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AttributeManager somewhat unexpected functionality

  • May 18, 2017
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Folks,

This is part observation and part confirmation of the general functionality of Transformers.

I have an AttributeManager. Amongst it's operations there is a conditional evaluation of a value.

If owner = XCOM then id = 0. This modified the id value. This was working. Then "all of a sudden" it stopped working.

During my manipulations I applied another modification to the owner field in the same AttributeManager.

If owner = XCOM then owner = Xcom. This modified the owner field. A case modification for the purposes of output.

What I didn't anticipate was that my earlier condition would stop working because the case of the owner had changed based on another condition.

I presumed that all operations in an AttributeManager operated on the original input file values.

Is this expected functionality?

Best answer by mark_f

Expected functionality

There is the option to define order

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  • mark_f
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  • May 18, 2017

Expected functionality

There is the option to define order

itay
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  • May 18, 2017

Hi @andyew,

The order of the operations is important in the AttributeManager so if your second operation comes before the first one ( what doesnt make sense I realized while typing...) then the behavior is to be expected.

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Expected functionality

There is the option to define order

tricky to get head around when first arrived :)

 

 

gio
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  • May 18, 2017

the order in a attribute creator is important in 2015, 2016 as well. When you are using attributes manipulated in a prior rule it will effect subsequent use in same attribute creator. Like chaining them.

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