Sorting and criteria for getMany

I am working on some table output based on DB contents, and I need to sort by a specific column. As far as I can see, then both getCollection and getMany need to use the full xPDOCriteria method while retrieving data for this to work. Correct?

I can see that I need to manually add the original criteria for getMany when using the criteria parameter. Is there a way to extract this from my original xPDOObject or do I have to build it manually every time?

Not currently, unless you create a wrapper function to handle that. IMO, this functionality should be modified to automatically add the join criteria. Want to enter a Jira ticket for this?