sort

Learn how to Sort the rows of the dataset into an order by one or more columns.

Sorts the rows of the dataset into an order by one or more columns.

Syntax

| sort by Expression [asc | desc] [, ...]

Arguments

name	type	description
expression	expression	A scalar expression by which to sort. The value type must be numeric, date, time or string.
asc	string	Sort by into ascending order, low to high.
desc	string	Sort by into descending order, high to low.

Use sort and project together

When you use project and sort in the same query, ensure you project the fields that you want to sort on. Similarly, when you use project-away and sort in the same query, ensure you don’t remove the fields that you want to sort on.

The above is also true for time fields. For example, to project the field status and sort on the field _time, project both fields similarly to the query below:

['sample-http-logs']
| project status, _time
| sort by _time desc

Examples

['sample-http-logs']
| where method == 'GET'
| sort by method

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['sample-http-logs']
| sort by _time asc, ['geo.country'] desc 

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['sample-http-logs']
| sort by _time desc

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