---
title: Sort and limit data with Flux
seotitle: Sort and limit data in InfluxDB with Flux
list_title: Sort and limit
description: >
  Use `sort()` to order records within each table by specific columns and
  `limit()` to limit the number of records in output tables to a fixed number, `n`.
influxdb/v2/tags: [sort, limit]
menu:
  influxdb_v2:
    name: Sort and limit
    parent: Query with Flux
weight: 203
aliases:
  - /influxdb/v2/query-data/guides/sort-limit/
related:
  - /flux/v0/stdlib/universe/sort
  - /flux/v0/stdlib/universe/limit
list_query_example: sort_limit
source: /shared/influxdb-v2/query-data/flux/sort-limit.md
---

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