JSONata sort / order by of an array - arrays

Question

I want to order an array. The JSONata expression below has an incoming array as follows.
[{"id":"Air-1a",
"Controller":"ESP62",
"Cntr-TaskNo":10,
"Cntr-GPIO":13,
"name":"Air",
"valueName":"Humidity",
"Sensor":"DHT22",
(and many other key pairs)},
{next object}, ...]
I then transform the array with the following JSONata expression:
payload.(
{ "Controller" : $.Controller,
"Cntr-TaskNo": $.CntrDef.TaskNo,
"Cntr-GPIO" : $.CntrDef.GPIO,
"name" : $.name,
"valueName" : $.valueName,
"Sensor" : $.Sensor,
"id" : $.id
}
)
But now I want to - in the same JSONata expression, sort on firstly the Controller, and then the GPIO. To tried with the Controller only first.
I tried:
payload.(
{ $sort("Controller",function($l, $r){$l.Controller > $r.Controller}) : $.Controller ,
"Cntr-TaskNo": $.CntrDef.TaskNo,
"Cntr-GPIO" : $.CntrDef.GPIO,
"name" : $.name,
"valueName" : $.valueName,
"Sensor" : $.Sensor,
"id" : $.id
}
)
As well as trying to add the sort function at the end with the ~> chaining command. I also tried the order-by operator.
Could anyone point me in the right direction?
//----------
The new flow with the changed 'ESP62' to '-' that does not work:
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Answer 1

I suggest first sorting the dataset and afterward transform the already sorted array of objects. The transformation is trivial and you want to know how to sort, so I show below one possible solution. It uses an expression with two concatenated $sort functions.
Edited after a better understanding of the requirement.
I tested successfully a Node-RED flow using this expression in a change node:
($a := $sort(payload,function($l , $r){$l.Controller > $r.Controller}) ; $sort($a,function($l , $r){(($l.Controller = $r.Controller) and ($l.CntrGPIO > $r.CntrGPIO))}))
Flow (contain dataset set hardcoded):
[{"id":"a7814b7e.3adeb8","type":"tab","label":"Flow 4","disabled":false,"info":""},{"id":"8bf10833.c71748","type":"inject","z":"a7814b7e.3adeb8","name":"","topic":"","payload":"","payloadType":"date","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":140,"y":140,"wires":[["9e365564.edca08"]]},{"id":"9e365564.edca08","type":"change","z":"a7814b7e.3adeb8","name":"Dataset","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"[{\"id\":\"Air-1a\",\"Controller\":\"ESP62\",\"CntrTaskNo\":10,\"CntrGPIO\":13,\"name\":\"Air\",\"valueName\":\"Humidity\",\"Sensor\":\"DHT22\",\"aaa\":\"111\",\"bbb\":\"222\",\"ccc\":\"333\"},{\"id\":\"Air-2a\",\"Controller\":\"ESP72\",\"CntrTaskNo\":11,\"CntrGPIO\":14,\"name\":\"Air\",\"valueName\":\"Humidity\",\"Sensor\":\"DHT22\",\"aaa\":\"444\",\"bbb\":\"555\",\"ccc\":\"666\"},{\"id\":\"Air-1a\",\"Controller\":\"ESP62\",\"CntrTaskNo\":2,\"CntrGPIO\":9,\"name\":\"Air\",\"valueName\":\"Humidity\",\"Sensor\":\"DHT22\",\"aaa\":\"777\",\"bbb\":\"888\",\"ccc\":\"999\"},{\"id\":\"Air-1a\",\"Controller\":\"-\",\"CntrTaskNo\":10,\"CntrGPIO\":12,\"name\":\"Air\",\"valueName\":\"Humidity\",\"Sensor\":\"DHT22\",\"aaa\":\"777\",\"bbb\":\"888\",\"ccc\":\"999\"}]","tot":"json"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":300,"y":140,"wires":[["762f6421.074fec"]]},{"id":"f827bddb.c9acd","type":"debug","z":"a7814b7e.3adeb8","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","x":630,"y":140,"wires":[]},{"id":"762f6421.074fec","type":"change","z":"a7814b7e.3adeb8","name":"Jsonata $sort","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"($a := $sort(payload,function($l , $r){$l.Controller > $r.Controller}) ; $sort($a,function($l , $r){(($l.Controller = $r.Controller) and ($l.CntrGPIO > $r.CntrGPIO))}))","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":460,"y":140,"wires":[["f827bddb.c9acd"]]}]
also tested in Jsonata exerciser: http://try.jsonata.org/S1IlT3y-E

Answer 2

You can sort the array using the following expression:
payload^(Controller, CntrDef.GPIO)
The order-by operator ^ will sort the array, first by increasing value of Controller, then by increasing value of CntrGPIO. You can then transform each object within that array
payload^(Controller, CntrDef.GPIO).{
"Controller" : Controller,
"Cntr-TaskNo": CntrDef.TaskNo,
"Cntr-GPIO" : CntrDef.GPIO,
"name" : name,
"valueName" : valueName,
"Sensor" : Sensor,
"id" : id
}