Sort Order

Sort Order

This page is for data modellers who need to sort attributes.

Overview

You can create multi-column sort orders for data in tables and views, from their Sort Orders property section.

Sorting large amounts of data can take some time. To ensure that data is returned as quickly as possible, use filters to ensure that only the data you need is sorted. If there are particular sort orders which need to be applied across large sets of data, please contact PhixFlow Support for help with tuning your PhixFlow instance.

If the table property tab has been opened from a data grid, the toolbar includes

 Refresh the grid using sort order. This does not save the sort order.

Basic Settings

Field

Description

Field

Description

Name

The name of the sort order.

Sort Order Attributes

This section has a toolbar with standard buttons and the 

 button.  For new sort orders, first add a name and save the properties to display the toolbar.

The grid lists the attributes used to sort the data.

To add attributes, click 

 to display a list of attributes. Drag an attribute from the list into Sort Order Attributes.

Double-click on an attribute to open the its sort order properties, where you can set:

Field

Description

Field

Description

Properties Tab

Order

The order that the sorting will be applied

Name

The name of the attribute - in the sort order attribute editor, this is read-only.

Direction

One of:

(A-Z) - ascending, e.g. A to Z, 1 to 9, earliest to latest date

(Z-A) - descending, e.g. Z to A, 9 to 1, latest to earliest date

Description

Description of the sort order attribute.

Audit Tab

Audit Summary

See the Common Properties page, Audit Summary section.

Save the attribute's sort order properties.

 By default, the permissions to access table data is set in System Configuration →  Allow access to data by default. You can add specific user groups to restrict access to the view order;  see Common Properties → Access Permissions.

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