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Reports for terminal lists should in principle never be sorted. The reason for that is that the sequence of the terminals is of significance. To be able to calculate and present links (jumpers), it is for example necessary to define the physical order between the terminals, and to use that order both for the calculation and for the presentation. Sorting the report would ruin that delicate order.

For that reason, almost any sorting of a terminal list done by the Report Generator, would introduce errors. The content of the generated TARGET databases *B.DBF and *X.DBF is already sorted in a correct manner. The terminals in the database are defined in their physical order. No further sorting should therefore be made.

How the physical order should be defined is controlled by the Sequence between terminals controlled by setting.

Figure 463: The "Sorting of terminal lists according to" section

There are two alternatives:

•Either the terminal numbers control the sequence,

•or the positions in the circuit diagram control it.

The table below goes into details about both alternatives.

Option	Description
Position in algorithm	The Position in algorithm option implies that the terminals should be considered to be in the order that is determined by the numbering algorithm that is assigned to terminal group in question. Terminals with numbers that are not part of an associated algorithm (deviating terminals), are sorted by their numbers and placed in the end of the terminal group, since they are considered erroneous.
Position in circuit diagram	The Position in circuit diagram option implies that the terminals be considered to be in the order of their positions in the circuit diagram. Terminals on drawing sheets with lower sheet numbers comes before terminals on drawing sheets with higher sheet numbers. Terminals to the left in a sheet comes before terminals to the right, and terminals in the upper part of a sheet comes before terminals in the lower part. The priority between vertical and horizontal sorting is determined by the possible presence of the Horizontal terminal numbering symbol ("GEDREHT"). That symbol is available in the Terminals resource category in the Symbol Insert Tool of the Drawing Environment. Multiple terminals with the same terminal numbers within the same terminal group may exist. In the Position in algorithm case, that leads to an ambiguity, which is settled by the positions of the terminals in the circuit diagram, like in the Position in circuit diagram case.

Option

Description

Position in algorithm

The Position in algorithm option implies that the terminals should be considered to be in the order that is determined by the numbering algorithm that is assigned to terminal group in question. Terminals with numbers that are not part of an associated algorithm (deviating terminals), are sorted by their numbers and placed in the end of the terminal group, since they are considered erroneous.

Position in circuit diagram

The Position in circuit diagram option implies that the terminals be considered to be in the order of their positions in the circuit diagram.

Terminals on drawing sheets with lower sheet numbers comes before terminals on drawing sheets with higher sheet numbers. Terminals to the left in a sheet comes before terminals to the right, and terminals in the upper part of a sheet comes before terminals in the lower part.

The priority between vertical and horizontal sorting is determined by the possible presence of the Horizontal terminal numbering symbol ("GEDREHT"). That symbol is available in the Terminals resource category in the Symbol Insert Tool of the Drawing Environment.

Multiple terminals with the same terminal numbers within the same terminal group may exist. In the Position in algorithm case, that leads to an ambiguity, which is settled by the positions of the terminals in the circuit diagram, like in the Position in circuit diagram case.