Sort the Returned Documents
If the query bar displays the Sort option, you can specify the sort order of the returned documents.
Compatibility
You can sort the returned documents for deployments hosted in the following environments:
MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud
MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
MongoDB Community: The source available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB
To learn more about sorting returned documents for deployments hosted in MongoDB Atlas, see Sort Query Results.
Set the Sort Order
To set the sort order:
In the Query Bar, click Options.
Enter the
sortdocument into the Sort field.To specify ascending order for a field, set the field to
1in the sort document.To specify descending order for a field, set the field and
-1in the sort documents.
Example
The following
sortdocument sorts results first byyearin descending order, and within each year, sort bynamein ascending order.{ year: -1, name: 1 } As you type, the Find button is disabled and the Sort label turns red until a valid query is entered.
Click Find to run the query and view the updated results.
Clear the Query
To clear the query bar and the results of the query, click Reset.
How Does the Compass Query Compare to MongoDB and SQL Queries?
$sort corresponds to the ORDER BY ... clause
in a SQL SELECT statement.
Example
You have 3,235 articles. You would like to see a list of articles sorted alphabetically by headline.
- SQL
SELECT * FROM article ORDER BY headline ASC; - MongoDB Aggregation
db.article.aggregate( { $sort : { headline : 1 } } ); - Compass Sort Option
$sort : { headline : 1 }
Learn More
See the sort entry in the
MongoDB Manual.