diff --git a/render/detailed/metadata.go b/render/detailed/metadata.go
index c04d6c2da0..dba2912039 100644
--- a/render/detailed/metadata.go
+++ b/render/detailed/metadata.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	processNodeMetadata = []MetadataRowTemplate{
-		Latest{ID: process.PID, Prime: true},
+		Latest{ID: process.PID, Prime: true, Datatype: number},
 		Latest{ID: process.Cmdline, Prime: true},
 		Latest{ID: process.PPID, Prime: true},
 		Latest{ID: process.Threads, Prime: true},
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type Latest struct {
 	ID       string
 	Truncate int  // If > 0, truncate the value to this length.
 	Prime    bool // Whether the row should be shown by default
+	Datatype string
 }
 
 // MetadataRows implements MetadataRowTemplate
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ func (l Latest) MetadataRows(n report.Node) []MetadataRow {
 		if l.Truncate > 0 && len(val) > l.Truncate {
 			val = val[:l.Truncate]
 		}
-		return []MetadataRow{{ID: l.ID, Value: val, Prime: l.Prime}}
+		return []MetadataRow{{ID: l.ID, Value: val, Prime: l.Prime, Datatype: l.Datatype}}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/render/detailed/node.go b/render/detailed/node.go
index 057c55711f..ab2831bdc6 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node.go
@@ -139,19 +139,55 @@ var (
 		topologyID string
 		NodeSummaryGroup
 	}{
-		{report.Host, NodeSummaryGroup{TopologyID: "hosts", Label: "Hosts", Columns: []Column{
-			MakeColumn(host.CPUUsage), MakeColumn(host.MemoryUsage),
-		}}},
-		{report.Pod, NodeSummaryGroup{TopologyID: "pods", Label: "Pods"}},
-		{report.Container, NodeSummaryGroup{TopologyID: "containers", Label: "Containers", Columns: []Column{
-			MakeColumn(docker.CPUTotalUsage), MakeColumn(docker.MemoryUsage),
-		}}},
-		{report.Process, NodeSummaryGroup{TopologyID: "processes", Label: "Processes", Columns: []Column{
-			MakeColumn(process.PID), MakeColumn(process.CPUUsage), MakeColumn(process.MemoryUsage),
-		}}},
-		{report.ContainerImage, NodeSummaryGroup{TopologyID: "containers-by-image", Label: "Container Images", Columns: []Column{
-			MakeColumn(render.ContainersKey),
-		}}},
+		{
+			topologyID: report.Host,
+			NodeSummaryGroup: NodeSummaryGroup{
+				TopologyID: "hosts",
+				Label:      "Hosts",
+				Columns: []Column{
+					MakeColumn(host.CPUUsage),
+					MakeColumn(host.MemoryUsage),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			topologyID: report.Pod,
+			NodeSummaryGroup: NodeSummaryGroup{
+				TopologyID: "pods",
+				Label:      "Pods",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			topologyID: report.Container,
+			NodeSummaryGroup: NodeSummaryGroup{
+				TopologyID: "containers",
+				Label:      "Containers", Columns: []Column{
+					MakeColumn(docker.CPUTotalUsage),
+					MakeColumn(docker.MemoryUsage),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			topologyID: report.Process,
+			NodeSummaryGroup: NodeSummaryGroup{
+				TopologyID: "processes",
+				Label:      "Processes", Columns: []Column{
+					{ID: process.PID, Label: Label(process.PID)},
+					MakeColumn(process.CPUUsage),
+					MakeColumn(process.MemoryUsage),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			topologyID: report.ContainerImage,
+			NodeSummaryGroup: NodeSummaryGroup{
+				TopologyID: "containers-by-image",
+				Label:      "Container Images",
+				Columns: []Column{
+					{ID: render.ContainersKey, Label: Label(render.ContainersKey), DefaultSort: true},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/render/detailed/node_test.go b/render/detailed/node_test.go
index ec2cbe02d7..2075b377cc 100644
--- a/render/detailed/node_test.go
+++ b/render/detailed/node_test.go
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ func TestMakeDetailedHostNode(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				Label:      "Container Images",
 				TopologyID: "containers-by-image",
-				Columns:    []detailed.Column{detailed.MakeColumn(render.ContainersKey)},
-				Nodes:      []detailed.NodeSummary{containerImageNodeSummary},
+				Columns: []detailed.Column{
+					{ID: render.ContainersKey, Label: detailed.Label(render.ContainersKey), DefaultSort: true},
+				},
+				Nodes: []detailed.NodeSummary{containerImageNodeSummary},
 			},
 		},
 		Connections: []detailed.NodeSummaryGroup{
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ func TestMakeDetailedContainerNode(t *testing.T) {
 						Label:    "apache",
 						Linkable: true,
 						Metadata: []detailed.MetadataRow{
-							{ID: process.PID, Value: fixture.ServerPID, Prime: true},
+							{ID: process.PID, Value: fixture.ServerPID, Prime: true, Datatype: "number"},
 						},
 						Metrics: []detailed.MetricRow{},
 					},