Reset/edit POSITION attribute to reflect the order in which Tasks are sorted? Topic is solved

[FDS]

Is it possible to reset/edit the Position field to reflect the order in which the Tasks are ordered in my Gantt chart? e.g.,
Task Title begins with A, Position = 1.n
Task Title begins with B, Position = 2.n

My TDL originally was in this order, but while making hasty updates, accidentally deleted a key parent task while cut & pasting new tasks and subtasks from e-mails and then unthinkingly resorted my results.(Title>Startdate>CompletedDate).

When it was done, Position's order no longer corresponded to the Task Title order
(see attached)

Thanks

[abstr]

Hi @FDS

Sorting doesn't 'destructively' change the task order.

You need only sort by 'Unsorted' to get the original (manually assigned) task order back.

[FDS]

Sorry i was unclear--

I'm trying to get the Position to echo the manually assigned Title sort.

So when I sort by Title in A B C order, I'd like the position to change to reflect A=1 B=2 C=3

Is this possible?

[abstr]

Unfortunately not.

A task's 'Position' has always been it's permanent location relative to its siblings whilst the sort position is considered ephemeral.

[FDS]

Thanks for the clarification