diff --git a/src/query/src/optimizer/windowed_sort.rs b/src/query/src/optimizer/windowed_sort.rs
index 63150fc1f896..6d944a44c00a 100644
--- a/src/query/src/optimizer/windowed_sort.rs
+++ b/src/query/src/optimizer/windowed_sort.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ impl WindowedSortPhysicalRule {
                     } else {
                         Arc::new(PartSortExec::new(
                             first_sort_expr.clone(),
+                            sort_exec.fetch(),
                             scanner_info.partition_ranges.clone(),
                             sort_exec.input().clone(),
                         ))
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ fn fetch_partition_range(input: Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>) -> DataFusionResult<Opti
 
         if let Some(region_scan_exec) = plan.as_any().downcast_ref::<RegionScanExec>() {
             partition_ranges = Some(region_scan_exec.get_uncollapsed_partition_ranges());
-            time_index = region_scan_exec.time_index();
+            time_index = Some(region_scan_exec.time_index());
             tag_columns = Some(region_scan_exec.tag_columns());
 
             // set distinguish_partition_ranges to true, this is an incorrect workaround
diff --git a/src/query/src/part_sort.rs b/src/query/src/part_sort.rs
index 2b258187b5b6..2828db202d9d 100644
--- a/src/query/src/part_sort.rs
+++ b/src/query/src/part_sort.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ use crate::downcast_ts_array;
 pub struct PartSortExec {
     /// Physical sort expressions(that is, sort by timestamp)
     expression: PhysicalSortExpr,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
     input: Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>,
     /// Execution metrics
     metrics: ExecutionPlanMetricsSet,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ pub struct PartSortExec {
 impl PartSortExec {
     pub fn new(
         expression: PhysicalSortExpr,
+        limit: Option<usize>,
         partition_ranges: Vec<Vec<PartitionRange>>,
         input: Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ impl PartSortExec {
 
         Self {
             expression,
+            limit,
             input,
             metrics,
             partition_ranges,
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ impl PartSortExec {
         let df_stream = Box::pin(PartSortStream::new(
             context,
             self,
+            self.limit,
             input_stream,
             self.partition_ranges[partition].clone(),
             partition,
@@ -106,7 +110,16 @@ impl PartSortExec {
 
 impl DisplayAs for PartSortExec {
     fn fmt_as(&self, _t: DisplayFormatType, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "PartSortExec {}", self.expression)
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "PartSortExec: expr={} num_ranges={}",
+            self.expression,
+            self.partition_ranges.len(),
+        )?;
+        if let Some(limit) = self.limit {
+            write!(f, " limit={}", limit)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
@@ -138,6 +151,7 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for PartSortExec {
         };
         Ok(Arc::new(Self::new(
             self.expression.clone(),
+            self.limit,
             self.partition_ranges.clone(),
             new_input.clone(),
         )))
@@ -170,6 +184,7 @@ struct PartSortStream {
     reservation: MemoryReservation,
     buffer: Vec<DfRecordBatch>,
     expression: PhysicalSortExpr,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
     produced: usize,
     input: DfSendableRecordBatchStream,
     input_complete: bool,
@@ -185,6 +200,7 @@ impl PartSortStream {
     fn new(
         context: Arc<TaskContext>,
         sort: &PartSortExec,
+        limit: Option<usize>,
         input: DfSendableRecordBatchStream,
         partition_ranges: Vec<PartitionRange>,
         partition: usize,
@@ -194,6 +210,7 @@ impl PartSortStream {
                 .register(&context.runtime_env().memory_pool),
             buffer: Vec::new(),
             expression: sort.expression.clone(),
+            limit,
             produced: 0,
             input,
             input_complete: false,
@@ -294,7 +311,7 @@ impl PartSortStream {
                 )
             })?;
 
-        let indices = sort_to_indices(&sort_column, opt, None).map_err(|e| {
+        let indices = sort_to_indices(&sort_column, opt, self.limit).map_err(|e| {
             DataFusionError::ArrowError(
                 e,
                 Some(format!("Fail to sort to indices at {}", location!())),
@@ -674,6 +691,7 @@ mod test {
                 expr: Arc::new(Column::new("ts", 0)),
                 options: opt,
             },
+            None,
             vec![ranges],
             Arc::new(mock_input),
         );
diff --git a/src/query/src/window_sort.rs b/src/query/src/window_sort.rs
index 38b64e29aaa0..435a255beb95 100644
--- a/src/query/src/window_sort.rs
+++ b/src/query/src/window_sort.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,16 @@ impl WindowedSortExec {
 
