HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 211)

Sort Order Field Type
blanks
punctuation
numbers
uppercase letter
lowercase letters
Single-character string fields
two letters
three letters
four letters, and so on
For example:
• "123" comes before "124"
• " " (blank) comes before "a"
• "aa" comes before "aaa"
Multiple character string field
numeric order Currency fields
numeric order Number fields
chronological order Date fields
chronological order
same-date values sorted by time
DateTime fields
chronological order Time fields
Crystal Reports 2008 SP3 User's Guide 211
10 Sorting, Grouping, and Totaling
Sorting data