# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.DataSet.Collation

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_DataSet_Collation_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.DataSet.Collation*">Collation Property
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_DataSet_Collation" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.DataSet.Collation">Collation</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets a locale to use in the collation sequence for sorting data.</p>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public string Collation { get; set; }</code></pre>
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<h5 class="propertyValue">Property Value</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></td>
      <td><p>A <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a> value indicating the locale for the collation sequence.</p>
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    <div><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IBaseDataSet.Collation.html#GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_IBaseDataSet_Collation">IBaseDataSet.Collation</a></div>
<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_DataSet_Collation_remarks">Remarks</h5>
<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>If no collation is specified, the application attempts to determine the collation setting by querying the data provider.</p>
<p>Defaults to the application's locale settings if the data provider does not support this feature or returns an invalid value.</p>
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