Data Sorting in Groups in the Report Designer
The articles in this section of the Knowledge Base involve working with Groups for display in reports. To learn more about Groups and how to access the Report Designer, see Understanding Groups in the Report Designer. This article regards Data Sorting in a Group.
Report Designer automatically sorts the Data Rows before grouping. Ascending order is applied by default. The sorting direction can be changed using the Sort Direction property.
Fig. 01 – Sort Direction Property
There are three options for the Sort Direction property:
The report examples below are grouped by material. The sort is applied to the material name.
- None – The Data is rendered in the same order that it was passed from the Data Source.
Fig. 02 – None Applied
- Ascending – Data is displayed in alphabetical order, from A to Z.
Fig. 03 – Ascending Applied
- Descending – Data is displayed in alphabetical order, from Z to A.
Fig. 04 – Descending Applied
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