Cal Month Sorting in BO Explorer

Hi All,
I have created an Information space on an universe which is based on BEx query.
I have a cal month object used in the info space.
My problem here is i am not able to sort it in the standard order (from jan to dec) but it is sorting either based on the value or alphabetically.
is there any way we can sort the month in the format from Apr to Dec ?
Plase help me out.
Thanks in advance,
Ravi.

Hi Alex
I could not see the option to change the facet type. I am creating the information space on top of universe created in UDT with the source as BW. In the universe I gave the Calendar Year as Char. And while creating Information Space I gave the dimension as Months(Jan.. Dec).
But it still did not help me.
Where can I change the type for the facet that I have used.
(Attached is the image of selecting the dimension of the facet, in Configure Informaton Space)

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data :CMTH_YR (4),
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case I_VNAM.
when 'ZCU_CMTH' .
if i_step = 2.
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