Sorting Lists

FlexNet Manager Suite 2023 R1 (On-Premises)

Show data rows in the order you prefer, including sorts across multiple rows.

The sort order is unique to each operator, as you expect; and it is 'sticky' — even after you go away to view another page, the sort order for this page is the same when you come back to it again. A sort controls the full data set, not just the current page of data.

Here are the different ways to control sorting.

To control the sorted order:

1. To sort a displayed list, click anywhere in the column header for the column you want to sort by.
   The sorted column show a small indicator arrow in the right end of its header. An up arrow means the column is now sorted in ascending order (so that a text column starts with a and ascends up to z).

   Tip: After changing the sort order, you may see completely different items in your list. This is because the sort is applied to all the data in the database, and not just to the currently displayed page. You may also be partway through a sorted list if you were not looking at the first page of data when you changed the sort — re-sorting does not return you to the first page. If you were previously looking at page 3 of 10, and you change the sort, you are still looking at page 3 of 10, but this is now a 'window' onto the list that is in a completely different order.
2. To reverse the sorted order of a list, click a second time on the column header of the sorted column.
   Each time you click the header of the same column, the sort order reverses. A down arrow means the column is now sorted in descending order (so that a text column starts with z and goes back to a).
3. To sort on multiple columns (example: to sort licenses by Publisher, and then by Name within each publisher):
   1. Click on the column header of the most important column you want to sort by (example: click Publisher until it is in the ascending/descending order you want).
   2. Hold down the Shift key, and click the column header for the secondary sort column (example: shift-click Name).
      You can repeat this for as many columns as you need.
   3. To reverse the order of any sorted column when there are multiple columns sorted, hold down the Shift key and click the sorted column header.