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Change or apply data sorting to a report

Use this procedure to sort a report's data.

In this example, we use a report containing a Label control bound to a CategoryID data field. This field will be used as a sorting criteria.

For more information, see Report controls.

  1. Click the Detail band's Smart tag, and in the menu, click the Sort Fields browse button (...).
  2. In the dialog, click Add, to add a new entry.
    Sort Data
  3. Set the FieldName property to a data field against which you want to sort your data. You can also define a sorting order (ascending or descending).
    You can sort data against multiple data fields. For this purpose, add more entries and specify their data field and sort order settings.
  4. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.
This completes the report. Switch to the Preview Tab and view the result.