Chart axis sorting by Month

I have two database fields, "Month" and "Year" which will be combined in a formula for the purpose of a chart.
(eg: "{Table.Month}" and "{Table.YEAR}" = January 2008)
My question is, if I use a line chart, how can I have Crystal sort the Month/Year properly instead of having it sorted alphabetically like it is already doing?
As of right now, I'm getting April 2007, April 2008, August 2007, August 2008, etc...

Try to create a formula to return a perfect date format by combining both month and year. Also try to combine a day value as 1 so that you will get a complete date. Now use this formula in chart and click on order button and choose group by monthly.
Hope this Helps!
Raghavendra

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This works OK and displays months as 1, 2, 3, etc. on my chart), but I want to display the month text instead (Jan, Feb, Mar)
I tried a second variable: ToText({Command.OB_DELIVERY_DATE},'MMMM')
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Hi Dave,
Try this please:
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I agree that there are no records for august in my data domain that is the reason august is not displayed in the chart . But as per our requirement we should display august as well with zero count.
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The idea behind the calendar record type is it is a secondary, new record type you're introducing that compliments your "sales" record type. The RECORDs you provided would be your "sales" record type, not your "calendar" record type. To continue with your example, your "sales" records would look like what you provided:
=============== RECORD ==================
Id: 1
sales_amount : 1000
Month: Oct
RecordType: sales
date: 2012-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
day: 01
year: 2012
=============== RECORD ==================
Id: 5
sales_amount: 1000
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RecordType: sales
date: 2012-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
day: 01
year: 2012
==========================================
And your "calendar" record type would be loaded subsequently. I usually provide one Endeca record for every day for this record type:
=============== RECORD ==================
Id: 1
Month: Oct
RecordType: calendar
date: 2012-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
day: 01
year: 2012
=============== RECORD ==================
Id: 2
Month: Oct
RecordType: calendar
date: 2012-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
day: 02
year: 2012
==========================================
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=============== RECORD ==================
Id: 790
Month: July
RecordType: calendar
date: 2013-07-31T00:00:00.000Z
day: 31
year: 2013
==========================================
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Hello All,
Is it possible to sort by month using the follwoing SQL.
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SUM (ADJUSTMENT_INCL_GST)
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APR-06 $6,539,983.08
AUG-06 $23,122,705.31
FEB-06 $14,365,106.52
JUL-06 $19,776,122.04
JUN-06 $20,161,278.12
MAR-06 $8,248,955.87
MAY-06 $18,498,683.04
NOV-06 $24,120,095.49
OCT-06 $12,781,721.23
SEP-06 $15,632,604.21
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If the desired sort order is MM-YYYY, then how would...
ORDER BY
    TO_CHAR(RCA_CLOSE_DATE, 'MM-YYYY') ...not achieve this?
Perhaps the original poster could clarify what they mean by "sort by month". In numeric order by month then year, in numeric order by year then month, or in some other order?
If you do not like TO_CHAR, another approach (again assuming "numeric order by month then year" is what is desired) might be:
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2. The expression(s) in ORDER BY clause do need to appear in the GROUP BY clause (unless you want to order on the result of an aggregate expression, like involving SUM, which does not appear to be the case here).
3. Expressions in the SELECT clause do need to appear in the GROUP BY clause, unless they are aggregate expressions, like involving SUM.
Hope this helps.
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    SUM(ADJUSTMENT_INCL_GST) AS TOTAL
FROM
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