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title: "Sort option"
slug: "sort-option"
updated: 2025-08-18T08:35:54Z
published: 2025-08-18T08:35:54Z
canonical: "help.quickbase.com/sort-option"
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# Sort option

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The sort list parameter determines the order in which the returned records are displayed as follows:

`<slist>fid</slist>`

The following slist parameter sorts all records by the field whose fid is 7.

XML Example:

`<slist>7</slist>`

You can specify a secondary sort by including another fid in the string (separating each fid with a period)

XML Example:

`<slist>7.12</slist>`

URL Example:

`&slist=7.12`

If you don’t specify the sort list, the default sort specified on the Report Layout page determines the order in which records are displayed.