Sorting embedded Addon

pgiesin

Hi! I have a database with the following tables:

magazine:
  id:
  name:
  issues: [issue_id]


issue:
  id:
  name:
  publish_date:
  articles: [article_id]
    
article:
  id:
  name:
  page_num:

This then results in the following output with for a magazine with both issue and article as an AddOn. Is there a way to sort the embedded article list?

{"id":1,"created_at":1678832858305,"name":"Humanity Magazine","slug":"mag-humanity","issue_id":[{"_issues":[{"id":1,"created_at":1678832943321,"name":"The Connection Issue","slug":"humanity-connection","publish_date":"2023-03-01","issuu_id":"ihm_jan2023","summary":"Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.","isPublished":true,"magazine_id":1,"article_id":[{"id":5,"created_at":1678836104419,"title":"Pivot With Intention","slug":"pivot_with_intention","issuu_page":12,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":5,"video_id":0},{"id":14,"created_at":1678836476959,"title":"It's Not Where Your Start; It's Where You Go","slug":"not_where_your_start","issuu_page":30,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":14,"video_id":0},{"id":13,"created_at":1678836429791,"title":"What Makes Your Heart Beat?","slug":"what_makes_your_heart_beat","issuu_page":28,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":13,"video_id":0},{"id":12,"created_at":1678836394537,"title":"Listening to Inner Guidance","slug":"listening_to_inner_guidance","issuu_page":26,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":12,"video_id":0},{"id":11,"created_at":1678836338588,"title":"Spread Love With Stone Art: A How-To Guide","slug":"spread_love_with_stone_art","issuu_page":24,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":11,"video_id":0},{"id":10,"created_at":1678836295309,"title":"Workplace Culture: How Do You Show Up?","slug":"workplace_culture","issuu_page":22,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":10,"video_id":0},{"id":9,"created_at":1678836254662,"title":"Happiness is an Inside Job","slug":"happiness_is_an_inside_job","issuu_page":20,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":9,"video_id":0},{"id":8,"created_at":1678836208948,"title":"Breaking the Mental Health Stigma","slug":"breaking_the_mental_health_stigma","issuu_page":16,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":8,"video_id":0},{"id":7,"created_at":1678836177287,"title":"Paying It Forward","slug":"paying_it_forward","issuu_page":15,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":7,"video_id":0},{"id":6,"created_at":1678836135412,"title":"Being a Better Listener","slug":"being_a_better_listener","issuu_page":14,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":6,"video_id":0},{"id":1,"created_at":1678835877704,"title":"7 Principles to Ignite Humanity","slug":"7_principles_to_ignite_humanity","issuu_page":4,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":1,"video_id":0},{"id":2,"created_at":1678835957998,"title":"The Power of Storytelling","slug":"the_power_of_storytelling","issuu_page":6,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":2,"video_id":0},{"id":3,"created_at":1678835995785,"title":"The Silver Lining in Failure","slug":"the_silver_lining_in_failure","issuu_page":8,"issue_id":1,"spotlight_guest_id":3,"video_id":0},{"id":4,"created_at":1678836046541,"title":"Show Up For Your Tribe","slug":"show_up_for_your_tribe","issuu_page":10,"issue_id":0,"spotlight_guest_id":0,"video_id":0}],"cover_art":{"path":"/vault/T8h5_tNd/kdOGJjWwNEbL52sCWYGAlCyDrVs/ZOgzjQ../IHL_magazine_Feb2023.jpg","name":"IHL_magazine_Feb2023.jpg","type":"image","size":1682951,"mime":"image/jpeg","meta":{"width":2480,"height":3508},"url":"https://x8ki-letl-twmt.n7.xano.io/vault/T8h5_tNd/kdOGJjWwNEbL52sCWYGAlCyDrVs/ZOgzjQ../IHL_magazine_Feb2023.jpg"}}]}]}

Thanks,
Peter

Michael Udinski

Hi @pgiesin Addons cannot sort the parent query because Addons are actually a second pass after the query has already been executed. One thing I like to challenge users to do is think about changing the parent query to what you want to sort on. Most of the time, the results you want are still accomplished by flipping the query.