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Rickstir
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Can you sort on a Define field in Report Caster? I want to burst and email a report that has various combinations to determine the destination. I only want to run the report once. As I understand you can only burst on a sort field.
 
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Leah
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Yes you can sort on a defined field in our version anyway. And you are correct the burst value is the primary sort.


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Kerry
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Hi Rick,

I checked with our internal people and here is the info regarding sorting when bursting reports in ReportCaster:

For release 4.3, the burst values may only be the PRIMARY sort field.
http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/sps/62481084.html
Many thanks to Leah's input. Big Grin

For release 7.1, here is what I find from the WebFOCUS ReportCaster Development and Administration V7.1 (DN 4500680.0905), Chapter 3, Bursting a Report (same paragraph for 713):

WF Server Procedures, Standard Reports, and My Reports support bursting. If you are distributing a burst tabular report, the burst value is determined by the first BY field. If you are distributing a burst graph report, the burst value is determined by the second BY field. The burst value is automatically determined by the internal matrix, which is a memory area that stores each database field value and calculates values referenced by the TABLE or GRAPH request.

If you are using other release of ReportCaster, please let me know so that I can further check this on my side.

If you would like to make a New Feature Request (NFR) to have the ability to burst report on a Define field, please contact Information Builders' Customer Support Services and open a case to submit the NFR. The phone number is 1-800-736-6130, or you may access the online system InfoResponse at any time. Here is a list of info to be ready when you call: http://techsupport.informationbuilders.com/before_you_call.jsp.

Hope this helps. Smiler

Cheers,

Kerry


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