Sort Coded Value Domain (Data Management)—ArcMap

Summary

Sorts the code or description of a coded value domain in either ascending or descending order.

Only supports sorting coded value domains stored in version 10.0 and later geodatabases.

arcpy.management.SortCodedValueDomain(in_workspace, domain_name, sort_by, sort_order)

Parameter	Explanation	Data Type
in_workspace	The geodatabase containing the domain to be sorted. Must be a version 10.0 geodatabase or later.	Workspace
domain_name	The name of the coded value domain to be sorted.	String
sort_by	Specifies whether the code or description will be used to sort the domain. CODE —Records are sorted based on the code value for the domain. DESCRIPTION —Records are sorted based on the description value for the domain.	String
sort_order	Specifies the direction the records will be sorted. ASCENDING —Records are sorted from low value to high value. DESCENDING —Records are sorted from high value to low value.	String

Name	Explanation	Data Type
out_workspace	The updated input workspace.	Workspace

The following Python window script demonstrates how to use the SortCodedValueDomain function in immediate mode.

import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/data"
arcpy.SortCodedValueDomain_management("montgomery.gdb", "material", "CODE", "ASCENDING")