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diff --git a/help/app/helpers/tickets_helper.rb b/help/app/helpers/tickets_helper.rb
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+module TicketsHelper
+
+  def status
+    params[:open_status] || 'open'
+  end
+
+  def admin
+    # do we not want this set for non-admins? the param will be viewable in the url
+    params[:admin_status] || 'all'
+  end
+
+  def order
+    params[:sort_order] || 'updated_at_desc'
+  end
+
+  def link_to_status(new_status)
+    label = new_status + ' issues'
+    link_to label, :open_status => new_status, :admin_status => admin, :sort_order => order
+  end
+
+  def link_to_order(order_field)
+    if order.start_with?(order_field)
+      # link for currently-filtered field. Link to other direction of this field.
+      if order.end_with? 'asc'
+        direction = 'desc'
+        icon_direction = 'up'
+      else
+        direction = 'asc'
+        icon_direction = 'down'
+      end
+      arrow = content_tag(:i, '', class: 'icon-arrow-'+ icon_direction)
+    else
+      # for not-currently-filtered field, don't display an arrow, and link to descending direction
+      arrow = ''
+      direction = 'desc'
+    end
+
+    link_to :sort_order => order_field + '_at_' + direction, :open_status => status, :admin_status => admin do
+      arrow + order_field + ' at'
+    end
+  end
+
+end