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sdhn
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Sorting Months

Hello All,

 

I created a report based on the following time period. I am comparing two time periods as below:

 

April 2019 to March 2020  

Please note: Values of Jan , Feb & March is from 2020.

Jan

Feb

March

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 2020 to Now

Please note: Values of Jan , Feb & March is from 2021.  

Jan

Feb

March

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note:

 

Values in the month of Jan Feb & March is from lastest year.  April to Dec is from Previous year.

 

I want to display matrix as below:

 

April 2019 to March 2020

Please note: Values of Jan , Feb & March is from 2020.

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 2020 to Now

Please note: Values of Jan , Feb & March is from 2021. 

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

March

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your help will be apprciated. 

 

SD

 

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Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @sdhn,

I'd like to suggest you create a custom sorting order table and link to raw table fields and use new table fields on your chart to achieve custom sort order.

Custom Sorting in Power BI 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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Anonymous
Not applicable

HI @sdhn,

I'd like to suggest you create a custom sorting order table and link to raw table fields and use new table fields on your chart to achieve custom sort order.

Custom Sorting in Power BI 

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

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