On a per-query basis, you can specify a key on which to sort the records and a sort direction.
<Sort Key="keyName" Direction="dirOrder"/>
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/conversation/1/0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <soapenv:Header/> <soapenv:Body> <ns:Request> <ns:ContentElementConfig xsi:type="ns:RecordListConfig" Id="RecordList" HandlerFunction="RecordListHandler" HandlerNamespace="http://www.endeca.com/MDEX/conversation/1/0" MaxPages="2"> <ns:RecordsPerPage>10</ns:RecordsPerPage> <ns:Page>1</ns:Page> <ns:Sort Key="ModelName" Direction="Ascending"/> </ns:ContentElementConfig> </ns:Request> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>