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sortAsc, sortDesc

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The sortAsc and sortDesc query parameters let you sort the displayed items in the ascending or descending order. The displayed items are sorted by a specific field that is passed to the query as an argument.

For example, using the query below, you can get a list of backup servers connected to Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager sorted by the ‘Name’ field in the descending order:

Request:

GET http://localhost:9399/api/query?type=backupServer&sortDesc=name

Response:

200 Success

Response Body:

<QueryResult xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0">
<Refs>
<Ref Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982" Name="172.17.53.48" UID="urn:veeam:BackupServer:8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982">
<Links>
<Link Rel="Down" Type="JobReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982/jobs" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="RepositoryReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982/repositories" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="CredentialsList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982/credentials" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="PasswordKeyList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982/passwords" />
<Link Rel="Alternate" Type="BackupServer" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982?format=Entity" Name="172.17.53.48" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="ManagedServerReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/8fff3b8e-c3f1-4ef5-aecc-561f07bf9982/managedServers" />
</Links>
</Ref>
<Ref Type="BackupServerReference" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb" Name="172.17.53.47" UID="urn:veeam:BackupServer:e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb">
<Links>
<Link Rel="Down" Type="JobReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb/jobs" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="RepositoryReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb/repositories" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="CredentialsList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb/credentials" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="PasswordKeyList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb/passwords" />
<Link Rel="Alternate" Type="BackupServer" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb?format=Entity" Name="172.17.53.47" />
<Link Rel="Down" Type="ManagedServerReferenceList" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/backupServers/e42211aa-321d-4f91-9c13-2342cf9557eb/managedServers" />
</Links>
</Ref>
</Refs>
<PagingInfo PageNum="1" PageSize="100" PagesCount="1">
<Links>
<Link Rel="First" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/query?type=backupServer&sortDesc=name&pageSize=100&page=1" />
<Link Rel="Last" Href="http://localhost:9399/api/query?type=backupServer&sortDesc=name&pageSize=100&page=1" />
</Links>
</PagingInfo>
</QueryResult>