# Sorting

{% hint style="info" %}
 **Note**: Be sure to install the `HotChocolate.Types.Sorting`NuGet package.
{% endhint %}

Next we will add sorting to the users query, so we can sort on fields provided in the entity.

This is simply done by adding `.UseSorting()` on the field we want to sort, like seen below. You can chain sorting and filtering.

{% code title="./GraphQL/QueryType.cs" %}

```csharp
using HotChocolate.Types;

namespace SlackClone.GraphQL
{
    public class QueryType : ObjectType<Query>
    {
        protected override void Configure(IObjectTypeDescriptor<Query> descriptor)
        {
            descriptor.Field(t => t.GetUsers())
                .UseFiltering()
                .UseSorting();
            descriptor.Field(t => t.GetUserStatuses());
        }
    }
}
```

{% endcode %}

Now we can run the server again and test what we have added. Reading the schema documentation you can see the sorting capabilities added to users query.

![](/files/-LuzokAq4dQUJMcy8vp0)

Lets test the sorting with the following query in the playground.

```csharp
{
  users(order_by: { email: ASC }) {
    id
    firstName
    lastName
    fullName
    email
    username
  }
}
```

If everything went well you should see the following response.

```csharp
{
  "data": {
    "users": [
      {
        "id": "eabf53a0-3101-4599-90fa-9db68620af81",
        "firstName": "Barack",
        "lastName": "Obama",
        "fullName": "Barack Obama",
        "email": "bobama@us.gov",
        "username": "bobama"
      },
      {
        "id": "1964199a-e8be-440a-a178-8998d114fd12",
        "firstName": "Donald",
        "lastName": "Trump",
        "fullName": "Donald Trump",
        "email": "dtrump@us.gov",
        "username": "dtrump"
      },
      {
        "id": "f58e8993-430d-4fd7-8281-4fab3fc3a086",
        "firstName": "George",
        "lastName": "Bush",
        "fullName": "George Bush",
        "email": "gbush@us.gov",
        "username": "gbush"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```


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