# SortingConfiguration
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Specifies the document attribute to use to sort the response to a Amazon Kendra query. You can specify a single attribute for sorting. The attribute must have the `Sortable` flag set to `true`, otherwise Amazon Kendra returns an exception.

You can sort attributes of the following types.
+ Date value
+ Long value
+ String value

You can't sort attributes of the following type.
+ String list value

## Contents
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 ** DocumentAttributeKey **   <a name="kendra-Type-SortingConfiguration-DocumentAttributeKey"></a>
The name of the document attribute used to sort the response. You can use any field that has the `Sortable` flag set to true.  
You can also sort by any of the following built-in attributes:  
+ \$1category
+ \$1created\$1at
+ \$1last\$1updated\$1at
+ \$1version
+ \$1view\$1count
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 200.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** SortOrder **   <a name="kendra-Type-SortingConfiguration-SortOrder"></a>
The order that the results should be returned in. In case of ties, the relevance assigned to the result by Amazon Kendra is used as the tie-breaker.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `DESC | ASC`   
Required: Yes

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/kendra-2019-02-03/SortingConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/kendra-2019-02-03/SortingConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/kendra-2019-02-03/SortingConfiguration)