# Report export

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/report-export/19529>\
**Category:** Reporting & Analytics\
**Tags:** contacts-analytics\
**Created:** [March 19, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/report-export/19529 "2020-03-19T12:16:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MariaAstakhova](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mariaastakhova/32/27089_2.png) [@MariaAstakhova](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MariaAstakhova)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/report-export/19529/1 "2020-03-19T12:16:12Z")

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Hello,

When creating a custom report I can order the Contact Create Date in ascending/descending order. However after I click next and save the report, the dates go back to being unordered (I know this because when I export a CSV, the date column is unordered).

Is it possible to save the date order when creating a report?

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**Author:** ![MariaAstakhova](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mariaastakhova/32/27089_2.png) [@MariaAstakhova](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MariaAstakhova)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/report-export/19529/2 "2020-03-19T14:26:38Z")

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I found that the solution to this was to make a list first, and then apply a report to it. Now the entries are ordered by date.

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**Author:** ![sharonlicari](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sharonlicari/32/101479_2.png) [@sharonlicari](https://community.hubspot.com/u/sharonlicari)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 10:25am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/report-export/19529/3 "2020-03-20T10:25:26Z")

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Thank you for sharing @MariaAstakhova

Stay Safe

Sharon