Method and system for sorting and displaying data

A computer implemented method for selectively sorting and displaying data, the method comprising:

• sorting a plurality of object groups, each object group thereof including a separate primary object, by the respective primary objects of those object groups;
• displaying a control;
• in response to detecting user input that activates the control, organizing a table according to a first arrangement in which the object groups are placed in order of the sorting, and in which each object group's primary object is placed at a top of an object group to which that primary object belongs;
• displaying the table organized according to the first arrangement;
• in response to detecting user input that deactivates the control, organizing the table according to a second arrangement in which each of the object groups' primary objects are placed at a top of the table in order of the sorting, and in which all non-primary objects of the object groups are placed beneath a lowest-placed primary object in the table;
• and
• displaying the table organized according to the second arrangement.

A system comprising:

• a digital processor coupled to a display screen and to a processor-readable storage device, wherein the processor-readable storage device includes one or more instructions executable by the digital processor to perform the following acts:
• sorting a plurality of object groups, each object group thereof including a separate primary object, by the respective primary objects of those object groups;
• displaying a control;
• in response to detecting user input that activates the control, organizing a table according to a first arrangement in which the object groups are placed in order of the sorting, and in which each object group's primary object is placed at a top of an object group to which that primary object belongs;
• displaying the table organized according to the first arrangement;
• in response to detecting user input that deactivates the control, organizing the table according to a second arrangement in which each of the object groups' primary objects are placed at a top of the table in order of the sorting, and in which all non-primary objects of the object groups are placed beneath a lowest-placed primary object in the table;
• and
• displaying the table organized according to the second arrangement.