Enabling a column for sorting by setting the Allow Ordering option seems like it would be a no-brainer. But it still seems to be a mystery, particularly if you enable more than one column. It would be nice to tell a user what to expect when they click the arrows and what the flyout digits mean.
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Allow Ordering - What does the feature work?
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+9Sorry. The question was supposed to read either, “What does the option do?” or “How does the feature work?”
At run time, there is an Up arrow and a Down arrow in the column header. When you mouse-over them, a number appears. I’m seeing 1, 2, 3, and 4, and only have 3 sortable columns. The Up arrow causes a descending sort, the Down arrow, ascending. But what are the numbers? Can I sort the rows by multiple columns? Do the arrows let me cycle through sort-ascending, sort-descending, and default order (presumably based on the model itself)?
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+4Yes, you can sort by multiple columns. the idea is, as follows:
Sort column B ascending, then sort column C ascending, you’ll see that there’s a “1” in column C and a “2” in column B. it’s assumed that column C should take precedence in the sort and that column B should be secondary (i.e. if two rows in col C are equal it should then sort by col B)
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