Sorting at universe level

Question

Hello All,
I would like to do sorting on time peroid objects(year,quarter,month,week)
i can do it at report level using Ascending ,descending,custom sort
but i would like do it at universe level only .
i tried like this:
List of values>>Year>>edit>>here i have set sorting on Year object as descending>>save n close>>then reexported the universe
again tried to query in infoview >> but the data was not sorted in descending order
Please help me in this issue
Regards,
Swetha

Answer 1

Hi Ann, it is always helpful to have a dim_time table in your data mart where you have these 2 fields (among others):
month_number     month_full_name
     1          January
     2         February
and so on...
Then you can put something like the following SQL in your derived table called "MONTH"....
select distinct month_number, month_full_name
from dim_time
order by 1
Create a dimension object, says, "month_lov". Go the Properties tab, click "Edit", then "SQL". In the query panel, put in something like this...
select month.month_full_name
from
(select distinct month_number, month_full_name
from dim_time
order by 1) month
Make sure you check "Do not generate SQL before running", then click "OK" and "Save and Close". Then create a condition object to point to this LOV. You should be able to get the months listed in the real order.
Hope this helps.
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