Sorting Ascending or Descending
The following Notes are only valid for the Grid and List display.
This function is not available for the tree display.
Procedure
To sort one or more columns, proceed as follows:
...
2.
Choose 
to sort ascending or 
to
sort descending.
Or:
...
2. Use the secondary mouse button to click on the column header.
3. Choose Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.
Result
If a column has been sorted, a small red triangle in the column header shows the selected sort sequence (a triangle directed up indicated ascending sorting, a triangle directed down indicates descending sorting).
Procedure Without Column Selection
If you have not selected a column and you select one of the symbols listed above, the Define Sorting dialog box appears. In this dialog box you specify which columns are to be sorted. Proceed as follows:
...
1. Select the relevant entries in the Column Set.
2.
Click 
to copy the selected entries to the Sort
Criteria.
Or:
...
1. Select the relevant entries in the Column Set.
2. Click again on the selected entry or entries without releasing the mouse button. The cursor now appears with a small square.
3. Drag the entries to Sort Criteria and drop them.
To search for terms,
choose 
.
In the
Sort Criteria you determine how the selected columns are to be sorted
by selecting the radiobutton under for
ascending or for descending.
To change the sequence of the sort, proceed as follows:
...
1. Select one or more entries.
2. Click again on the selected entry or entries without releasing the mouse button. The cursor now appears with a small square.
3. Drag the entries to the required position and drop them.
The entry is added before the selected row.
Or:
...
1. Select one or more entries.
2. In order to move an entry/entries
●
up one
entry, choose 
,
●
down one
entry, choose 
,
●
to the start
of the sort sequence, choose 
,
●
to the end
of the sort sequence, choose 
,
To remove
the entries from the sort criteria, choose 
.
Confirm the
dialog box with 
to copy the relevant settings.
Result
If a column has been sorted, a small red triangle in the column header shows the selected sort sequence (a triangle directed up indicated ascending sorting, a triangle directed down indicates descending sorting).
Delete Sorting
To delete a
sorting, choose either or without selecting a column first. The
Define Sorting dialog box reappears. Here you drag the column
description from the Sort Criteria column to the Column Set (see
above).
If you have ever defined a sorting for the list, or if the list is already presorted, you can only delete the sorting settings in so far as the sorting is retained for one column.
Confirm the
dialog box with to copy the relevant settings.
Alternative Procedure in Fullscreen Mode
Aside from the procedure described here, in fullscreen mode you also have the option to trigger the sorting using the menu path.
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2. Choose Edit → Sort Ascending or Edit → Sort Descending.
To delete a sorting, choose Edit → Sort Ascending or Edit → Sort Descending without selecting a column (see above).