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Hi, Is it possible to sort a report based on a field that is not used in a group by and which is not displayed on the report but part of the data source? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Regards. Majid. WebFocus 7.6.5 AND WebLogic server as web server sql2005 as database server | ||
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BY fieldname NOPRINT T
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Hi Tony, This is the equivalent in the GUI of adding the field then make a group by and make it invisible. If yes, that means I need to add the field to the report then make it invisible. I wanted to know if it is possible to sort on a field that is part of the data source but i do not want it to make it a by field. Thanks. iS that possible. WebFocus 7.6.5 AND WebLogic server as web server sql2005 as database server | |||
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The answer would be NO. The ability to sort in WebFOCUS is based on the use of BY. That's a pretty basic principle. What is the problem with making it a BY field? Otherwise you can run a query and ON TABLE HOLD then it is sorted for the final report but you don't have to use a BY field in the final report - but this all seems pretty useless. Regards, Darin In FOCUS since 1991 WF Server: 7.7.04 on Linux and Z/OS, ReportCaster, Self-Service, MRE, Java, Flex Data: DB2/UDB, Adabas, SQL Server Output: HTML,PDF,EXL2K/07, PS, AHTML, Flex WF Client: 77 on Linux w/Tomcat | |||
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Majid, Tell me, in MS SQL can you have an ORDER BY phrase without the column being in the data? Same thing. T
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Majid You can use FML.
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Hi Tony, in sql server you can sort on a field which is not part of the data returned. in the other hand, the reason for what I am asking that is because in other reporting tool you can create a report and sort it based on a field which is not displayed. Thanks. Majid. WebFocus 7.6.5 AND WebLogic server as web server sql2005 as database server | |||
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because under the covers it is used like WF uses it in a NOPRINT. In WF you just have to do that yourself. T
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Majid Data can be read from a data source in 3 ways: 1. Following the primary key sequence 2. Physically from the beginning 3. Via an index If the data returned by any of these methods is in the order you need, then a sort will not be required, otherwise, the field you are sorting on MUST be retrieved from the data, whether the request indicates this or not. WF hides this with a NOPRINT, other tools may do it under the cover. Alan. WF 7.705/8.007 | |||
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Hi, Thanks to all of you for the valuable explainations you gave regarding this subject. Regards. WebFocus 7.6.5 AND WebLogic server as web server sql2005 as database server | |||
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