topic qSortIndicator issue in Integration, Extension & APIs

qSortIndicator issue

rbecher — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:30:20 GMT

Hi,

in extensions very often I need to sort dimensions myself, at least for 2nd dimension. Hence I try to figure out what sorting is given by the user. The only thing I cannot detect is when a dimension is not sorted, means sorting by load order.

In that case according to documentation qSortIndicator should equal 'N' but it doesn't:

So my guess is this is an API bug. Is there any workaround?

- Ralf

Re: qSortIndicator issue

ErikWetterberg — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:38:48 GMT

Hi Ralf,

You really need qSortCriterias, which is not included in the dimension info in the layout (that might be considered a bug). When you turn off sorting in the standard property panel, the client will still set qSortByLoadOrder to 1, like this:

So QIX engine still thinks its sorted (which it is..).

A workaround would be getting the properties and checking qSortCriterias.

Hope this helps

Erik Wetterberg

Re: qSortIndicator issue

rbecher — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 11:38:27 GMT

Thanks Erik,

I know and have used qSortCriterias before but thought qSortIndicator would be a more simple solution.