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By the end of this section you will be able to:

• Set a default sort order on a view

Find the table for this exercise:

1. Open the analysis model Screens and Forms 01-08: Views, filters and screens
2. Click on the table Overall Debt Levels, and go to the Sort Orders section.
3. Add a sort order:
   1. Press 

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      .
   2. Name: PaymentMeans,DebtLevel.
   3. Press

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      .
   4. Press 

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       under Sort Order Attributes.
   5. Add PaymentMeans to the list of Sort Order Attributes.
   6. Leave this as ascending (up arrow).
   7. Add DebtLevel to the list of Sort Order Attributes.
   8. Update this to descending - click on the arrow, it will reverse the direction (down arrow).
   9. Press 

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       to save the sort order.
4. Press

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    on the table settings.
5. Open the screen Overall Debt Levels

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    configuration for the view.
7. Set this as the Default Sort Order.
8. Press 

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   to save your changes.
9. Go into

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    to see the results.

Add a further sort order to the table:

1. Right-click on the view and press

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2. In the Sort Orders section, presspress 

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3. Name: PaymentMeans,CalculationDate
4. Sort by PaymentMeans (ascending), CalculationDate (ascending)

You will use this sort order in the next exercise.