Angular Material 2 DataTable Sorting with nested objects

Question

I have a normal Angular Material 2 DataTable with sort headers. All sort are headers work fine. Except for the one with an object as value. These doesn\'t sort at all.

Answer 1

Just add this to your data source and you will be able to access the nested object

this.dataSource.sortingDataAccessor = (item, property) => {
    // Split '.' to allow accessing property of nested object
    if (property.includes('.')) {
        const accessor = property.split('.');
        let value: any = item;
        accessor.forEach((a) => {
            value = value[a];
        });
        return value;
    }
    // Access as normal
    return item[property];
};