Hello there, sriche01.

Let me provide the details on how to generate a Sales by Customer detail report sorted by state.

The following information demonstrates sales figures organized by state, which is especially useful for tracking sales trends based on location. I can provide you with the steps.

Here's how:

1. Login to QuickBooks Online.
2. Go to the Reports menu.
3. Select Sales and then Sales by Customer Detail.
4. Choose Customize Report.
5. On the Display tab, from the Columns list, select Name State/Province.
6. Remember to choose Total from the dropdown menu and then select Total Only.
7. Select the Sort by dropdown and then Name State/Province.
8. Click OK.

You can also follow this article for more information about the steps provided: Customize customer, job, and sales reports in QuickBooks Desktop.

If there's anything else I can help you with memorized reports, feel free to post here anytime. Thank you for dropping by have a lovely day. 

Thank you for your response! However, SORTING by state is not what I'm after. I want to FILTER for multiple states. Sorting just puts ALL states in a particular order. I want to only show sales for several selected states while filtering out others. As I said in the OP, I can do this for one state at a time, but I want to FILTER for multiple states. Thanks! 

@James_AL  RE: Let me provide the details on how to generate a Sales by Customer detail report sorted by state.

That is not what the OP asked for. Did you read the question? It's not complicated and doesn't use any big words or anything.

@sriche01  RE: Any syntax work arounds?

No, I don't think so.  About the only thing you can do is send a report that includes the state to Excel and then eliminate the data you don't want.

I was afraid of this. Pretty short sighted of QB. Regions I guess must be handled as yet another custom field...

@sriche01RE: I want to only show sales for several selected states while filtering out others.

Why do you want to do this? If you me know in more detail, perhaps I can come up with something...

Different states have particular restrictions, inspections or stipulations on the shipment of our product into their state. These are grouped into 4 main regions. I wanted to create a report of sales to each region. The only thing I can think of is to create a custom field defining regions and assign when creating the invoice. Less automatic than I was hoping...

Good to know. I'll probably just do this.