Project Management: Sorting of project tasks by timeline

[DanielS]

When sorting project tasks by the column "timeline" the sorting is not as expected.
I would expect:

When sorting ascending the oldest end date (here: 13 Jul) should be at top of the list.
The task with timeline 27 Jul → 29 Jul should be at position 6 then.

Or am I misunderstanding the logic here?

[yuri]

I think it's tricky to make it work the way that it satisfies all use cases. Multiple combinations are possible: Date End only, Date Start only, Both, None. If we prioritize the Date End, then we will have the same problem for the Date Start. I'll look into but no guarantees there will be a solution.

[yuri]

The sorting is improved in the new version.

[DanielS]

I guess Start Date and End Date should be 2 different fields to solv this issue?

I tried something else: I created a new date field "Due Date" (German :Fällig).
But there is another issue with this approach:

When sorting ascending, the tasks without any due date are shown at the top of the list.
My expectation would be seeing the (over)due tasks at the top of the list...becasue those are the ones that must be resolved next.

[yuri]

The custom field you created is not related to the Project Management extension. It's how sorting by Date Field has been always working in EspoCRM. It's intentional and unlikely to be changed.


The latest Project Management version has sorting by the Timeline improved.