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Anonymous
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Sorting Matrix so that Months Show in Proper Order

Hi team! This is my first question, but I am having trouble sorting my matrix in PowerBI to show months in the correct order. Has anyone else solved this issue?

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I need it to be: January, February, March.

 

What I have tried:

1. Created a field that FORMATS the text field that originally pulled the month name into a 'Date' datatype field that has the [MonthName]. (ie, January, February,...)

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VIJAYKUMART
Resolver I
Resolver I

1. add month id column in power query and close and apply

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2. do the following sort order 

VIJAYKUMART_1-1647276233716.png

 

Hope this helps.

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SammieK11
New Member

My Date Table is sorted by Month.1 however the months in Matrix are still not sorting correctly  

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v-zhangti
Community Support
Community Support

Hi, @Anonymous 

 

You can sort your months by date column.

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Select month name to sort by date order. The matrix will then be sorted from January onwards.

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Best Regards,

Community Support Team _Charlotte

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

truptis
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Anonymous , Currently, it is getting sorted Alphabetically. You can click on your visual, see the 3 dots option on the top right, click on Sort Ascending and then select your month. Refer the screenshot below: 

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@Anonymous -> If this helps you, then pleas mark it as a solution & hit the thumbs up. Thanks.

VIJAYKUMART
Resolver I
Resolver I

1. add month id column in power query and close and apply

VIJAYKUMART_0-1647276108013.png

2. do the following sort order 

VIJAYKUMART_1-1647276233716.png

 

Hope this helps.

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