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pmr2000
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I have a column with rows Jan, Feb, Mar, etc.  When I visualize in line and stacked column it is sorting Dec, Nov, etc from left.

 

This must be a simple one!  Not sure why it is sorting Dec-Jan instead of Jan-Dec left to right.

 

Jan is text row 1, Feb is text row 2, etc..

 

Thanks.

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Aron_Moore
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Have you tired ascending/descending on all your fields?

 

Check this link

Thanks that helped I sorted the chart area by ascending it put the stacked column (Mar-Dec) in correct order left to right.

 

However it left the unstacked column months of Jan-Feb in reverse order.

 

Link states may need to manipulate the source data.

 

I have the months as text not values, would it be better to change the text to date format or key off another column like Jan=1, Feb=2, etc?

 

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