Sort columns in EJ2 TypeScript Query builder control

27 Apr 20236 minutes to read

SortDirection allows you to sort the columns bounded to the Query Builder to view the columns by ascending or descending order. You should set the sortDirection property to sort the fields.

import { QueryBuilder, ColumnsModel, RuleModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-querybuilder';

let employeeData: Object[] = [{
      'EmployeeID': 1,
      'FirstName': 'Nancy',
      'Title': 'Sales Representative',
      'TitleOfCourtesy': 'Ms.',
      'HireDate': '22/07/2001',
      'City': 'Seattle',
      'Country': 'USA'
    },
    {
      'EmployeeID': 2,
      'FirstName': 'Andrew',
      'Title': 'Vice President',
      'TitleOfCourtesy': 'Dr.',
      'HireDate': '21/04/2003',
      'City': 'Tacoma',
      'Country': 'USA'
    },
    {
      'EmployeeID': 3,
      'FirstName': 'Janet',
      'Title': 'Sales Representative',
      'TitleOfCourtesy': 'Ms.',
      'HireDate': '22/07/2001',
      'City': 'Kirkland',
      'Country': 'USA'
    }];

    let columnData: ColumnsModel[] = [
        {
            field: 'EmployeeID', label: 'EmployeeID', type: 'number'
        },
        { field: 'FirstName', label: 'FirstName', type: 'string' },
        { field: 'TitleOfCourtesy', label: 'Title Of Courtesy', type: 'boolean', values: ['Mr.', 'Mrs.'] },
        { field: 'Title', label: 'Title', type: 'string' },
        { field: 'HireDate', label: 'HireDate', type: 'date', format: 'dd/MM/yyyy' },
        { field: 'Country', label: 'Country', type: 'string' },
        { field: 'City', label: 'City', type: 'string' }
    ];
    let importRules: RuleModel = {
        'condition': 'and',
        'rules': [{
            'label': 'EmployeeID',
            'field': 'EmployeeID',
            'type': 'number',
            'operator': 'equal',
            'value': 1001
        },
        {
            'label': 'Title',
            'field': 'Title',
            'type': 'string',
            'operator': 'equal',
            'value': 'Sales Manager'
        }]
    };
    let qryBldrObj: QueryBuilder = new QueryBuilder({
        width: '70%',
        dataSource: employeeData,
        columns: columnData,
        rule: importRules,
        sortDirection: "Ascending"
    });
    qryBldrObj.appendTo('#querybuilder');
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