Data Mapping cfxdm - dm:sort

dm:sort is the default sort (text based)

dm:sort: This cfxdm tag allows the user to sort the data for a given column(s) in ascending or descending order.

dm: sort syntax: It supports the below arguments

columns (mandatory). It accepts one or more column names. If more than one column is specified, use a comma as a separator.
order (optional). Supported values are 'ascending' or 'descending'. When not specified, the default applied sort order is 'ascending'

dm:sort columns = 'COLUMN_A,COLUMN_B,..'

dm:sort columns = 'COLUMN_A,COLUMN_B,..' & order = 'ascending/descending'

Example 1:

Sort the selected column. (ascending order)

Step 2: Add the following pipeline code/commands into the above-created pipeline as shown in the below screenshot:

You can copy the below code into your pipeline and execute that in your environment. ##### This pipeline creates a set of records/dateset details coming from a vCenter ##### environment. This dataset includes datastore details, Folder name, guest_hostname, ##### guest_ip_address. ##### This pipeline uses dm sort function to sort the selected columns in ascending ##### order and prints the output. @dm:empty --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'CFX-QA-Store-NFS-qnap' & Folder = '' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'test2.oia.cloudfabrix.com' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.134.17' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'CFX-QA-Store-NFS-qnap' & Folder = 'User VMs' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'qa.oia.cloudfabrix.com' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.122.13' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'ENG_ISOs,netapp-qa-nfs' & Folder = 'User VMs,Ravi-Pisupati,TestVMs' & guest_full_name = 'Ubuntu Linux (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'ubuntuqa' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.102.172' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'datastore1 (6)' & Folder = 'Ravi-Pisupati' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'elkstack' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.121.218' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'datastore1-198' & Folder = '' & guest_full_name = 'Microsoft Windows Server' & guest_hostname = 'spdnode.adwinstack' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.132.4' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'netapp-dev-nfs-01' & Folder = 'User VMs,Ravi-Pisupati,TestVMs' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'localhost' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.103.115' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'netapp-dev-nfs-01' & Folder = 'User VMs,Ravi-Pisupati,TestVMs' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'localhost' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.103.115' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'netapp-dev-nfs-02' & Folder = 'CFX-Drama,Capri-Demo' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'democloudp' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.122.212' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'netapp-dev-nfs-02' & Folder = 'CFX-Drama,Capri-Demo' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'ravip-v201-platform' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.122.216' --> @dm:addrow datastore = 'netapp-dev-nfs-02' & Folder = 'CFX-Drama,Capri-Demo' & guest_full_name = 'CentOS 4/5/6/7 (64 bit)' & guest_hostname = 'cfxautomatesvc' & guest_ip_address = '10.95.125.116' --> @dm:sort columns = 'datastore'

Step 3: Click verify button to make sure syntax and pipeline code is correct (as shown below)

Step 4: Click execute button and execute the pipeline. RDA will execute the pipeline without any errors (as shown below)

Step 5: RDA uses the dm sort function to perform the default sort of the column values (text-based) and prints the output for each dataset (or row) as shown in the following screenshot.

Example 2:

Sort the selected column. (descending order)

Step 2: Add the following pipeline code/commands into the above-created pipeline as shown in the below screenshot:

Step 3: Click verify button to make sure syntax and pipeline code is correct (as shown below)

Step 4: Click execute button and execute the pipeline. RDA will execute the pipeline without any errors (as shown below)

Step 5: RDA uses the dm sort function to perform the default sort of the column values (text-based) in descending order and prints the output for each dataset (or row) as shown in the following screenshot.

Example 3:

Sort the selected multiple columns. (descending order)

Step 2: Add the following pipeline code/commands into the above-created pipeline as shown in the below screenshot:

Step 3: Click verify button to make sure syntax and pipeline code is correct (as shown below)

Step 4: Click execute button and execute the pipeline. RDA will execute the pipeline without any errors (as shown below)

Step 5: RDA uses the dm sort function to perform the default sort of the multiple column values (text-based) in descending order and prints the output for each dataset (or row) as shown in the following screenshot.

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