https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-ideas/allow-sorting-by-feature-layer-field-s-in-task/idi-p/1692631 <P>Idea: expand task sorting options to allow sorting by a field in the feature layer.</P><P>Use case: In our water system we have a few assets that have a "job number" attribute that indicates what order work should be performed in.&nbsp; The screenshot below shows tasks that have been created from our hydrant layer, showing the "book" and job numbers in the title:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Picture1.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/150284iF0329AC91AC53DF9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Picture1.png" alt="Picture1.png" /></span></P><P>I would like to see the Sort By menu expanded to allow sorting by additional fields that exist in the layer.&nbsp; In our system the job numbers don't necessarily exist "in order" so we can't rely on proximity or distance sorting to take us to the correct next asset.</P> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:56:05 GMT tmichael_wpjwa 2026-03-25T18:56:05Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-ideas/allow-sorting-by-feature-layer-field-s-in-task/idi-p/1692631 <P>Idea: expand task sorting options to allow sorting by a field in the feature layer.</P><P>Use case: In our water system we have a few assets that have a "job number" attribute that indicates what order work should be performed in.&nbsp; The screenshot below shows tasks that have been created from our hydrant layer, showing the "book" and job numbers in the title:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Picture1.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/150284iF0329AC91AC53DF9/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Picture1.png" alt="Picture1.png" /></span></P><P>I would like to see the Sort By menu expanded to allow sorting by additional fields that exist in the layer.&nbsp; In our system the job numbers don't necessarily exist "in order" so we can't rely on proximity or distance sorting to take us to the correct next asset.</P> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:56:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-field-maps-ideas/allow-sorting-by-feature-layer-field-s-in-task/idi-p/1692631 tmichael_wpjwa 2026-03-25T18:56:05Z