[Search v1] Add sorting by Kicu · Pull Request #42248 · Expensify/App

Kicu · 2024-05-16T07:36:00Z

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implements sorting of Search table alongside updating page URL and api calls
new arrow icons are taken from Figma
I cleaned up types for Routes and navigation - they look much nicer now
the added formatted** fields are so that we are guaranteed that the values we sort by are the same as values that are actually displayed for the user, so I compute them in the getSections function; date needs a bit of special handling because we need different date representation for sorting and different for display

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$ #39892
$ #42269
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Open Search view, either via: Settings > Troubleshoot > New Search Page (NOTE: right now search works only on staging api) or go to [...]/search/all URL
See the search results appearing in a table
click on table headers to toggle between ascending and descending sorting and verify that results are being sorted correctly
check in Network tab whether api calls with proper sort params are sent
there is no sorting on mobile view at the moment
test fix for visual bug: [HOLD for payment 2024-06-11] [Held PR #42248] [Search v1] Date and Merchant value text isn't line with each other in the row #42269 - see if date and merchant value are aligned together

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rec-web-sorting-v2.mp4

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src/components/Search.tsx

Kicu · 2024-05-17T12:58:14Z

@luacmartins
I have a question about sorting function:
In the design doc there is an assumption that the sorting function accepts column for sorting and does something like a[columnName] - b[columnName].

This is my first approach to this: https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/42248/files#diff-4e6d1f540181229a6bc7bd2f96266c9b76bc05cf86150ea1e225c657d358aafbR54

However there are 2 problems with this approach:

the names of columns do not map to property names (solvable via a mapping object which I did)
some of the values that we show in cells are composite values based on more than 1 prop

Examples:

Total is either item.modifiedAmount or item.amount
Description vs Merchant are two fields which are interchangeable
From/To can be either: participant.name, participant.displayName or participant.login

Currently I see no other reasonable solution than a chain of if (columnName === 'from') { // do special user sorting however a negative of this approach is that the sorting is not really agnostic and working on field, but we are leaking the same display logic we use inside TransactionItem into Search component.

Do you see any other solution and what way do you want me to move forward?
Second question: are all fields sortable or only some of them?

Feel free to check the draft PR - everything else should be working

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Kicu · 2024-05-20T14:35:44Z

@shawnborton in here is the fix for #42269

I added this to "test steps" for the reviewer.

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shawnborton · 2024-05-20T14:52:19Z

I feel like when the Search page first loads, we are technically sorting by date right? So as such, I would think we would have this as the starting state:

shawnborton · 2024-05-20T14:54:36Z

For Type and Action, I kinda feel like we don't need a disabled cursor there - let's just use a regular cursor.

Also, some how the header title for the Actions column got messed up - I think that should be centered:

shawnborton · 2024-05-20T14:57:02Z

I don't have any more visual bugs to report (cc @Expensify/design in case you run into anything though), but one thing I did notice was that it doesn't feel like the sorting behavior is actually correct. For instance, if I sort by amount - descending, it seems to be okay but then as I scroll down the list, I see some larger amounts start to appear and it feels like the sorting almost starts over again. Any ideas what's going on there?

dannymcclain · 2024-05-20T15:03:35Z

I feel like when the Search page first loads, we are technically sorting by date right? So as such, I would think we would have this as the starting state:

Agree!

For Type and Action, I kinda feel like we don't need a disabled cursor there - let's just use a regular cursor.

I actually think you should be able to sort by action and type. For example, I might want to sort by action so that all the expenses with a "Pay" button show in a group. Same with type. I don't see why we wouldn't let you sort by those two.

but one thing I did notice was that it doesn't feel like the sorting behavior is actually correct.

Same here. I'm noticing this with most of the sortable fields, not just Total.

shawnborton · 2024-05-20T15:09:47Z

I don't see why we wouldn't let you sort by those two.

Yeah actually that's a totally valid point, I agree with you!

Kicu · 2024-05-29T14:38:27Z

@luacmartins @c3024
This is ready for re-review. Unfortunately a lot has changed when I was resolving the conflicting files and so there is some new code.
Every commit before merges is unchanged - but the last 3 commits are new.

The biggest changes are:

getSortedSections is now a generic function that handles specific types
report items do not have any sorting yet
pieces of code are reused between components

@luacmartins for now the Receipt column is not sortable because I wasn't sure by which field to do the sorting.
If you can tell me we can add it, to do so:

in SearchTableHeader remove the isSortable: false flag
in SearchUtils update the mapping: columnNamesToSortingProperty, introduce new property if needed

Please review :)

luacmartins · 2024-05-29T21:58:26Z

Thanks @Kicu! Not sure if we wanna sort by receipts or not, but we can definitely go ahead without sorting that for now. As for reports, we landed on no sorting for now, so all good there.

luacmartins · 2024-05-29T22:14:56Z

LGTM this is still a thing that we should address in a follow up

luacmartins

LGTM

luacmartins · 2024-05-29T22:24:42Z

@c3024 can you review again please?

c3024 · 2024-05-30T03:23:27Z

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c3024 · 2024-05-30T03:37:53Z

There are cases of undefined for from as well and app crashed on scrolling up accessing displayName on from. Apart from that, everything looks good.

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ishpaul777 · 2024-06-19T17:53:15Z

src/components/SelectionList/SearchTableHeader.tsx

+    {
+        columnName: CONST.SEARCH_TABLE_COLUMNS.MERCHANT,
+        translationKey: 'common.merchant',
+        shouldShow: (data: OnyxTypes.SearchResults['data']) => SearchUtils.getShouldShowMerchant(data),


This might have caused this issue #43205 fixed here https://github.com/Expensify/App/pull/43206/files

s77rt · 2024-07-07T14:40:38Z

src/libs/SearchUtils.ts

+    [CONST.SEARCH_TABLE_COLUMNS.CATEGORY]: 'category' as const,
+    [CONST.SEARCH_TABLE_COLUMNS.TYPE]: 'type' as const,
+    [CONST.SEARCH_TABLE_COLUMNS.ACTION]: 'action' as const,
+    [CONST.SEARCH_TABLE_COLUMNS.DESCRIPTION]: null,


The description can be used as sort column (#44431)

SzymczakJ · 2025-09-05T12:06:27Z

src/components/Search.tsx

+    const hash = SearchUtils.getQueryHash(query, policyIDs, sortBy, sortOrder);
+    const [currentSearchResults, searchResultsMeta] = useOnyx(`${ONYXKEYS.COLLECTION.SNAPSHOT}${hash}`);
+
+    // save last non-empty search results to avoid ugly flash of loading screen when hash changes and onyx returns empty data


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[HOLD for payment 2024-07-10] [$250] [Search v1] "Description" is clickable but does not sort the expenses #44431

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