Reordering Columns and Rows
Change how a table view is sorted temporarily to focus on specific column details or in a more permanent way if it should always appear sorted in this manner. You can also reposition columns for a more logical organization or to emphasize columns of interest.
You can set the sort order in three ways. Take one of the following steps:
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Reorder the table view columns or chart view data series by clicking the column
heading and dragging to the new position:
- If you open a workspace and drag the column heading in a workspace table
view, the change is temporary unless you save the workspace. You can also
right-click a column heading and click
Lock this Column to fix the column and
any columns to the left of it so that they do not move off the viewable area
of the pane when you scroll horizontally. - If you click
Edit properties in the table- or chart
view title bar and drag a column heading in the
Filters tab, the change is temporary unless you save the
workspace. - If you click
Query Editor and drag a column heading in the Specification
tab, the changes are saved with the query and applied to any views that use
that query. Column reordering must be done in a custom query because
predefined queries are not editable.
- If you open a workspace and drag the column heading in a workspace table
view, the change is temporary unless you save the workspace. You can also
right-click a column heading and click
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Sort the row data in a table view:
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Click
Query
Editor, open a custom query, click Advanced, and select a Sort
By attribute from the
list.
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In a table view, click a column heading to sort all rows by that column
in
ascending
order,
descending
order, and back to the original order the third time you click. You can
save the view's sort order with the workspace.
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Click