Parameter-driven group sorting?

Post Author: craibuc
CA Forum: General
i have a report that is grouped by employee name. the report has 7 columns, displaying a summarized field in the group header. the summarized values are based on formulae that are evaluation in the Details section.i would like to be able to dynamically sort the group based on a parameter value. the parameter would allow the user to sort either on one of the week days or on the employee name.in the past, i have been successful sorting the Details section based on a parameter, but sorting a group is challenging. has anyone been able to do this?

Post Author: Charliy
CA Forum: General
If you want to do Parameter driven grouping: You have a formula: IF {?GroupBy} = 1 THEN {table.EmployeeName} else IF {?GroupBy} = 2 THEN {table.SomethingElse}
You may have to use Totext or some other function to make them the same data type. Group on that formula. If one of the options is something like day of week, or a date or portion of a date (YYYYMM), then create another formula for display in the group header.
IF you're talking about sorting within a group - same formula, you just use the sort expert to put it after the grop field in the sort sequence

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