Why is it I have noprint on one sort field and it still appears on my graph?

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SUM SALES UNITS
BY LOWEST XRANKISSUES NOPRINT
BY BRANCH
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ON GRAPH SET VAXIS 350
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This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kerry,

FYI, Matt already has a case opened regarding this issue.

Some suggestions that may be of help:
In order to use NOPRINT for a sort in a graph, you must use GRMERGE ON or OFF.

ON - Generates a single three-dimensional graph that reflects all output data.
OFF - Generates separate graphs that collectively reflect all output data. This is the default value.

Cheers,

Kerry

GRMERGE has nothing to do this the issue , as i read it.
MM, read up on the ROWS and/or COLUMNS commands.
its how you change the order of a sort field.
you can't use NOPRINT
and when you say BY field, you're gunna get the items sorted by the values of that field.
...
unless...
you use the ROWS or COLUMNS command.
for example
i built graphs of garment sales by size
and the sizes 'XS' 'S' 'M' 'L' 'XL' ain't gunna sort real nice!
so
GRAPH FILE ...
SUM SALES ACROSS SIZE
COLUMNS 'XS' AND 'S' AND 'M' AND 'L' AND 'XL'
...will reorder them.
yeah it can be work if you don't know what your values are, you gotta do this in 2 steps and dynamically build your COLUMNS (or ROWS) phrase.
but it works like a charm.