Column Sort

This configuration controls how list contents are sorted when a column header is clicked in the lists of work items, process instances, and events.

If this parameter is set to "server", a request is sent to the server, which causes all available data to be sorted, including pages that have not been accessed. If set to "page", only the page that is currently displayed is sorted (a request is not sent to the server).

Note that when this parameter is set to "server," not all columns are sortable, as some attributes cannot be sorted by the server. If the user attempts to sort a non-sortable column by clicking on the header, a message is displayed.

Procedure

  1. Open the config.xml file.

    For information about how this file should be opened (i.e., via the Configuration Administrator or via the file system), see Introduction.

  2. Locate the columnSort record in the config.xml file. For example: 
    <record jsxid="columnSort" value="server"/record>
  3. Set the value attribute as follows:
    • server - Causes all available data to be sorted by the values in the column, including pages that have not been accessed.
    • page - Only the page that is currently displayed is sorted by the values in the column.
  4. Save and close the config.xml file.