What does the attribute ordered in the tag targetelement does?

[Former Member]

There is an attribute ordered in targetelement tag in items.xml that takes only boolean values. https://wiki.hybris.com/display/release4/items.xml+Element+Reference#type_relationElementType says:

If 'true' an additional ordering attribute will be generated for maintaining ordering. Default is 'false'.

What exactly is being ordered here?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

The target items which are related to the source item are being ordered. So when you do

 source.getTargets()

A list of target items will be returned which are ordered according to the way they were added to the source (or where the ordering was modified via the hMC).

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Note this adds a performance overhead, so be sure to use it only when ordering is actually required.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

A very good point, particularly for syncs. FYI for the original poster:

https://wiki.hybris.com/display/release5/Performance+Tuning+Overview#PerformanceTuningOverview-Disab...