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# ConnectApi.SearchOrderBy

Order by parameter for object search.

<table class="featureTable sort_table" summary="">
          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
            <tr>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d691686e27">Property</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d691686e30">Type</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d691686e33">Description</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d691686e36">Required or Optional</th>

              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d691686e39">Available Version</th>

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            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e27 d691686e39" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">field</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e30" data-title="Type">String</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e33" data-title="Description">Field to sort the results by.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e36" data-title="Required or Optional">Optional</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e27 d691686e39" data-title="Property">63.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e27 d691686e39" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">order</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e30" data-title="Type"><a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/connectAPI_enums.htm#OrderDirectionEnum"><samp class="codeph apex_code">ConnectApi.​SearchOrder</samp></a></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e33" data-title="Description">Order direction. Values are:<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph apex_code">Ascending</samp></li>
                  <li class="li"><samp class="codeph apex_code">Descending</samp></li>
                </ul>
                Default value is <samp class="codeph apex_code">Ascending</samp>.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e36" data-title="Required or Optional">Optional</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e27 d691686e39" data-title="Property">63.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e27 d691686e39" data-title="Property"><samp class="codeph apex_code">orderNulls</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e30" data-title="Type"><a class="xref" href="https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/connectAPI_enums.htm#OrderNullsEnum"><samp class="codeph apex_code">ConnectApi.​OrderNulls</samp></a></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e33" data-title="Description">Null value order. Values are:<ul class="ul bulletList">
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph apex_code">Firsts</samp>—Null values are sorted first.
                  </li>
                  <li class="li">
                    <samp class="codeph apex_code">Lasts</samp>—Null values are sorted last.
                  </li>
                </ul>
                Default value is <samp class="codeph nolang">Firsts</samp>.</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e36" data-title="Required or Optional">Optional</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d691686e27 d691686e39" data-title="Property">63.0</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

#### See Also

- [ConnectApi.SearchRequest](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_input_search_reques.htm "Search request input for searching an object.")