Alphabetically sorts members by their alternate names within a member selection command (for example, <CHILDREN).
Syntax
<SORTALTNAMES
Notes
This command sorts alphabetically all members added with a member command (for example, <CHILDREN) by their alternate name. Members entered directly in the report specification without a member command, calculated rows and column names, or member commands encountered in the specification prior to the SORTALTNAMES command, are not affected by the command.
This command must precede the selection commands, for example, CHILDREN or DESCENDANTS. If no sorting commands are used, members are output in hierarchical order based on the member outline. Any sort command remains in effect until another sort command is issued.
Example
The following example is based on Demo Basic.
The command <SORTALTNAMES sorts the members added to the report with the <IDESCENDANTS Product command by the alternate name of each member. The command {OUTALTNAMES} causes alternate member names to be displayed in the report. {NOINDENTGEN} turns off hierarchical indenting so the row names line up. Indented row names are not particularly useful when the output is sorted on any criteria other than generation.
Chicago Sales Actual
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
======== ======== ======== ========
Audio 5,741 5,497 5,599 7,009
Camera 2,506 2,522 2,602 3,227
Compact_Disc 3,150 3,021 3,032 3,974
Product 16,536 15,599 17,411 21,374
Stereo 2,591 2,476 2,567 3,035
Television 4,410 4,001 4,934 6,261
VCR 3,879 3,579 4,276 4,877
Visual 10,795 10,102 11,812 14,365
Chicago Sales Actual
Qtr1 Qtr2 Qtr3 Qtr4
======= ======= ======= =======
Audio 5,740 5,375 5,509 6,488
CD 3,290 3,034 3,132 3,571
Camera 2,230 2,255 2,266 3,162
Items 15,812 15,050 16,716 19,159
Media 10,072 9,675 11,207 12,671
Radio 2,450 2,341 2,377 2,917
TV 4,197 3,757 4,740 5,000
Video 3,645 3,663 4,201 4,509 See Also