# Sort by non indexed field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-non-indexed-field/45378>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 24, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-non-indexed-field/45378 "2016-03-24T17:56:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pranesh002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@pranesh002](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranesh002)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-non-indexed-field/45378/1 "2016-03-24T17:56:43Z")

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Is it possible to sort the result by non indexed field?

Thanks  
Pranesh

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**Author:** ![ywelsch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ywelsch/32/7751_2.png) [@ywelsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ywelsch)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-non-indexed-field/45378/2 "2016-03-24T18:04:09Z")

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Not directly. I can be achieved using script-based sorting (see section _Script Based Sorting_ at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-sort.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-sort.html) ) but has poor performance.

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**Author:** ![pranesh002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@pranesh002](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pranesh002)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-non-indexed-field/45378/3 "2016-03-24T18:06:56Z")

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Thanks Yannick.

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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 5, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-by-non-indexed-field/45378/4 "2017-07-05T23:05:24Z")

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