topic Re: Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder? in ArcGIS Online Questions

Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder?

JessiePechmann — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:47:29 GMT

Is there a way to sort the dropdown list alphabetically in the Filter widget in Web AppBuilder? It seems to be a random sort, which is challenging for a user. I have "Ask for values" checked to prompt a user of the app to set their own filter, and the filter is set to Unique. This populates the dropdown list, but in no particular order. I'd love it to sort alphabetically or allow for a default sort to be set.

Thank you.

Re: Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder?

Anonymous User — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 20:34:39 GMT

Hi Jessie,

Do you have this application shared publicly? I just set up a filter with the following settings:

When I use the Filter widget it does appear to sort those values alphabetically:

Do these settings match with what you have configured?

Thanks,

Katie

Re: Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder?

JessiePechmann — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 21:30:47 GMT

Here is a link to the app: http://utah.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=7723c9bb92e9442b8794a6bdad73d01f.

My settings look the same as yours. I wonder what is different about your dataset?

Re: Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder?

Anonymous User — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 21:49:00 GMT

I would like to get a Support case created to take a look at this, I will send you a message.

Thank you,

Katie

Re: Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder?

DerekLaw — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 04:29:45 GMT

Hi Jessie,

We've identified a bug with sorting alphanumeric values properly in the Filter widget. We have a planned fixed for the next ArcGIS Online update (scheduled for Dec).

Hope this helps,

Re: Sorting dropdown list alphabetically in Filter Widget in Web AppBuilder?

Anonymous User — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:47:00 GMT

Just for reference you can see the details for the defect here:

BUG-000099321: The Filter widget does not sort alphanumeric values ..