Sort Tab in the Subset Editor

Argument settings of PALO.SORT() with Subset Editor

The PALO.SORT function takes the following form:

PALO.SORT(Whole,Criteria,Attribute,Type_limitation,Level,Reverse,Show_duplicates,Limit_count,Limit_start)

Below are descriptions of the arguments settings for each of the arguments in the function.

Whole

The settings for Whole can be found in the General tab of the Subset Editor under the headings Layout and Optional Settings.

"Flat"	0
"Hierarchy" and "Show children of hidden elements"	1
"Hierarchy" without "Show children of hidden elements"	2

0/empty	Order of definition.
1	Builds a hierarchic order and shows the children of elements that have been removed from the Subset. It is a prerequisite that the children are contained in the Subset.
2	Will not show the children of elements that have been removed from the Subset, but will cut the view at those particular positions.

Criteria

The settings for Criteria can be found in the Sort tab under the heading Sort by.

Definition	0
Value	1
Element name	2
Alias	3
Consolidation (Order of the elements like in the hierarchical view in the Modeler)	4

Attribute

The settings for Attribute can be found in the Sort tab under the heading Sort by.

Attribute

Selected text item

Note that when you sort a Subset by Attribute (in ascending order), the empty attributes will be sorted at the top.

Type_limitation

The settings for Type_Limitation can be found in the Sort tab under the heading Execute sort for.

All elements	0
Base elements only	1
Consolidated elements only	2

Level

The settings for Level can be found in the Sort tab as checkmark Sort at level.

"Sort at level" is not checked	Empty
"Sort at level" is checked	Number "Selected" Enumeration

Reverse

The settings for Reverse can be found in both the General tab and the Sort tab, as outlined below:

General tab: "Flat" selected and "Reverse" box not checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box not checked	0
General tab: "Flat" selected and "Reverse" box checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box checked	1 (don't work)
General tab: "Flat" selected and "Reverse" box not checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box checked	2
General tab: "Flat" selected and "Reverse" box checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box checked	3 (don't work)
General tab: "Hierarchy" selected and "Show parents below children" box not checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box not checked	0
General tab: "Hierarchy" selected and ""Show parents below children" box checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box not checked	1
General tab: "Hierarchy" selected and ""Show parents below children" box not checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box checked	2
General tab: "Hierarchy" selected and "Show parents below children" box checked Sort tab: "Reverse" box checked	3

1 or 3 as an argument only work in conjunction with "Whole <> 0/empty". With 2 as an argument, it is allowed that "Whole = 0/empty"

0/empty	Without effect
1	Hierarchical presentation of parents below the children and on every level sorted using criteria
2	A complete reversal of the sorting criteria
3	Hierarchical presentation and reversal of sorting on every level sorted using criteria

Show duplicates

The settings for Show duplicates can be found in the General tab under the heading Optional Settings.

"Show duplicates" is not checked	0
"Show duplicates" is checked	1

Elements in dimension can be added to several parent elements, in so-called parallel hierarchies. By default, Subset includes each occurrence of such elements in the result if they all match the filter criteria. With the option Show duplicates you can control this; when set to false, only a single occurrence of the element is included.

Limit_count, Limit_start

These arguments refer to Number of elements and Start with position, respectively, and can be found in the Sort tab under the heading Subset limitation.

Number of Elements	Number
Start with Position	Number (0 for the first element)

Sort by Value with multiple DFilters

When multiple DFilters are selected, they collectively operate as a union, combining elements to form a set. You can then sort these elements by Value. The resulting sorted elements create an output array that effectively combines the characteristics of the DFilters.

For example, in the screenshots below, we have two Views built from Orders Cube (which contains the data for the year 2012) and Orders2 Cube (which contains data for the years 2013 to 2016).

We can generate a Subset encompassing all the elements of the above Views and sort it by Value. For this example we select >0 for our Value, and also sort our Subset in Reverse.

The resulting reverse sorted elements create an output array that show 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2013.

Note that the sorting will not work if the Consolidated elements are included in the HFilter.

Updated December 9, 2024

Sort by Definition	All the elements are displayed in their creation order, in flat view or hierarchical order. The latter can be defined in General tab.
Sort by Consolidation	All the elements are displayed in tree view, like in the hierarchical view in the Modeler.
Sort by Element name	All the elements are displayed in alphabetical order.