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Helper IHow to visualize Months as J F M.... ?
my table look like this
Month|Monthno|Value
Jan|1|100
Feb|2|200
........
I want to visualize this as J F M... in the graph by respecting the values for each month in a YTD format sorted J F M format. How do I do this? Btw, I only have the current year values so it won't be confused by any other years.
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- lbendlin
Super User
While it is possible to use custom date formats
they don't seem to be including a "single letter month" option. There are alternatives like this one
You will have to create two calculated columns for this:
1 - Column Month(m) or anything then use the formula =left(table[month],1) to get the first letter of the month.
2 - Column Month(#) to get the month number, this will help you while sorting your Month(m) axis in a chart.
in the column, type/use this formula.
Month(#) =SWITCH(Sales[Month],"January", 1,"February", 2,"March", 3,"April", 4,"May", 5,"June", 6,"July", 7,"August", 8,"September", 9,"October", 10,"November", 11,"December", 12,BLANK())The next thing would be selecting the Month(m) column while in table view, then under column tools, press on sort by column.A drop down of all the columns will appear then select Month(#). This will ensure that on chart sorting by Month(m) the months will be sorted 1-12 or 12-1.I hope this helps you out!
