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# defSetSorts()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-model](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-model/src/execution/executionDefinition/index.ts

Creates new execution definition by merging new sort items into an existing definition.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function defSetSorts(def: IExecutionDefinition, sortBy?: ISortItem[]): IExecutionDefinition;
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| def | [IExecutionDefinition](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.iexecutiondefinition/index.md) | existing definition |
| sortBy | [ISortItem](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.isortitem/index.md)[] | _(Optional)_ array of sort items to add to definition |

**Returns:**

[IExecutionDefinition](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.iexecutiondefinition/index.md)

always new instance