# Sorting my multiply fields: performance

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-my-multiply-fields-performance/9247>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 4, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-my-multiply-fields-performance/9247 "2012-10-04T22:04:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![psihonavt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/psihonavt/32/2693_2.png) [@psihonavt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/psihonavt)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-my-multiply-fields-performance/9247/1 "2012-10-04T22:04:58Z")

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Hello guys!

Let's pretend that after some query we got _filtered_ result. Can you  
roughly predict relative speed of sorting depending on result size/number  
of sorting fields as compared with sorting of the same sized result but  
only by single field?

Thanks.

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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 6, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-my-multiply-fields-performance/9247/2 "2017-07-06T03:10:02Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:10am UTC