# Sort fieldname

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-fieldname/208709>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 20, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-fieldname/208709 "2019-11-20T14:01:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![inhinyera16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inhinyera16/32/61625_2.png) [@inhinyera16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inhinyera16)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-fieldname/208709/1 "2019-11-20T14:01:05Z")

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Are there some mechanism how we can sort the fields in the query?  
Same as below.

{  
field1 =\> ""  
field2 =\> ""  
field3 =\> ""  
}

In sql command, it is equivalent to "Order by field1,field2,field3"

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-fieldname/208709/2 "2019-11-20T15:52:16Z")

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you can sort on several fields, where each field is used as a tie breaker in case the previously listed field has the same values when two documents are compared. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.4/search-request-body.html#request-body-search-sort](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.4/search-request-body.html#request-body-search-sort)

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**Author:** ![inhinyera16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inhinyera16/32/61625_2.png) [@inhinyera16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inhinyera16)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-fieldname/208709/3 "2019-11-22T03:31:23Z")

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looks like it is sort by values, not sort by fieldnames. Can you give me an example on how to do that?

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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 20, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sort-fieldname/208709/4 "2019-12-20T03:31:30Z")

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