1 In Cognos Report Studio, on the Insertable Objects panel, select the appropriate index column from the Codes folder and add it to the query collection (available in Query Explorer).

2 Select the appropriate data item from the Query Explorer, and then select the Edit Layout Sorting... option from the Sort in Layout menu. The Sorting dialog displays.

3 In the Sorting dialog, select the sort order for the available data items, and click OK to close the dialog.