# Why does the Forest Admin collection by default not display the columns in the same order as the database table

**URL:** <https://community.forestadmin.com/t/why-does-the-forest-admin-collection-by-default-not-display-the-columns-in-the-same-order-as-the-database-table/4923>\
**Category:** Help me!\
**Created:** [July 1, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/why-does-the-forest-admin-collection-by-default-not-display-the-columns-in-the-same-order-as-the-database-table/4923 "2022-07-01T13:51:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Naresh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/naresh/32/3713_2.png) [@Naresh](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Naresh)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/why-does-the-forest-admin-collection-by-default-not-display-the-columns-in-the-same-order-as-the-database-table/4923/1 "2022-07-01T13:51:21Z")

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## Feature(s) impacted

> Forest Admin collection by default not displaying the columns in the same order as the database table

## Observed behavior

> Forest Admin collection by default not displaying the columns in the same order as the database table

## Expected behavior

> By default Forest Admin collection column should be displayed in same order as database table

## Failure Logs

## Context

> Please provide in this **mandatory section** , the relevant information about your configuration:

- Project name: Curator
- Team name: Developer
- Environment name: ALL (Staging, Development, Production)
- Agent type & version:
- Package Version: 8.3 (forest-express-sequelize)
- Express Version: 4.17.1
- Sequelize Version: 6.6.5

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**Author:** ![anon62739609](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@anon62739609](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon62739609)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/why-does-the-forest-admin-collection-by-default-not-display-the-columns-in-the-same-order-as-the-database-table/4923/2 "2022-07-01T15:47:50Z")

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Hi @Naresh,

It’s only based on the order of field you send in the `.forestadmin-schema.json`  
You can of course reorder it if necessary in your admin panel 😉

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**Author:** ![Naresh](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/naresh/32/3713_2.png) [@Naresh](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/Naresh)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/why-does-the-forest-admin-collection-by-default-not-display-the-columns-in-the-same-order-as-the-database-table/4923/3 "2022-07-04T05:27:23Z")

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Hi @anon62739609  
I am not passing any order or column name in .forestadmin-schema.json. It displays the lower priority column at front due to the column order being sorted alphabetically.

By default it should display the same order as my MySQL table column order.

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**Author:** ![anon62739609](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@anon62739609](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon62739609)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/why-does-the-forest-admin-collection-by-default-not-display-the-columns-in-the-same-order-as-the-database-table/4923/4 "2022-07-04T12:58:28Z")

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Hey @Naresh,  
I pushed your comment to our Product Board 😉