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- Sort Species According to Phylogeny
- Convert fields

# Sort Species According Database Entries

- OCCURRENCE
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- EXAMPLES
- WARNINGS
- BUGS

## OCCURRENCE

### ARB_NT/Species/Sort Species According Database Entries

## DESCRIPTION

### Arranges the species entries according to species associated field entries. Up to three fields can be specified in a hierarchical order (1st sort key = dominant sort criterion, ...).

### The arrangement is done in the alphabetical or numerical order of the field entries (see WARNINGS below).

### Check 'Reverse' below a field selection box to reverse the sort criterion (i.e. sort from big to small).

### Missing fields are ALWAYS sorted behind existing fields, then they'll be sorted by the next sort criterion.

## NOTES

### None

## EXAMPLES

### None

## WARNINGS

### To sort entries in numerical order make sure that the field is a numerical field (see ´Convert fields´).

### Example for which sorting a non-numerical field might lead to unexpected results:

    numerical field:    981  <  1277
    string field       "981" > "1277"

## BUGS

### No bugs known