The availability of the Sort option depends on the
partitioning or collecting method that you select on the Partitioning tab
in the stage editor. You cannot sort data if you select the Auto or Db2® connector partition or collection
type.
- Select the Sort check box.
- To retain previously sorted data sets, select one or both
of the following options:
- Select the Stable check box if you
want to preserve previously sorted data sets.
- Select both Stable and Unique as
well if you want to retain only one of the multiple records that have
identical sorting key values. In this case, the first record of the
records that have identical sorting key values is retained.
- Click OK.