How to allow grid sorting of a query driven pagelet

Hello.

I was wondering if anybody else was having challenges when trying to create a sortable grid pagelet that is driven by a PSQuery.

We tried to create the pagelet using a pivot grid but that just didn't work the way we needed it to.

Has anybody been able to successfully allow for a query output to grid on a pagelet to be set to allow end user sorting either through a flexible personalization cref attribute or other means not requiring a lot of development?

Our fall back is to develop a pagelet using app designer but that is a last resort since we'd prefer a more flexible configuration option.