Reorder attributes in an expression transformation

Hi,
I'm using OWB 10gR2 and I'm wondering if there is a way to reorder the attributes in an output group of an expression. For example, if I have a list of 3 attributes:
SHORT DESCRIPTION
NAME
DESCRIPTION
and I'd like for them to be ordered
NAME
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
so that they match the order in the target table and thus avoid crossed connector lines. Is this possible?
The only approach I can come up with would be to delete the attributes and recreate them in the order I'd like. Reordering them would be a much easier solution.
Thanks,
Greg

Hey Greg.
I understand what you mean. If you have a table with many columns, this really confuses us. I don't know if it's possible to reorder.
But what you may use that can, at least, make your mappings look a bit less confusing is to change the "use display set property" to MAPPED. Right Click any group of any operator, then you go to "Use Display Set" -> MAPPED.
This will show you only mapped attributes. The lines will still cross each other in the mapping designer, but at least You'll see mapped attributes only.
Don't know if this will help ya, but it's an alternative.
Regards,
Marcos

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