Uses the date field to sort the query results. This field typically contains the last modification date of each item. May be in ascending or descending order.
Uses the value of a specific sortable field to sort the query results. May be in ascending or descending order.
Does not sort the query results; the index will return result items in an essentially random order.
Uses only custom ranking expressions (QREs and QRFs) to compute a ranking score for each query result item, and sorts the query results by descending score value.
Uses standard index ranking factors (adjacency, TDIDF) and custom ranking expressions (QREs and QRFs) to compute a ranking score for each query result item, and sorts the query results by descending score value.
The available criteria that can be used to sort query results.