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Hierarchical sorting (Tree-like collections)
Tree-like Collections are now known as Hierarchical Sorting

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:

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