title: Kendo UI Grid- - Default Sort Date Asc
body: <p>I'm using kendo UI, and am looking to default sort my grid by ascending date, but can't figure out how to modify this. My understanding is that it is part of the data-source section:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@(Html.Kendo().Grid&lt;CustomerAnimalViewModel&gt;()
                  .Name(gridId)
                  .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "grid" })
                  .Columns(columns =&gt;
                  {
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.AnimalId).Visible(false);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.RegistrationNumber).ClientTemplate("&lt;a class='active' href=javascript:viewAnimal(\"" + "#: AnimalId #" + "\",\"" + "#=escape(Name) #" + "\")  &gt;#: RegistrationNumber #&lt;/a&gt;");
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.Type);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.Prefix);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.Name);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.DateOfBirth).ClientTemplate("#= kendo.toString(DateOfBirth == null ? '' : DateOfBirth, '" + Constants.DateFormat + "') #");
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.Sex);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.HMC);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.Usability).Visible(false);
                      columns.Bound(c =&gt; c.Status);
                      columns.Command(command =&gt; { command.Destroy(); }).Title(Resources.Actions);
                  })
                  .DataSource(dataSource =&gt; dataSource
                      .Ajax()
  
                      .Model(model =&gt;
                      {
                          model.Id(p =&gt; p.AnimalId);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.RegistrationNumber);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Type);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Prefix);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Name);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Status);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Sex);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.HMC);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Usability);
                          model.Field(p =&gt; p.Status);
                      })
                      .Read(read =&gt; read.Action("ReadTypes", "Customer").Data("filterData"))
                      .Destroy(destroy =&gt; destroy.Action("DeleteAnimal", "Customer"))
                  )
                  .Navigatable()
                  .Sortable()
                  .Filterable()
                  .Pageable()
  
             )
  </code></pre>