fix: sort datamodel alphabetically

[grantfitzsimmons]

Fixes #8138

This PR sorts the tables in the data model alphabetically. See now that Absolute Age is at the top in both cases, which is the first by alphabetical sort.

Checklist

• Self-review the PR after opening it to make sure the changes look good and
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• Add relevant issue to release milestone
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• Add automated tests
• Add a reverse migration if a migration is present in the PR
• Add migration function to

  specify7/specifyweb/specify/management/commands/run_key_migration_functions.py

  Line 50 in ea04665

  def fix_schema_config(stdout: WriteToStdOut | None = None):

Testing instructions

Make sure to test this against the latest v7 tagged release!

• Verify that tables are sorted alphabetically in
  • Schema Viewer
  • Configure data entry tables
  • Configure interaction tables
  • Configure visible query tables
  • Record formatters app resources
  • Field formatters app resources
  • Form definitions

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Reorganized data model table initialization to use a two-pass approach: registering all tables first, then processing fields and relationships in a sorted sequence. This changes the internal initialization order without affecting user-facing functionality.

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• specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR refactors table initialization in fetchContext to ensure tables are processed in a consistent, alphabetically sorted order. Previously, tables were registered and processed individually; now, all tables are first registered into the shared lookup, then processed together in a second pass while maintaining explicit alphabetical ordering.

Changes

Data Model Table Initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Two-pass table initialization with alphabetical sorting specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/DataModel/tables.ts	fetchContext post-load processing refactored from per-table register-then-process to a two-pass approach: creates a sorted tablePairs list, registers all tables to genericTables first, then processes fields, relationships, front-end-only fields, derived maps, and schema callbacks across all tables in the second iteration.

Suggested reviewers

• CarolineDenis
• emenslin
• bhumikaguptaa

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Automatic Tests	⚠️ Warning	PR implements table sorting but lacks automated tests verifying alphabetical order. Schema and table tests don't check ordering; backend test only verifies fetching/serialization.	Add test assertions to verify tables are returned in alphabetical order by name (e.g., in schema.test.ts or a new tables.test.ts).
Testing Instructions	⚠️ Warning	Testing instructions are missing from the PR commit/description. The PR template requires testing instructions, but the actual commit message body is empty with no documented testing steps.	Add testing instructions documenting how to verify alphabetical sorting in Schema Viewer, Configure data entry tables, Configure interaction tables, Record/Field formatters, Form definitions.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'fix: sort datamodel alphabetically' clearly and concisely describes the main change: implementing alphabetical sorting of tables in the data model.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR refactors fetchContext to sort tables alphabetically via explicit sorting in tablePairs creation, directly addressing issue #8138's requirement for alphabetical table sorting across UI contexts.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are narrowly focused on refactoring the fetchContext function to implement alphabetical sorting of tables, with no unrelated modifications detected.

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• Commit unit tests in branch issue-8138

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