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title: "Important: Sort direction is normalised"
manual: "Academic Profiles"
version: "main"
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source: "Changelog/2.4/Important-SortDirectionIsNormalised.rst"
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# Important: Sort direction is normalised {#important-ace-439-academic-persons}

## Description {#description}

A persons list applied its sort field only when the sort direction was
exactly `asc` or `desc`. The FlexForm offers just these two, but the
direction also comes from the site setting and TypoScript constant
`plugin.tx_academicpersons.demand.sortByDirection`, which are free text,
and from listeners of `ModifyProfileDemandEvent`. A value such as
`DESC` or `Asc` dropped the sort field, and the list came out in the
order the profiles were created.

`\FGTCLB\AcademicPersons\Domain\Model\Dto\ProfileDemand::setSortByDirection()`
now reads the direction in any letter case and without surrounding
whitespace, and stores it as `asc` or `desc`. Any other value keeps the
direction the demand had, `asc` for a fresh demand, so the sort field still
applies. The program list of `academic_programs` treats an unknown sorting
the same way.

## Impact {#impact}

A direction written in another letter case is applied now. A listener that
sets a direction and reads it back gets the lowercase form, and a listener
that sets an unknown direction leaves the previous one in place instead of
removing the sort field. `asc` and `desc` behave as before.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

Installations that set the sort direction in another letter case, or that
set it from a listener of `ModifyProfileDemandEvent`.