diff --git a/datamodel/itop-change-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-change-mgmt.xml b/datamodel/itop-change-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-change-mgmt.xml
index 578b7bdff..bb1a9ef43 100644
--- a/datamodel/itop-change-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-change-mgmt.xml
+++ b/datamodel/itop-change-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-change-mgmt.xml
@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@
           <attribute name="ref"/>
         </attributes>
       </reconciliation>
+      <order>
+        <columns>
+          <column name="ref" ascending="false" />
+        </columns>
+      </order>
     </properties>
     <fields/>
     <lifecycle attribute="status">
@@ -1757,6 +1762,11 @@
           <attribute name="ref"/>
         </attributes>
       </reconciliation>
+      <order>
+        <columns>
+          <column name="ref" ascending="false" />
+        </columns>
+      </order>
     </properties>
     <fields>
       <field name="acceptance_date" type="DateTime" sql="acceptance_date" default_value="" is_null_allowed="true"/>
@@ -2372,6 +2382,11 @@
           <attribute name="ref"/>
         </attributes>
       </reconciliation>
+      <order>
+        <columns>
+          <column name="ref" ascending="false" />
+        </columns>
+      </order>
     </properties>
     <fields/>
     <lifecycle attribute="status">
diff --git a/datamodel/itop-incident-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt.xml b/datamodel/itop-incident-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt.xml
index 87acbba0f..1692aac67 100644
--- a/datamodel/itop-incident-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt.xml
+++ b/datamodel/itop-incident-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-incident-mgmt.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
           <attribute name="ref"/>
         </attributes>
       </reconciliation>
+      <order>
+        <columns>
+          <column name="ref" ascending="false" />
+        </columns>
+      </order>
     </properties>
     <fields/>
     <lifecycle attribute="status">
diff --git a/datamodel/itop-problem-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-problem-mgmt.xml b/datamodel/itop-problem-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-problem-mgmt.xml
index 32c43bfb2..c37ec0fde 100644
--- a/datamodel/itop-problem-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-problem-mgmt.xml
+++ b/datamodel/itop-problem-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-problem-mgmt.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
           <attribute name="ref"/>
         </attributes>
       </reconciliation>
+      <order>
+        <columns>
+          <column name="ref" ascending="false" />
+        </columns>
+      </order>
     </properties>
     <fields>
       <field name="status" type="Enum" sql="status" default_value="new" is_null_allowed="false">
diff --git a/datamodel/itop-request-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-request-mgmt.xml b/datamodel/itop-request-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-request-mgmt.xml
index 38604ecc9..7e549ed4d 100644
--- a/datamodel/itop-request-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-request-mgmt.xml
+++ b/datamodel/itop-request-mgmt-1.0.0/datamodel.itop-request-mgmt.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
           <attribute name="ref"/>
         </attributes>
       </reconciliation>
+      <order>
+        <columns>
+          <column name="ref" ascending="false" />
+        </columns>
+      </order>
     </properties>
     <fields>
       <field name="request_type" type="Enum" sql="request_type" default_value="service request" is_null_allowed="false">