Sorting Month Name

Hie Guys,
I have a dimension object - "Month" with values - 1, 2, 3, 4 as of now as the current month is April. I have created a variable for the "Month Name".
The formula is given below.
If (Month = 1) Then "Jan"
Elseif (Month = 2) Then "Feb"
Elseif (Month = 3) Then "Mar"
Elseif (Month = 4) Then "Apr"
Elseif (Month = 5) Then "May"
And so on ......
Now, my report has a cross-tab showing monthly employee hours. When using the "Month" object, I am able to sort it in ascending (1,2,3,4) or descending order (4,3,2,1). But, when I use the "Month Name" object, the months are not in order. I sorted the object with custom sort, but, since there is only data till the current month, I am only able to get - Jan, Feb, Mar & Apr in the report. In this case, when data is available for the next month, I will have to rearrange the sorting order again. Could anyone please tell me what I need to do in order for the "Month Name" column to automatically sort in order as new Month data becomes available (i.e. Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec)? Thanks.

Hi jeewan Pandey
This trick will work
Trick 1
1) place the Month number in cross tab coulumn
2)Now Create condition rule in 4.x , alterter in 3.x
3)Click on formula and enter the formula you had wirtten or add the month name in that
4) Now you will see the month names intead of month number on cross tab column
Trick 2
1) Place the month number on cross tab
2) place the month name above the month number in cross tab column
3)Now right click on cross tab and hide the month number dimension
Hope this will help you
Let me know still the solution is not resolved

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