# Sort months in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 2, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430 "2018-04-02T12:52:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TechGeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/techgeek/32/28158_2.png) [@TechGeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TechGeek)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430/1 "2018-04-02T12:52:07Z")

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@rashmi@Christian_Dahlqvist @Joe_Fleming  
Guys need urgent help on this 😑  
Kibana Visualization doesn't get the sorted months at X-Axis, please suggest how it can be achieve.

 ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/a/6a18d5b64bde4aaef064393cbafb0d708b40e8b8.PNG)

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430/2 "2018-04-02T16:03:14Z")

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Please be patient and do not ping people not already involved in the thread.

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**Author:** ![TechGeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/techgeek/32/28158_2.png) [@TechGeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TechGeek)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430/3 "2018-04-02T16:05:02Z")

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Noted, will keep it in mind for future post.

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430/4 "2018-04-02T16:08:26Z")

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You'll want to map the field as date in elasticsearch and use the date histogram aggregation. can you share your current request in the sidebar?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-months-in-kibana/126430/5 "2018-04-30T16:08:32Z")

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