From e87646d232f32268c00d4a5711bcfab2fb6e00b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cristi Paval <cristi@expensify.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:55:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Make Top Categories default to view:bar

---
 src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
index 287e33075044b..8bfab17479d01 100644
--- a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ function createTopSearchMenuItem(
     icon: IconAsset | Extract<ExpensifyIconName, 'Receipt' | 'ChatBubbles' | 'MoneyBag' | 'CreditCard' | 'MoneyHourglass' | 'CreditCardHourglass' | 'Bank' | 'User' | 'Folder' | 'Basket'>,
     groupBy: ValueOf<typeof CONST.SEARCH.GROUP_BY>,
     limit?: number,
+    view?: ValueOf<typeof CONST.SEARCH.VIEW>,
 ): SearchTypeMenuItem {
     const isCategory = groupBy === CONST.SEARCH.GROUP_BY.CATEGORY;
     const defaultSortBy = isCategory ? CONST.SEARCH.TABLE_COLUMNS.GROUP_CATEGORY : CONST.SEARCH.TABLE_COLUMNS.GROUP_TOTAL;
@@ -477,6 +478,7 @@ function createTopSearchMenuItem(
             type: CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE,
             groupBy,
             dateOn: CONST.SEARCH.DATE_PRESETS.LAST_MONTH,
+            ...(view && {view}),
         },
         {
             sortBy: defaultSortBy,
@@ -744,6 +746,7 @@ function getSuggestedSearches(
             'Folder',
             CONST.SEARCH.GROUP_BY.CATEGORY,
             CONST.SEARCH.TOP_SEARCH_LIMIT,
+            CONST.SEARCH.VIEW.BAR,
         ),
         [CONST.SEARCH.SEARCH_KEYS.TOP_MERCHANTS]: createTopSearchMenuItem(
             CONST.SEARCH.SEARCH_KEYS.TOP_MERCHANTS,

From b4afcec1089156607f46b2d69f97eccb83cf97cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Puneet Lath <puneet@expensify.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 13:36:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Sort top categories by total

---
 src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
index 8bfab17479d01..72d8819ef2bab 100644
--- a/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/SearchUIUtils.ts
@@ -469,10 +469,6 @@ function createTopSearchMenuItem(
     limit?: number,
     view?: ValueOf<typeof CONST.SEARCH.VIEW>,
 ): SearchTypeMenuItem {
-    const isCategory = groupBy === CONST.SEARCH.GROUP_BY.CATEGORY;
-    const defaultSortBy = isCategory ? CONST.SEARCH.TABLE_COLUMNS.GROUP_CATEGORY : CONST.SEARCH.TABLE_COLUMNS.GROUP_TOTAL;
-    const defaultSortOrder = isCategory ? CONST.SEARCH.SORT_ORDER.ASC : CONST.SEARCH.SORT_ORDER.DESC;
-
     const searchQuery = buildQueryStringFromFilterFormValues(
         {
             type: CONST.SEARCH.DATA_TYPES.EXPENSE,
@@ -481,8 +477,8 @@ function createTopSearchMenuItem(
             ...(view && {view}),
         },
         {
-            sortBy: defaultSortBy,
-            sortOrder: defaultSortOrder,
+            sortBy: CONST.SEARCH.TABLE_COLUMNS.GROUP_TOTAL,
+            sortOrder: CONST.SEARCH.SORT_ORDER.DESC,
             ...(limit && {limit}),
         },
     );