Using expressions/fields for Search API SortExpression default_value

[Bradley Mclain]

search.SortExpression(
  expression="sort_field",

  direction=search.SortExpression.DESCENDING,
  default_value="default_field"
)

In the event that sort_field is missing I would like it to use the value from default_field instead.

Is something like this possible?

[Mihail Russu]

Isn't that already the default behavior per docs?

[Bradley Mclain]

From my testing it only appears to accept text/numeric values and passing it a field name will be interpreted as a string as opposed to the field value.

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[George (Cloud Platform Support)]

A field name is a string, so the default_value works as defined in the indicated document. If you would like to propose a new feature, in this case related to the behavior of the SortExpression class, opening a separate thread is more effective. Your posting should provide structured proposals, covering all aspects of the envisaged feature, including for instance the desired treatment of the field value, and all important detail.