Answers.Body: <p>You'll want to add a &quot;display&quot; from the options on the left. In the display you can set the sort order. Then the display, or a form based on it, is what people would access, not the underlying search.</p>
  <p>&quot;Compose&quot; is because you might be on a different tab, like the display's tab, and want to get back to the search.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I am creating a mail report and I want to sort by Scheduled Date (decending). When I save the search, all looks good, but when I come back to the search or view results, it defaults to sorting by date in the Ascending instead of depending. I assume by default it only sorts whatever is in the first column?</p>
  <p>Also - Compose Search button doesn't seem to do anything - what is it supposed to do?</p>
  
Tags: <reports><searchkit>
Title: Can you save sort order in SearchKit? What is Compose Search?
ThreadText: # Can you save sort order in SearchKit? What is Compose Search?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-01-17)
  
  I am creating a mail report and I want to sort by Scheduled Date (decending). When I save the search, all looks good, but when I come back to the search or view results, it defaults to sorting by date in the Ascending instead of depending. I assume by default it only sorts whatever is in the first column?
  
  Also - Compose Search button doesn't seem to do anything - what is it supposed to do?
  
  **Tags:** reports, searchkit
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-01-17. Score: 3
  
  You'll want to add a "display" from the options on the left. In the display you can set the sort order. Then the display, or a form based on it, is what people would access, not the underlying search.
  
  "Compose" is because you might be on a different tab, like the display's tab, and want to get back to the search.
  
  
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