Sort a collection and change at data source

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Hi Guys,

Was wondering how to sort a collection and save the results within the actual collection.

Example I want to sort collection 'mycol' column 'Type' in alphabetical order. I want the collection to rearrange in this order.

I know how to show it sorted in tables, a gallery, dropdown list etc. Although, I want to rearrange the data at the source which is within my actual collection.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Constrictor64 50 on at

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The easiest way would be to create a temporary collection and then clear collect the results of that back to the real collection.

ClearCollect(myTempCollection, Sort(mycol, Type)); ClearCollect(mycol, myTempCollection);

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Hi @christian12 ,

You can do it in one action like this

With( {wCol: mycol}, ClearCollect( mycol, Sort( wCol, Type ) ) )

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Constrictor64 50 on at

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Yes, this is a much cleaner solution as you don't have a temporary collection laying around taking up memory as well.

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