How to create a custom sort key
I'd like to be able to sort data in a view by a custom key (i.e., not by a standard alphabetical, numerical, or date sort). I'm a pastor, and have an application that I have developed to keep track of my preaching schedule. It has the following forms (among others):
- Sermon Series (each entry is a separate sermon series)
- Field: ID (autonumber integer)
- Field: Series Name (string)
- Field: Description (rich text)
- Sermons (each entry is a distinct sermon)
- Field: Sermon Date (date)
- Field: Sermon Series (lookup field tied to the ID in the "Sermon Series" form)
- Field: Sermon Name (string)
- Field: Description (rich text)
I have created a list view that aggregates this data sort of like below, with the data grouped by the fields "Series Name" and "Series Description"
Series name --> Series Description
Sermon 1 (details)
Sermon 2 (details)
...
Series Name 2 --> Series description
Sermon 1 (details)
Sermon 2 (details)
...
The only problem with this is that the view is sorted alphabetically by "Series Name." I want the data sorted by date, but still want to maintain the grouping by series name. This was easy in MSAccess, as I had a series of queries that determined the date of the first sermon in a particular Sermon Series and then based the report sort order on that. I'm not sure how to do this in Zoho Creator. Any suggestions would be helpful.