# Sort documents by inner json fields (string and date)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-documents-by-inner-json-fields-string-and-date/16509>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 20, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-documents-by-inner-json-fields-string-and-date/16509 "2014-03-20T21:27:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-documents-by-inner-json-fields-string-and-date/16509/1 "2014-03-20T21:27:50Z")

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Assuming that this is my mapping:

{  
"event": {  
"properties": {  
"name": {  
"type": "string",  
"index": "analyzed",  
"fields": {  
"raw": {  
"type": "string",  
"index": "not\_analyzed"  
}  
}  
},  
"more": {  
"properties": {  
"title": {  
"type": "string",  
"index": "analyzed",  
"fields": {  
"raw": {  
"type": "string",  
"index": "not\_analyzed"  
}  
}  
},  
"start\_date": {  
"type": "date",  
"format": "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

I can successfully get sorted results for `name.raw` like:

GET event/event/\_search

> {  
> "sort": [{ "name.raw": "asc" }]  
> }

However I have hard time when using `more.title.raw` and `more.start_date`  
as the results will display null in the returned sort field e.g.:

```
  "hits": [
     {
        "_index": "event",
        "_type": "event",
        "_id": "52f70fb1c36b446c340e93bf",
        "_score": null,
        "_source": {
           "name": "S. Walter Stewart Library",              
           "more": {
              "title": "Parent Led Sing Along Group",                 
              "start_date": "2014-02-12T20:15:00+00:00",               

           }
        },
        "sort": [
           null
        ]
     },
     ....
  ]

```

Is it possible with that schema to sort 1) by `more.title` 2) by  
`more.start_date` ?+how

Best,  
D

PS: I guess I can also use `"format":"date_time_no_millis"` in  
`"start_date"` field.

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