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Title: Reverse sorting
Post by: wizbang on November 18, 2004, 03:40:07 pm

Hi Guys,

I'm trying to create  a smartlist that  lists my most recent imports in the order of most recent import first.

I've created the following smartlist:

[Date Imported]=<=20160  [Media Type]=[Audio] ~sort=[Date Imported],[Artist],[Album],[Track #]

but this lists them with the most recent import last, not first.

How do I reverse the sort order to ensure that the most recent import is first?

Title: Re:Reverse sorting
Post by: wizbang on November 18, 2004, 03:46:06 pm

Its okay.

Five minutes after posting I discovered that there is a "-d" modifier that can be used with sorting, so the correct smartlist is:

[Date Imported]=<=20160  [Media Type]=[Audio] ~sort=[Date Imported]-d,[Artist],[Album],[Track #]

Title: Re:Reverse sorting
Post by: hit_ny on November 19, 2004, 03:14:25 am

i was thinking about reverse sorting the other day too...

But not in a smartlist,  in a view scheme.

As it stands currently...view scheme columns seem to sort in alphabetical order. I was wondering whether its possible to do a reverse sort in them.

For instance...i create a custom (calculated field)

Album Score - Album

Album score is a custom field i created to hold the avg of the track scores of an album.

I wanted to create a view scheme that has

Genre, album artist(auto) , albumscore-album

but the last column sorts in increasing order, wanted the albumscore to sort in desceding order so i see the highest rated albums first rather than towards the end.

is this possible ?

Title: Re:Reverse sorting
Post by: wizbang on November 19, 2004, 04:22:41 am

Yes this should be possible.

In "Customize Current View...", when you add an entry to the sort window you have the option of choosing "A-Z" or "Z-A". Select the "Z-A" option for reverse sorting.

If you have already added the field to the sort window, you will need to remove it and add it again.

Title: Re:Reverse sorting
Post by: hit_ny on November 19, 2004, 05:04:53 am

i tried what u said..but dont think its working.

i created a Album Score - Album field on purpose so i could look at the upper portion (where the columns are displayed) and have 1 entry/album.

The sorting works on the lower portion of the view scheme. But that displays all the album tracks, which i ignore.