make sure that you only sort one way, not both ways. 

Anonymous
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then what should i do 

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