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Sort tickets by multiple columns

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  • May 19, 2021
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PeterAnderson
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Currently, when viewing a list of tickets, you can add, remove and rearrange columns using the setting on the right-hand side. You can also sort the list using the setting on the left-hand side. However you can only choose one of the columns to sort by.

 

For example, say you have columns for Priority (low, medium, high) and Status (open, in progress, resolved). You can choose to sort by Priority (asc. or desc.), or you can sort by Status (asc. or desc.) - but not both.

 

If you sort by Priority desc. for example, you get a list of all the high priority tickets first, then the medium ones, then the low ones. But out of all the high priority tickets at the top of the list, the Status of those tickets could be in any order.

 

I’d like to suggest a feature that lets us sort a ticket list by multiple columns.

 

This would mean that, for example, you could sort by Priority desc., then Status desc. This would give you a list of all the high priority tickets first, and out of those, all the open ones would be grouped together, all the in progress ones grouped after that, and then all the resolved ones grouped at the end (followed by the medium Priority tickets, etc.).

 

My desire for this feature is to sort my ticket list in such a way that I know that the ticket listed first is the one I need to work on first (be it the most urgent, the one I haven’t responded to yet, or the one that’s been sitting there the longest (or all of the above!)).

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rashmi.nag
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  • May 12, 2022
Updated idea statusNewOpen

MinhPhuc2kkk
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  • October 5, 2022
Updated idea statusNewOpen

may i ask, how many up vote so this can be update to use?


rashmi.nag
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  • October 5, 2022

Hi @MinhPhuc2kkk. Our product teams will be reviewing each idea based on various criteria. There isn’t a set upvote count for ideas to get selected, but upvotes do play a major role for the team to understand the number of people requesting for a feature.

We’re working on putting together the Ideas Journey for the community to know what happens when they post an idea, what they can expect etc. Will keep you posted once that’s live. Hope this helps.


alyssia.correa
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OpenIn progress

Josh.Teodoro
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PLEASE!!!!! or add a field to the filters where I can type in data to “search” from (I have noticed that FS is not really “text” field happy when doing filters or mass updates, etc but drop downs are never missing lol)  … doing bulk update is a PITA when you have to go and select row by row by by row by page by page by page lol….

ALSO - not technically the same request but if the top column row can be locked so when scrolling down so it doesn’t disappear - that would be lovely!! - it’s like excel, filter, freeze, and sort!! oh and more rows per page available would be ideal - our last HD at least let us “choose” between 50/100/200 before we required to go to the next page! - just my two cents!


BryceK
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  • May 7, 2023

@Josh.Teodoro  hit the nail on the head! Would love that search bar to work as one would expect and the top row to be frozen when you scroll. 


alyssia.correa
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Hello @Josh.Teodoro and @BryceK - I’m sorry there haven’t been any further updates on this as yet. I have shared the alternative suggestions as well to our product teams and we will try and have someone get back as soon as possible. 

 


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  • November 22, 2023

Please provide an update on this as soon as possible


mbackwater42
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  • November 22, 2023

Oh please say this is in the roadmap! This would be invaluable to our organization!


muqqadasali
Community Debut
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  • June 9, 2026

This is a really useful suggestion, especially for users managing large ticket lists. Multi-column sorting would make prioritization much more practical, since it would allow combining factors like Priority and Status instead of relying on just one sorting rule.

For example, being able to sort by Priority first and then by Status would help teams quickly identify the most urgent open tickets. This kind of improvement could make workflow management much more efficient and reduce the time spent manually scanning lists.

Also, tools like Apollo Tv often focus on improving user experience through better organization and accessibility, which is exactly what this feature request is aiming for in ticket management systems.