Grouping but dynamic sorting

I am grouping my records based on one field, say TestID, but I want the report can be sorted according to a prompt parameter, say TestID,TestName or TestLocation, assuming both at the same grouping level.
The output is like this
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                                    UserID | UserName
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TestID2 | TestName2 | TestLocation2
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                                   UserID | UserName
I am using XI R1. Thanks for any advice.
Edited by: Peter Wang on Sep 24, 2008 12:28 AM

Hi Peter,
I'm not sure I understand the question completely, however from what I'm interpretting you could create a parameter field and a formula in Crystal Reports. For example,
- create a string parameter named "SortParameter".
- create a formula named "SortFormula".
In the formula you would enter similar text:
whilereadingrecords;
if {?SortParameter} = 'TestID' then {testID.field}
else
if {?SortParameter} = 'TestName' then {testName.field}
else
if {?SortParameter} = 'TestLocation' then {testLocation.field}
- next you would Insert|Group and select your {@SortFormula} field to group on.
Regards,
Wallie

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