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Feb 23, 2023 7:42 PM UTC
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Can you sort predecessors #s in a report?

Use case: We have a report for users that have multiple predecessors. One is the 3rd task and one is the 15th task.

 

However, when the report displays, it shows 15 first, then 3. My guess it's because 1 is less than 3, so it can't understand that it's a bigger number.

 

I trying to textmod an ascending order, and Workfront yelled at me and then crashed. (Metaphorically, of course.)

 

I know there are out of the box ways to sort certain columns, but my guess is Predecessors is excluded. Confirmation either way would be appreciated!

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Doug_Den_Hoed_AtAppStore
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Community Advisor
Feb 23, 2023 7:55 PM UTC

 

Hi @ryan_mcgee,

 

If this is a Task report with one row per task, you can sort by either Task Number or WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).

 

If, on the other hand, you're referring to the resulting Predecessor Tasks listed in a single column using an iteration of the Task predecessors...yeah, those cannot be sorted (and to my knowledge, are essentially random, despite your 15 before 3 Reasonable Guess).

 

Regards,

Doug

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Doug_Den_Hoed_AtAppStore
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Doug_Den_Hoed_AtAppStoreCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
Community Advisor
Feb 23, 2023 7:55 PM UTC

 

Hi @ryan_mcgee,

 

If this is a Task report with one row per task, you can sort by either Task Number or WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).

 

If, on the other hand, you're referring to the resulting Predecessor Tasks listed in a single column using an iteration of the Task predecessors...yeah, those cannot be sorted (and to my knowledge, are essentially random, despite your 15 before 3 Reasonable Guess).

 

Regards,

Doug

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Level 5
Feb 23, 2023 8:12 PM UTC

Correct: it's the concatenated fields that are out of whack. Appreciate the quick confirmation I shouldn't put too much effort into this, thanks!

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