How to sort out results from the 'Lookup using list' icon by a certain field in a particular order

matthew_hughes
Kilo Sage

When I click on the 'Lookup using list' icon next to the 'Accountable tech organisation':

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The following results appear:

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However, what I'm wanting to do is sort the results in the following order:

By Department Type and starting  with Departments where Department Type is 'Platform'

 

Does anyone know what I need to do to sort the results?

 

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JenniferRah
Mega Sage

I'm guessing that "Accountable tech organisation" is a Reference variable pointing to the cmn_department table. Is that right? And the second screen shot is the list of departments shown? And Department Type is a custom field? If so, you should be able to accomplish this by setting up your variable like this: 

 

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If you don't want it filtered to just those department types, then I don't know of a way to have it sort by that but start at Platform. Maybe if that field was a number field and the display value was Platform, but the value was 0 or 1, it would sort those at the top, but I'm not sure if that's an option.

Hi @JenniferRah 

 

I've filtered the results as specified to show departments with a Department type of Platform or Lab:

 

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However, one thing I did notice is that I go to the list of departments itself, it's being sorted by the 'Updated by' date

 

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Do you know what I need to do to override it so that it sorts the department records by the 'Department Type' field?

That usually is a user setting that is remembered from session to session. I think the default for a view is to sort by the first column.