# Sorting a Text Based Field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-text-based-field/217496>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 1, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-text-based-field/217496 "2020-02-01T13:04:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rickyooi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rickyooi/32/61445_2.png) [@rickyooi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rickyooi)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-text-based-field/217496/1 "2020-02-01T13:04:35Z")

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How to sort a text based field in alphabetically.

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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:** [February 3, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-text-based-field/217496/2 "2020-02-03T15:22:28Z")

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See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/search-request-body.html#request-body-search-sort](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.5/search-request-body.html#request-body-search-sort)

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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:** [March 2, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-a-text-based-field/217496/3 "2020-03-02T15:22:32Z")

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