Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 15 May 2024 12:41:35 GMT

[quote userid="76282" url="~/discussions/f/general/25998/cannot-sort-by-field-because-it-is-from-a-one-to-many-record-relationship/135265"]I have a use case where I need to sort a column which has one-to-many record relationship[/quote]

What have you tried so far? What exactly isn't working?

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

kaushik12 — Tue, 14 May 2024 07:29:15 GMT

Hey Mike and Stefan, I have a use case where I need to sort a column which has one-to-many record relationship, the column is essentially a status column, which needs to be alphabetically sorted.

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

Mike Schmitt — Wed, 31 May 2023 12:05:41 GMT

What Stefan said...

Do you have a use case? What would this sorting look like? Usually sorting is reserved for columns with a comprehensible and intuitive sorting methodology available (sorting text in alphanumeric order i.e.), but this doesn't end up making much sense for "one to many relationships" unless you mean something you can specify...

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

Stefan Helzle — Wed, 31 May 2023 07:45:19 GMT

Mike gave a good answer to this question. Do you have a more specific question?

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

lavanya03 — Wed, 31 May 2023 07:40:53 GMT

So, is there any other way to sort the field having one to many relationships.

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 13:02:57 GMT

The code you've shared doesn't logically work. First your value is a count of "MemberId", implying that the value shown on a given cell in the grid will be the total number of MemberIds associated with the "wfmRIDmember" on that row. I assume that would be fine, assuming that's what you want to be showing.

But then, what would sorting by "MemberId" even be expected to do? Each row of your grid has its own set of MemberIds, for one thing, so sorting on those is not meaningful, let alone not possible.

In this case it's probably best to just not add a sort field to the grid column. Not all columns require sortability.

RE: Cannot sort by field because it is from a one-to-many record relationship.

Gabriele Camilli — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 07:50:18 GMT

Hi,

Which version of Appian are you on?