# Search after with default sort (\_score)?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-after-with-default-sort--score/77780>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 8, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-after-with-default-sort--score/77780 "2017-03-08T07:28:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nowhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dc4da7/32.png) [@Nowhy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nowhy)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-after-with-default-sort--score/77780/1 "2017-03-08T07:28:02Z")

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search\_after seems can only be used conjunction with sort

I tried with sort: {"\_score": 'desc'}, it worked, but what if I just want the default sort \_score:asc ?

It would be "Sort must contain at least one field".

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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:** [April 5, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-after-with-default-sort--score/77780/2 "2017-04-05T07:28:10Z")

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