sort uses absolute value

[ansAFinney]

🔍 Before submitting the issue

• I have searched among the existing issues
• I am using a Python virtual environment

🐞 Description of the bug

sorting of jobs by values of parameters appears to be a sort of the absolute value of the parameter

📝 Steps to reproduce

run the mapdl tyre performance example

then run

from ansys.hps.client import Client, ProjectApi, JmsApi

cl = Client(url="https://localhost:8443/hps", username="repadmin", password="repadmin")
project = JmsApi(cl).get_project_by_name("Mapdl Tyre Performance")
api = ProjectApi(cl, project.id)

jobs = api.get_jobs(sort=["values.camber_angle"])

for job in jobs:
    print(f"camber_angle={job.values.get('camber_angle')}")

I see the result:

camber_angle=-0.6210272318289807
camber_angle=-1.5805662839207688
camber_angle=-3.1016291869012953
camber_angle=-3.249789124629034
camber_angle=-4.319690094308141
camber_angle=4.711344868950986
camber_angle=5.9100341893208554
camber_angle=-6.908193726448891
camber_angle=6.94445083678146
camber_angle=-7.957747421556585

The HPS server is running in WSL with the client and product running in native windows.

💻 Which operating system are you using?

Windows

📀 Which ANSYS version are you using?

ansys hps client == 0.8.0
mapdl is 24r1

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.10

📦 Installed packages

annotated-types==0.6.0
ansys-hps-client==0.8.0
ansys-pyhps==0.6.0
backoff==2.2.1
certifi==2024.2.2
charset-normalizer==3.3.2
ecdsa==0.18.0
idna==3.6
# Editable install with no version control (mapdl-tyre-performance==0.1.0)
-e c:\ansysdev\mapdl_tyre_performance
marshmallow==3.21.1
marshmallow-oneofschema==3.1.1
packaging==24.0
pyasn1==0.6.0
pydantic==2.6.4
pydantic_core==2.16.3
PyJWT==2.8.0
python-jose==3.3.0
python-keycloak==2.12.0
requests==2.31.0
requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
rsa==4.9
six==1.16.0
typing_extensions==4.10.0
urllib3==1.26.18

[FedericoNegri]

@ansAFinney thanks for reporting. I could reproduce it, also in the web ui. It's a server bug, will update this issue once it gets resolved.

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