sorter

Sorter

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Use When	Data within a model based message needs to be sorted by one of the attributes within the model or data needs to be sorted by multiple attributes within an entity in the model
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Description	The Sorter is used to sort data elements within a message that is being processed through a flow. The sort can be defined at either the message level or by entity attribute using the component editor screen.
Inbound Message Type	Model Based Message
Output Message Type	Model Based Message

Parameters

Name	Description
Input Model
Enabled
Sort Entity.Attribute (optional)	The single model entity and attribute to sort the data by. The entity and attribute must be concatenated with a period (entity.attribute). NOTE: Either an entry must be defined here or attributes selected in the Component Editor screen for the component to function. A value in this field overrides any attribute(s) selected on the Component Editor screen.
Rows Per Message
Log Input
Log Output
Inbound Queue Capacity
Shared

Component Editor

Double clicking on the Sorter component in the flow or clicking the Component Editor button will result in the Sorter editor being displayed as shown below.

The Sorter editor displays a row for every entity/attribute contained within the input model and allows the selection of the attributes on which to use as the sort along with the ability to order them.

When a sort checkbox for an attribute is selected, the screen will re-sort all selected attributes to the top by entity. To change the sort order, select one or more attributes within an entity and use the buttons at the top to Move the selected item(s) up, down, to the top or to the bottom.