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Enhancement 1119482 raised for this suggestion

CE ITEMTYPES Instances/Definition Export - Sort Order of Properties (Names)

Presently, ITEMTYPES exporting both Instances and Definitions results in a columnated Excel file with Properties (the IT field names) sorted alphanumerically.

I would like these to be either sorted, or not sorted, i.e. as per the ITEMTYPE order in the schema, and as presented in the Edit and Properties windows.

While this can be achieved by prefixing with a number, Expressions will fail (some, but possibly not all). e.g. 16DATE, and this is a extra effort that should not be required.

Bentley may choose to add a "checkbox" in the Export dialogue to sort or not sort. I am ambivalent on this but would support non-sorting by default.