# Are global ordinals needed for sort by keyword?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-global-ordinals-needed-for-sort-by-keyword/168027>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-global-ordinals-needed-for-sort-by-keyword/168027 "2019-02-12T12:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ddorian43](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ddorian43/32/36093_2.png) [@ddorian43](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ddorian43)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-global-ordinals-needed-for-sort-by-keyword/168027/1 "2019-02-12T12:20:15Z")

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On the docs page it says global-ordinals is only used for terms-aggregation.

Is it used for anything else ?

Mostly interested in sorting and collapsing.

Regarsd,

[0] [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/eager-global-ordinals.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/eager-global-ordinals.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/are-global-ordinals-needed-for-sort-by-keyword/168027/2 "2019-03-12T12:20:16Z")

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