Unable to sort by date rather than value

[JimB-GA]

The community is a life saver to me as I teach myself Power BI.  Thanks for all the support.

I have created a date table that includes date, date as integer, and YearMonthName.  I have a clustered column visual tbat shows the count of records each month.  Unfortunately it sorts by the value field and not by the Axis (yearMonthName)

I have tried to use 'sort by column ' and select date but receive a 'sort by another column' message saying there can't be more than one value in the 'Date' field for the same value in "YearMonth".

[Anonymous]

Hi

When you click on the Top right corner of visual ->sort by -> select the date , what happens?

[JimB-GA]

Changing Sort to YearMonth, and then sort ascending gives me following.    I still cannot get the months to sort in ascending order

[Anonymous]

Please refer this post and you can  follow the same steps.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Month-Name-in-sorting-order-in-Direct-Query/td-p/204269

Thanks
Raj

[parry2k]

@JimB-GA yo also need to change the sort order, you just selected which field to use for sorting

[JimB-GA]

I changed sort order.  The previous graph illustrates setting for ascending order.  Here is what descending order looks like:

[adambhappy · Accepted solution]

Can't you just switch the Sort by column for YearMonthShort to the YearMonthNumber column?

[JimB-GA]

That worked.  Would like to use other date option but this works.

Thanks!

[parry2k]

@JimB-GA you have to change the sortorder in the visual, click on ... (eclipse) on your visual and select sort field.