# Sort based on specific string in Elastic AppSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-based-on-specific-string-in-elastic-appsearch/310020>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [July 19, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-based-on-specific-string-in-elastic-appsearch/310020 "2022-07-19T12:27:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Atul\_Diwedi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/atul_diwedi/32/108257_2.png) [@Atul\_Diwedi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Atul_Diwedi)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-based-on-specific-string-in-elastic-appsearch/310020/1 "2022-07-19T12:27:14Z")

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Want sorted result base on string.  
Like I have rating {Good, average, bad}. And want sorted result according to average.  
How can this be achieved in AppSearch.

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**Author:** ![joemcelroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joemcelroy/32/103757_2.png) [@joemcelroy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/joemcelroy)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-based-on-specific-string-in-elastic-appsearch/310020/2 "2022-07-19T12:38:45Z")

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Hey @Atul_Diwedi

I suggest representing the rating as a number (Good = 1, average = 2, bad = 3) and sorting on this numeric field.

Thanks  
Joe

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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 16, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-based-on-specific-string-in-elastic-appsearch/310020/3 "2022-08-16T12:38:55Z")

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