12252 allow sorting on object in search

netbox/netbox/search/backends.py

@@ -145,9 +145,13 @@ class CachedValueSearchBackend(SearchBackend):
         )
 
         # Omit any results pertaining to an object the user does not have permission to view
-        return [
+        ret = [
             r for r in results if r.object is not None
         ]
+        for r in ret:
+            r.name = str(r.object)
+
+        return ret
 
     def cache(self, instances, indexer=None, remove_existing=True):
         content_type = None

netbox/netbox/tables/tables.py

@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class SearchTable(tables.Table):
         order_by="object___meta__verbose_name",
     )
     object = tables.Column(
-        linkify=True
+        linkify=True,
+        order_by=('name', )
     )
     field = tables.Column()
     value = tables.Column()