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3003627 - Sorting in report does not work

Symptom

You are sorting on a characteristic in your report. You notice that it does not work correctly, for example all values are sorted alphabetically, but a few values are in the wrong order.

Environment

  • SAP Business ByDesign
  • SAP Cloud for Customer

Cause

You have enabled the extended text feature in this report. Unfortunately the sorting cannot work on descriptions when this feature is switched on.

Resolution

Please switch off the extended text feature:

  1. Open your report.
  2. Click Configure > Hide Extended Text
  3. Reopen your report.

To request a change in behavior, you can make use of the Influence Portal.

Keywords

report, sorting, ascending, descending, wrong order, not working, business analytics, show extended text, 60 characters, 1024 characters, ID, description , KBA , AP-RC-ANA , C4C, ByD, Travel: Analytics Tools & Frameworks , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions