I have a map reduce script that executes the map stage as many times as there are objects in a JSON object (from getInputData) - can I make sure that these objects in the JSON are executed in the order they are in the JSON? it seems that the Shuffle stage randomizes them

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In Map/Reduce scripts in SuiteScript, the order of execution of the map stage is not guaranteed to follow the order of the objects in the JSON object from the getInputData stage. This is due to the nature of the Map/Reduce paradigm, where the map stage is designed to be parallelizable and independent of the order of the input data. The shuffle stage, which comes after the map stage, groups the results by key, but it does not guarantee any specific order of the keys or the values within each key. The reduce stage then processes each group of values for each key, but again, the order of execution is not guaranteed. If you need to process the data in a specific order, you might need to consider a different approach. One possible solution could be to include an order field in your data, and then sort the data based on this field in the reduce stage. However, this would require additional processing and might not be efficient for large data sets. Another possible solution could be to use a different type of script, such as a Scheduled script, which allows you to control the order of execution more directly. However, this would not be as scalable as a Map/Reduce script for processing large amounts of data. Remember, the Map/Reduce paradigm is designed for processing large data sets in a distributed and parallel manner, and as such, it does not guarantee the order of execution. If the order of execution is important for your use case, you might need to consider a different approach. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******