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3307547 - Unable to sort Extension Field

Symptom

You have added an Extension Field in the UI, and you cannot sort this field from the OWL screen.

Reproducing the Issue

Sample steps, it can be any workcenter:

  • Accounts Management workcenter
  • Accounts view
  • All Accounts, overview you have extended one Extension Field 

For this field "Sort Ascending, Sort Descending" option is not available.

Cause

The Extension Field created as Extended Text in Adaptation Mode. For field created of type Extended Text, Sorting is disabled.

Resolution

Extended Text field type, Sorting is not supported. You need to create this field of type Text.

Keywords

Sorting, Extension Field Type , KBA , AP-RC-UIF-RT-B , ByD HTML5 Client (not for Cloud for Customer) , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign 2211