Sort order within a group: "Wrong type argument: sequencep, :auto-ts"

[novoid]

Org mode version 9.6.12 org-super-agenda 1.4-pre Latest NixOS

I'm trying to modify the sort order of items within a group. Currently, with my config my agenda is shown like that:

I'd prefer the sort order of those overdue items reversed: first, the scheduled for today items, then the 24x, then the 36x and so forth until the last one: 351x in this case.

For that, I actually only found one potential candidate :auto-ts and so I played around by modifying this working line:

(:name "Started"
 :and (:todo "STARTED" :not (:tag "someday") :not (:priority "C") :not (:priority "B") ) 
 :order 10)

... to that:

(:name "Started" 
 :and (:todo "STARTED" :not (:tag "someday") :not (:priority "C") :not (:priority "B") )
 :order 10
 :auto-ts)

... or:

(:name "Started"
 :and (:todo "STARTED" :not (:tag "someday") :not (:priority "C") :not (:priority "B") )
 :order 10
 :auto-ts "reverse")

Which causes in both cases:

if: Wrong type argument: sequencep, :auto-ts

What is my error here? I do seem to use it in a wrong way.

[alphapapa]

Hi Karl,

The auto selectors can't be combined with other selectors using :and like that. The auto selectors make their own groups based solely on the values they find.

Note as well that org-super-agenda does not control the order in which items are sorted. The reverse argument to :auto-ts controls the order of the groups, not the items.

[novoid]

Okay, then I did get it totally wrong, as it seems. You may as well close the issue then.

When you say that org-super-agenda doesn't handle the order of items within a group: do you have a hint how I may influence that order with a different approach?

Thanks.

[alphapapa]

When you say that org-super-agenda doesn't handle the order of items within a group: do you have a hint how I may influence that order with a different approach?

If you're using org-agenda commands, then with the standard Org Agenda sorting controls. If you're using org-ql, with its :sort argument.

[novoid]

I see. I really have to think of switching to org-ql based agenda. Thanks for clarification and throwing me in the right direction.

[alphapapa]

You're welcome.