The Group field set to Group Sort.

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3. Select the item you want to sort from the Item to Sort list.

The Sort Details for: worksheet item table below shows which data point items are used to sort the selected item.

4. Click Add to add a new row to the Sort Details for table and specify sorting

options as required. Hint : You can also: ■ remove a sort item by selecting an item in the Sort Details for table and clicking Delete ■ rearrange the precedence of sort items by selecting an item in the Sort Details for table and clicking either Move Up or Move Down 5. Click OK to save the details and close the Sort dialog. Discoverer refreshes the worksheet according to the sort options that you select. How to change how worksheet data is sorted You can change the sort order of worksheet data at any time. For example, to reverse the sort order, hide the sorted column, or change a sort into a group sort. To edit a sort: 1. Display the worksheet you want to sort. 2. Choose Tools | Sort to display the Edit Worksheet dialog: Sort tab or Sort Crosstab dialog depending on the type of worksheet displayed. The Sort dialog displays current sort options in a sort list. 3. Edit the sort list as required. 4. Click OK to save the details and close the Sort dialog. Discoverer refreshes the worksheet according to the sort options that you select. Sorting data 16-7 How to remove sorting from a worksheet When you no longer want to sort a worksheet, you can remove the sorts from the worksheet. For example, you might have created a temporary sort to produce an ad hoc report that you now want to remove. Table worksheets and crosstab worksheets behave differently, as follows: ■ On table worksheets, you can remove all sorts to display data in the order in which it is stored in the database. ■ On crosstab worksheets, you can remove additional sorts that you have added to the worksheet but you cannot remove the original default sort. Note : Crosstab worksheets are group sorted automatically for more information, see About sorting on crosstab worksheets . To delete a sort: 1. Display the sorted worksheet you want to edit. 2. Choose Tools | Sort to display the Edit Worksheet dialog: Sort tab or Sort Crosstab dialog depending on the type of worksheet displayed. The Sort dialog displays current sort options in a sort list. 3. Select the item you want to remove. 4. Click Delete to remove it from the sort list. Note : On crosstab worksheets, you cannot remove the original default sort see About sorting on crosstab worksheets . 5. Click OK to save the details and close the Sort dialog. Discoverer refreshes the worksheet according to the sort options that you select. Examples of sorting Example 1: This example shows how to use the Sort Crosstab dialog to sort a crosstab worksheet vertically. In this example, you want to sort data on Profit SUM down the column for the 1999 year. In the figure below, Region on the left axis is selected in the Item to Sort list. Profit SUM is selected in the Data Point list and 1999 is selected in the Column list.