Order Page: Sort Weirdness

I figure it is because the default is by Pre-Order date chronologically. Then if you click "status" to sort, it first sorts alphabetically (ie. Gathering Interest, Ships, Under Contract.) When "status" is clicked a second time it sorts in reverse alphabetical order. The "Ships" status is always in the middle. Our original poster does not have any "Gathering Interest" to reveal this pattern.

The way to sort by status is to click on the word "status." 

You can read more about it here: Whoa! Something is drastically wrong with the orders page.

Lee said:

Clicking on the "Status" button multiple times, I find that the button is working intermittently. When it does work (when a change occurs in the sort order), the order still comes up weird.

Any time you leave the page and come back it will always default to chronological Pre-Order sorting. My sort by status function works everytime (so long as I stay on the page) and is always alphabetical or reverse alphabetical. "Ships" is always in the middle unless sorting by Pre-Order date.

This sorting is done by design and would not be a problem except that we like "Ships" dates to be on top.

Lee said:

When it does respond (i.e. the sort order changes), the sort order is all weird, as in the screen capture

The screen capture displays a properly sorted Pre-Order date. I am assuming the blurred out resources were done intentionally by you for privacy. If your Status sort button is only working intermittently it is a problem I am not experiencing. The weird order of display under status in the screenshot is because when sorting by Pre-Order date the function ignores the status.

I am probably misunderstanding you. 

Cameron Watters (Logos) said:

The "correct" order when sorting by status, descending, as far as we've discussed it internally is:

1. Items with a known shipping date; in order of when they will ship
2. Under Contract
3. Gathering Interest

[Y][H] Yay! You don't know how much I appreciate this order.  Thank you!

Both problems should be fixed in the upcoming release.  Here's what the version in test looks like:

I'll ask about alternating the row colors.

Community Price bids are now sorted by status and then by the percentage committed toward the production cost.

Bump.

Thanks.

Thank you!