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Here is another example (List_OrderByItemRankThenByLocationRank_Example_23.0.fsm) of how you could sort the list based on a location's "priority".

You would use this Query when pulling from List:

ORDER BY ItemRank ASC, QueueRank ASC

In the example model, you can also open the List Entries and put the query in the Test Pull Queries field to see how it affects the entries in the List Entries window.

The important thing is to have a label on the Queues to indicate their rank (QueueRank in the example). Then, in the List Properties, there are two Expression Fields - QueueRank that is looking at that label and ItemRank that is getting the items' ranks.

Hi @fiz,

If your goal is pull items from a list in a specific order, and do it based on when the item was pushed to the list, here is one way to do it.

In the attached model, I created a process flow label that will be used to ensure that the correct pull order is maintained. The token that represents the puller gets this value and then it changes in the following order 3>2>1>3 and so on. Items are placed in one of three different queues which each have a different QNum value that is used in a query on the list to pull the correct order.

The puller token then pulls items from the list first by the matching QNum value, and then pulls whichever matching item has been on the list the longest. I then stored this information on a table that shows that the pull order was followed queue3>queue2>queue1.

pull from list in specific order.fsm