Problem:

Sort child posts by custom fields of parent post type.

Solution:

There isn't such kind of built-in feature within Toolset plugins, Toolset Blocks/Views plugins are using WordPress class WP_Query to query posts, see WP document:

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters

‘meta_value‘ – Note that a ‘meta_key=keyname‘ must also be present in the query.

That means you can only sort the results by custom fields of post type(“Institutional position”) you are querying, you can not sort the result by custom fields of other post type(“People”).

As a workaround, you can try with a nested views, for example:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/sorting-view-results-by-parent-custom-field-or-parent-post-title/#post-2358545

Relevant Documentation:

Problem:

Toolset throws an error in PHP 8

Solution:

PHP 8 is currently not supported due to some issues. We’re working on fixing this. In the meantime, please use PHP 7 version.

Relevant Documentation:

https://toolset.com/toolset-requirements/

Problem:

How to add search and filter to a view table.

Solution:

- You can use block editor and add a table view

- You can add search in the table view

- You can change the type of the input for the search to dropdown or checkbox

Check this video:

https://www.loom.com/share/de3ffe51dfba4adfa4044b703a7e8396

Problem:
How to have dropdowns for custom taxonomy (custom post type category) by default

Solution:
To display the taxonomy as drop-down select box you can use the following shortcode:

You can find the proposed solution in this case with the following reply:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-have-dropdowns-for-custom-taxonomy-custom-post-type-category-by-default/#post-2364465

Relevant Documentation: