GetOrderedDataStore not getting the DataStore I want

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#1

So I am making a leaderboard as in a global leaderboard like a part you can see in the game. And I have a pretty basic datastore script for saving the values i want to be saved. But making the leaderboard I ran into an issue where even if the name is correct GetOrderedDataStore doesn’t get the datastore I want… I think it creates a different one but I am not sure.

--script 1
datastoreservice:GetDataStore("Name")

--more code

--script 2
datastoreservice:GetOrderedDataStore("Name")

--more code

I think it should get the datastore referenced in the first script but it just doesn’t, so maybe I do not understand what it does?
Anyway, help is appreciated!

#2

:GetDataStore() and :GetOrderedDataStore() are 2 different things. one returns a global datastore and the other an ordered datastore.
the ordered datastore allows you to sort it for thinks like a leaderboard this is the only one you need.

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#3

Okay, but can I somehow access the original data store and use information from it?

#4

if you have data in the global datastore you can access it and also save it in the ordered datastore to later display it on a leaderboard.
however if you already have lots of data of players in the global datastore it can be a bit tricky to transfer all the data to an ordered datastore.

I’m not exactly sure what your situation is though.

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#5

This is for a game which is indev 0 datastores in that game the test one where I’m making the leaderboard has 1 datastore

#6

in that case it’s quite simple. you don’t need the global datastore. something like this will do

local DatastoreService = game:GetService("DatastoreService")

local orderedDatastore = DatastoreService:GetOrderedDataStore("Name")

-- adding some data as an example
orderedDatastore:SetAsync("key1", 10)
orderedDatastore:SetAsync("key2", 100)
orderedDatastore:SetAsync("key3", 50)

local sorted = orderedDatastore:GetSortedAsync()

local page1 = sorted:GetCurrentPage() --> list of the top 50
print(page1)

I have not tested this but this should give you an idea of how it works. I would also suggest you read the docs or read some code of open source leaderboard.

You should also add proper pcalls to this.

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#7

I’ll try something tommorow, I will update this post if it works.

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