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[jaynyc]

Hi.  Take a look at this screenshot of my JRiver MC17
http://screencast.com/t/GDWdUzP0Pe  (also attached)

You'll notice I'm sorting by:  DateImported descending, then Album ascending, then Track# ascending

1.  Look at the red arrow I made... why doesn't the Ya-Ka-May album "Galactic" sort from 1 to 15?  Why does it start at 5 then go to 15, then from 1?

2.  Look at the green arrow I made... why didn't the Quanta album "Overflow" get imported as a cluster, sorted properly?

thank you

--jay

[rick.ca]

According to the column headers, you have it sorted by [Date Imported] (which includes time to the second), not [Track #] as you seem to be expecting. To sort by [Track #] within [Album] within [Artist], for example, click on the column headers in that order.

[jaynyc]

According to the column headers, you have it sorted by [Date Imported] (which includes time to the second), not [Track #] as you seem to be expecting. To sort by [Track #] within [Album] within [Artist], for example, click on the column headers in that order.

i have all 3 headers selected, with Date Imported as [1], Album as [2], and Track # as [3].
Is there another variant of Date Imported that is not "time to the second"?

[InflatableMouse]

Out of interest, why would you want to sort by date imported in an artist/album view that you want sorted by track?

Seems to me that you would want date imported to see when it imported, but why does it need to sort on that field?

I think, if you click date imported header first, (remove grouping), then choose track and then Album, you may get what you want to achieve?

[rick.ca]

i have all 3 headers selected, with Date Imported as [1], Album as [2], and Track # as [3].

Sorry. I jumped to the conclusion you had specified the in the wrong order...

Is there another variant of Date Imported that is not "time to the second"?

Yes, you can make your own with an expression column or field, like...

FormatDate([Date Imported,0], yyyy-MM-dd)

...to show the imports for each day separately.

[jaynyc]

Sorry. I jumped to the conclusion you had specified the in the wrong order...

Yes, you can make your own with an expression column or field, like...

FormatDate([Date Imported,0], yyyy-MM-dd)

...to show the imports for each day separately.

HOLY COW THIS CUSTOM COLUMN WORKS!!  Now the albums and tracks are sorted perfectly.  WOW.  I called it "Date Imp RND"

Next question:  when I try to make a PRESET, this custom column does not appear in the pick list.  But it is definitely visible and there is a column I can click on and sort.  How do I make this custom column so I can select it and make it part of a preset?

[rick.ca]

A column preset saves all the columns used in a view, including any expression columns. If you want to select the expression by itself, save it as an 'expression field'. Go to Options > Library and Folders > Manage Library Fields, create a new field, select 'Calculated Data' and enter your expression in the editor.

[jaynyc]

Thank you.  This makes JRiver a zillion times better.