# Sort by doc \_version descending

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-doc--version-descending/14389>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 13, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-doc--version-descending/14389 "2013-11-13T18:55:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![kevins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kevins/32/946_2.png) [@kevins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevins)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-doc--version-descending/14389/1 "2013-11-13T18:55:34Z")

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Apparently I can't sort a query by the \_version number of a document so I  
am attempting to duplicate the functionality.

I tried to do it with a script field sort (which fails)

{

"fields": "myfield",  
"query":  
{  
"wildcard": {"value": "abc\*"}  
},  
"sort" :  
{  
"\_script" : {  
"script" : "doc['\_version'].value",  
"type" : "number",  
"order" : "desc"  
}  
}  
}

Can anyone recommend a strategy for this? I would like to sort by the  
number of times a document has been updated in descending order.

Thanks

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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, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-doc--version-descending/14389/2 "2017-07-06T02:07:27Z")

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