16340 Data Compare multiple column sort

[chrisjj]

Help says "By default, the files are sorted by their keys before the rows are aligned." and so I am expecting sort on the three key columns like this:



but instead I get sort only on the first:



What's up?

[Aaron]

In the Session menu -> Session Settings, Columns, is Unsorted Alignment enabled or disabled?

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[chrisjj]

In the Session menu -> Session Settings, Columns, is Unsorted Alignment enabled or disabled?

Unchecked.

But Aaron, Now I see there's some source data discrepancy behind this and inspecting the BC screenshot shows it is giving a correct result. So, false alarm - sorry to bother you.

PS For anyone else using multiple key sort: re Help's "By default, the files are sorted by their keys before the rows are aligned." I discover that the files are sorted by their keys in order left to right, so the sort order may be changed by changing the column order.