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- | ===== Sort ===== | + | {{ transformations: |
+ | ====== | ||
+ | Category: Transform / Basic | ||
- | Sort table by one or more columns in ascending or descending order. Order of columns matters. | + | =====Description===== |
+ | This transformation sorts the table by one or more columns in ascending or descending order. Order of the columns matters. | ||
- | Since values of a column can be of mixed types therefore sort order depends on value type. For ascending | + | Since the values of a column can be of mixed types, the sorting |
* Errors | * Errors | ||
* Empty cells | * Empty cells | ||
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* Numbers | * Numbers | ||
- | In descending order, the sort order is exactly opposite. | + | In descending order, the sorting |
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+ | \\ | ||
+ | =====Action settings===== | ||
+ | ^Setting^Description^ | ||
+ | |Columns|Select the column to arrange the values of. | | ||
+ | |Sort order|Options: | ||
+ | Additional columns can be added to the sorting criteria by clicking the //Sort by more columns// option.\\ | ||
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+ | \\ | ||
+ | =====Examples===== | ||
+ | **Example 1 (single-column sort): | ||
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+ | **Source table:** The longest rivers in the world | ||
+ | |||
+ | ^ River ^ Length (km) ^ Continent | ||
+ | | Nile | 6650 | Africa | ||
+ | | Amazon | ||
+ | | Yangtze | ||
+ | | Mississippi | ||
+ | | Yenisei | ||
+ | | Yellow River | 5464 | Asia | | ||
+ | | Ob | 5410 | Asia | | ||
+ | | Paraná | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Transformation parameters: | ||
+ | |||
+ | > Column: River | ||
+ | > Sorting order: Ascending | ||
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+ | **Output table:** | ||
+ | |||
+ | ^ River ^ Length (km) ^ Continent | ||
+ | | Amazon | ||
+ | | Mississippi | ||
+ | | Nile | 6650 | Africa | ||
+ | | Ob | 5410 | Asia | | ||
+ | | Paraná | ||
+ | | Yangtze | ||
+ | | Yellow River | 5464 | Asia | | ||
+ | | Yenisei | ||
+ | |||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | \\ | ||
+ | **Example 2 (two-column sort): | ||
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+ | **Transformation parameters: | ||
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+ | > Column, Sorting order: Continent, ascending | ||
+ | > Column, Sorting order: River, ascending | ||
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+ | |||
+ | **Output table:** | ||
+ | |||
+ | ^ River ^ Length (km) ^ Continent | ||
+ | | Nile | 6650 | Africa | ||
+ | | Ob | 5410 | Asia | | ||
+ | | Yangtze | ||
+ | | Yellow River | 5464 | Asia | | ||
+ | | Yenisei | ||
+ | | Mississippi | ||
+ | | Amazon | ||
+ | | Paraná | ||
transformations/sort.txt · Last modified: 2021/07/18 23:13 by craigt