Hello Paul,
the column for sorting is derived from the default sorting of the browse index used, in the collection case: title https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/master/dspace/config/dspace.cfg#L1157 You may set another sort option with: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/master/dspace/config/dspace.cfg#L1167 Supposing this is a configured sort option: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/master/dspace/config/dspace.cfg#L1061 The difference between item and metadata browse, is that item has a single item per entry, whereas metadata points to a list of items with the metadata. So a browse by title will give you a list of items (even if the same title occurs in different items) http://demo.dspace.org/xmlui/browse?type=title A browse by a metadata will aggregate the same metadata in one entry http://demo.dspace.org/xmlui/browse?type=subject (see Coaching) Hope this helps Claudia Jürgen Am 23.03.2018 um 10:38 schrieb Paul Warner:
Hi, We are using Dspace 6.1, and the ui is jspui. The library for whom we are setting up a dspace repository would like the default sort for collection-home.jsp to be date created, a metadata item. It is a list of concerts, and the most meaningful list is by concert date. Sorting by title is a useful option, but not what they want by default. They also would like it to be a descending list. How do I do this? The column for sorting is set in dspace.cfg by webui.collectionhome.browse-name It says that one has to use an "item" type of browse index. I could use a short primer on the difference between an "item" type and a metadata type in the dspace.cfg file. And then we need to know how to customize this... Can I set a metadata item as an "item" for the config file? Thanks for any help! Best regards, Paul
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