Feature request: change order of configuration parameters in component

szawadski · May 12, 2020, 10:39pm

It would be nice to be able to change the order of appearance of the configuration parameters of a component. Currently, the order is maybe not random but I never managed to get what I would like.
An interface similar to the one to arrange the widget nodes on the Webportal pages would be even better.

Iris · May 13, 2020, 7:08am

Hi @szawadski

Thank your for this. I agree, this is a frequent request to us.
I will give the related ticket a +1.

Best, Iris

Iris · May 18, 2020, 8:54am

Totally forgot! The order is not random, there is a workaround!
The order is by inserting the configuration elements.

So what I do to change the order is:

Copy the component => We have now C_Old and C_New
Delete all configuration elements in Component C_New
Copy the configuration elements from C_Old to C_New in the order you need them. For this I do the two component next to each other in the workbench, as below:

Afterwards the order in C_New is correct. You can also do this with replacements instead of deleting the configurations.

szawadski · May 19, 2020, 8:10am

Thanks @Iris,
At each of your answers, I kind of discover new nodes. This is the case with the “Merge variables” node.
Actually, I used to chain the configuration nodes but now, it looks cleaner.

Unfortunately, I do not get the expected result:

From the order of the variables in the component, I should get
Account > Database > Schema > Warehouse > Credentials
and I am getting:
Schema > Credentials > Account > Database > Warehouse
I suppose I did not get something from your explanation? Actually, I do not see the difference between both images you provided.

Iris · May 19, 2020, 8:42am

Can you redo the screenshot of the component inside and show the IDs of the nodes?

This can be enabled in the button bar

szawadski · May 19, 2020, 9:44am

Indeed - now I understand the logic

But this is definitely a workaround and I confirm my feature request.

Thanks @Iris!

system · May 26, 2020, 9:44am

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ScottF · December 9, 2020, 4:05pm

Hi there -

In KNIME AP 4.3, we’ve added a feature that allows you to change the order of the configuration nodes. Check out the animation on our What’s New page here: