Why does client-side sorting only sort the data on the current page?

my current code regarding the issue:

const table = useTable({
    columns,
    manualSorting: requestConfig.pagination?.mode === "server",
    getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
    getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
    getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
    initialState: {
      pagination: {
        pageSize: 50,
        pageIndex: 0,
      },
      sorting: defaultSort,
      globalFilter: defaultFilters,
    },
    refineCoreProps: {
      pagination: {
        mode: requestConfig?.pagination?.mode || "server",
      },
      sorters: {
        mode: requestConfig.pagination?.mode === "client" ? "off" : "server",
      },
    },
    enableGlobalFilter: true,
  });

const table = useTable({
    columns,
    manualSorting: requestConfig.pagination?.mode === "server",
    getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
    getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
    getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
    initialState: {
      pagination: {
        pageSize: 50,
        pageIndex: 0,
      },
      sorting: defaultSort,
      globalFilter: defaultFilters,
    },
    refineCoreProps: {
      pagination: {
        mode: requestConfig?.pagination?.mode || "server",
      },
      sorters: {
        mode: requestConfig.pagination?.mode === "client" ? "off" : "server",
      },
    },
    enableGlobalFilter: true,
  });

8 Replies

kapa.ai•2w ago

Hi @jzfski. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- Based on the information provided in the knowledge sources, I can explain why client-side sorting only sorts the data on the current page and suggest a solution to your issue. The problem you're experiencing is a common one when implementing client-side pagination with sorting. As explained in the FAQ documentation: "When you're implementing client side pagination with the pagination.mode set to "client," you might run into issues when applying client side filtering and sorting. This is due to the fact that client side filtering and sorting are applied to the sliced data, not the whole data." In your code, you've set pagination.mode to "client" (or it defaults to "server" if not specified in requestConfig). This means that the sorting is being applied only to the data on the current page, rather than the entire dataset. To solve this issue and ensure that client-side sorting is applied to the whole dataset, you need to set the pagination mode to "off". Here's how you can modify your code:

const table = useTable({
  // ... other options ...
  refineCoreProps: {
    pagination: {
      mode: "off",
    },
    sorters: {
      mode: "off",
    },
  },
  // ... rest of your configuration ...
});

const table = useTable({
  // ... other options ...
  refineCoreProps: {
    pagination: {
      mode: "off",
    },
    sorters: {
      mode: "off",
    },
  },
  // ... rest of your configuration ...
});

By setting both pagination.mode and sorters.mode to "off", you're telling refine to disable server-side pagination and sorting. This will allow you to handle these operations on the client-side for the entire dataset. For more information on handling client-side sorting, you can refer to the useTable documentation. Remember that this approach will fetch all the data at once, which might not be suitable for very large datasets. In such cases, you might need to consider implementing server-side pagination and sorting or optimizing your data fetching strategy. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•2w ago

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unwilling-turquoiseOP•2w ago

@kapa.ai How can I implement client-side sorting with client-side pagination?

kapa.ai•2w ago

Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! :books: ---------------------- To implement client-side sorting with client-side pagination in refine, you can follow these steps: 1. Set the pagination and sorters modes to "client" in your useTable hook configuration. 2. Use the getPaginationRowModel and getSortedRowModel functions from TanStack Table to handle client-side pagination and sorting. Here's an example of how you can implement this:

import { useTable } from "@refinedev/core";
import { 
  getCoreRowModel,
  getPaginationRowModel,
  getSortedRowModel
} from "@tanstack/react-table";

const { tableQueryResult, ...restProps } = useTable({
  columns,
  refineCoreProps: {
    pagination: {
      mode: "client",
    },
    sorters: {
      mode: "client",
    },
  },
  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
  getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
  getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
});

import { useTable } from "@refinedev/core";
import { 
  getCoreRowModel,
  getPaginationRowModel,
  getSortedRowModel
} from "@tanstack/react-table";

const { tableQueryResult, ...restProps } = useTable({
  columns,
  refineCoreProps: {
    pagination: {
      mode: "client",
    },
    sorters: {
      mode: "client",
    },
  },
  getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
  getPaginationRowModel: getPaginationRowModel(),
  getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
});

In this configuration: - pagination.mode: "client" enables client-side pagination. - sorters.mode: "client" enables client-side sorting. - getPaginationRowModel() handles the client-side pagination. - getSortedRowModel() handles the client-side sorting. This setup will allow you to perform both sorting and pagination on the client side. The sorting will be applied to the entire dataset, and then the pagination will be applied to the sorted data. Remember that with this approach, all data will be loaded at once, which might not be suitable for very large datasets. For large datasets, you might want to consider server-side pagination and sorting. For more detailed information on using these features, you can refer to the useTable documentation. useTable documentation provides more details on the available properties and how to use them effectively. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

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unwilling-turquoiseOP•2w ago

@kapa.ai according to documentation "It can be "off", or "server". Defaults to "server". "off": sorters do not get sent to the server. You can use the sorters value to sort the records on the client side. "server":: Sorting is done on the server side. Records will be fetched by using the sorters value."

kapa.ai•2w ago

Let me check the knowledge base for you again. One moment! :books: ---------------------- You're correct in quoting the documentation. This information comes from the useTable documentation for the sorters.mode property. Let me clarify these options for you: 1. "off": When set to "off", the sorting is handled entirely on the client-side. The sorters value is not sent to the server when fetching data. Instead, you can use this value to implement your own client-side sorting logic. 2. "server": This is the default setting. When set to "server", the sorting is handled on the server-side. The sorters value is sent to the server as part of the API request, and the server is expected to return the data already sorted according to these parameters. It's important to note that the documentation you've quoted doesn't mention a "client" mode for sorting. The "off" mode is intended for client-side sorting, but it requires you to implement the sorting logic yourself using the sorters value. If you want to implement client-side sorting with refine's built-in functionality, you would typically use the "off" mode and then utilize TanStack Table's getSortedRowModel as mentioned in the previous answer. For most use cases where you want client-side sorting, you would set it up like this:

useTable({
  // ...other options
  sorters: {
    mode: "off",
  },
  getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
  // ...other options
});

useTable({
  // ...other options
  sorters: {
    mode: "off",
  },
  getSortedRowModel: getSortedRowModel(),
  // ...other options
});

This setup allows you to perform client-side sorting while still using refine's table utilities. useTable documentation provides more details on these sorting modes and how to use them effectively. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•2w ago

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