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Sorting and skipping "The"

  • November 10, 2020
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Hello,
Is there a way to sort by name, but ignore “The” in the sort calculation. I am trying to sort albums with a Artist + Album field and would like the sorting to ignore “The” in the artist name.

Best answer by Joel_D_Eon

Hi Joel, and welcome to the community!

Yes, briefly…

  1. Create a new formula field that eliminates your stop-words (i.e., the and maybe others).
  2. Sort on the formula field.

Thank You. I used the Substitute formula and that worked

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  • November 10, 2020

Hi Joel, and welcome to the community!

Yes, briefly…

  1. Create a new formula field that eliminates your stop-words (i.e., the and maybe others).
  2. Sort on the formula field.

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  • November 10, 2020

Hi Joel, and welcome to the community!

Yes, briefly…

  1. Create a new formula field that eliminates your stop-words (i.e., the and maybe others).
  2. Sort on the formula field.

Thank You. I used the Substitute formula and that worked