Crystal reports graph sort order

Question

I have 2 fields called fiscal year and fiscal month.
Expected sort order - sample values:
Fiscal year     Fiscal Month
2011     5
2011     5
2011     6
2011     7
2011     8
2011     9
2011     10
2011     11
2011     12
2012     1
2012     2
2012     3
2012     4
2012     5
2012     5
Current sort order- shows up incorrectly by default
Fiscal Year  Fiscal Month
2011          10
2011          5
2011          6
2012         12
I will be using these values in a graph and I created a new formula column called time PEriod that I will be in the
x axis of my graph (mid({query.fiscal_mth_nbr1},1,3)) . the output of this formula is Oct,Nov, Dec,Jan,....Oct
Without the year, but it still needs to be sorted in the first sample values order , since fiscal year starts in Jun and ends
in July. We are now in fiscal year 2012 , fiscal month 6
I tried sorting the value inside crystal reports by going to design view and applying sort. But it does not take the
sort order. Can you please suggest the best way to keep the sort order. The data is coming from a universe and I even tried
to sort the data from the universe by using order by, but the database would not let me use order by  that in a derived table within the universe.
Edited by: developerbo1 on Nov 14, 2011 7:19 PM

Answer 1

hello,
the best way to get the correct dynamic sort is by using a two digit month in your conversion. for example
totext({table.datefield}, 'yyyyMM')