Question

I have an access report which fetches data from an underlying access query. The problem I am having is that I want to be able to allow the user the ability to sort the data based on 3 separate fields. How can I give the user this facility that he can choose if he wants to sort the incoming data based on a field A, B or C?

Kindly help.
Thanks!

Answer 1

The following should help.

First, use openArgs parameter to pass user’s selected OrderBy field:

DoCmd.Close acReport, "MyReport"
DoCmd.OpenReport "MyReport", acViewPreview, , , , "OrderByColumnName"

Then, use passed value for ordering on report Load:

For Access 2007+:

Private Sub Report_Load()
    Me.Report.OrderByOn = True
    Me.Report.OrderBy = Me.Report.OpenArgs
End Sub

For Access 2003:

Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel As Integer)
    Me.Report.OrderByOn = True
    Me.Report.OrderBy = Me.Report.OpenArgs
End Sub

The outcome is the same: report will be [re]sorted based on the passed parameters.

Hope this helps.