Calendar Quarter is selected from the list of related drill options. Click OK to view the East Region data broken down into Quarters.

4-22 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Desktop Figure 4–28 Sorting Example on a Table Key to Figure 4–28 :

a. A sort is selected on Region, which sorts the Region column alphabetically from A -

Z, East - West. b. A line of size 3 separates the sort groups, Regions.

c. The Spaces option is left blank, so that there are no spaces between the sort groups

Regions. d. Because Group Sort is also selected under the Group option, the Cities are also sorted alphabetically within Region. To sort data on a table:

1.

Display the table with the data you want to sort. 2. Choose Tools | Sort. The Sort Table dialog box appears. It shows the sorting options currently selected for the table. Pivoting, Drilling, and Sorting Data 4-23 Figure 4–29 Sort Table Dialog Box 3. Select the sorting options and click OK. You can choose from these options in the Sort Table dialog box: Column —The name of the column containing the data you want to sort. You can add additional columns to sort at several levels on the table. See the next section for details. Direction —The sort order of the data in the column. Click the up and down buttons in the Direction box to choose the sort order: ■ Lo to Hi—A to Z for text; increasing for numbers e.g., 1 to 10. ■ Hi to Lo—Z to A for text; decreasing for numbers e.g., 10 to 1. Group —The manner of grouping and displaying sorted data. Click the drop-down button in the Group box and choose one of the options: ■ Group Sort —Data is sorted within each group. The group name appears once at the beginning of the grouped data. ■ Page Break —Mainly for printing reports, this option starts a new page at the start of each new group. The group name appears at the top of the page. ■ Hidden - Sub-group the data at the next hierarchical level, but do not display the sub-grouped item. For example, if the hierarchy is Year, Quarter, Month, sorting on Year with the Hidden option selected sorts on Quarter within Year but does not display the Quarter Item, or line separators for each Quarter. To display sub-grouped Items, change this option to Group. ■ None —The data in the column is not grouped and is all sorted as a unit. Line —The thickness of the line separating the data groups. Click the drop-down button in the Line box and choose a line thickness. The figures in this section show a line for subtotals; you can also use a line when displaying totals. Spaces —The number of cell spaces between groups. Click the up and down buttons in the Spaces box to choose the spacing.

4.3.1.1 Sorting Data Within Data

By adding more sort columns, you can sort data within data.