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Thread poster: Maciek Drobka
Maciek Drobka
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Jan 26

Hello everyone,

(And apologies for posting this as Off topic, but I couldn't find a Blue Board category in the forum topic list. Moderators, feel free to move this post as appropriate.)

I want to contact select translation agencies based in a specific country. I thought I would sort the Blue Board list of agencies first by country, then alphabetically. However, I seem unable to do that. I can only sort either by country or alphabetically, but not 'alphabetically for a c... See more
Hello everyone,

(And apologies for posting this as Off topic, but I couldn't find a Blue Board category in the forum topic list. Moderators, feel free to move this post as appropriate.)

I want to contact select translation agencies based in a specific country. I thought I would sort the Blue Board list of agencies first by country, then alphabetically. However, I seem unable to do that. I can only sort either by country or alphabetically, but not 'alphabetically for a country'.

Is the behaviour above expected? It is hard for me to believe that only a single search criterion can be applied at a time and that linking criteria for a single search is not supported on the Blue Board. Perhaps I am doing something wrong?

Your input will be much appreciated. ▲ Collapse
 
Samuel Murray
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Workaround Jan 26

Here is a small workaround: Visit the page that includes the record creation date here and then include the year in the filter. (You can't filter by year in the default Blue Board view, but you can filter by date in this view.) So, a filter for "united states 2022" will show all entries in the United States that were added in 2022. Then click on e.g. the "Record creation dat... See more
Here is a small workaround: Visit the page that includes the record creation date here and then include the year in the filter. (You can't filter by year in the default Blue Board view, but you can filter by date in this view.) So, a filter for "united states 2022" will show all entries in the United States that were added in 2022. Then click on e.g. the "Record creation date" column header, to ensure that the entries are always in the same order on your screen. ▲ Collapse
 
Zea_Mays
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search by country, then sort alphabetically Jan 26

On top of the list you may see some random names, but below names are sorted alphabetically, starting with those that begin with a number.
 
Maciek Drobka
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Thank you! Jan 26

Samuel Murray wrote:

Here is a small workaround: Visit the page that includes the record creation date here and then include the year in the filter. (You can't filter by year in the default Blue Board view, but you can filter by date in this view.) So, a filter for "united states 2022" will show all entries in the United States that were added in 2022. Then click on e.g. the "Record creation date" column header, to ensure that the entries are always in the same order on your screen.


Thank you, Samuel, for pointing me in the right direction. Originally, I had completely overlooked the filter field... Following your advice, I used the record creation date mode, typed 'United States' in the filter field, and then clicked the Blue Board record column. That listed all translation agencies in the United States, sorted alphabetically.

Thanks again.
 
Maciek Drobka
Maciek Drobka  Identity Verified
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... Jan 26

Zea_Mays wrote:

On top of the list you may see some random names, but below names are sorted alphabetically, starting with those that begin with a number.


Thank you, this is even more straightforward.

Like I said in my reply to Samuel, I had originally overlooked the search/filter field. How daft was that!

Zea_Mays
 


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