Smart search filter dropdown order

Nicole Johnson asked on January 20, 2015 12:36

I have a smart search filter used for filtering news items by date.

I tried to use the Values box in the smart search filter configuration, but the text was over 1000 so I got an error. I have now changed this to use a query which is working as I wanted and filters correctly, but the order of the dropdown is not correct.

Sample of my query is as follows:

SELECT '','','All'
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[{%ToSearchDateTime(CurrentDateTime.AddDays(-7))#%} TO {%ToSearchDateTime(CurrentDateTime)%}]','Past week'
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[20141201 TO 20141231]','Dec 2014'
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[20141101 TO 20141130]','Nov 2014'
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[20140701 TO 20140731]','Jul 2014'

This results in the following dropdown:

All, Past week, Jul 2014, Nov 2014, Dec 2014

Can anyone tell me how I can get the dropdown in the same order as the values are entered?

All, Past week, Dec 14, Nov 14, Jul 2014?

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Correct Answer

Brenden Kehren answered on January 20, 2015 13:59

Does the query error out if you add a fourth column? This could be your order.

SELECT '','','All', 1
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[{%ToSearchDateTime(CurrentDateTime.AddDays(-7))|(identity)GlobalAdministrator%}]','Past week', 2
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[20141201 TO 20141231]','Dec 2014', 3
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[20141101 TO 20141130]','Nov 2014', 4
UNION
SELECT 'NewsReleaseDate','[20140701 TO 20140731]','Jul 2014', 5
ORDER BY 4

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