Sorting a crosstab
Post Author: foghat
CA Forum: General
Hey all,Is there anyway to sort the crosstab rows based on the summary field total in a crosstab? I have a crosstab report which displays Account Description as the rows, Production Months as the columns, and an @Operating Cost formula as the Summarized Field. The @operating cost formula is: IIF ({NOI_REPORT.CLASS_CODE} = 'EX',{NOI_REPORT.CC_TOT_AMT} ,0 ). The crosstab is currently sorting by Account Description in ascending order. I would like to sort the Account Description based on the Total (as calculated at the last column) @operating cost in descending order. Essentially so that Account Descriptions with the highest operating cost display first.
Post Author: foghat
CA Forum: General
Right, I should have mentioned I tried that. It will only let me sort based on the row (Account Description) field. I want to sort based on the summarized field (@operating costs).I have also tried adding @operating cost to the Record Sort Expert, not surprisingly that doesn't work either.Thanks for the suggestion.
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