ExcelScript.SortField interface

Specifies if the sorting is done in an ascending fashion.

ascending?: boolean;

Property Value

Specifies the color that is the target of the condition if the sorting is on font or cell color.

color?: string;

Property Value

Examples

/**
 * This script sorts a range based on the color of the cells.
 * It brings all red cells to the top of the range.
 */
function main(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook) {
  // Get the range (A1:D8) to sort from the current worksheet.
  const worksheet = workbook.getActiveWorksheet();
  const rangeToSort = worksheet.getRange("A1:D8");

  // Create a SortField for color sorting.
  // This sorts the rows based on the fill color of each row's cell in the first column.
  let colorSort: ExcelScript.SortField = {
    ascending: true,
    color: "FF0000", /* red */
    key: 0,
    sortOn: ExcelScript.SortOn.cellColor
  };

  // Apply the SortField to the range.
  rangeToSort.getSort().apply([colorSort]);
}

Represents additional sorting options for this field.

dataOption?: SortDataOption;

Property Value

Examples

/**
 * This script sorts a table based on the values in column 1.
 * If the text of a column-1 value can be treated as a number, 
 * it will be sorted in numerical order, rather than Unicode order
 * (so 123 will come before 12.3).
 */
function main(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook) {
  // Get the first table on the current worksheet.
  const currentSheet = workbook.getActiveWorksheet();
  const table = currentSheet.getTables()[0];

  // Create the sorting parameters.
  const countSortField: ExcelScript.SortField = {
    key: 1,
    ascending: true,
    dataOption: ExcelScript.SortDataOption.textAsNumber
  };

  // Apply the sort to the table.
  const sort = table.getSort();
  sort.apply([countSortField]);
}

Specifies the icon that is the target of the condition, if the sorting is on the cell's icon.

icon?: Icon;

Property Value

Specifies the column (or row, depending on the sort orientation) that the condition is on. Represented as an offset from the first column (or row).

key: number;

Property Value

Examples

/**
 * This script sorts the used range of the current worksheet.
 */
function main(workbook: ExcelScript.Workbook) {
    // Get the used range of the current worksheet.
    const activeRange = workbook.getActiveWorksheet().getUsedRange();

    // Sort the rows in ascending order based on the last column.
    activeRange.getSort().apply(
        [{
            ascending: true,
            key: activeRange.getColumnCount() - 1
        }],
        false, /* Don't match case. */
        true,  /* Treat the first row as a header rows. */
        ExcelScript.SortOrientation.rows
    );
}

Specifies the type of sorting of this condition.

sortOn?: SortOn;

Property Value

Specifies the subfield that is the target property name of a rich value to sort on.

subField?: string;

Property Value