# Visualization won't sort

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-wont-sort/76076>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 22, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-wont-sort/76076 "2017-02-22T16:09:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rbethke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Rbethke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rbethke)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-wont-sort/76076/1 "2017-02-22T16:09:30Z")

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This seems like a very simple thing but I'm stumped.

I have a simple Kibana visualization with a count and an average and I can't get it to sort by the average. I've tried rebuilding it and recreating it with no luck. Is there a limit on the number of columns that can sort within a visualization?

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-wont-sort/76076/2 "2017-02-22T19:57:02Z")

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Hmm, are you just doing a data table visualization? You can click on the column header to sort by the metric you wish.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/7/7e6b4d781b06dedd7ed73ee794c33e54ba5e7849.png)

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**Author:** ![Rbethke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@Rbethke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rbethke)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-wont-sort/76076/3 "2017-02-22T20:17:15Z")

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Thanks for answering -

Yes, that is what I am doing but when I click on the column header to sort it isn't working. I've been told it works intermittently, but I haven't been able to get it to function at all. I also haven't heard that any other aggregation is having issues.

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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 22, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-wont-sort/76076/4 "2017-03-22T20:17:42Z")

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