SortByProperties Element in Microsoft.Search.Query Schema for Enterprise Search

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Contains information for sorting the results. Applies to the Enterprise Search Query Web service. For more information, see Enterprise Search Query Web Service Overview.

<SortByProperties>
   <SortByProperty name=managedProperty Direction={Ascending|Descending} Order=Integer>
   </SortByProperty>
</SortByProperties>

Attributes

Attribute Description

None

Child Elements

SortByProperty Element in Microsoft.Search.Query Schema for Enterprise Search

Parent Elements

Query Element in Microsoft.Search.Query Schema for Enterprise Search

Example

Following is an example of the SortByProperties element in a Microsoft.Search.Query request.

<SortByProperties>
  <SortProperty name="author" direction="ascending" order="1"></SortProperty>
  <SortProperty name="topic" direction="ascending" order="2"></SortProperty>
</SortByProperties>

Remarks

If no managed properties are specified for sorting results, by default the results will be sorted by Rank.

Schema name: Microsoft.Search.Query

Applies to: Query Web method (Microsoft.Search.Response.Document), QueryEx Web method (System.Data.Dataset)

Optional: Yes

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft.Search.Query Schema for Enterprise Search
Enterprise Search Query Web Service Overview