By default bootstrap table is sorted using the first column. This setting can be changed with data-sort-name="column_name" data-sort-order="asc/desc" as mentioned here link.
In my scenario the column names are created dynamically based on a python script. As such the data-sort-name option is not helpful.
Is it possible to specify the column I want the default sorting to be done by the column index?
<table id="table_example"
class="table table-striped"
data-toggle="table"
<thead>
<tr>
{% for col in column_names %}
<th>{{col}}</th>
{% endfor %}
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
{% for row in row_data %}
<tr>
{% for col, row_ in zip(column_names, row) %}
<td>{{row_}}</td>
{% endfor %}
</tr>
{% endfor %}
</tbody>
I've solved the problem by adding the following script with column index 1:
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#table_example').DataTable({
"order": [[ 1, "desc" ]]
});
});
</script>