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Created by Martin Douglas
Created on Oct 7, 2026

Support a query syntax that guarantees resulting property order consistency

What problem are you trying to solve?

Focus on the what and why of the need you have, not the how you'd like it solved.

When in Compass, I need to see query result properties to be in the same order as specified on the filter to allow for reviewing, sharing, and debugging data.

What would you like to see happen?

Describe the desired outcome or enhancement.

Honor the order as specified in the query in all three displays (list, json, tabular). Also maintain the honored order when paginating.

Why is this important to you or your team?

Explain how the request adds value or solves a business need.

The UI is a significant productivity loss when properties return in random order, and continue to shuffle even more when paginating.

What steps, if any, are you taking today to manage this problem?

Painfully and with loss in time manually dragging columns around to get a screenshot or to share. Still cannot press Find button or to paginate because both cause columns to again randomly reshuffle.


  • Martin Douglas
    Oct 7, 2026

    Note typo -- same order as specified in the projection, not the filter.