# Sort columns on filtered table dataset?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549 "2020-07-09T15:45:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![kirsten.chambers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@kirsten.chambers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kirsten.chambers)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549/1 "2020-07-09T15:45:33Z")

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When using the Perspective table’s filter, clicking on column headers to sort by ascending/descending does not work. For example:

Default (and in ascending order):  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/5/75fe4baa06c1496cca8c902fd319ef4433e50275.png)

When set to descending, it remains the same:  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/7/371fa0a98c405eb0e5fcbc0589c5ea0f5134bad9.png)

Is this a bug, or perhaps a missing feature at this time? If either, I just wanted to bring it to IA’s attention.

A workaround is to implement one’s own filter for tables, but I believe this is functionality that should be expected from the Table component (and, indeed, this left some of our clients scratching their heads).

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![kirsten.chambers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@kirsten.chambers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kirsten.chambers)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549/2 "2020-07-23T18:22:27Z")

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Bump. We’re still running into this issue.

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**Author:** ![ks0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ks0/32/6813_2.png) [@ks0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ks0)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549/3 "2020-12-08T21:58:58Z")

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We’ve hit this too. Seems like a rather large bug? Anybody out there?

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**Author:** ![kirsten.chambers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@kirsten.chambers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kirsten.chambers)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549/4 "2020-12-08T22:17:05Z")

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I submitted a ticket with support after encountering this issue and making this post. It’s a known issue and is supposedly in Inductive’s ticket queue, but apparently it hasn’t been fixed yet. Last response was on 8/6/2020.

Guess we just have to wait. ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯

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**Author:** ![ks0](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ks0/32/6813_2.png) [@ks0](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ks0)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sort-columns-on-filtered-table-dataset/36549/5 "2020-12-08T22:20:51Z")

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> [@kirsten.chambers](#):
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> ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯

Great DIY emoji.