Hello I was wondering if somebody knows a way to sort a table from a layer and then, save the new ordered or export this to a new layer with its table ordered by a preview sort. I have accomplished this by exporting a table as a csv then in excel I would sort the the orders by fields the way I wanted and then reimport on Qgis. I was wondering if this could be done inside Qgis. This would be very helpful because sometime you begin populating a layer and you might want to change drawing order. (this is not referred to columns order, It is referred to row order) hope somebody can point me in the right direction. thanks
For QGIS 3.16 there is an "Order by expression" tool available in the Processing Toolbox under Vector General.
This enables ordering by a specific column and saves the result to a new layer.
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Is there a way to move imported columns after calculated columns? I know I can create a new table by using Selectcolumns, but that'll just balloon the size of the PowerBI data file. Seems like such a miss on Microsoft's part
No there is no way to. I would avoid calculated columns and instead create the additional columns in Power Query which will eliminate your problem anyway.
Simply start all calculated columns with an underscore (judging by your username, you seem to be fond of unnecessary underscores)
Another option would be to put imported and calculated columns into different Display folders (such a miss on user's part)
On a number of reports I have noticed that setting sort options through the tablix properties does not work. I choose the data I'd like to sort by (date) and set the option (Z to A), but the report still shows unsorted. Has anyone else seen this issue? I have read that updating the report xml to include the sort may be what needs to be done because the report builder does not preserve the changes made. Haven't gone down that road yet as I'm looking to see if there's a fix already identified.
Date Type Lead Name State distance Consultant ZIP State 1 Level Reason url
Those are the columns from the export with data filling each column. Can't give too much info because it shows phone numbers and addresses.
One option is to sort the data in your dataset. Then you can leave it and SSRS will honor that.
As the others mentioned, make sure you check the datatype so it's not trying to sort the dates as a string.
Set the sort priorities at the group level, not on the table or dataset properties.
You should never have to edit the XML to get this to work. This is a basic built-in feature that most reports use.
Do you have groups on your tablix? if yes, did you try sorting it with the Row Groups or Column Groups at bottom instead of the sorting properties of the tablix?
I've made the mistake of using the 'Calculate and Replace Column' feature to replace the wrong column, and realized after the fact. The column I replaced corresponds to last names and is important. I would like to retrieve this column but maintain my other 15 or so data transformations. Ideally, I would like to remove this transformation, but I've come up empty so far. Here's what I've tried:
I tried adding the 'last name' column again from the same external source, using >Insert >Columns... I also tried renaming this column to avoid the data transformation. Unfortunately, this resulted in an entirely empty column, so it did not successfully match to the table or was affected by the transformation..
I checked the source information, and found exactly the 3-4 lines that I wish were not there. I thought it might be possible to edit this but haven't found a way. This seems like it would be the easiest.
Another idea I had was I could replace the data table with the same source, and repeat all of the transformations from the replace data table dialogue (excluding the bad one). This is my next plan of attack, but I figured I would come on here to see if there's an easier way first.
Thanks in advance!
Good News for YOU!!! #jeremyVollen.
It is possible to 'edit' your transformation per Tibco article 44098.
Resolution: If there are more then one transformations on a data table and you need to edit any of those transformation, follow the steps below:
Go To Edit >> Data Table Properties.
Select the desired data table inside which the transformation has been added and click on Refresh Data > With Prompt.
A new window will pop up which will allow you to make the desired changes in each of the transformations.
unfortunately it is NOT possible to reverse data table transformations.
it IS possible to undo the transformations with Edit>>Undo or CTRL+Z, but that's as far as it goes.
my strategy for dealing with this is (in accordance with your #3) to visit Edit>>Data Table Properties, select the table I'm interested in, select Source Information, then copy the contents of the textarea and paste it into notepad. then, I'll File>>Replace Data Table and start over from the beginning while keeping the notepad open so I don't miss any steps.
I realize it's not ideal, but there is unfortunately not another way.
I'm working on a VB6 program that connects to a SQL Server 2008 R2 database. In the past I have always used the MSFlexGrid control and populated it manually. Now, however, the guy who is paying me for this wants me to use data-bound grids instead, which forces me to use the MSHFlexGrid control because I'm using ADO and not DAO. So, I have two questions...
