Sorting an Entity

Jordi Vilamajo

I have an easy question, I have the following entity "Role" which appears like this in the Content tab:

It seems that I can custom the order in which they will appear in any Dataview by dragging the elements in this content tab.

My question is, if when the DataReader that creates the elements runs, it will mess the entity. Because the file which fills the elements in the entity has the old order. Or do I need to change also the file?

Thanks in advance

Helmut Heimann

Hi @Jordi Vilamajo ,

You will have two datareaders—one for the members of the entity and one for the sorting order.

The member-reader will not affect the order of existing members. New members, on the other hand, will not be sorted directly, but only after the sorting reader has been run.

I'd advise always to run both, first the members, then the sorting.

Best,
Helmut