Changing the grouping order

After you create groups, you can change their order. Consider the effect of changing the grouping order. For example, changing the order of the state and city groups to city and state produces an illogically organized report. On the other hand, changing the order of the sales office and product line groups to product line and sales office provides a different perspective on the sales data. The focus shifts from performance of the sales office to that of the product line.

How to change the grouping order

1	Select any column.

2	Right-click the selected column, then choose Column→Re-order Columns. Re-order Columns, as shown in Figure 4-11, displays the grouped columns in the order in which the report design currently groups the data.

Figure 4-11

Changing the grouping order

3	Under Grouped Columns, select a column and use the up or down buttons to move the column up or down the list. Choose OK.

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