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RashmitaR
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Sorting month name descending in order

Hi I am usinga a Matrix where in i have year and month name in my columns.Could someone please suggest a way to display the month name in descending order (i.e september,august,july,june,etc.)

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v-haibl-msft
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@RashmitaR

 

You can create a MonthNum column with following formula. Then select the Month column and make it sorted by MonthNum column.

MonthNum = 
- MONTH ( Table1[Date] )

Sorting month name descending in order_1.jpgSorting month name descending in order_2.jpg

 

Best Regards,

Herbert

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v-haibl-msft
Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Employee

@RashmitaR

 

You can create a MonthNum column with following formula. Then select the Month column and make it sorted by MonthNum column.

MonthNum = 
- MONTH ( Table1[Date] )

Sorting month name descending in order_1.jpgSorting month name descending in order_2.jpg

 

Best Regards,

Herbert

Hi @v-haibl-msft

 

I tried your solution.It is working .Thanks

@RashmitaR

 

In my last screenshot of matrix report, the Month names are in descending order like Sep, Aug, July, June in 2016.

What is your expected result?

 

Best Regards,

Herbert

Anonymous
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Within Query Editor, you can create a conditional column and assign a numeric value to the column based on months. In Power BI, in the Data View, you can use the 'Sort by Column' feature to sort the month column based on values of the (conditional) column you created in Query Editor.

 

Thanks

Kaz

BhaveshPatel
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi There,

 

Please follow this blog post for more information.

It is Straight Forward and Requires little tricks.

 

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Sorting-by-Month-as-Text-Jan-Feb-Mar-etc/td-p/9237\

 

Thanks & Regards,

Bhavesh

Thanks & Regards,
Bhavesh

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