Understanding a Sort Specification

Description: Sort specification

A sort specification consists of a SortSpec object that specifies how to sort members of a particular dimension. A SortSpec object contains one or more ConditionSortStep or MemberSortStep objects.

Typically, ConditionSortStep and MemberSortStep objects are created when users use the QueryBuilder to sort dimensions. In an HTML-client application, you can use the Sort Tool to create ConditionSortStep objects.

SortSpec characteristics

A SortSpec object has the following characteristics:

ConditionSortStep characteristics

A ConditionSortStep object has the following characteristics:

Diagram: SortSpec class

The following figure provides a visual representation of the SortSpec class. This class aggregates the ConditionSortStep class. The ConditionSortStep class extends the ConditionStep class.

Diagram of the SortSpec class, as described in the topic