---
title: HealthKit sort descriptors
framework: healthkit
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: healthkit/healthkit-sort-descriptors
---

# HealthKit sort descriptors

Identifiers for sorting results.

## Topics

### Sample sort identifiers

- [HKSampleSortIdentifierStartDate](healthkit/hksamplesortidentifierstartdate.md)
- [HKSampleSortIdentifierEndDate](healthkit/hksamplesortidentifierenddate.md)

### Workout sort identifiers

- [HKWorkoutSortIdentifierDuration](healthkit/hkworkoutsortidentifierduration.md)
- [HKWorkoutSortIdentifierTotalDistance](healthkit/hkworkoutsortidentifiertotaldistance.md)
- [HKWorkoutSortIdentifierTotalFlightsClimbed](healthkit/hkworkoutsortidentifiertotalflightsclimbed.md)
- [HKWorkoutSortIdentifierTotalEnergyBurned](healthkit/hkworkoutsortidentifiertotalenergyburned.md)
- [HKWorkoutSortIdentifierTotalSwimmingStrokeCount](healthkit/hkworkoutsortidentifiertotalswimmingstrokecount.md)