Citation

       "Now I finally can sort any kind of SharePoint lists manually. That's exactly my clients requirement.

Related Content

 

 Download & Evaluation

 
Please register now to receive your free personal download link via email to your valid company email address.
Name: 
Company: 
Country: 
Phone: 
E-mail: 
Yes, I accept the licensing terms and conditions

How to Buy this Product

Add SharePoint product to shopping cart

With the complete FREE shareware version you can manage announcement items only. For more list types the full version is required. To order a license of the SharePoint List Item Sort Feature please click the shopping cart.

License List price
FREE Shareware Version $0.00
1 Single Server $349.00 Add to shopping cart - Buy now

Please take a look at the FAQs section for more information about licensing and how to buy.

Related Contacts

Frank Daske, Business Development Manager

Frank Daske, Business Development Manager +49 (0) 40 28 41 12 - 30 sales@layer2.de

Related Links

Rate and discuss Layer2 SharePoint Web Parts and solutions on Microsoft Pinpoint

Pinpoint is a dynamic technology marketplace and the largest directory of qualified IT providers and their software built on Microsoft technologies. Microsoft Pinpoint helps business customers like you find experts, software applications, and professional services to meet your specific business needs and build on your technology investments.

Layer2 components are completely FREE for registered SharePoint User Groups (SPUG)

All Layer2 components are completely FREE to use for registered SharePoint User Groups on their web sites (backlink and logo required).

Layer2, The SharePoint Experts from Hamburg / Germany: RSS News

Corporate News of Layer 2 GmbH as RSS News Feed.

Main Content

Claim

List items are stored in SharePoint by default in the order in which they were created. Other sorting criteria can be defined using views, e.g. to sort elements alphabetically by title or by the date of last modification. Often there is also the requirement to change the order of the elements to be defined manually. This feature by default is available for link lists only.
The SharePoint List Item Sort Feature by Layer2 offers this feature now for all types of lists.

SharePoint List Item Sort Feature by Layer2 - Overview

Features & Benefits

List items are stored in SharePoint by default in the order in which they were created. Other sorting criteria can be defined using views, e.g. to sort elements alphabetically by title or by the modification date. Often there is also the requirement to change the order of the elements to be defined manually.

This is can be done out-of-the-box for link lists only. For custom lists, as a workaround you have to define an extra column and make extra entries, which then are used for sorting. A major disadvantage of this solution is the low flexibility and high level of manual effort, that is necessary to  maintain. Thus, in the worst case, all the list elements have to be modified for an item to move up or down. 

SharePoint Change Item Order for Announcements
Fig.: How to change the item order within a announcement list and any other list type manualy in SharePoint

Link lists are currently the only lists that out-of-the-box have a manual sorting function. With the help of the user interface, you can re-order entries via the drop-down lists simply. The SharePoint List Item Sort Feature by Layer2 makes this feature also available for all other types of list.

Free Registration & Download

Please register to download an evaluation version for free now. Use the registration form on this page or contact sales@layer2.de.

How to Buy this Product

To buy a license for this product, please click the shopping card symbols on this page.The product is licensed on a per server base. No additional clients licenses (CALs) are required. If you have several servers (e.g. in a farm scenario) all servers have to be licensed. You need a license for every web frontend server. Infrastructure server, e.g. for indexing or search don't need a license.
For more information about licensing please check our FAQs or contact sales@layer2.de directly.

FAQs

Please take a look at our FAQs in case of any question or contact sales@layer2.de.

Product Description

INSTALLATION

The installation is done using a SharePoint Solution Package. The included wizard distributes all files to a SharePoint farm, if required, and does all necessary configurations. Before installation please make sure,

  • that all servers are available online
  • backup your current installation approve software on evaluation systems bevor installing in productive system
  • use a regular service interval to install the solution  The application will not be available for a short time, because the application pool is restarted (IISreset).

Start the installation process by executing the file "Install.Layer2.ListItemSorting.exe" on the server, that hosts the SharePoint Central Administration with appropriate access rights.

First the considerations for the installation are being checked.

 SharePoint List Item Sort Feature Installation - Consideration Check

Fig.: Checking of considerations for the installation process

If there are any problems, please take a look at our FAQs (General FAQ, Installation). After successful installation please select the desired web applications for deployment of the new feature.

SharePoint List Item Sort Feature - Installation
Fig.: Deployment of the new feature to the selected web applications only 
This installation step can take up to 15 min.
 
FEATURE ACTIVATION
After successful deployment there is a new site collection feature available in all site collections of the selected web applications. To use the new web part, the feature „Layer2 List Item Sorting“ has to be activated on Site Collection level by a Site Collection Administrator. That has to be done in Web Site Settings > Site Collection Administration under Site Collection Features. After activation the web part can be used and added to a web part page.

SharePoint List Item Sort Feature Aktivieren
Fig.: Activation of the feature "Layer2 - List Item Sorting" on site collection level 
After successful activation on site collection level the feature is generaly available, but it has to be enabled on list level too, to use it.
ACTIVATION OF MANUAL SORTING FOR A SELECTED LIST

After successful activation on site collection level for all lists of the site collection there is a additional setting available. In the list settings please activate "List Item Sorting" to enable this feature.
SharePoint List Item Sort Feature - List SettingsSharePoint List Item Sorting - Enable manual sorting in list settings

Fig.: The activation of list item sorting enables users to sort list items manually in some views, if required. Please set "Allow users to order items?" to "Yes".

Note: This feature is available for lists only, not for document libraries. In the Demo version this feature can be restricted (see below). Generally the sort function is designed for lists with not more then 100 items. To use it with longer lists, the performance has to be checked, depending on client side system environment.

CONFIGURATION
After enabling manual sorting on list level, it can be configured in certain views. Please use the "Modify this View" menu to edit the views settings.
SharePoint List Item Sorting - Modify This View
Fig.: Modifying the settings of a SharePoint view
In the "Sort" section of the view settings users can choose to sort the list manually.SharePoint List Item Sort Feature - Set View Options
Fig.: Define manual sorting in the view settings
With these settings saved in the list menu under "Actions" the entry "Modify Sorting" is added. Using this action the items can be sorted manually now.
USAGE OF THE LIST ITEM SORT FEATURE

SharePoint List Item Sort Feature - Action Menu - Change Order

Fig.: Additional menu action "Modify Sorting"

Now the item order can be modified manually directly in the SharePoint user interface.

SharePoint List Item Sort Feature - Change Order of all Types of Lists
Fig.: Manual modification of item order in a custom SharePoint List
DEACTIVATION OF MANUAL SORTING
The manual sorting can be deactivated in the list settings. The view settings are kept after deactivation. If activated again, the additional action menu "Modify Sorting" is immediately available. 
RESTRICTIONS OF THE DEMO VERSION
The demo version enables manual sorting for the list type "Announcements" only.

LANGUAGES

The feature / web part is currently available in German and English language. If used in other language context, the English language is applied by default. Requests for other languages please send to sales@layer2.de.

UNINSTALL

To completely uninstall the solution, go these steps to the other direction. Please first deactivate the feature „Layer2 -List Item Sort Feature“ on site collection level. Then start the installation wizard and choose "Remove". All installed files will be removed.

Fig.: Remove the List Item Sort Feature