Order data

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Supermetrics API supports two separate parameters to order data.

Parameters

  • order_rows (string | string[])

    • Optional. Common order instructions for data in rows. See ordering rows.

  • order_columns (string)

Ordering rows

Use parameter order_rows to order returned rows. Limited to two instructions.

{"order_rows": ["[field_name] [asc|desc]", ...]}

Value can be provided either as a comma delimited string, or as a list of strings.

{"order_rows": "CampaignName asc, impressions desc"}
{"order_rows": ["CampaignName asc", "impressions desc"]}

Ordering columns

Parameter order_columns only applies when query contains at least one field that splits the data by column, like in the following example.

{
    "fields": [{"id":"campaign", "split":"column"}],
    "order_columns": "alphabetic"
}

Order column types

Type

Description

met_desc

Order descending by first metric. Default.

alphabetic

Order dimension values alphabetical order

reverse_alphabetic

Order dimension values in reversed alphabetical order