Reply To: Show Categories by Root Parent

01/08/2016 at 2:21 pm #360481
Steven Zahm
Keymaster

@ George

Back to the ordering… This is easier for me to explain by example.

When you “flatten” the category list so it is not hierarchical anymore the order will be “flattened” too. So if you look at your present ordering, you have several 1’s, 2’s and so on. When he ordering is “flattened” all the 1’s will be grouped together, then the 2’s and so on. You can verify this by looking at your category order and this entry.

You can achieve what you want but you need to rethink the ordering numbers used a little. The best way I can describe it thinking of it is, think 3 dimensionally, like floors in a building … at least that is the method I use, that might not make any sense to you. Now, with that in mind here’s the ordering you want to use to achieve both the hierarchical ordering and the flattened ordering:

— Apersee Provider  apersee-provider    0   2   100
— — By Offering Type    by-offering-type    0   3   110
— — — Offering: Services    services    1   4   111
— — — Offering: Software    software    1   5   112
— — By Organization Type    by-organization-type    0   6   120
— — — Org Type: Corporation corporation-by-organization-type    0   7   121
— — — Org Type: Government  government-by-organization-type 0   8   122
— — — Org Type: Law Firm    law-firm-by-organization-type   0   9   123
— — — Org Type: Provider    provider-by-organization-type   1   10  124
— — By EDRM Stage   by-edrm-stage   0   11  130
— — — EDRM Stage: Information Governance    information-governance  0   12  131
— — — EDRM Stage: Identification    identification  1   13  132
— — — EDRM Stage: Preservation  preservation    1   14  133
— — — EDRM Stage: Collection    collection  1   15  134
— — — EDRM Stage: Processing    processing  1   16  135
— — — EDRM Stage: Review    review  1   17  136
— — — EDRM Stage: Analysis  analysis    1   18  137
— — — EDRM Stage: Production    production  1   19  138
— — — EDRM Stage: Presentation  presentation    0   20  139
— — By Subject Matter Area  by-subject-matter-area  0   21  140
— — — Subject Matter: eDiscovery    ediscovery  1   22  141
— — — Subject Matter: Information Governance    information-governance-by-subject-matter-area   0   23  142
— — — Subject Matter: Cyber Security    cyber-security  0   24  143
— — — Subject Matter: Archiving archiving   0   25  0
— — — Subject Matter: Forensics forensics   1   26  0
— — — Subject Matter: Jury Research jury-research   0   27  0
— — — Subject Matter: Legal Hold    legal-hold  0   28  0

As you see you need a ten’s digit for each level you want to order, then you increment by 1 in the correct level. This work real well when you have 9 or less in each level. If you have more than that, then you’ll need a larger “gap” between levels.

I really hope this makes sense!