Possible to prevent but still set sorting on embedded list?

[Bob Loblaw]

Hello - first of all, I am new to ServiceNow, so thanks in advance for your patience.

My question: I have an embedded list on a form and do not want the user to be able to sort the first column of this embedded list using the embedded list header options ("Sort a to z", "Sort z to a"), yet I do want to be able to set the default sort (first column decending). Is this possible?

I know I can use "no_sort=true" in the Attributes section of that first column's dictionary entry to lock it down, and using "sort=asc" in the same place would give me the sorting I am looking for, but I can't use both at the same time.

Might this possible, or is it an "all-or-none" situation?

Thanks so much!

Message was edited by: Trace Hyatt & was reworded for clarity/remove wordiness.

[Bob Loblaw · Accepted solution]

Ended up using a before query business rule to sort as desired.