Fig 1 - Search or category results

Amending the order of search and category results

When a user finds assets by searching or browsing through categories, they will be taken to a page showing the assets they have found.

Attribute Sorting allows you to set the rules which manage the order in which the assets are displayed to the users on these pages.

How to add an Attribute Sorting rule

• From the menu click Admin – Attributes – Attribute Sorting (tab), the Attribute Sorting screen will appear.

Fig 2 - The Attribute Sorting screen

• Select the ‘Search Ordering’ or ‘Browse Ordering’ tab.
  • Choosing Search Ordering applies your changes to the results when a user searches assets using Quick or Advanced Search.
  • Choosing Browse Ordering applies your changes to the results when a user browses through categories.
• Complete the Attribute Sorting form, the fields are;
  • Sort field - the attribute you wish the results to be sorted by.
  • Sort type – how that field will be ordered, it will be sorted either alphanumerically or by date.
  • Reverse sort - select this if you wish to reverse the sort order e.g. If Alphabetical it would be Z – A instead of A – Z.
• Click Add, your sort criteria rule will appear in the list above the form.

How to edit, delete and move Attribute Sorting rules

• You can add other sort criteria by repeating the process above. This would mean that the results would be sorted according to the first rule in the list and then within that, by the second rule in the list.
  • e.g. In the example Attribute Sorting screen shown above you can see that 2 sorting rules have been set. In this instance the results would be displayed according to the date they had been added to Asset Bank. If 2 assets had been added on the same day they would be ordered alphabetically by the username of the person who had uploaded them.
• To change the order of the sort rules click the [up] or [down] links next to them.
  • If we were to change the order on the screen shown above, assets would be sorted alphabetically by the username of the person who has uploaded them. If two assets had been uploaded by the same person they would be ordered by the date on which they were uploaded.
• To delete sort criteria click [x] next to it.
  
  

  Note: When you have added all your sort criteria you must click ‘re-index existing assets’. This will apply your criteria to the assets in the system.