As you browse Tableau Server you will find that most items are displayed in a list. For example; views, workbooks, and projects are all shown as a list. Sometimes the list is shown as a text table and sometimes with thumbnail images. Regardless of what's in the list or how it is shown, you can sort the list to help you find what you're looking for faster.
Depending on the type of items you are listing, you may be able to sort by the following categories: Number of Sheets, Publisher, Date Modified, Project, Title, Sheet #, and Size. How you sort depends on whether you are looking at thumbnails or a text list.
The sort categories display along the top of the image list with the current sort category shown in dark blue. Click a category along the top to sort by. The arrow indicates whether the items are sorted in ascending or descending order. You can switch between these two orders by clicking category again.
A sorted list is grouped by the selected category with titles showing the different groupings. For example, the views below are sorted by date modified in ascending order. You can see the first group is for views that were published in January.
In a text list, you can use the column heading to sort the list. Again the current sort category is shown in dark blue and an arrow indicates whether the items are sorted in ascending or descending order. Click the column heading you want to use to sort the list.
The sorted table is grouped by the selected category. For example, the table below is sorted reverse alphabetically by workbook name. The first group shows the views in the Date and Time workbook.
Note: As you continue to change the sort on a list of workbooks, views, or projects; the server remembers your last three sort options and applies them as a multi-column sort. For example, if you sort by the date Modified and then sort by Project, the list will be grouped by project and within each project the workbooks or views will be sorted by date modified.