Does the AFN field sort to your preference? Regardless of what it is intended to be used for, does it sort the way you want?
Cheryl Kurt Kneeland wrote: > Yes, I know of the AFN field. AFN stands for Ancestral File > Number and its primary use is intended as a link to the > Ancestral File which was a predecessor to Family Search > Family Tree. As such I believe it is also an alpha-numeric > field and would still be using a character sort. A > dedicated Ahnentafel field would be a strictly numeric field. > > *From:*Ron Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Sort by RIN vs Sort by User ID > > Kurt, > > There already is an option for a separate AFN on the > Individual’s Information Screen. > > Ron Ferguson > > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > > *From:*Kurt Kneeland <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:*Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:11 PM > > *To:*[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Subject:*RE: [LegacyUG] Sort by RIN vs Sort by User ID > > I looked at this on the Index Tab with the User ID column > added and set as the sort/search option. > > The sort being applied to the User ID field is a character > sort rather than a numeric sort. So the order will be 1, 10, > … 19, 100, … 199, 1000, … 1999, until all the first digit > 1’s are exhausted, then 2, 20 ..29, 200 … 299, etc > > As it is currently programmed, you would need to put leading > zeros on your ahnentafel numbers to get them to sort as you > want. Probably not an easy task if you have a lot of them > and/or a deep tree. (ie, 1 might need to be 0000000001) > Probably easiest to just understand how the sort is working. > > A suggested enhancement for the program would be to have an > option for a numeric sort on User ID. Would be a bit tricky > if there were some non-numeric values in the field. Might be > easier to have a separate Ahnentafel field and a Set > Ahnentafel function (similar to Set Relations and Set Direct > Line Preferred and Set Ancestor Colors). > > *From:*Kathy Thompson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:46 AM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Sort by RIN vs Sort by User ID > > Just wondering, when I sort by RIN, the RIN numbers are in > numerical order - which is good. > > However, when I sort by User ID, the numbers I have entered > are Not in numerical order, and so my names are not sorted > at all really, they are simply collected together. > > I am using my User ID field to record the appropriate > Ahnentafel number of each of my direct line > > So I have two questions: > > For those who use the User ID - do you predominantly use > numbers or letters or a combination of both > > For the developers - how is the User ID field sorted please? > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
