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Query On Sort & Filter Parameters Limitations

TLDR Andrew asked about the limitations of 'sort_by' fields and plans to increase the number. Jason clarified the limitations and asked for the use case. Andrew understood after clarification.

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Nov 04, 2022 (10 months ago)

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Andrew

08:08 PM

Also in the docs i noticed “Up to 3 sort fields can be specified.” So this is saying you can only have three statements like ‘id==x…’, and if so, do you all have any plans to make more fields available in the future?

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Jason

09:46 PM

This is specifically talking about the sort_by parameter and not the filter_by parameter

Nov 05, 2022 (10 months ago)

Andrew

12:45 AM

Correct, sort_by

Jason

05:10 PM

We don’t have plans to increase the number of sort_by fields at the moment, but could you expand on what your use case is for needing more than 3 tie breaking fields?

Nov 07, 2022 (10 months ago)

Andrew

05:44 AM

At the time of writing, i was interested in sorting users based on various values, however after further consideration i realized that it would be possible to implement through filtering fields. Thank you for the explanation though!

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