.. _ordering_lists:

Ordering Lists
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.. 20.1.1|VOSS-695|EKB-5200:

The list view of items allows for basic ordering by column.

#. Click in the column header of a list. String columns are sorted
   alphabetically and numeric columns are sorted numerically.
#. Click the column header name or up/down arrow to change the direction or
   the sort order of the column.

The ordering of a column is shown by the up/down arrow.

.. note::

   * When sorting, instances with no value for the sort field will sort
     to the top or bottom of the list, depending on the alphabetical sort direction:
     ascending or descending.
   * Capital letters will sort *before* lower case letters.
   * With no filter applied, sort will work on any column in the list view.
   * With a filter applied to a single column, sort will work on the filtered
     column only.
   * With a filter applied to more than one column, the sort functionality will
     not work.
   * Leading spaces on a field in the list view are dropped when rendering the
     list view, so this may affect the sort order.
   * The sort order of the **Located At** column will be according to the
     displayed string value and not the hierarchy path.