ArcGIS Pro 2.7.2: “sort ascending\descending” tools are deemed for fields that comes from the joined table,

[JamalNUMAN]

ArcGIS Pro 2.7.2: “sort ascending\descending” tools are deemed for fields that comes from the joined table,

I couldn’t figure out why “sort ascending\descending” tools are deemed for fields that come from the joined table (linked with add join tool).

In the screenshot below, a layer (L1) is joined with a table (T1). The “sort ascending\descending” tools fail to work for fields that belong to the joined table (T1)

Is this by design?

[Robert_LeClair]

Hi Jamal - the only thing I've seen on the internals is a user had this exact same behavior in a project.  They created a new project, did the Join and the ascending/descending was not grayed out in the joined table.  Try this - what is the result?  Please advise.

[JeffWard1]

@Robert_LeClair  Any workarounds for this behavior other than starting a new project?

[Robert_LeClair]

Jeff - so this has been identified as BUG-00013896 - "In ArcGIS Pro, the options to sort the joined fields in ascending and descending order are not available after performing a 1:M join."  It is in the Product Plan to be fixed - not sure when though.  Workaround is to refresh the table after the join but I don't see this working in my ArcGIS Pro 2.9.3

[JamalNUMAN]

The data is attached.

After getting the layer and table joined as per the screenshot below, the sorting tools will never work for “Ref_P_table”

[Robert_LeClair]

Thx for the data Jamal - I think this is a bug based upon my testing.

1.  I followed your workflow in a new project and confirmed the sort ascending/sort descending was grayed out - AGP used the "new" Join cardinality of 1:M by default - it seems there's no way to do a traditional 1:1 if the software detects 1:M.

2.  Tested in ArcMap where supported cardinalities for a Join are 1:1 and M:1.  Sort ascending/sort descending worked.

3.  Back in ArcGIS Pro, created a copy of T1 called T2 and removed duplicate records.  Create a traditional 1:1 join and sort ascending/sort descending worked.

4.  Ran the Join Field GP tool on copies of L1 and T1 - tool modified existing L1 data and used 1:1 cardinality I believe.  Sort ascending/sort descending worked.

My belief is that the 1:M cardinality for a Join in ArcGIS Pro 2.7.2 (maybe earlier) is the culprit with the sort ascending/sort descending not working.  I recommend you contact Esri Support Services and log this as a BUG.

Let me know if I can provide further assistance.  Thx!

[JamalNUMAN]

Thank you for the feedback.

Is there a section here (community) to report bugs?

[Robert_LeClair]

Not in the Forum/Topics to my knowledge but you can report a bug here - thx for discovering this!

[JamalNUMAN]

Appears to work fine in 2.8.4