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Content modelling > Hierarchical sorting (Tree-like collections)
In 2025, we changed the name of this feature for better clarity. The underlying functionality is still the same.
Taxonomies, product categories, navigation bars... websites are full of hierarchical data. DatoCMS is the only headless CMS that supports tree-like data structures out-of-the-box, offering a delightful editing experience for your editors and marketers.
If you want to arrange a model collection as a hierarchy or tree, you need to select "Hierarchical sorting" in the model's Presentation settings, in the "Default collection ordering" field.
Hierarchical sorting, much like other models, is also presentable in a compact or a tabular view, depending on which appearance best suits your workflows.
Additionally, both the tabular and the compact view are paginated, and records are incrementally shown as they are loaded.