Function

a!sortInfo( field, ascending )

Creates a value of type SortInfo for use with grids and record queries.

See also:

• SortInfo
• a!queryRecordType()
• a!queryEntity()
• a!pagingInfo()
• Read-Only Grid

Parameters

Returns

SortInfo

Usage considerations

Supported data types

Sorting is only supported for complex data types and is not supported for a dictionary array.

Sorting in a!queryRecordType vs a!queryEntity

Depending on the type of query, the way you reference the sort field will vary.

If you are sorting in a!queryRecordType(), you must use a record field reference.

For example:

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a!sortInfo(
        field: recordType!Customer.fields.sumOfSales,
        ascending: false
      )

If you are sorting in a!queryEntity(), you must reference the field by name in quotations.

For example:

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a!sortInfo(
        field: "lastName",
        ascending: false
      )

Sorting on aggregated data in a query

When an alias is defined in the grouping or measure of your query, you must use the alias instead of the record field reference as the sort field.

For example:

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a!queryRecordType(
  recordType: recordType!Case,
  fields: a!aggregationFields(
    groupings: a!grouping(
      field: recordType!Case.fields.createdOn,
      interval: "DATE_SHORT_TEXT"
!     alias: "createdOn",
    ),
    measures: a!measure(
      field: recordType!Case.fields.id,
      function: "COUNT",
      label: "# of cases",
      alias: "caseCount"
    )
  ),
  pagingInfo: a!pagingInfo(
    startIndex: 1,
    batchSize: 500,
!   sort: a!sortInfo(field: "createdOn", ascending: true)
  )
).data

Sorting on records-powered charts

To sort your chart data, you can:

• Use the alias of any groupings or measures to sort by fields referenced in the chart.
• Use a record field or related record field reference to sort by fields that are not referenced in the chart. The field must be of type Number (Integer), Number (Decimal), Date, Date and Time, Time, or Boolean.

You can add multiple sort fields on line, bar, and column charts that uses a record type as the source.

See Configure Charts Using Records for more information on sorting records-powered charts.

Example

You can copy and paste these examples into the Expression Rule Designer to see how this works.

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	=a!sortInfo(
	  field: "name",
	  ascending: true()
	)

returns

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	[field=name,
	 ascending=true]

For more examples, see Query Recipes.