Lines and columns values are arranged in ascending order. At that, if values have numerical type, they are sorted by value, and if they have line type, they are sorted alphabetically. We can separately set our own sorting mode for each line and/or column value. The following modes are available: "arrange in ascending order," "arrange in descending order" and "perform no sorting." In the latter case, values in lines/columns will be displayed depending on their entries.

Let us modify column sorting in our example. Let years be arranged in decreasing order. To perform this, let us enter the cross-object editor and select the "Year" column element. To modify sorting, click on the area of the item with down arrow:

After that, close the editor and start the report. It will look as follows: