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Order of Subsets

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:08 pm
by erik664
Is there any way to rearrange the order of subsets besides the default alphabetical sort?

I've created subsets of elements for a dimension where the elements correspond to a certain month, so the subsets are named after months. But when sorted alphabetically, it puts 'April' first. Is there any way to change the order? I know I could get around this by prefixing the subsets with the number of the month, but I was just wondering if there was another way.

Thanks,

Re: Order of Subsets

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:51 pm
by David Usherwood
Several.... :)
Sort by index
Write MDX to get the order you want
Write TI to get the order you want
Copy/Paste (including in and out of Excel)
Drag and Drop

Re: Order of Subsets

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:03 pm
by erik664
David Usherwood wrote:Several.... :)
Sort by index
Write MDX to get the order you want
Write TI to get the order you want
Copy/Paste (including in and out of Excel)
Drag and Drop
I'm talking about the subsets themselves, not the elements...

Re: Order of Subsets

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:11 pm
by tomok
erik664 wrote:[I'm talking about the subsets themselves, not the elements...
No.

Re: Order of Subsets

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:06 pm
by Duncan P
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Re: Order of Subsets

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:08 pm
by wissew
You could try prefacing the month name with the code, 01-Jan, 02-Feb,...