Sorting the DataSet

There are three ways to sort a DataSet:

Sorting the Detail columns

You can sort the DataSet by clicking on a column heading in the Detail. You can reverse the order by clicking on the same heading again. This ordering is lost as soon as you select another element in the Overview or close S_TOOLS-STx.

Setting the default Detail sort options

You can set the default Detail sort options in the Display Layout Settings dialog in the Application & Setup Tree tree or in the Detail context menu (Sort...). These sort options are persistent between S_TOOLS-STx sessions, but can be temporarily overridden by clicking on a Detail column heading.

Sorting the underlying XML elements.

You can also sort the underlying XML elements in the DataSet by right-clicking on an element in the Overview and selecting Sort. The resulting sort order is only displayed in the Detail if no other sort method has been used (see above).

Performance

If your DataSet is large, sorting the underlying XML elements by unique attributes will improve performance considerably.