GroupField.SortOrder Property

Gets or sets the order for the records when grouping or sorting columns in a report’s data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v20.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Reporting.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending)]
[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatBehavior)]
public XRColumnSortOrder SortOrder { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending)>
<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatBehavior)>
Public Property SortOrder As XRColumnSortOrder

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
XRColumnSortOrder	Ascending	An XRColumnSortOrder enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
None	The column is not sorted.
Ascending	The column is sorted in ascending order.
Descending	The column is sorted in descending order.

Remarks

The SortOrder property specifies a sorting order for the values in the group field. To disable sorting in grouped data, set this property to None.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-preview-e770/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L28

grField.FieldName = ((XRControl)sender).Tag.ToString();
grField.SortOrder = XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending;

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-documentpreviewcontrol-t329474/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L69

{
    groupField.SortOrder = groupField.SortOrder == XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending ? XRColumnSortOrder.Descending : XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending;
}

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-document-preview-for-wpf-e3441/CS/PreviewSortSample/OrderDetailsReport.cs#L30

    prevSortOrder = XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending;
grField.SortOrder = prevSortOrder;

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-preview-e770/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L30

grField.FieldName = (CType(sender, XRControl)).Tag.ToString()
grField.SortOrder = XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-documentpreviewcontrol-t329474/VB/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L62

Private Sub ChangeSortOrder(ByVal groupField As GroupField)
    groupField.SortOrder = If(groupField.SortOrder = XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending, XRColumnSortOrder.Descending, XRColumnSortOrder.Ascending)
End Sub

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-document-preview-for-wpf-e3441/VB/PreviewSortSample/OrderDetailsReport.vb#L31

End If
grField.SortOrder = prevSortOrder