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Sorting Columns in Siebel Answers
In Siebel Answers, you can set the sort order for one or more columns that appear in a request. When you click the Order By icon, it shows a new image to indicate the sort order that the selected column will apply to the results.
To sort a request based on columns in Siebel Answers
- In Siebel Answers, create or load a request.
- Click the Order By icon for the column you want to sort by.
The icon changes to indicate the sort order.
- Continue clicking the Order By icon until the sort order you want appears.
Table 6 describes the available sort orders and the images on the Order By icon that represent them.
Table 6. Forms of the Siebel Answers Order By Icon
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Description
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The image of two arrows—one pointing up, the other pointing down—indicates that the selected column will not be used to sort the results.
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The image of an up arrow indicates that the results will be sorted in ascending order, using the items in the selected column.
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A number that appears on an Order By icon indicates that the column is not the primary sort column applied to the results. The number corresponds to when the sort order is applied.
In this example, which shows an up arrow with the number two, the column is used as the second sort order column. The up arrow indicates that the results are sorted in ascending order, using the items in the selected column.
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The image of a down arrow indicates that the results will be sorted in descending order, using the items in the selected column.
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A number that appears on a Order By icon indicates that the column is not the primary sort column applied to the results. The number that appears corresponds to when the sort order is applied.
In this example, which shows a down arrow with the number two, the column is used as the second sort order column. The down arrow indicates that the results are sorted in descending order, using the items in the selected column.
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