***Note from Migration:***
Original Title was: Ability to Set Attribute Order in AttributeExposer: Alphabetical vs. Default Order via Import
It would be nice if the AttributeExposer could honor the sort order of attributes if they are imported via a CSV or other type of source. Currently the AttributeExposer defaults to put them in alphabetical order vs. honoring the order they we were listed in the CSV. Alternatively, if the CSV contains a separate attribute for 'sort order' could the AttributeExposer transformer use that to maintain the sort order? Maybe give the users a choice: Maintain Existing Order or Alphabetical?
Manually moving attributes in AttributeManager or in the Writer seems like something a transformer should be able to do.
I completely agree with this. Here is my situation: I have a Google Sheet containing 1599 records (old and new attribute names) that I use in the Schema Mapper. Since the Schema Mapper does work as expected, I need to import the attributes from the Google Sheet into the Attribute Exposer, but they get sorted alphabetically, ahhhh. [Regarding the Schema Mapper, the "Source Attribute: Remove" setting does not work, and it would be really nice if the Destination Attribute was automatically exposed.]
This is definitely needed. It would also be great if you could create a list of attribute names that were in the same order as how they appear in the AttributeManager. Currently this is not possible.