Devices, systems and methods are provided for ordering records at a database system. An instance of a virtual application presented at a client device coupled to the database system over a network provides a graphical user interface (GUI) element populated using a sorting rule table that maintains user-configured sorting rule criteria for each custom sorting rule of a plurality of different sorting rules configured at the database system. In response to the user selection of a first custom sorting rule via the GUI element, the virtual application provides graphical indication of an ordered listing of the records at the database system ordered by a user-configured field of the records associated with the first custom sorting rule in accordance with a user-configured sort order associated with the first custom sorting rule using a search index built in accordance with the user-configured sorting rule criteria for the custom sorting rules.