When you export a family using the Export tool, the sequence number for each field is included in the FIELD_SEQUENCE_NBR on the Fields tab of the .XML file.
The Families of the export file also includes the FAMILY_APPLY_FIELD_SEQUENCES, which contains a setting that determines how field sequence numbers will be handled for each family included in the file during an import. When the FAMILY_APPLY_FIELD_SEQUENCES is set to:
If you import a file that contains information for a family that does not already exist in the target database, the field sequence numbers that are defined in the import file will be applied to the fields in the new family, regardless of the value in the FAMILY_APPLY_FIELD_SEQUENCES.
The GE Digital APM enforces no restrictions on duplicate field sequence numbers. If you import a file that contains a subset of fields that are defined for an existing family and any of the field sequence numbers are the same as those defined for existing fields, the import will be successful and will result in duplicate field sequence numbers within the family. Additionally, GE Digital APM allows duplicate field sequence numbers for different fields within the same import file. Duplicate field sequence numbers may cause rules to function improperly and should be corrected via the Family Fields Sequence Order feature, which will reset all sequence numbers to reflect the order of the fields as displayed on the Family Fields Sequence Order window.
The features described above will also exist in a Microsoft Excel export file.
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