# Graph workspace index pattern list order

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-workspace-index-pattern-list-order/142420>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-graph\
**Created:** [July 31, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-workspace-index-pattern-list-order/142420 "2018-07-31T16:47:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![willemdh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/willemdh/32/16922_2.png) [@willemdh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/willemdh)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-workspace-index-pattern-list-order/142420/1 "2018-07-31T16:47:35Z")

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Hello,

The dropdown box to select an index pattern tends to get kind of messy when a lot of index patterns are used. Would it not be better if the index pattern list was alphabetically ordered?

Should I make a small feature request for this?

Grtz

Willem

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-workspace-index-pattern-list-order/142420/2 "2018-08-01T09:41:37Z")

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> [@willemdh](#):
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> Should I make a small feature request for this?

Yes, nice idea

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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:** [August 29, 2018, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/graph-workspace-index-pattern-list-order/142420/3 "2018-08-29T09:41:38Z")

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