Nominated Discussion - Sorting Question

kiwi — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:02:58 GMT

This Nominated Discussion Article is based on the post "sorting question" by @MattJakacki and responded to by @JayGolf and @Remo . Read on to see the discussion and solution!

How do I remove the sort by ascending/descending in tabs like vulnerability protection profile and in URL categories, I recently accidentally activated these features and they are quite annoying.

previously the Custom URL category allow/block list was in a chronological order of when I added them to the list, now they are in alphabetical order and if I press the arrow next to the sites column it will change the sort from alphabetical A -->Z to Z-->A, I would like it just to return to normal chronological order, also in the vulnerability profile, I accidentally clicked the sort ascending filter when searching for a specific signature to make an exception and now it automatically sorts the column I click on either ascending or descending depending on what mode is currently active.

I could not find a similar support document on how to turn off the sort feature, is there any way to just return it to the normal non-sorted way?

I don't think it's possible to maintain the original order consistently—once a sorting option is selected, the default chronological order can't be regained.

That's what I assumed, originally when I set up my new 7500 FWs (and the previous 7050s FW before I accidentally clicked the sort button there too) the custom URL categories lists were chronological in the order I added them to the list, same with created/modified exceptions in the vulnerability profile, they weren't by default sorted by thread ID (or whatever column I chose to sort on) but by the order in which I created the exception and was hoping there was a way to undo the sorting.

I noticed the same issue and tried clearing the browser data (cookies and cache), but the sorting behavior persisted; however, when I recreated the URL list by clicking "New" and re-importing the entries, the chronological sort order was restored.

This is a little tips & tricks workaround to get back to that result, but having an actual feature to undo the selected sorting option and revert to the default setting would require a new feature request.

tags: pan-os, management, url-filtering, url category, sorting, chronological order, list behavior, import list, gui, workaround, feature request, tips and tricks

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