# OrderByElement
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A field and direction for ordered output.

## Contents
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 ** fieldName **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-OrderByElement-fieldName"></a>
The field on which to order.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.  
Pattern: `[\s\S]*\S[\s\S]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** sortOrder **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-OrderByElement-sortOrder"></a>
Ordering direction.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ASC | DESC`   
Required: No

## 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\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/discovery-2015-11-01/OrderByElement) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/discovery-2015-11-01/OrderByElement) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/discovery-2015-11-01/OrderByElement) 

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Application Discovery Service. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query application-discovery` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).