topic Re: Lists in alphabetical order in Project data & BIM

Lists in alphabetical order

Yvonne — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:51:55 GMT

How can I adjust a schedule so that it appears in alphabetical order/ascending?
For example, I have named my wall types WT01, WT02, WT03...etc but the list doesn't show it in that order.

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

Barry Kelly — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:53:24 GMT

In the schedule scheme settings you can adjust the order for each field.

Barry.

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

Yvonne — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:54:32 GMT

Thanks Barry.

I have adjusted the ascending/descending but it doesn't seem to list my composite names in order.

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

Super — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:49:41 GMT

I have the same issue. Did you ever find a solution?

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

Barry Kelly — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:07:12 GMT

I have just had a deeper look at it in version 25.

And the display order has no effect on the 'Composite Structure' at all that makes any sense to me.

I thought is was the numbers in the prefix that was throwing it off, but even without numbers at the beginning of the names, the order just seems to be random.

Might be a good idea to report this to your local Archicad support.

Barry.

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

csspa — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:44:28 GMT

Hi Yvonne,

The composite structure within a schedule uses the attribute number to define the list order and not the actual text included within the composite name. The screenshot below of my schedule has the Composite Structure set to descending, which can be seen to be working when shown alongside to the screenshot of the Attributes Manager.

I haven't worked out why this is the case but it explains why the ascending/descending option does little to help with alphabetical text organisation. Unfortunately I'm also unaware of any sort of workaround.

Chris

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

sikho — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 01:43:36 GMT

Does anyone have any updates on workarounds for this issue?

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

Laszlo Nagy — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 15:02:05 GMT

Here is the way to achieve this:

Create an Expression-defined Property, which will be available for all Classifications. Its Data Type should be "String", and its value should be the "Composite Structure" parameter within the General Parameters group.

{Property:General Parameters/Composite Structure}

Then schedule this Property, which you will be able to sort according to the alphabet.

Re: Lists in alphabetical order

GabrielGG — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:22:13 GMT

Hello,
I found a simpler solution to this Problem without the need of creating a Property.

If you use "Building Material / Composite / Profile / Fill" instead of "composite Structure" in the Fields, it will order Alphabetically.

If you only want to list composites, you can use the search only for composites in the Criteria.

Just for the record as I had the same problem and I was not happy with the solution to create a new Property.

Gabriel