# Sort by multiple fields Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-multiple-fields-kibana/66923>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 23, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-multiple-fields-kibana/66923 "2016-11-23T01:26:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![krishna\_chaitanya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@krishna\_chaitanya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishna_chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-multiple-fields-kibana/66923/1 "2016-11-23T01:26:24Z")

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I would like to sort based on 2 fields in Kibana. First sorted by `field1` then by `field2`. I can see that we can sort by one field in Discover tab, but when I try to sort by another field, the first sorted order is lost.

The same can be done in Elasticsearch using[multi-level sort](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/_sorting.html) . Why is it difficult to be done in Kibana? I am using Kibana 4.6 and ES 2.4. Can it be done using recent version of Kibana?

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-multiple-fields-kibana/66923/2 "2016-11-23T02:36:48Z")

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Hi @krishna_chaitanya,

Unfortunately this feature is not in Kibana yet. It has been requested for a long time, though. Here's the issue for it: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/696](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/696). Feel free to subscribe to it (if you have a GitHub account) so you can get updates on any progress.

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**Author:** ![krishna\_chaitanya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@krishna\_chaitanya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krishna_chaitanya)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-multiple-fields-kibana/66923/3 "2016-11-23T02:47:55Z")

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Thanks for the response.

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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:** [December 21, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-multiple-fields-kibana/66923/4 "2016-12-21T02:48:05Z")

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