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Sorting order while transposing the data.

Alteryxexpert
8 - Asteroid

I Have the below data,

 

BusinessDateValue
ITJan-241223
ITJan-25156
ITJan-263123
ITFeb-24656
ITFeb-251313
ITFeb-2666
ITMar-241646
ITMar-253323232
ITMar-2641644
ITApr-2456526
ITApr-252263
ITApr-261236232

 

Data Available for all the 12 months.

 

When I'm Transposing it this is becoming like below,

BusinessApr_24Apr_25Apr_26Aug_24Aug_25Aug_26Feb_24Feb_25Feb_26Jan_24Jan_25Jan_26
IT12236561646        

 

 

But i Want the output as below.

 

BusinessJan-24Feb-24Mar-24Apr-24Jan-25Feb-25Mar-25Apr-25Jan-26Feb-26Mar-26Apr-26
IT1223656164656526122365616465652612236561646

565

 

How to Achieve this?

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griffinwelsh
11 - Bolide

Update: I missed the part about the sort order. You can assign a record id and then use a dynamic rename to get the desired sort order. See the attached workflow

 

 

 

Alteryxexpert
8 - Asteroid

I'm Using Crosstab only, the output of the crosstab is coming like this,

BusinessApr_24Apr_25Apr_26Feb_24Feb_25Feb_26Jan_24Jan_25Jan_26Mar_24Mar_25Mar_26
IT5652622631236232656131366122315631231646332323241644

 

Whereas it should be Jan-24,Feb-24,Mar-24,Jan-25,Feb-25,Mar-25,Jan-26,Feb-26,Mar-26

alexnajm
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Because the Crosstab puts it in alphabetical order, you'll need to use a Formula tool to add something to the header column so it sorts correctly! Workflow attached:

griffinwelsh
11 - Bolide

Sorry I missed the sort requirement. Recommend using Alex's solution

Alteryxexpert
8 - Asteroid

Adding something to the header will the change the Structure of the report. Is there any other way?

alexnajm
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

I am not sure I agree with that @Alteryxexpert - it is temporarily added to aid you and the Crosstab tool to order correctly, then removed with the Dynamic Rename to its original format.

binuacs
20 - Arcturus

@Alteryxexpert one way of doing this

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Alteryxexpert
8 - Asteroid

@binuacs Is there a way to populate total under each column? Which should be dynamic if new months are added in future. 

 

A Summarize won't pick the new data when used

binuacs
20 - Arcturus

@Alteryxexpert use the row total option in the cross tab tool

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