# Grouping doesn't follow order set in field properties

**URL:** https://community.baserow.io/t/grouping-doesnt-follow-order-set-in-field-properties/9412
**Category:** Feature Ideas
**Tags:** sort
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/grouping-doesnt-follow-order-set-in-field-properties/9412 "2025-02-10T04:44:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Frank7389](https://community.baserow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@Frank7389](https://community.baserow.io/u/Frank7389)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/grouping-doesnt-follow-order-set-in-field-properties/9412/1 "2025-02-10T04:44:23Z")

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![grouping](https://community.baserow.io/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d1b1db068cf8b56efdae0b2a342ee3c75d4256da.jpeg)

The grouping function only follows alphabetical order and in the case of priority in task management it does not work as intended.

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### Author: ![petrs](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/petrs/32/159_2.png) [@petrs](https://community.baserow.io/u/petrs)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 4:48am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/grouping-doesnt-follow-order-set-in-field-properties/9412/2 "2025-02-10T04:48:36Z")

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Hi @Frank7389, it is indeed not a bad idea for the sort/group by to be able to follow the same order as the select options defined on the field. As a workaround consider prefixing your options with numbers - e.g. 1 High, 2 Medium, 3 Low, etc.

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### Author: ![olgatrykush](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/olgatrykush/32/219_2.png) [@olgatrykush](https://community.baserow.io/u/olgatrykush)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/grouping-doesnt-follow-order-set-in-field-properties/9412/3 "2025-02-10T19:48:23Z")

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We also have an issue regarding the ability to change the group-by order: [Change order of group by (#2434) · Issues · Baserow / baserow · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/baserow/baserow/-/issues/2434) 🙂

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### Author: ![Frank7389](https://community.baserow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/b5e925/32.png) [@Frank7389](https://community.baserow.io/u/Frank7389)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/grouping-doesnt-follow-order-set-in-field-properties/9412/4 "2025-02-11T09:24:35Z")

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Thank you @petrs, I’ll try that workaround for sure!