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smithmrk
Copper Contributor
Feb 14, 2023
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SharePoint People/Group Column sorting when adding People

Hello all.   When adding people to a "People/Group" column, I want the order to be in the same order as I add the people...however after adding them in the order I added them...it appears to re-sor...
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    SvenSieverding
    Feb 14, 2023

    Hi smithmrk,

    i think the users are displayed in the order of their entries in the "User Information List" of your site collection (see https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/mysite/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx).
    (Person fields are just references to that list and for multi person field SharePoint seems to resolve the information from that list in that order)

    I would create three separate one-person fields:

    • First Approver
    • Second Approver
    • Third Approver

     

    Best Regards,
    Sven


      

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SvenSieverding
Bronze Contributor
Feb 14, 2023

Hi smithmrk,

i think the users are displayed in the order of their entries in the "User Information List" of your site collection (see https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/sites/mysite/_catalogs/users/simple.aspx).
(Person fields are just references to that list and for multi person field SharePoint seems to resolve the information from that list in that order)

I would create three separate one-person fields:

  • First Approver
  • Second Approver
  • Third Approver

 

Best Regards,
Sven


  

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