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Quote bplvid Replybullet Topic: Sort based on specific field
    Posted: 28 May 2015 at 5:00pm
I have a report which I need to Group by type but the rows under the group should be sorted based on specific field code. from the below eg. the code field needs to be sorted in NSL,CON,RWR,TAN order within the grouping.

TYPE        DATE   NAME      CODE

Cem                   
cem                                  NSL
cem                                  CON
cem                                  RWR

Fun
Fun                                   NSL
Fun                                   CON
Fun                                   RWR
Fun                                   TAN

Class
Class                                 NSL
Class                                 RWR





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Quote hilfy Replybullet Posted: 29 May 2015 at 6:33am
Create a formula that looks something like this:

Switch(
{MyTable.Code} = 'NSL', 1,
{MyTable.Code} = 'CON', 2,
{MyTable.Code} = 'RWR', 3,
{MyTable.Code} = 'TAN', 4
true, 5
)

Go to the Sort Expert and use this formula as a sort under your group.

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Quote bplvid Replybullet Posted: 01 Jun 2015 at 8:34am
That Worked. Thank you.
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