# Default Sort per Db as config option

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/default-sort-per-db-as-config-option/8706>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [May 2, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-sort-per-db-as-config-option/8706 "2025-05-02T11:35:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-sort-per-db-as-config-option/8706/15 "2025-05-02T21:17:29Z")

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> [@Yuri\_BC](#):
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> Because empty fields are by default surfacing at the top of lists (no idea why) the workaround is to use a formula field that assigns a high or low sorting value based on whether a field is empty.

You might be interested in voting for [this](https://community.fibery.io/t/choose-order-of-empty-values-when-sorting-on-date-field/1019).

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