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

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:16 pm
by 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

Re: Reset/edit POSITION attribute to reflect the order in which Tasks are sorted?

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:09 am
by 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.

Re: Reset/edit POSITION attribute to reflect the order in which Tasks are sorted?

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:03 pm
by 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?

Re: Reset/edit POSITION attribute to reflect the order in which Tasks are sorted?

Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:21 pm
by 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.

Re: Reset/edit POSITION attribute to reflect the order in which Tasks are sorted?

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:11 pm
by FDS
Thanks for the clarification