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ShaneMichelon1
Partner - Contributor II
Partner - Contributor II

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Hi!  I have a requirement to generate a report with Excel sheets for a set of months.  This works fine but how do I show the most recent month as the first worksheet?

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JonnyPoole
Former Employee
Former Employee

I added a "negative" month number to the data model and 'paged' on the month number to make the highest month number value  (and most recent) month appear first. 

 

JonnyPoole_2-1709703058494.png

 

 

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JonnyPoole_4-1709703217579.png

 

I noticed you can't use the <Month> table tag (otherwise it repeats of course) so I created a new expression to place at the top of each page to display the month

JonnyPoole_6-1709703516989.png

 

When running the template in PDF mode, the pages come in ascending order based on the negative month number which means highest (most recent) month first

JonnyPoole_5-1709703388196.png

 

Please note this older post provided the solution which is still valid in Tabular Reports  https://community.qlik.com/t5/Qlik-NPrinting/How-to-sort-the-way-Pages-appears/td-p/1269550

 

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JonnyPoole
Former Employee
Former Employee

I added a "negative" month number to the data model and 'paged' on the month number to make the highest month number value  (and most recent) month appear first. 

 

JonnyPoole_2-1709703058494.png

 

 

JonnyPoole_3-1709703124111.png

 

JonnyPoole_4-1709703217579.png

 

I noticed you can't use the <Month> table tag (otherwise it repeats of course) so I created a new expression to place at the top of each page to display the month

JonnyPoole_6-1709703516989.png

 

When running the template in PDF mode, the pages come in ascending order based on the negative month number which means highest (most recent) month first

JonnyPoole_5-1709703388196.png

 

Please note this older post provided the solution which is still valid in Tabular Reports  https://community.qlik.com/t5/Qlik-NPrinting/How-to-sort-the-way-Pages-appears/td-p/1269550

 

ShaneMichelon1
Partner - Contributor II
Partner - Contributor II
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Thanks and sorry for the delay in replying.  I didn't realize someone had replied.  The only issue with that technique is that the sheet names will be numeric instead of the text I want (ie I want to see Jan 23, Feb 23, Mar 23, etc).