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DebbieD
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I have a report that has the below field as an across field:
DDACTUAL_DATE/I6MTYY = DACTUAL_DATE;

Here is the order the fields print;
JAN 2013 FEB 2013 OCT 2012 NOV 2012 DEC 2012

I need this format mmm yyyy, how do I get the columns to be in month/year order? I want the 2012 columms before the 2013 ones.

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Wep5622
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Put another across before it that orders by year. If you don't want to see that one, add a NOPRINT.

If it were up to me I'd split those dates into an YY and an MT component and across on those, so you'd get:
2012        2013
OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB


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Francis Mariani
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Remove the I6 from the DEFINE, otherwise DDACTUAL_DATE is an integer dressed in date clothing.

DEFINE FILE CENTORD
DDACTUAL_DATE/MTYY = ORDER_DATE;
END

TABLE FILE CENTORD
SUM
QUANTITY
-*BY ORDER_DATE
ACROSS DDACTUAL_DATE
WHERE ORDER_DATE FROM '1998/12/01' TO '2001/02/28'
END


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DebbieD
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Thank you all, I tried the first technique that was suggested and it worked fine.
 
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