# šŸ”€ In-App Sorting (Simple Solution) **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Resources\ **Tags:** tutorial\ **Created:** [June 3, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401 "2023-06-03T02:12:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/1 "2023-06-03T02:12:05Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/4/24435f8fe74af2c0fa102d1ed71e1b93da2569cc.jpeg "šŸŽ“ Glide Tutorial - In-App Sorting") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtXVVltE9-U) **Whatā€™s up Gliders!** I recently came across a [post](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sort-missing-and-in-app-filtering-has-been-make-worse/62096) asking about in-app sorting. So I thought Iā€™d create a quick video explaining how to add In-App Sorting to a Glide app so users can sort data as they please! This seems to be a _fairly simple_ way of getting it done, but I have no doubt there are numerous other ways to achieve the same end result (for example by using the new Query Column when working with larger sets of data)ā€¦ Thatā€™s the beauty of Glide, thereā€™s always a way! Cheers šŸ» ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/2 "2023-06-03T02:26:57Z")
Very nice, I like it šŸ‘ > [@Loqode](#): > > This seems to be a _fairly simple_ way of getting it done, but I have no doubt there are numerous other ways to achieve the same end result (for example by using the new Query Column when working with larger sets of data)ā€¦ And of course that got me thinkingā€¦ haha mmm, two query columns, I think. Each returning the same but just sorted in the opposite direction. Then an if-then-else column to decide which one to use as the source of a collection. And then weā€™d only need a single collection. But everything else the same, I think - I do like the way you set that up. ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/3 "2023-06-03T02:37:07Z")
Haha I bet!! šŸ¤£ I played around with the two query columns initially (asc & desc) but it didnā€™t allow me to select the query column as a value in my if/then/else column (and the rest of the setup remained _fairly_ similar i.e. conditionally hiding/showing tables on the front-end) so I thought Iā€™d leave it as isā€¦ Interested to see what you come up with! šŸ§  ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/4 "2023-06-03T02:39:26Z")
oh, thatā€™s interesting. mmm okay, Iā€™ll have a fiddle later and will let you know if I come up with anything. ---
**Author:** ![Luther](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/luther/32/17929_2.png) [@Luther](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Luther)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 7:25am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/5 "2023-06-03T07:25:05Z")
I think @Robert_Petitto did mention in his tutorial that the query column seems to give out a multi relation in terms of output and maybe that why it wonā€™t show in the if-then-else column to be usedā€¦ Great tutorial though @Loqodeā€¦ Keep it up šŸ‘ ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/6 "2023-06-03T08:07:46Z")
How elegant! For performance purposes we would want to avoid loading 2 long collections with images for instance. So like Darren I wonder if we could push the ascending/descending logic to the Data Editor to avoid having 2 collections. Query or Sort Array might be the way to go. How very neat. Thank you for the inspiration šŸ™ ---
**Author:** ![David\_Gabler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david_gabler/32/44332_2.png) [@David\_Gabler](https://community.glideapps.com/u/David_Gabler)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/7 "2023-06-03T21:48:57Z")
Very clean video; explains the concept nicely! ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/8 "2023-06-03T23:02:53Z")
Thanks Luther! Appreciate it. And thatā€™s interesting to hear about the multi-relationā€¦ If Glide allows Query columns to be used in if/then/else columns as values it would unlock a lot of power šŸ¤” ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/9 "2023-06-03T23:12:26Z")
Thank you @nathanaelb! Yeah I agree regarding the two collection tablesā€¦ I feel like thereā€™s definitely a way to do it without conditionally showing/hiding two collections on the front end. ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/10 "2023-06-03T23:13:00Z")
Thanks David! Glad you enjoyed šŸ™ ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/12 "2023-06-06T00:22:04Z")
[https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-released-in-glide-apps/62477/2?u=thinhdinh](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-released-in-glide-apps/62477/2) ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/13 "2023-06-06T00:23:45Z")
My thoughts too šŸ¤” Got excited for a minute there! šŸ˜… ---
**Author:** ![Hassan\_Nadeem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/hassan_nadeem/32/72956_2.png) [@Hassan\_Nadeem](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Hassan_Nadeem)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/14 "2023-06-06T00:24:50Z")
MY BAD. APOLOGIES. I opened that app to see something and got really excited to see that. Later realized it was a classic app. ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/15 "2023-06-06T00:26:02Z")
All good!! Hopefully they release native in-app sorting soon šŸ¤ž ---
**Author:** ![fabio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/fabio/32/16336_2.png) [@fabio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/fabio)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/16 "2023-06-06T16:21:57Z")
Hi Guys, Hi @Loqode , Followed your video, didnā€™t get it working with different usersā€¦I was thinking ā€œwhat the hellā€¦ā€ then I noticed I missed the ā€œmake row ownerā€ in users tableā€¦set it and Boom, perfect! Thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![Loqode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/loqode/32/50217_2.png) [@Loqode](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Loqode)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/in-app-sorting-simple-solution/62401/17 "2023-06-07T00:02:37Z")
Awesome Fabio! Glad you sorted it out!