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3.1.4.7.3.6 Sort

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Namespace: http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/search/KnownTypes/2008/08

The Sort complex type contains information about the property to sort the search results on, and how to sort on the property.

 <xs:complexType name="Sort" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <xs:sequence>
     <xs:element xmlns:tns5="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Query" minOccurs="0" name="direction" type="tns5:SortDirection"/>
     <xs:element minOccurs="0" name="strProperty" nillable="true" type="xs:string"/>
   </xs:sequence>
 </xs:complexType>

direction: The direction in which to sort on the property specified in the strProperty element. MUST be a SortDirection data type as specified in section 3.1.4.7.4.4. If the direction element is not specified, the protocol server MUST use SortDirection.Ascending as the default. If direction is equal to SortDirection.FQLFormula, then the strProperty MUST specify the formula that MUST be used for sorting the search results, as specified in section 3.1.4.7.4.4. If QueryProperties.ResultsProvider (as specified in section 2.2.4.11) is SearchServer.SharepointSearch and direction is set to SortDirection.FQLFormula, the value of strProperty MUST be ignored by the protocol server.

strProperty: If direction is equal to SortDirection.Ascending or SortDirection.Descending, then this element specifies the name of the managed property to sort the search results on.

If direction is equal to SortDirection.FQLFormula, then this element specifies the formula (as specified in section 3.1.4.7.4.4) that MUST be used for sorting the search results.