# Sorting of number in discover not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-number-in-discover-not-working/248544>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 14, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-number-in-discover-not-working/248544 "2020-09-14T14:33:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-number-in-discover-not-working/248544/1 "2020-09-14T14:33:18Z")

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I have number field when I try to sort it out it does not sort. is there some setting I am missing or is it bug  
I only selected this one field in my discover. do not display the timestamp as I don't want it.  
but any way I can't make it work. I am using Kibana version 7.8.1

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/8/68cd8658d914cbd883b59e06e65682c3ae88c5f5.png)

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**Author:** ![afharo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/afharo/32/75202_2.png) [@afharo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afharo)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-number-in-discover-not-working/248544/2 "2020-09-14T17:54:03Z")

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Hi @elasticforme,  
Based on [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/69109](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/69109), it seems like the multi sort is playing you down.  
Can you try to show the `Time` column and make sure it isn't applying any sorting?

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**Author:** ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-number-in-discover-not-working/248544/3 "2020-09-14T20:19:57Z")

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that is it. it worked.

I used one of time field on one column, make sure it is not sorted by that. and then use this number field

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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:** [October 12, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sorting-of-number-in-discover-not-working/248544/4 "2020-10-12T20:20:00Z")

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