 impl DisplayAs for WindowedSortExec {
     fn fmt_as(&self, _t: DisplayFormatType, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "WindowedSortExec")
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "WindowedSortExec: expr={} num_ranges={}",
+            self.expression,
+            self.ranges.len()
+        )?;
+        if let Some(fetch) = self.fetch {
+            write!(f, " fetch={}", fetch)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/table/src/table/scan.rs b/src/table/src/table/scan.rs
index cc94a054de84..0eac7c0c354f 100644
--- a/src/table/src/table/scan.rs
+++ b/src/table/src/table/scan.rs
@@ -146,13 +146,15 @@ impl RegionScanExec {
         let _ = scanner.prepare(partition_ranges, distinguish_partition_range);
     }
 
-    pub fn time_index(&self) -> Option<String> {
+    pub fn time_index(&self) -> String {
         self.scanner
             .lock()
             .unwrap()
-            .schema()
-            .timestamp_column()
-            .map(|x| x.name.clone())
+            .metadata()
+            .time_index_column()
+            .column_schema
+            .name
+            .clone()
     }
 
     pub fn tag_columns(&self) -> Vec<String> {
diff --git a/tests/cases/standalone/common/order/windowed_sort.result b/tests/cases/standalone/common/order/windowed_sort.result
index 9ecec83d2053..13b3503fb943 100644
--- a/tests/cases/standalone/common/order/windowed_sort.result
+++ b/tests/cases/standalone/common/order/windowed_sort.result
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY t LIMIT 5;
 |_|_|_|
 | 1_| 0_|_GlobalLimitExec: skip=0, fetch=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SortPreservingMergeExec: [t@1 ASC NULLS LAST] REDACTED
-|_|_|_WindowedSortExec REDACTED
+|_|_|_WindowedSortExec: expr=t@1 ASC NULLS LAST num_ranges=2 fetch=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SeqScan: region=REDACTED, partition_count=2 (1 memtable ranges, 1 file 1 ranges) REDACTED
 |_|_|_|
 |_|_| Total rows: 5_|
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM test ORDER BY t DESC LIMIT 5;
 |_|_|_|
 | 1_| 0_|_GlobalLimitExec: skip=0, fetch=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SortPreservingMergeExec: [t@1 DESC] REDACTED
-|_|_|_WindowedSortExec REDACTED
-|_|_|_PartSortExec t@1 DESC REDACTED
+|_|_|_WindowedSortExec: expr=t@1 DESC num_ranges=2 fetch=5 REDACTED
+|_|_|_PartSortExec: expr=t@1 DESC num_ranges=2 limit=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SeqScan: region=REDACTED, partition_count=2 (1 memtable ranges, 1 file 1 ranges) REDACTED
 |_|_|_|
 |_|_| Total rows: 5_|
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM test_pk ORDER BY t LIMIT 5;
 |_|_|_|
 | 1_| 0_|_GlobalLimitExec: skip=0, fetch=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SortPreservingMergeExec: [t@2 ASC NULLS LAST] REDACTED
-|_|_|_WindowedSortExec REDACTED
-|_|_|_PartSortExec t@2 ASC NULLS LAST REDACTED
+|_|_|_WindowedSortExec: expr=t@2 ASC NULLS LAST num_ranges=2 fetch=5 REDACTED
+|_|_|_PartSortExec: expr=t@2 ASC NULLS LAST num_ranges=2 limit=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SeqScan: region=REDACTED, partition_count=2 (1 memtable ranges, 1 file 1 ranges) REDACTED
 |_|_|_|
 |_|_| Total rows: 5_|
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM test_pk ORDER BY t DESC LIMIT 5;
 |_|_|_|
 | 1_| 0_|_GlobalLimitExec: skip=0, fetch=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SortPreservingMergeExec: [t@2 DESC] REDACTED
-|_|_|_WindowedSortExec REDACTED
-|_|_|_PartSortExec t@2 DESC REDACTED
+|_|_|_WindowedSortExec: expr=t@2 DESC num_ranges=2 fetch=5 REDACTED
+|_|_|_PartSortExec: expr=t@2 DESC num_ranges=2 limit=5 REDACTED
 |_|_|_SeqScan: region=REDACTED, partition_count=2 (1 memtable ranges, 1 file 1 ranges) REDACTED
 |_|_|_|
 |_|_| Total rows: 5_|