Changing the grouping order
After you create groups, you can change their order. Evaluate the effect of changing the grouping order. For example, changing the order of the state or province and city groups to city and state or province produces a report that organizes data illogically. On the other hand, changing the order of the sales office and product line groups to product line and sales office provides you with a different perspective on the sales data. The focus shifts from sales office performance to product line performance.
How to change the grouping order
1 Select a column. From the right-arrow menu, choose Column→Reorder Columns. Arrange Columns, as shown in Figure 4-11, shows the columns in the order in which the report currently displays the data.
2 On Arrange Columns, select the grouped column from Available Columns. Use the up or down arrow buttons to move the column up or down the list. Choose OK.Figure 4-11 Reordering grouped columns