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When you have searched for something in Platinum, whether it's Customers, Vehicles, Stock Items, etc., or you have ran a report which comes out to a GUI screen you can sort the results by any of the column headings.  
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When you have searched for something in Platinum, whether it's Customers, Vehicles, Stock Items, e.t.c., or you have ran a report which comes out to a GUI screen you can sort the results by any of the column headings.  
* To do this click on the column heading you want to sort the results by, you will see an arrow appear in the column heading pointing up.  
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* To do this, click on the column heading you want to sort the results by, you will see an arrow appear in the column heading pointing up.  
* The results will now be sorted with the smallest value at the top and the highest value at the bottom, if you have sorted by a column containing both text and numbers it will sort alphabetically items beginning with numbers will appear at the top.  
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* The results will now be sorted with the smallest value at the top and the highest value at the bottom. If you have sorted by a column containing both text and numbers it will sort alphabetically.  Items beginning with numbers will appear at the top.  
 
* Click the column heading again to have the results sorted in the reverse order and you will see an arrow pointing down.  
 
* Click the column heading again to have the results sorted in the reverse order and you will see an arrow pointing down.  
  

Revision as of 11:36, 26 July 2013

Summary

The following article explains how to change the sort order of search and report results.

More Information

When you have searched for something in Platinum, whether it's Customers, Vehicles, Stock Items, e.t.c., or you have ran a report which comes out to a GUI screen you can sort the results by any of the column headings.

  • To do this, click on the column heading you want to sort the results by, you will see an arrow appear in the column heading pointing up.
  • The results will now be sorted with the smallest value at the top and the highest value at the bottom. If you have sorted by a column containing both text and numbers it will sort alphabetically. Items beginning with numbers will appear at the top.
  • Click the column heading again to have the results sorted in the reverse order and you will see an arrow pointing down.
  • If you have changed the sort order of the results and want to reset them back to their default, please follow the article here.

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