The following questions will be considered in this chapter:

Sorting element data in the designer;

Sorting element data when viewing dashboards;

Disable or enable the sort button when viewing;

Sorting data in a table;

Disable or enable sorting in a table.

 

 

Sorting element data in the designer

To set element sorting you should make the following actions:
 
Step 1: Create or open a dashboard with chart, gauge, indicator, progress;

 

Step 2: Select an element;

 

Step 3: Move the cursor over this element and click the sort button;

 

 

 

Step 4: Select the data field where you need to sort values;

 

 

 

Step 5: Click the sort button and change the sort direction;

 

 
 
Step 6: Go to the Preview tab.

 

 

 

Sorting element data when viewing

To change sorting for a chart, gauge, indicator, progress when viewing a dashboard, you should make the following actions:

 

Step 1: Hover the cursor over this element and click the sort button;

 

Step 2: Select the data field where you need to sort values;

 

 

 

Step 3: Click the sort button and change the sort direction.

 

 

 

Disable or enable the sort button in the viewer

To disable or enable the element sort button when viewing a dashboard, you should make the following actions:

 

Step 1: Select an element in the report designer;

 

Step 2: Click the Interaction on the Home tab of the report designer;

 

 

 

Step 3: Uncheck the Allow User Sorting parameter if you need to disable the sort button for the current element, or set a checkbox next to this parameter if you want to enable the element sorting button;

 

 

 

Step 4: Close the Interaction editor;

 

Step 5: Go to the Preview tab.

 

 

 

Sorting data in the Table component

Sorting in the Table is set at the same way both in the report designer and when viewing a dashboard.

 
Step 1: Create or open a dashboard with the Table element;;

 

Step 2: Click on the column header by value of which the sorting will be carried out;

 

Step 3: Select the sort direction.

 

 

 

 

Disable sorting in the Table

 

Step 1: Select the Table element;

 

Step 2: Click the Interaction on the Home tab of the report designer;

 

 

 

Step 3: Uncheck a box next to the Allow User Sorting parameter if you need to disable the sorting direction commands for the current element, or set a checkbox next to this parameter if you want to enable the element sorting commands;

 

 
 
Step 4: Go to the Preview tab.