Saturday, August 13, 2016

AEM 6.2 sort pages in sites admin console

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AEM 6.2 sites console provides support for sorting but we need to customize the sort parameter so that the sites console displays the sorted pages.

Objective:

Sort pages in sites admin console by last modified date, with latest being on the top of the list, in all the views (card, list and column)

Package, Video

The sorted list looks like :


Follow the below steps:


  1. go to /libs/wcm/core/content/sites/jcr:content/views/column/datasource in crx/de
  2. Right click on the 'datasource' node and click on the "Overlay Node" and in the modal shown, check the 'Match Node Types' checkbox  and click on 'OK'
  3. This will overlay this node in "/apps/wcm/core/content/sites/jcr:content/views/column/datasource". Go to "/apps/wcm/core/content/sites/jcr:content/views/column/datasource" in crx/de
  4. add the following two properties on that node
         sortName = modified (Type is String)
         sortDir = asc (Type is String)
   5. save the changes.
   6. Now we've added the configuration for sorting on last modified for column view. 
   7. Similarly, overlay "/libs/wcm/core/content/sites/jcr:content/views/card/datasource" and           
      "/libs/wcm/core/content/sites/jcr:content/views/list/datasource" and add the above two 
       properties in the overlaid location.
       
Configurations:
  • valid values for sortDir
    • asc - to sort in ascending order
    • desc - to sort in descending order
  • valid values for sortName
    • modified - to sort on the page last modified date
    • main - to sort on the title of the page
    • published - to sort on the page published date


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8 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 25, 2017 at 7:19 AM

    Hi RAvi,
    I tried exactly same on AEM6.2 SP1 installation and its not working. Do you we need to anything more to work in AEM6.2 SP1

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  2. UnknownAugust 25, 2017 at 7:58 AM

    What is the path of DAM Assets content equivalent to /apps/wcm/core/content/sites/jcr:content/views/column/datasource.
    This path is working only for sites pages.

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  3. Ravi Kiran PapaniAugust 25, 2017 at 12:20 PM

    @kavitha,
    AEM DAM doesn't have support for server side sorting in 6.2

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    1. UnknownJuly 17, 2019 at 1:56 PM

      for 6.3 does it work seems its server side sorting ?

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  5. UnknownOctober 22, 2018 at 9:27 AM

    Hi,

    Could you please tell if the same package is compatible for AEM 6.3 as well?

    I've tried the package and it works fine for modified and published property but when I try main to sort based on title, then it doesn't work.

    Could you please tell me if there's other property that needs to be used to sort pages based on title?

    Thanks,

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  6. UnknownJune 21, 2019 at 9:35 AM

    Hi Ravi,

    Do you know if that datasource can be applied to any content folder to pick up a preference of sorting, same as main site page ? If so how do you overlay/setup the datasource on the folder you want to set sorting for?

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  7. Piyush KawadeAugust 14, 2020 at 8:18 AM

    I am trying to apply this sorting to the projects in projects.html in AEM 6.5 for all three views (Cards,list and calender)it is not applying there.

    Can you please suggest me what can be the possible solution for this?

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