First, how would I move a column in a MSHFlexGrid? For example, if I wanted the third column to appear as the sixth column in the grid, is there a simple single line of code that would do that?
Second, believe it or not, I've never had to do anything in a grid other than display the data, as is, from a recordset. Now, however, I have a recordset with some fields that contain just ID numbers that refer to records in other files - for example, a field containing an ID number referring to a record in the Customers table, instead of the field containing the customer's name. What is the easiest way to, instead of having a column showing customer ID numbers from the recordset, having that column show customer names? I thought I read somewhere that there's a way to embed a sql command in a MSHFlexGrid column, but if there is I wouldn't know how to do it. Is this possible, or is there a simpler way to do it?
TIA,
Kevin
The column order would typically be handled by your SELECT statement.
Say you have a Pies table that has a FruitID foreign key related to the FruitID in a Fruits table:
SELECT PieID AS ID, Pie, Fruit FROM Pies LEFT OUTER JOIN Fruits
ON Pies.FruitID = Fruits.FruitID
This returns 3 items: ID, Pie, and Fruit in that order.
Moving columns after the query/display operation is rarely used, but yes ColPosition can be used for that.
Wow! VB6.... Back to the future! :-)
You can move Columns using the ColPosition Property.
This article shows how you could setup the grid to display hierarchical data.
If you just want to display the customer name on the same line as the main data then that is doable as well by just creating the proper SQL for your data source. For that matter you can control the column order the same way as well.
Now, how about considering upgrading to .Net? Just kidding..... No, I'm not. OK. I am, maybe. :-)
Anyone ever see how fogbugz sorts their tables? When you click to sort the column, they actually break the table up into many small tables that have each category of info.
Wondering if anyone knows how they do this?
Looking to implement this feature.
If you take a look through the cases page, and sort you can see what I mean.
Any help would be AWESOME!
Still Haven't figured this one out.
EDIT: #Peter, I don't want to postback and recreate a table every time the header title is clicked for a sort. I also want to know if their is a generic solution for this. If I click on the header to sort, by the way of javascript, it seperates the "one" table into many and I want to know if their is any generic solution for this because its just a MUCH better way of viewing a sorted Table.
EDIT: I do need a javascript sorter, but if you look right down at the implementation of fogbugz, it produces a different result...
Yup, Rich got it (I coded this feature into FogBugz a long while back).
If you have to do this on the client you have no choice but to sort the data, iterate through it generating table row after table row, and every time you hit a new sort value you create a new thead w/ the appropriate information.
To be honest it would be a pretty cool modification to this jQuery plugin: http://tablesorter.com/docs/ and you'd be able to leverage a lot of their work. If you're going to put in the time and create a general solution, might as well make it accessible to the community.
Without knowing specifically how Fog Creek accomplishes this, the way that I would do it is to output a table header, then iterate through the list, outputting a footer and a new header each time the group value changed.
Not sure what answer do you expect. SQL query for this would simply use ordering on selected column, and UI would start new table each time this value changes.
Here is screenshot of FogBugz with this sorting, after clicking on Priority column.
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6974/76755363ee3.png
Of course, starting new table doesn't make sense for every column (title, case #).
Edit: If I understand correctly, you're looking for a way how to do this in a browser without loading new page. If this is the case, I would suggest at least some server-side support, which would return your data in correct order, and properly structured for subtables (in xml/json/whatever you use). Your javascript will use this data to recreate tables. I am sure others with more web-ui experience will provide you with better answers.
I've used the Sortable Tables script from Kryogenix with some good results.
I don't know if it is relevant, but we store the results of a query in a temporary table in SQL, and then reference current-row-less-one to see if a Category has changed, and indicate this in the resulset.
In some instances we "indicate" this with a column containing
<tr><td colspan=999>Category Heading</td></tr>
so that the web page can just "inject" that into the table it is building.
SELECT Col1, Col2, ...,
[CATEGORY] = CASE WHEN T1.CategoryCol <> COALESCE(T2.CategoryCol, '')
THEN '<tr><td colspan=999>' + T1.CategoryCol + '</td></tr>'
ELSE ''
END
FROM #MyTempTable AS T1
LEFT OUTER JOIN #MyTempTable AS T2
ON T2.ID = T1.ID - 1