# Field that is searchable and sortable (5.2)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-that-is-searchable-and-sortable-5-2/99143
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-that-is-searchable-and-sortable-5-2/99143 "2017-09-01T14:35:39Z")
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### Author:  [@cmalpeli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cmalpeli)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-that-is-searchable-and-sortable-5-2/99143/1 "2017-09-01T14:35:39Z")
Hello I am trying to make a text field both searchable and sortable. I have a normalizer that seems to handle the sorting, but it prevents the field from being searchable. Any ideas what I've done wrong - note this is in Searchkick (ruby gem) format:
```
settings: {
analysis: {
normalizer: {
case_insensitive_sort: {
type: "custom",
char_filter: [],
filter: ['lowercase', 'asciifolding']
}
}
}
},
merge_mappings: true,
mappings: {
employer: {
properties: {
name: {
type: 'text',
fields: {
sort: {
type: 'keyword',
ignore_above: 256,
normalizer: 'case_insensitive_sort'
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-that-is-searchable-and-sortable-5-2/99143/2 "2017-09-02T12:25:51Z")
A field can not be both sortable and searchable because sorting happens on term level and a searchable field has many terms for a single value.
But the mapping you have presented is the solution for this issue, you have a multi-field in which you would search on field `name` but sort on field `name.sort`. Isn't that what you want?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/field-that-is-searchable-and-sortable-5-2/99143/3 "2017-09-30T12:26:03Z")
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