def get_last_tid(self):
        try:
            spec = {'tid': {'$gt': 0}}
            sort = [('tid', -1)]
            row = self.db.docs.find_one(spec, sort=sort)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        if row:
            return row['tid']
        return 0
def sort(cls, dataset, by=[], reverse=False):
        cols = [dataset.get_dimension(d, strict=True).name for d in by]
        return dataset.data.sort_values(by=cols, ascending=not reverse)