# How to sort the scripted number fields on search results?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-the-scripted-number-fields-on-search-results/37891>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 23, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-the-scripted-number-fields-on-search-results/37891 "2015-12-23T21:53:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rahul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@Rahul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-the-scripted-number-fields-on-search-results/37891/1 "2015-12-23T21:53:27Z")

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Hi,  
We are using Kibana for showing visualizations for the data from ElasticSearch. We have created scripted fields using existing number fields however when we save a search result on dashboard and sort the scripted field, it doesnt sort it. Please advice in this case.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-the-scripted-number-fields-on-search-results/37891/2 "2015-12-24T08:41:21Z")

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Looks like this is a bug. You can track updates here: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/5676](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/5676)

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**Author:** ![Rahul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@Rahul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-the-scripted-number-fields-on-search-results/37891/3 "2015-12-24T20:11:53Z")

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Thanks Lukas, will track this thread. but is there any work around which can be tried till this fix is applied just for time being?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-sort-the-scripted-number-fields-on-search-results/37891/4 "2017-07-06T14:06:02Z")

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