Sorting Year & Month in Pivot table

SHAJEE

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how to sort Year and Month in Pivot table?
the formula i applied on the date field on database for consolidating Year & Month is
=YEAR(B2)&(CHOOSE(MONTH(B2)," JAN"," FEB"," MAR"," APR"," MAY"," JUN"," JUL"," AUG"," SEP"," OCT"," NOV"," DEC")
kindly find the result , whcih is not in an order.
Iam expecting an ascending order result, please help.........
[TABLE="width: 92"]
<TBODY>[TR]
[TD]Row Labels
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 APR</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 DEC</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 MAY</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 NOV</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 OCT</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2011 SEP</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012 APR</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012 DEC</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012 FEB</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012 JAN


[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]</SPAN>
[/TD]
[/TR]
</TBODY>[/TABLE]
 
thanks, but custom sort only takes 255 ch , hence this will not SUPPORT even three year (ie from2011 jan to 2013 dec )
kindly suggest any other option ............:confused:
 
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[TD]2011 APR[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]********[/TD]
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[TD]2011 DEC[/TD]
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[TD]2011 MAY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
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[TD]>>>>>>>[/TD]
[TD]2011 APR[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
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[TD]2011 NOV[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
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[TD]2011 MAY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]this table has all the dates[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]2011 OCT[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
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[TD]2011 SEP[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]in calendar order, ranked[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]2011 SEP[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
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[TD]2011 OCT[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
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[TD]1 to 10[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]2012 APR[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
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[TD]2011 NOV[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2012 DEC[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
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[TD]2011 DEC[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]cell marked >>>>>>>[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]2012 FEB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]2012 JAN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
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[TD]is E4[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]2012 JAN[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
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[TD]2012 FEB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
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[TD]2012 APR[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
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[TD]2012 DEC[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]the table above is your dates[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]in your order, the second[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]column finds the ranking number[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]from the table to the right[/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD]2011 APR[/TD]
[TD]#######[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]2011 MAY[/TD]
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[/TR]
[TR]
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[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD]2011 SEP[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]this table FINDS the ranking number[/TD]
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[TR]
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[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[TD]2011 OCT[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]in the first column IN[/TD]
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[/TR]
[TR]
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[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]2011 NOV[/TD]
[TD="colspan: 4"]the second column of top left table[/TD]
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[TR]
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[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD]2011 DEC[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]and brings back the date[/TD]
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[/TR]
[TR]
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[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD]2012 JAN[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="colspan: 2"]to the left of it[/TD]
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[/TR]
[TR]
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[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[TD]2012 FEB[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[TD]2012 APR[/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
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[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[TD]2012 DEC[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 3"]cell marked ******* (B2)[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]=OFFSET($E$3,MATCH(A2,$E$4:$E$13,0),1)[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]cell marked ##### (F23)[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 5"]=OFFSET($B$1,MATCH(E23,$B$2:$B$11,0),-1)[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 4"]this approach will work for any number of dates[/TD]
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PM me with your Email address and I will send the spreadsheet to you - it is difficult to explain when the formatting goes mad :-)
 
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