How to sort records when creating a "List of Records" module within the Application Menu

[ChadLee4]

I am creating a Module with the Link Type of "List or Records". Is there a way to automatically sort the records by a certain column within the "Arguments" field?

[shyamkumar VK]

@ChadLee4 , yes its possible check this link

https://www.servicenow.com/community/sysadmin-forum/new-module/m-p/2372732

Regards,

Shyamkumar

[Brad Bowman · Accepted solution]

Hi Chad,

You can affect the sort order of the list by adding something like this to the arguments - with another argument to sort descending if you don't want the default ascending

&sysparm_order=sys_created_on&sysparm_order_direction=desc

[prashantkulkarn]

Those still looking for answer: Below is what worked for me

To sort a list by multiple fields, remove everything from the filter field and place it in the arguments field. For example, if the filter specifies [Active] [is] [true] and you want to sort by category and subcategory, remove the condition and put the following in the module arguments:

active=true^ORDERBYcategory^ORDERBYsubcategory

This argument first orders by the category and then orders by the subcategory. If you want any field to be a descending sort, then change ORDERBY to be ORDERBYDESC.