Custom sorting within "for-each-group:current-group"

Hi, I need some help in doing a custom sort within a "for-each-group:current-group". My formatting is in a table format but I'm not sure how to post a table here so I'm just arranging the column details out as it would look in a table. I have a column on the left for the YEAR and a second column on the right for the DESCR. Under the DESCR column I've inserted a nested table with four columns: SUBJECT, CATALOG_NBR, DESCR250 and GRADE.
COLUMN 1:
<?for-each-group:row_table;./ YEAR?><?sort: YEAR;'ascending';data-type='text'?><?YEAR?>
COLUMN 2:
<?for-each-group:current-group();./DESCR?><?DESCR?>
NESTED TABLE (with 4 columns):
+<?for-each:current-group()?><?SUBJECT?><?CATALOG_NBR?><?DESCR250?><?GRADE?><?end for-each?>+
<?end for-each-group?> <?end for-each-group?>
I'm able to sort by YEAR in the "for-each-group" on the left column. But I also want to do a custom sort on DESCR in the right column.
I've seen this blog on custom sorting by Vetriselvan: http://winrichman.blogspot.com/2009/09/custom-dynamic-sort-in-bi-publisher.html and I tried inserting this sort below after <?for-each-group:current-group();./DESCR?> but I get an error message.
<?sort:(number(DESCR='Status')*1)+(number(DESCR='First Semester')*2)+(number(DESCR='Second Semester')*3);'ascending';data-type='number'?>
I've also seen this thread: Re: Sort within group and tried inserting <?for-each:DESCR?> before the sort (as below) - this time I can preview the results, but it is not sorting as required.
<?for-each:DESCR?><?sort:(number(DESCR='Status')*1)+(number(DESCR='First Semester')*2)+(number(DESCR='Second Semester')*3);'ascending';data-type='number'?>
Can anyone help me custom sort the DESCR column? I'm using Template Builder for Word version 5.6 build 45. Thanks in advance for any help!

Hi Vetsrini,
I tried adding <?sort: ./DESCR;'ascending';data-type='text'?> after <?for-each-group:current-group();./DESCR?> but I'm getting an error message.
The DESCR values are below and I'm trying to sort them in the following order.
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FIRST SEMESTER
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SECOND SEMESTER
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Because I need them in the above order, I can't use ascending or descending, and instead need to use a custom sort order. Do you know how I can go about creating a custom sort order?
Thanks!

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