Sort not working on Airtable data

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Describe the problem/error/question

When adding a Airtable search result as a source, the sort parameter appears not to have any impact on the results.

I also notice that the sort order is never stored in the workflow source. It only ever contains the field name, regardess of the sort order.

What is the error message (if any)?

No error, just that the sort order is not being applied.

Please share your workflow

Share the output returned by the last node

2024-11-25	Artist	REDACTED	PR01
2024-12-02	Director	REDACTED	PR02
2024-12-02	Artist	REDACTED	PR02
2024-12-02	Coordinator	REDACTED	PR01
2024-11-25	Manager	REDACTED	PR02

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.67.1
  • Database (default: SQLite):
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker
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Hi @pembo, thanks for sharing! I couldn’t reproduce the issue you’re describing on my end, could you tell me which column you selected to sort and what’s the expected vs actual outcome?

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@aya

Thanks for your reply. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you.
It may have just been a glitch with Airtable at the time. I was looking to sort by the date, but the resulting output always displayed records in the order that they were created.

In the meantime, I’ve updated the workflow and the underlying version of n8n and can’t recreate the issue.

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thanks @pembo for the update!