How to custom sort order in django like mysql FIELD Function

Question

How to write Django queryset custom sort order like MySQL field function in Django

select status from company order by FIELD(status, 'Follow Up', 'Interested - Call back scheduled', 'Need to send details', 'Quotation sent')


Comapany.objects.all().order_by(?)

Answer 1

You can use objects.extra()

Company.objects.extra(
    select={'manual': "FIELD(status, 'Follow Up', 'Interested - Call back scheduled', 'Need to send details', 'Quotation sent')"},
    order_by=['manual']
)

Answer 2

Just mention the column name inside the order_by() like shown below.

Comapany.objects.all().order_by('column_name')

The above code will give the result in ascending order. If you want the result in descending order add -(minus) in front of the column name like shown below.

Comapany.objects.all().order_by('-column_name')

Hope it will help you.