Sort (Deprecated)

Synopsis

This operator sorts the input ExampleSet in ascending or descending order according to a single attribute.

Description

This operator sorts the ExampleSet provided at the input port. The complete data set is sorted according to a single attribute. This attribute is specified using theattribute nameparameter. Sorting is done in increasing or decreasing direction depending on the setting of thesorting directionparameter.

Input

example set input

This input port expects an ExampleSet. It is output of the Retrieve operator in the attached Example Process.

Output

example set output

The sorted ExampleSet is output of this port.

original

The ExampleSet that was given as input is passed without changing to the output through this port. This is usually used to reuse the same ExampleSet in further operators or to view the ExampleSet in the Results Workspace.

Parameters

Attribute name

This parameter is used to specify the attribute which should be used for sorting the ExampleSet.

Sorting direction

This parameter indicates the direction of the sorting. The ExampleSet can be sorted in increasing(ascending) or decreasing(descending) order.