---
title: Rank a list
description: After you create a ranking definition for a table, related lists based on that table and context include options for ranking the list and displaying the list by rank.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-administration/list-administration/t\_RankingAList.html
release: australia
product: List Administration
classification: list-administration
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Context ranking, Administer, List administration, Forms, fields, and lists, Configure core features, Administer the ServiceNow AI Platform]
---

# Rank a list

After you create a ranking definition for a table, related lists based on that table and context include options for ranking the list and displaying the list by rank.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## About this task

You can set the preferential order of records.

## Procedure

1.  Click the **Rank** button in the related list to reorder the records.

    \[Omitted image "ClickRankToSortIncidents.png"\] Alt text: Click Rank to sort incidents

    The Rank dialog box appears, allowing you to sort the records in any order.

    \[Omitted image "RankDialogBox.png"\] Alt text: Rank dialog box

2.  Click and drag the move icon \(\[Omitted image "MoveIcon.png"\] Alt text: Move icon\) to change the position of a record.

    **Note:** Administrators can define which columns appear in the Rank dialog box in the **Attributes** field of the Ranking Definition form.


-   **[Apply a new sort order to a list](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/list-administration/t_ApplyANewSortOrderToAList.md)**  
You can apply a new sort order to the records in a list.

**Parent Topic:**[Context ranking](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-administration/list-administration/r_ContextRanking.md)