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Custom Sort Dialog Box Properties

You can use the Custom Sort dialog box to sort the detail data in a table, sort a specific group in a table or chart, or sort the values of a parameter that is bound with a column, by sorting the values of other fields. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.

Server displays the dialog box when you do one of the following:

Custom Sort dialog

Resources

Select a field whose values you want to sort. If you open the dialog box from the Web Report Wizard, Server also lists the dynamic resources in the Resources box.

Edit button Edit button

Select to edit the selected dynamic resource.

Delete button Remove button

Select to remove the selected dynamic resource.

Sort button Sort button

Select an order for sorting the resources in the business view. The order applies to all the resource trees where you see the business view.

  • Predefined Order
    Select if you want to sort the resources in the order as in the Business View Editor of Designer.
  • Resource Types
    Select if you want to sort the resources by the resource type. Namely, category objects come first, then group objects, then aggregation objects, and at last detail objects.
  • Alphabetical Order
    Select if you want to sort the resources in alphabetical order. Logi Report sorts the resources that are not in any category first, and then the categories. It also sorts the resources in each category alphabetically.

Search button Search button

Select to launch the search bar to search for fields.

See the following properties in the search bar:

Quick Search Toolbar

  • Text box
    Type the text you want to search in the text box. Server lists the values that contain the matched text.
  • Close button Close button
    Select to close the search bar.
  • Search Options More Options button
    Select the button and Server displays more search options.
    • Highlight All
      Select if you want to highlight all matched text.
    • Match Case
      Select if you want to search for text that meets the case of the typed text.
    • Match Whole Word
      Select if you want to search for text that looks the same as the typed text.
  • Previous Text Previous button
    Select to go to the previous matched text when you have selected Highlight All.
  • Next Text Next button
    Select to go to the next matched text when you have selected Highlight All.

Add Item button Add button

Select to add the selected field as the sort-by field.

Remove Item button Remove button

Select to remove the selected sort-by field.

Sort By

Server lists the fields whose values you want to sort.

Sort

Select the order for sorting the values of a sort-by field.

  • Ascend
    Select if you want to sort the field values in ascending order.
  • Descend
    Select if you want to sort the field values in descending order.
Move Up buttonMove Up button

Select to move the selected item higher in the list.

Move Down buttonMove Down button

Select to move the selected item lower in the list.

OK

Select to apply any changes you made here and exit the dialog box.

Cancel

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

Help button Help button

Select to view information about the dialog box.

Close button Close button

Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.

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