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TheSorting Optionspageisusedtosorttherecordsintheoutput.Sortingisdonefromthetoptothe

bottom,oneaftertheother.

Sorting Settings

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Use standard sort:Sortusingthefieldsbelow:

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Field Name:Usethedrop-downtoselectwhichfieldtosorton.

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Order:Usethedrop-downtochooseAscendingorDescending.

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Add:Clicktoaddanewrowtothesortlist.Thelistthatappearscontainsallthefieldsin

theDataModel,aswellasaspecial<DocumentLength>optionwhichisusedtosortby

thenumberofpagesineachdocument.

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 Delete:Clicktodeletethecurrentlyselectedrowinthelist.

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/ Move up / down:Clicktomovethecurrentlyselectedrowupordownwithinthelist.

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Use external sort:Sorttherecordsusingsomeexternalsortingsoftware.ACSVfileisexported,

thensortedbytheexternalapplicationandtheresultantsortedCSVfileisreturnedandinteg-

rated,withalltherecordsnowbeingsortedaccordingtotheneworderwithintheCSVfile.

Note: External Sort commands must return a non-zero error code if an error

occurs.

Anexternalsortcommandcouldeasilyfailpartwaythroughprocessingandgenerateonly

apartialoutputfile.Withoutreceivingareturncodefromtheexternalsortprocess,Plan-

etPressConnectcannotknowifthesorthassuccessfullycompletedornot.Thusthesort

programmustgenerateareturncode,withacodeofzero('0')indicatingsuccess,andall

non-zeroresultsindicatingfailure.

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External Sort Settingsgroup:

ThissectionofthedialogisonlyactivatediftheUse external sortoptionhasbeenselected.

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Command:EntereitherthefullpathoftheexecutablefilethatwillsorttheCSVfile,ora

validWindowscommandlineinstructiontosorttherecords.

Placeholderscanbeusedwithinthiscommand,andareavailableviathe Insert

input/output file placeholderoptions(expressedaseither${input}or${output})or

viaJobCreationruntimeParameters(expressedas${params.xxxx},wherethexxxxis

thenameoftheruntimeparameter).

TheWindowscommandlineinstructionshoulddosomethinglikethefollowing:

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