Sorting in dataset vs sorting in the report

Are the some guidelines on when to use sorting in dataset vs sorting in the report?

Hi JoeSchmoe115,
In Reporting Services, we can add ORDER BY clause to presort data that is retrieved for a report in the dataset queries. Or we can sorting groups or sorting by aggregate values in the report. When we add ORDER BY clause to sort the data in the order we want
it sorted in the report. Presorted data improves report processing time because of the way it is stored in memory. And there are many report processing tasks do not require sorting data before processing it. For example, SUM is not order-dependent and Data
within group instances is not automatically sorted.
So sorting groups or sorting by aggregate values is much simpler in the report than in the query and is frequently more efficient also. If we do not need sorted data in the report, do not set sort expressions on the dataset. For more details, please see:
Troubleshooting Reports: Report Performance
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Katherine Xiong
Katherine Xiong
TechNet Community Support

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|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly" title="Installation"', 'f31_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0')) INSTALLATION_NAME,
apex_item.text (32, R.BASE_NAME, 80, 100,
'style="width:160px;text-align:right;'
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apex_item.hidden (33, R.FCG_DESC) ||
apex_item.text (34,R.FAC, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Fac"','f34_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0')) FAC,
apex_item.hidden (35, R.FAC_DESC)||
apex_item.text (36, R.EFR, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Efr"', 'f36_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0')) EFR,
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|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Requirement"', 'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
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nvl(get_PK_status(R.PK),'X') not in ('Edited','Reviewed','Approved') and
:P2_Role = 'EDITOR' then
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80, 100,
'style="border:1.3px solid black;width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:darkblue;font-weight:bold title="Requirement"',
'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4,'0'))
when
get_PK_status(R.PK) IN ('Edited','Reviewed','Approved','Disapproved') and
:P2_Role = 'REVIEWER' then
apex_item.text (38,R.rqmt,80,100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Requirement"', 'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when
nvl(get_PK_status(R.PK),'X') NOT IN ('Edited') and
:P2_Role = 'REVIEWER' then
apex_item.text (38, R.rqmt,80,100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Requirement"', 'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) = 'Edited' and
:P2_Role = 'REVIEWER' then
apex_item.text (38, R.RQMT,80,100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:darkblue;font-weight:bold title="Requirement"',
'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) IN ('Edited','Reviewed','Approved','Disapproved') and
:P2_Role = 'APPROVER' then
apex_item.text (38, R.rqmt,80,100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Requirement"', 'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when nvl(get_PK_status(R.PK),'X') NOT IN ('Reviewed') and
:P2_Role = 'APPROVER' then
apex_item.text (38, R.rqmt,80,100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold" readonly="readonly"title="Requirement"', 'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) = 'Reviewed' and
:P2_Role = 'APPROVER' then
apex_item.text (38,R.RQMT,80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:darkblue;font-weight:bold title="Requirement"',
'f38_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
end RQMT,
case when get_PK_status(R.PK) = 'Edited' and
:P2_Role in('EDITOR','REVIEWER','APPROVER') then
apex_item.text (39, RU.RQMT, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkred;background-color:yellow;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="Edited"' , 'f39_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when nvl(get_PK_status(R.PK),'X') NOT IN ('Edited','Reviewed','Approved','NotReviewed','Disapproved') and
:P2_Role in('EDITOR','REVIEWER','APPROVER') then
apex_item.text (39, RU.RQMT, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkred;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="New Requirement"' , 'f39_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) IN ('Reviewed') and
:P2_Role in('EDITOR','REVIEWER','APPROVER') then
apex_item.text (39, RU.RQMT, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkred;background-color:lime;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="Reviewed"' , 'f39_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) IN ('Approved') and
:P2_Role in('EDITOR','REVIEWER','APPROVER') then
apex_item.text (39, RU.RQMT, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid black;background-color:#DAFFBF;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="Approved"' , 'f39_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) IN ('Disapproved') and
:P2_Role in('EDITOR','REVIEWER','APPROVER') then
apex_item.text (39, RU.RQMT, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:SOLID black;background-color:RED;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="Not Approved"' , 'f39_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
when get_PK_status(R.PK) IN ('NotReviewed') and
:P2_Role in('EDITOR','REVIEWER','APPROVER') then
apex_item.text (39, RU.RQMT, 80, 100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:SOLID black;background-color:orange;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="Not Reviewed"' , 'f39_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0'))
end NEW_RQMT,
apex_item.text (40, RU.Status, 80,100,
'style="width:75px;text-align:right;'
|| 'color:solid darkgreen;background-color:#FFF4BF;font-weight:bold " readonly="readonly"title="Status"', 'f40_' || LPAD (ROWNUM, 4, '0')) STATUS ,
CASE WHEN (get_PK_status(R.PK) IN('Edited','Reviewed','NotReviewed') and :P2_Role = 'APPROVER') THEN APEX_ITEM.SELECT_LIST(41,'Approved','Approved;Approved,Disapproved;Disapproved','','title="This field is only for Reviewers and Approvers"')
WHEN (get_PK_status(R.PK) = 'Edited' and :P2_Role = 'REVIEWER') THEN
APEX_ITEM.SELECT_LIST(41,'Reviewed','Reviewed;Reviewed,NotReviewed;NotReviewed','','title="This field is only for Reviewers and Approvers"')
ELSE
APEX_ITEM.SELECT_LIST(41,'','','title="This field is only for Reviewers and Approvers"')
END ACTION ,
'<a href="javascript:popUp2('''
|| 'f?p=&APP_ID.:3:&SESSION.::NO::P2_PK:'
|| R.PK
|| ''', 1200, 500);">'
|| '<img src="#APP_IMAGES#blue_book_open.gif" title="View Row History" >'
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(SELECT PK, RQMT, STATUS, DATE_CREATED FROM RPLANS_USER_SUMTAB R1
WHERE DATE_CREATED = (SELECT MAX(DATE_CREATED) FROM RPLANS_USER_SUMTAB R2
WHERE R2.PK = R1.PK)) RU
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