Problem of sorting month name in pivot table

Hello,
I have a month name that is sorted by month number in my repository.
When I select Year + month name + measure sorted by year then by month name and I look the result in a table, everything works perfectly but when I switch to a pivot table the sorting doesn't work : the pivot table sorts my month name in an alphabetical order instead of using the month number .... Is it normal ?
To find a solution, I have added my month number and I have sorted by year then by month number and I have hidden my column month number. This have solved my problem for the pivot table but if I attached a chart to it (by selecting "Chart Pivoted Results"), the label of the bottom axis contains the month number and the month name and I haven't found where I can hide this month number. Why the hidden option only works on the pivot table and not on the pivot chart ? And how I can do that ?
Thanks in advance for your help.

No there is no Transient attribute involved , could you please tell me what might cause this error .
Basically this page is for inserting a record.
Thanks ,
Keerthi
Edited by: user1140193 on Oct 21, 2011 7:15 AM
Edited by: user1140193 on Oct 21, 2011 7:16 AM

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