topic How can we avoid associations sorting? in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-can-we-avoid-associations-sorting/m-p/264261#M217391 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have created a custom model cointaining the following aspect:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;aspect name="custom:reviewassignees"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;associations&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;association name="custom:reviewAssigneesList"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;source&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/source&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;class&gt;cm:person&lt;/class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;many&gt;true&lt;/many&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/target&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/association&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/associations&gt;<BR />&lt;/aspect&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>In my share-config-custom.xml I add:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&lt;config evaluator="aspect" condition="custom:reviewassignees"&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;forms&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;form&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;field-visibility&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;show id="custom:reviewAssigneesList"/&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/field-visibility&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;appearance&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;field id="custom:reviewAssigneesList" &gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;control template="/org/alfresco/components/form/controls/authority.ftl" &gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;control-param name="showTargetLink"&gt;true&lt;/control-param&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/control&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/field&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/appearance&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/form&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/forms&gt;<BR />&lt;/config&gt;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>I use it to associate a list of users to a document.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I need theese users to be kept in the list in the same order as they are entered, but it happens that, the moment we save the document's metadata, the list is sorted in alphabetical order.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone know how to avoid this behaviour?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>GP</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 12 May 2011 13:55:25 GMT pitzalis 2011-05-12T13:55:25Z How can we avoid associations sorting? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-can-we-avoid-associations-sorting/m-p/264261#M217391 I have created a custom model cointaining the following aspect:&lt;aspect name="custom:reviewassignees"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;associations&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;association name="custom:reviewAssigneesList"&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;source&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;mandatory&gt;false&lt;/mandatory&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;many&gt;true&lt;/man Thu, 12 May 2011 13:55:25 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-can-we-avoid-associations-sorting/m-p/264261#M217391 pitzalis 2011-05-12T13:55:25Z Re: How can we avoid associations sorting? https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-can-we-avoid-associations-sorting/m-p/264262#M217392 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>No solutions for this shortcoming in the platform?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:31:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/how-can-we-avoid-associations-sorting/m-p/264262#M217392 sam1980 2012-01-11T12:31:13Z