# SectionedFetchRequest.Configuration The request’s configurable properties. ``` struct Configuration ``` ## Overview You initialize a [`SectionedFetchRequest`](/documentation/SwiftUI/SectionedFetchRequest) with a section identifier, an optional predicate, and sort descriptors, either explicitly or with a configured . Later, you can dynamically update the identifier, predicate, and sort parameters using the request’s configuration structure. You access or bind to a request’s configuration components through properties on the associated [`SectionedFetchResults`](/documentation/SwiftUI/SectionedFetchResults) instance, just like you do for a [`FetchRequest`](/documentation/SwiftUI/FetchRequest) using [`FetchRequest.Configuration`](/documentation/SwiftUI/FetchRequest/Configuration). When configuring a sectioned fetch request, ensure that the combination of the section identifier and the primary sort descriptor doesn’t create discontiguous sections. ## Topics ### Setting the section identifier [`var sectionIdentifier: KeyPath`](/documentation/SwiftUI/SectionedFetchRequest/Configuration/sectionIdentifier) The request’s section identifier key path. ### Setting a predicate [`var nsPredicate: NSPredicate?`](/documentation/SwiftUI/SectionedFetchRequest/Configuration/nsPredicate) The request’s predicate. ### Setting sort descriptors [`var sortDescriptors: [SortDescriptor]`](/documentation/SwiftUI/SectionedFetchRequest/Configuration/sortDescriptors) The request’s sort descriptors, accessed as value types. [`var nsSortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor]`](/documentation/SwiftUI/SectionedFetchRequest/Configuration/nsSortDescriptors) The request’s sort descriptors, accessed as reference types. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)