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# ConnectApi.SearchAppliedOrderBy

The applied order for object search.

<table class="featureTable sort_table" summary="">
          <thead class="thead sorted" align="left">
            <tr>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d805933e26">Property Name</th>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d805933e28">Type</th>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d805933e30">Description</th>
              <th class="featureTableHeader vertical-align-top " id="d805933e32">Available Version</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>
          <tbody class="tbody">
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e26" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">field</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e28" data-title="Type">String</td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e30" data-title="Description"><span class="ph" id="field"><a name="field"><!-- --></a>Field used to sort the results.</span></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e32" data-title="Available Version">63.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e26" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">order</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e28" 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.​OrderDirection</samp></a></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e30" 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>
              </td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e32" data-title="Available Version">63.0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e26" data-title="Property Name"><samp class="codeph apex_code">orderNulls</samp></td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e28" 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="d805933e30" 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>
              </td>
              <td class="entry" headers="d805933e32" data-title="Available Version">63.0</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

#### See Also

- [ConnectApi.ObjectQueryInfo](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_object_query_inf.htm "Search query metadata related to the object.")
- [ConnectApi.SearchObject](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_connectapi_output_search_objec.htm "Record results for the keyword search.")