Custom Sort Dialog Box Properties

This topic describes how you can use the Custom Sort dialog box to set the sort manner of the detail data in a table, or the sort manner of a specific group in a table or chart.

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

Select the Sort Fields By button in the Display tab of the Table Wizard or Insert Table dialog box, or in the Display tab for table in the Web Report Wizard.
Select Custom Sort from the Sort column in the Group/Columns tab of the Table Wizard, Insert Table dialog box, or Convert to Table dialog box, or in the Group/Columns tab for table in the Web Report Wizard.
Select the Sort Field By button in the Details tab for table in the Web Report Wizard, or in the Details tab of the Convert to Table dialog box.
Select Custom Sort from the Based On drop-down list in the Category Options dialog box, Group Options dialog box, or Series Options dialog box.

Custom Sort dialog

Resources

Lists the view elements in the business view the current table or chart uses, which can be used as the sort-by fields. If the dialog box is opened from the Web Report Wizard, the dynamic resources created for the business view are also listed.

Edit button

Edits the selected dynamic resource.

Delete button

Removes the selected dynamic resource.

Sort button

Sorts the view elements in the specified order from the drop-down list. Once a user changes the order, it will be applied to all the resource trees where business view elements are listed for this user.

Predefined Order
Select if you want to sort the view elements in the order as in the Business View Editor of Designer.
Resource Types
Select if you want to sort the view elements by 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 view elements in alphabetical order. Logi Report sorts the elements that are not in any category first, and then the categories. It also sorts the elements in each category alphabetically.

Search button

Launches the search bar to search for view elements.

See the following options 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.
X
Select to close the search bar or clear the typed text.
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.
When you selected Highlight All, you can use this button to go to the previous matched text.
When you selected Highlight All, you can use this button to go to the next matched text.

Sort By

Displays the fields on which the sorting will be based.

Sort

Specifies the sort manner.

Ascend
If selected, the table detail data or the specified group will be sorted based on values of the specified sort-by field in ascending order.
Descend
If selected, the table detail data or the specified group will be sorted based on values of the specified sort-by field in descending order.

Add Item button