Hi Urs,

have you tried the other coding reports? You can get a different type of outcome table (one that is outcome-type specific) from the "get coding for selected items" button on the main documents window and from the "coding record" tab in "Documents details".

The outcome classifications will all appear in the last table cell, not on their own column. If this kind of report suits your needs, I can change the way outcome classifications are ordered, but I'm not sure how.
The problem is that outcome classifications may appear anywhere in the code-tree, so ordering them in a way that depends on their exact location would require to process the whole tree in one way or the other. Alphabetical order is an arbitrary choice, but it does make some sort of sense because it is consistent. This makes your laborious option (prefixing the names with a1, a2, a3...) look like a good solution.

If you'd like the second type of report to sort outcome classifications in alphabetical order (they are not currently sorted), I'm pretty sure I can make this change with little or no trouble.

Thanks,
Sergio

Hi Urs,

Just to clarify: I just noticed that the outcome classification codes in the "get coding for selected items" mode appear exactly like I need them. (In the order they appear in the code-tree)

If this is true, it happens almost by chance. In the current situation the Classification codes will usually (but not always) appear in the order they were created. I can influence this order relatively easy, but not the one on the kind of report that you need, sorry!

So yes, please feel free to rename your outcome classification codes, I don't expect I'll be able to write the function you suggest in the immediate future, sorry.

Sergio