The "Alert Time" in the Quotes window/Alert pane seems to use alpha sort (like other columns in this pane). Therefore, e.g., for a descending sort "1:31 PM" alerts appear below "10:00 AM" alerts, followed by "1:01 PM" alerts, and so on.

Since this field represents actual timestamp (to the minute) values, would like to be able to sort based on time. Specifically, when sorted descending, the latest alerts should appear on top. This would help in not missing the latest alerts, which (after 1 pm) currently appear somewhere in the middle of the list neither at the top nor bottom, no matter whether sorting ascending or descending.

Check this out:

Sorting Alerts Using a 24 Hour Clock

Thanks. Would have preferred a WL specific solution/setting that did not require a system-wide change, but the workaround is palatable knowing your team size and workload.

BTW - searching on the forum and also on google for "sort alerts" and other such variations did not return the above thread. One needs to specifically use "sorting alerts" to get that thread to show.

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Thanks. Would have preferred a WL specific solution/setting that did not require a system-wide change, but the workaround is palatable knowing your team size and workload.

You're welcome. I'd really like to record this and (many) other feature requests but I'm afraid there's still a lot on the plate and the (long) list of bugs will have preference.

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BTW - searching on the forum and also on google for "sort alerts" and other such variations did not return the above thread. One needs to specifically use "sorting alerts" to get that thread to show.

It works like one keyword at a time, not anding the search terms together. Here's a lifehack for custom and more flexible searches: append site:wealth-lab.com/forum/posts to your Google (DuckDuckGo, whatever) search query.