# How can I sort String with has\_parent in ElasticSearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-sort-string-with-has-parent-in-elasticsearch/99080
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-sort-string-with-has-parent-in-elasticsearch/99080 "2017-09-01T04:43:30Z")
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### Author:  [@nutanek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nutanek)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-sort-string-with-has-parent-in-elasticsearch/99080/1 "2017-09-01T04:43:30Z")
Hello,
I created parent-child in ElasticSearch.
I use has\_parent for query data, but I want to sort this data follow some parent field which is a **String**.
I tried to find solutions, I found how to sort in ElasticSearch documents
```
"query": {
"has_parent" : {
"parent_type" : "blog",
"score" : true,
"query" : {
"function_score" : {
"script_score": {
"script": "_score * doc['view_count'].value"
}
}
}
}
}
```
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/query-dsl-has-parent-query.html#\_sorting\_2](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/query-dsl-has-parent-query.html#_sorting_2)
It use "score" \* **doc['view\_count']** for searching which is an **integer** , but I want to do some calculations with **String** for searching it (with **Groovy** ), but I don't know what should I do.
If you have another idea, please tell me.
thanks for helping me.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-sort-string-with-has-parent-in-elasticsearch/99080/2 "2017-09-29T04:43:34Z")
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