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title: "How do I change the sort order of assets in a portal?"
date: "2025-01-09T17:04:13+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to change asset sort order in portals, pin items for prominence, and customize display options for better user experience."
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To organize assets or assets in collections in a specific order, such as by filename or date added, select an [asset section](/acquia-dam/what-are-sections "What are sections?"). In ****Settings**** > ****General Settings****, select a sort order.

### Sort Options

1.  ****Date added****: oldest to newest or newest to oldest.
    
2.  ****Date updated****: oldest to newest or newest to oldest.
    
3.  ****Filename****: A to Z or Z to A.
    

Note

Sorting by date updated only accounts for version updates. Metadata changes do not affect this order.

  
Assets in the asset section or collection sort in the selected manner during portal editing and when users explore the public portal. Changing the sort order does not change the order of collection cards in a section. If you do not select a sort order, assets sort by newest to oldest. If you do not select a sort order, assets sort by newest to oldest.  
 

![Click the gear icon in a portal section, then choose the way you'd like assets sorted in the section.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/a38bf607-fe4b-4ae1-8a72-342a49b9da69/web/ka0Pb0000006vJl00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvm8.png)

  
If you sort by A to Z or Z to A, assets with numbers and symbols in filenames display first. The remaining assets follow based on the chosen option. If two files have comparable filenames (for example, fpo\_ and FPO\_), the lowercase filename displays before the capitalized filename.

In ****General Settings****, you can also:

1.  Display asset [filenames or metadata](/acquia-dam/what-can-be-used-display-names-portals "What can be used for display names in portals?") in portals.
    
2.  Enable users to  [search portals](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-let-others-search-assets-portal "How do I let others search for assets in a portal?").
    
3.  Display metadata in ****Quick View****.
    
4.  [Select the number of assets](/acquia-dam/how-do-i-change-how-many-assets-display-portal "How do I change how many assets display in a portal?") to display on each page.
    

### Pin Assets and Collection cards

Pin assets or collection cards in asset sections to give precedence and display them more prevalently. The remaining assets or collections in the section display in the selected sort order. You can pin up to 100 assets or collections.  
  
To pin assets or collections:

1.  Add assets or collections to an asset section.
    
2.  Select the ****Edit**** (pencil) icon.
    
3.  Select ****Pin top assets**** or ****Pin top collections****.
    
4.  Select assets or collections to provide prominence.  
     
    

![Pin the top assets you'd like to prominently display in the portal section.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/f78ff484-b642-4cdd-a643-21dce72b2c2c/web/ka0Pb0000006vJl00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvm6.png)

  
Pinned items display in numerical order as you pin them. Drag and drop them to adjust the order. Select ****Pin & update**** to complete the process. Pinned items display before non-pinned assets in the ****Live Editor**** and the portal preview.  
 

![See the assets you've pinned in the right navigation as you're pinning them.](https://acquia.widen.net/content/57cad38f-9677-478d-95dd-0b6ada06e1c5/web/ka0Pb0000006vJl00N6g00000WDN1a0EM6g000005Lvm7.png)