Releasesby IbisSort by multiple fields in the Sort by transformation
UpdateyesterdayUnverifiedAdded Oct 24, 2026
Sort your data the way you think about it. Tables are easier to read and compare when they follow the order you’d use to explain them: by team, then by score within each team, then by name. The Sort by transformation now supports multiple sort fields, so you can build exactly that order.
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