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Sorting the Month year column

Hi   I have the below table   I don't have the separate date column as this data is very small. My data is based on the calendar year. I sort the month year based on month number and visual...
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    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Anonymous you need to set the "sort by" column for your Month-Year column to "MonthNumber".

    From Data view, select the "Month-Year" column and set the "Sort By" column to "MonthNumber".

    EDIT - you may also want to create a column in the format YYYYMM which combines year and monthnumber, and sort by this column instead.  That will enable proper sorting across calendar years.

    Below is an example with a similar dataset.

     




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Anonymous
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5 years ago

Anonymous you need to set the "sort by" column for your Month-Year column to "MonthNumber".

From Data view, select the "Month-Year" column and set the "Sort By" column to "MonthNumber".

EDIT - you may also want to create a column in the format YYYYMM which combines year and monthnumber, and sort by this column instead.  That will enable proper sorting across calendar years.

Below is an example with a similar dataset.