HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Building Reports Using the Web Intelligence Java Report Panel (August 2008)

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Available sort orders
The following sort orders are available:
Note: To sort months in chronological order, apply the Default sort order.
Applying ascending or descending sorts
To apply an ascending or descending sort
1. Select the section cell or table cells you want to sort.
2. Click the down arrow next to the Apply/Remove Sort button on the Report toolbar
and then, select Ascending or Descending from the drop-down list.
Or
Select the Ascending or Descending option directly by clicking the
Apply/Remove Sort button.
If the icon displays A-Z, the sort is ascending
If the icon displays Z-A, the sort is descending
Or
Sort order Description
Default This is sometimes referred to as the “natural” order.
Depending on the type of data in the column or row, the
results are sorted as follows:
• ascending numeric order for numeric data
• ascending chronological order for date
• alphabetical order for alphanumeric data
Ascending When selected, results are arranged in ascending
order: The smallest value at the top of the column
moving to the highest value at the bottom.
For example: 100, 200, 300 or California, Colorado,
Florida.
Descending When selected, results are arranged in descending
order: The highest value at the top of the column moving
to the smallest value at the bottom.
For example: 300, 200, 100 or Florida, Colorado,
California.
Custom You define your own sort order.