Set the column Index as the index in the dataframe code example
Example 1: pandas set a column as index
df = pd.DataFrame({'month': [1, 4, 7, 10],
'year': [2012, 2014, 2013, 2014],
'sale': [55, 40, 84, 31]})
df.set_index('month')
Example 2: set index to column pandas
df = df.set_index('col')
df['col'] = df.index