AngularJS ng-repeat key, value pair access key on group by multiple fields

Question

I'm new to Angular and would like to learn the best way to handle a problem. I want to access keys in my first ng-repeat grouped by multiple columns.

 <table width="100%" style="text-align: center;" data-role="table" data-mode="" class="ui-responsive ui-shadow"> <thead> <tr> <th>Id</th> <th>Course</th> <th>Module</th> <th>Subject</th> <th>Toc</th> <th>Chapter</th> <th>Activity Done</th> <th>Start</th> <th>End</th> <th>Time Spent</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody ng-repeat="(key, value) in sessions | groupBy: ['course','module','subject','toc','chapter']" id="tblSessionRpt"> <tr ng-init="$index == 0 ? isOpen=true : isOpen=false"> <td> <span ng-click="isOpen=!isOpen" style="cursor:pointer"> <span ng-show="!isOpen"> &nbsp; + &nbsp; <span> {{ $index+1 }} </span> </span> <span ng-show="isOpen"> &nbsp; - &nbsp; <span> {{ $index+1 }} </span> </span> </span> </td> <td> {{ key.course }} </td> <td> {{ key.module }} </td> <td> {{ key.subject }} </td> <td> {{ key.toc }} </td> <td> {{ key.chapter }} </td> <td colspan='4' align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr ng-repeat="session in value" ng-show="isOpen"> <td colspan='6'> &nbsp;</td> <td> {{ session.done }}</td> <td> {{ session.start }}</td> <td> {{ session.end }}</td> <td> {{ session.timespent }}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 

My JSON data is like :

$scope.sessions=[
{
    "id": 3518,
    "name": "content",
    "done": "A Happy Song",
    "start": "2015-11-23 11:11",
    "end": "2015-11-23 11:11",
    "timespent": "0",
    "course": "K-12",
    "module": "Std - 1",
    "subject": "English",
    "toc": "Unit - 01",
    "chapter": "A Happy Song",
    "content": null
},
{
    "id": 3520,
    "name": "content",
    "done": "A Happy Song",
    "start": "2015-11-23 11:11",
    "end": "2015-11-23 11:12",
    "timespent": "0",
    "course": "K-12",
    "module": "Std - 1",
    "subject": "Hindi",
    "toc": "Unit - 01",
    "chapter": "A Happy Song",
    "content": null
},
{
    "id": 3522,
    "name": "content",
    "done": "A Happy Song",
    "start": "2015-11-23 11:13",
    "end": "2015-11-23 11:13",
    "timespent": "0",
    "course": "K-12",
    "module": "Std - 1",
    "subject": "English",
    "toc": "Unit - 01",
    "chapter": "A Happy Song",
    "content": null
},
{
    "id": 3524,
    "name": "content",
    "done": "A Happy Song",
    "start": "2015-11-23 11:17",
    "end": "2015-11-23 11:17",
    "timespent": "0",
    "course": "K-12",
    "module": "Std - 1",
    "subject": "Marathi",
    "toc": "Unit - 02",
    "chapter": "A Happy Song",
    "content": null
},
{
    "id": 3537,
    "name": "content",
    "done": "A Happy Song",
    "start": "2015-11-23 11:47",
    "end": "2015-11-23 11:47",
    "timespent": "0",
    "course": "K-12",
    "module": "Std - 1",
    "subject": "English",
    "toc": "Unit - 03",
    "chapter": "A Happy Song",
    "content": null
}];

I want to data group by multiple columns ie 'course','module','subject','toc','chapter'

Thanks in advance :)

Answer 1

the most efficient way of sorting I usually do is to put your columns first in a array with it's designated keys in your data

$scope.cols = [
    {
        "name": "Course",
        "key": "course"
    },
    {
        "name": "Module",
        "key": "module"
    },
    {
        "name": "Subject"
        "key": "subject"
    },
    {
        "name": "Toc",
        "key": "toc"
    },
    {
        "name": "Chapter",
        "key": "chapter"
    },
    {
        "name": "Activity Done",
        "key": ""
    },
    {
        "name": "Start",
        "key": "start"
    },
    {
        "name": "End",
        "key": "end"
    },
    {
        "name": "Time Spent",
        "key": "timespent"
    }
];

then loop it in your template and add ng-click

<tr ng-repeat="col in cols" ng-click="onHeadingClicked(col)">
    {{col.name}}
</tr>

then create the onHeadingClicked() function that sorts your data.

$scope.onHeadingClicked = function (col) {
    var sorted = [];
    angular.forEach(sessions, function (col) {
        // Sorting algorithm here
    });

    $scope.sessions = sorted;
};

I don't use filters due to performance reasons, filter's run every time and thus executes that function so many many times so it would not a good idea putting it there. I use filters only if simple display manipulation is done.

Hope this helps