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How do I sort Trello search results by last modified date?

Simon Cohen_wxba4r

I see options like "from the last day" or week, etc, or even by due date, but I just want to search all of my boards, and see the results sorted by the cards' last modified date. I'm not an admin, so I can't use add-ons, I just need Trello to offer this very basic feature. Am I missing something?

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Iain Dooley

@Simon Cohen there's no way to sort your search results, but you can get this information pretty easily via the API. Here's a Trellinator script that will give you a Google Sheet with all the cards in all boards for a given team, ordered in date descending order by when they were last modified for example:

https://gist.github.com/iaindooley/f6d89afac01d0961c9020ac704f245b2

You can see how to install Trellinator here:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Marketplace-Apps-articles/Introducing-Trellinator-Automate-Trello-with-Google-Apps-Script/ba-p/925271

Simon Cohen_wxba4r

Hi Iain, thanks very much for this option, however for my needs it’s complete overkill. Like attacking a mosquito with a sledgehammer 😂

I’m disappointed that there’s no way to sort a Trello search. Do you know if the Altlassian team ever checks these boards for new feature suggestions? This one seems like a no-brainer!

Thanks

simon.

Iain Dooley

@Simon Cohen the Atlassian team are around, but not actively taking feature requests from here. You can submit by following these instructions:

https://help.trello.com/article/724-submitting-feature-requests-for-trello

This type of thing is a pretty "un-trello" feature though. Trello is very "un-databasey". Their approach historically has been to be a superb platform that does a few things exceptionally well, but at the expense of a bunch of features that cause people to scratch their heads and go "huh!? They don't allow you to SORT your SEARCH RESULTS!?! That's crazy!".

The benefit of Trello is that it has such an amazing API. So if you accept the core premise of the product then there will always be a way to get it to do what you want or a workaround using the existing features.

What is it that you're trying to achieve by the way? There might be a simpler way to meet the same need.

Simon Cohen_wxba4r

Thanks, I'll submit the request!
My need is really basic: Our team generates a TON of new cards every day, on a variety of topics, which end up moving between as many as 7 lists per board. Before I create a new card, I need to know if someone else has already created one, but browsing through all of the boards and lists is impractical. So I just need a way to do a search for something like "Apple" and see if anyone has created a matching card in the last 24 hours.

What I still find perplexing is that Trello does have a search. But if results aren't being generated by recency, how exactly is Trello determining what I see when I search? Best match? If so, what would constitute a best match? Even more frustrating is that the Trello team has partially acknowledged that people need better search tools, because: filters. But imagine if you could only filter your Gmail by tag, or sender, instead of ordering it by date? Sorry, I'm ranting now ;-)