Is there a way I can set up an order of operations?

You can use a FeatureHolder to excercise some control over this.

If you write using a FeatureWriter it'll output one summary feature, so the summary from path 1 and the trigger for path 2 go into a FeatureHolder, which waits until all features have arrived before passing them on to path 2

Perfect! I'll try to configure that today. I appreciate the help!

Another option is the FeatureFlowValve which I like to use a lot

That transformer's Help doesn't give too much info about its usage. Could you please give an example about how to use it?

It works sort of similar I guess to the feautre holder, however, you can use a feautre to open/close the process flow - below are a couple of examples where I find it handyI often use it in database workflows or chained workflows when thing needs to happen in a specific order or when certain conditions must be met or must not be met before the next step can process. For example performing user input validation against a dataset before kicking off the main process - any bad conditions are sent to the Value port and if any bad conditoins are met then I can ensure that no feautes will progress to the next step - it adds extra peace-of-mind.

If you want to get a good handle on what it does you can edit it and see how it's set up - it's pretty basic really.

Oh wow, I really like how the Valve control parameter works. That's definitely something I will keep in my mind, that will come in handy for sure. I appreciate the help :)

Thanks for the explanation! Now everything is more clear :) And yes, I believe is going to be useful for me in the future.

Thanks again!