>>I would like for the positive numbers to list on top so as to go from higher to lower. Is there a way around that/this?
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>Add an extra field, ..., abs(fieldxy) as absval, ... order by absval descending
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>You don't need to show that extra field anywhere, just use it for ordering.

I've never used local views, and in TSQL you can't use ORDER BY in a view, however would ORDER BY ABS(fieldxy) DESCENDING work?