# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IBaseDataSet.Collation

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_IBaseDataSet_Collation_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReportModel.IBaseDataSet.Collation*">Collation Property
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<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">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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<h5 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_PageReportModel_IBaseDataSet_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.
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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