# Is "Status" a Value that can be Sorted?

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-status-a-value-that-can-be-sorted/455578
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard
**Tags:** picard-development
**Created:** [December 17, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-status-a-value-that-can-be-sorted/455578 "2019-12-17T20:51:58Z")
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### Author: ![tdiaz](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/tdiaz/32/14333_2.png) [@tdiaz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tdiaz)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-status-a-value-that-can-be-sorted/455578/1 "2019-12-17T20:51:58Z")

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How does the Status Icon get to become part of the column content?  
Can it be gotten on it’s own / and used as a sort factor?

e.g. Sort the column and have all Perfect/Gold Icons listed together vs. imperfect?

 ![Screen Shot 2019-12-17 at 12.44.17 PM](https://community.metabrainz.org/uploads/default/original/3X/d/1/d192cc3ae03290a4b2917d1ccb68918d427cacbd.png)

```
    if column == 'status':
        if self.status is not None:
            title = self.status
        else:
            title = self.metadata['album']
        if self.tracks:
            linked_tracks = 0
            for track in self.tracks:
                if track.is_linked():
                    linked_tracks += 1

            text = '%s\u200E' % (title)
            return text

```