SharePoint
supports sorting based on up to two columns. To select the sort order,
scroll down to the Sort section of the view creation page (see Figure 1).
Under First Sort by the
Column, choose the column by which the view should sort first and how
that sorting should take place (ascending or descending). Then you can
optionally select another column to further sort the items, using the
second column selection drop-down. This determines how items with the
same value in the first column you selected will be sorted.
For example, you might want to
sort an event list by Start Date column first and Title column second;
that way, if two items have the same start date, the one scheduled to
start first will appear first.
A
different example would be to sort a document library using the Title
column (ascending) first and then the Created column (descending)
second. That way, if two files have the same title (not name), the one
created later would appear before the older one.
Note
Some view types do not allow
you to pick a sort order. For example, the Calendar view type does not
have a sort order because calendars always display the events in them
sorted by the start date of the event.
The last option under the
Sort section is Sort Only by Specified Criteria. By default, SharePoint
views show folders above any files or items, regardless of the name of
the folder. If you want the sorting to also affect the position of the
folders in the view, select this option, and folders are treated as if
they were items when they are sorted. Figure 2
shows how a document library with folders is displayed when the view is
configured to sort only by specified criteria—sorting on the file name.
