# Basic criteria for sorting
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-criteria-for-sorting/199687
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-criteria-for-sorting/199687 "2019-09-16T15:06:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@kguruprasadh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kguruprasadh)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-criteria-for-sorting/199687/1 "2019-09-16T15:06:22Z")
I am creating a simple index and trying to sort as follows:
> ```
> {
> "mappings": {
> "type_mapping": {
> "properties": {
> "checksort": {
> "type": "text"
> }
> }
> }
> }
> }
>
> ```
And I try to sort as below:
> ```
> {
> "sort": [
> {
> "field": "checksort",
> "direction": "DESC"
> }
> ]
> }
>
> ```
But this results in an exception:
> "root\_cause": [
> {
> "type": "illegal\_argument\_exception",
> "reason": "No enum constant org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder.CHECKSORT"}
> ]
I know this is a basic miss but stuck and requesting your help
---
### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-criteria-for-sorting/199687/2 "2019-09-16T15:37:46Z")
Hey,
can you point to the documentation where you got that JSON from? I can't seem to spot it on our docs. Have you tried sorting like mentioned in the docs at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.3/search-request-body.html#request-body-search-sort](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.3/search-request-body.html#request-body-search-sort)
```auto
"sort" : [{ "checksort" : {"order" : "desc"}}]
```
Also please mention the elasticsearch version you are using as well as provide a fully reproducible example including index/document creation and a complete query.
Thank you!
--Alex
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-criteria-for-sorting/199687/3 "2019-10-14T15:37:50Z")
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