angular-ui/ui-grid

Sorting on nested object does not seem to work.

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#4,293 opened on Aug 31, 2015

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Description

I have some columns with nested objects.

    var columnDefs = [
            {
                type: String,
                field: 'agent.name',
                displayName: 'Set',
                filter: {
                    condition: uiGridConstants.filter.CONTAINS
                }
            },
            {
                type: String,
                field: 'colorprofileName',
                displayName: 'Color profile',
                filter: {
                    condition: uiGridConstants.filter.CONTAINS
                },
                cellTemplate: '<a href=" ' + CONFIG.api.url + '/color-profile/download/{{row.entity._id}}">{{row.entity.colorprofile.name}}</a>'
            }
}

When I try to sort it throws this error:

Error: No sorting function found for type:function String() {
    [native code]
}

Filtering does seem to work by default, is there a specific way nested objects need to be configured for sorting?

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javascript
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ui grid column configurationnested object handling
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30
Research direction
The error indicates the grid cannot find a sorting function for the nested object type. To resolve, the user may need to define a custom sorting function or configure the column to sort by a property within the nested object. The repository should be examined for existing sorting logic in files like src/features/sort.js, and documentation on nested column fields should be reviewed. A potential fix could involve enhancing the default sort to handle sub field references.