2 versions of advanced rotation strategy?

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I have a question regarding the advanced scheduling strategy.
How this scheduler works has already been explained in the forum, but I see 2 different options.
In the configuration settings (which applies the entire settings for the minischeduler) you will see the Sort order and Attribute options in the advanced rotation strategy settings.
However, if you want to override these basic settings for a specific folder, the Next index option will also be shown.

What makes this option visible here and not in the standard settings? And what does this option do compared to the rotation rules wich are used in the advanced rotation strategy?

Hereby i send two screenshots wich show the difference
(BTW don’t mind the seperation settings, these are for testing.)

Scheduler settings configuration
Scheduler settings configuration546Ă—573 54.8 KB

Scheduler settings folder override
Scheduler settings folder override488Ă—588 52.5 KB

The screenshots come from version 7.4.3 build 5823, but I also seen this in version 7.4.1 build 5813. Wich means this is already able for some time now

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The “next index” value refers to the index of the item within that folder (sorted by the specified key) that will be scheduled next in rotation mode.

So it is folder-specific, and it makes no sense to have it in the general settings.

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