# I wonder why docvalues are fast for sorting

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-wonder-why-docvalues-are-fast-for-sorting/297039
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 12, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-wonder-why-docvalues-are-fast-for-sorting/297039 "2022-02-12T06:44:33Z")
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### Author: ![slowup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/slowup/32/99097_2.png) [@slowup](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/slowup)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2022, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-wonder-why-docvalues-are-fast-for-sorting/297039/2 "2022-02-20T09:40:14Z")

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> **[Query Planning for Range Queries in Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/kr/blog/better-query-planning-for-range-queries-in-elasticsearch)**
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> Taking our efforts to make range queries in Elasticsearch faster to a new level and exploring when they're used in conjunctions.

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