Maptitude^® On-Line Training

Dataviews

• Choose a field in the dataview and click

OR

• Choose Dataview-Sort for the Sort a Dataview dialog box:

When you create a dataview, the records are displayed in the order in which they are stored. You can sort the records in a dataview to put them in a different order. Sorting a dataview makes it easy to find records with the highest and lowest values, or to produce a ranked list. You often sort data to produce a report.

You can sort a dataview based on a single field or on several fields. For example, you could sort customers by state, then by last name, and then by first name. When Maptitude sorts, it puts character fields in alphabetic order, and numeric fields in order from lowest to highest. You can change the order using the Edit-Preferences command or the Sort dialog box.

Sorting a dataview does not change the way the data are stored on disk. Sorting only changes the way the data are displayed in the dataview.