Question about sorting the AP Payment Process Request Status Report

I am attempting to add a Payee Name sort to the Payment Process Request Status Report. I saw the Bug 10222295 reference that says this report is not sorted in any particular order and there’s an enhancement request for this. And it further says that “…customers can explore a workaround in which you create a custom template…” I am familiar with that process and have created one for this purpose, but it’s not working so far.

This is in a 12.2.8 environment, I’ve duplicated the existing template to create the custom one and also created a new IBYR_PPR.rtf (also duplicated with a custom name) with the sort added, and linked it back to the custom template. I’ve tried with both Payee/Name as well as TradingPartner/Name since they have the same values in our environment.