SmartView Sorting

Question

Hi Experts
I'm trying to sort and submit data using smartview. According to SV doc:
"+You can change the order of the dimensions in the row or column. For example, if the data+
+form had Entities and Accounts on the row, and you reverse this order and submit the data+
+form, when you save the data form, all the data is written to the correct members.+"
I can turn off data sheet protection, sort data put some numbers. But when I click submit previous sort is back and data is saved according to previous sorting.
I would be grateful for any tip.
Regards.

Answer 1

Hi
I have read the passage in the documentation that you refer to and I cant actually see any reference to sorting members.
It DOES state that you can change the order of the dimensions but doesn't state that you can change the order of members.
You dont mention your SV version, but we are on 11.1.2.1 and had found that sorting members on a dataform then submitting always submitted data based on the original intersections/orders when first opening the form; therefore im not sure if what you are trying to do is possible.
I guess as an alternative you could re-sort the members as desired within the form design (although I guess this depends upon how you have generated the member list in the form design, and whether the alternative sort order requirements can vary from user to user). Or perhaps you could set up an SV retrieve with the required intersections and use this to submit your data, although you do then lose the control that a dataform provides.
Thanks
JB