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Sort items within grouped data in a smart container

Related products:Lucidchart
  • May 27, 2020
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Ursula B

Hi 

I use smart containers to visualize a list where each record has 4 dimensions (name status classification and comment).

When I group the items by status and show all dimensions how can I achieve that the items in each container and not sorted by alphabet (using the field "name") but using e.g. the field "classification" for sort order?

To give you an example: in the attached image the items of the upper group (items with status "Open") are sorted alphabetically by the field "name" ("Candidate.." before "cost..." before "Long..." till "Vacancy..." at the end).

I would like to sort those items by the field "Classification" - so first all with classification = "Cost" then "Funnel" then "Process excellence" and finally all with classification = "Workforce planning".

I am aware that I can drag the items around manually but that doesn't do the trick for me since it's not a permanent solution (e.g. when I refresh the data).

Any ideas? Thank you!

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Kent B101
  • Lucid support team
  • May 27, 2020

Hi Ursula

Thanks for reaching out on Lucid Community!

Unfortunately what you are trying to do is not currently supported in Lucidchart. Right now the only way to reorder the items is manually which as you said is not a permanent solution. However we're always looking for ways to improve Lucidchart and your feedback is the best way for us to do that. I’ve gone ahead and moved your post to our product feedback community space. Ideas shared here are reviewed by the product development team for their consideration.

Thanks for your request and I apologize for any inconvenience this causes you.

For anyone else looking for information on smart containers check out this article: Smart Containers