Sorting Dashboard Data Columns

InetSoft's award-winning dashboard software allows users to merge, sort and filter complex sets of data into viewer friendly formats like data columns. View the example below to learn more about the Style Intelligence solution.

Any column in a table can be sorted in ascending or descending order. You can sort the table data based on a single column, or specify nested sorting columns. If a column in the table is already sorted, sorting on a new column clears the previous sorting.

To sort a single column, do one of the following:

• Click the 'Sort' button in the column header. This sorts the column in ascending order. Click the button again to sort the column in descending order. Click a third time to return the column to its original order.
• Right-click the table header and select the 'Sort Column(s)' option. This opens the 'Sort Column' dialog box, where you can specify the sort order for the selected column.

When a column is sorted, its sort order is indicated by the small arrow next to the column name in the column header cell.

To sort multiple columns in a hierarchical fashion, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the table title row, and select 'Sort Column(s)' from the context menu. This opens the 'Sort Column' dialog box.
2. From the 'Sort on' drop-down menus, select the table columns that you wish to sort.
• The hierarchical sort order of a column is determined by the vertical position of the menu. The column specified in the top menu is sorted first, the column specified in the second-to-top menu is sorted sec­ond, and so on.
3. For each column, select the 'Ascending' or 'Descending' button to determine the sorting direction.

When a column is sorted, its sort order is indicated by the small arrow next to the column name in the column header cell.