sort - Exivity docs

Overview
The sort statement is used to re-order the rows in usage data
Syntax
sortdset.id [desc|descending]using|bycolumn_name [column_name ...]
Details
The sort statement will reorder the usage records in the specified DSET using one or more column names as the keys to sort by.
By default the sort will be done in ascending order but if the optional desc keyword is present after the DSET ID then the rows will be sorted in descending order.
Any number of columns to sort by may be specified but any given column name may only appear once in the list, the column names must not be fully qualified, and all the specified columns must exist in the data to be sorted.
Examples
Given the following data imported as the dset example.sort:
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account,account2,service,quantity,rate,cogs,interval,instance,ref1,ref2
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Account1,Subaccount1,ServiceX,100,1,0.5,monthly,Instance,zebra,echo
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Account1,Subaccount2,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,delta,echo
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Account1,Subaccount2,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,zebra,alpha
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Account1,Subaccount2,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,delta,echo
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Account1,Subaccount3,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,charlie,zebra
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Account1,Subaccount3,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,charlie,bravo
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Account1,Subaccount3,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,charlie,romeo
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Account2,Subaccount4,ServiceX,100,1,0.5,monthly,Instance,golf,tango
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Account2,Subaccount4,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,sierra,papa
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Account2,Subaccount4,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,xray,papa
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... the following statement:
sort example.sort by ref1 ref2
... will reorder the usage records as follows.
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account,account2,service,quantity,rate,cogs,interval,instance,ref1,ref2
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Account1,Subaccount3,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,charlie,bravo
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Account1,Subaccount3,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,charlie,romeo
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Account1,Subaccount3,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,charlie,zebra
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Account1,Subaccount2,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,delta,echo
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Account1,Subaccount2,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,delta,echo
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Account2,Subaccount4,ServiceX,100,1,0.5,monthly,Instance,golf,tango
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Account2,Subaccount4,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,sierra,papa
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Account2,Subaccount4,ServiceZ,100,1,0.5,individually,Instance3,xray,papa
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Account1,Subaccount2,ServiceY,100,1,0.5,daily,Instance2,zebra,alpha
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Account1,Subaccount1,ServiceX,100,1,0.5,monthly,Instance,zebra,echo
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