Threaded view on discussion board: is it possible to sort by reverse chronological order

Question

I've tried to figure out how to configure the threaded view of a discussion board (Sharepoint 2010) to sort the thread by reverse chronological order (most recent post first). No success so far. Thanks for helping.

Answer 1

I came across this helpful post when trying to sort the discussion board. The problem with this method is that in the 'flat' view - discussions having no replies are not shown. Anyone came across with this problem?

Answer 2

I got it to work right. I thought it was a good question. How the view should be set up is:

Columns:

• Threaded(threading)

Sort:

• First sort by: Threading -> Show items in descending order
• Then sort by: Created -> Show items in descending order
• Uncheck "Sort only by specified criteria"

Folders:

• Show all items without folders
• Show this view: In folders of content type "Discussion"

This setup worked for me.