diff --git a/entity/Attribute_entity/Attribute_entity.aod b/entity/Attribute_entity/Attribute_entity.aod
index d6f3d3eec9d5f1d00b7baf6ca7fb9a8a6afd2a62..07f9d8460ea70d95f25f9c471b5ab0d8741cf58d 100644
--- a/entity/Attribute_entity/Attribute_entity.aod
+++ b/entity/Attribute_entity/Attribute_entity.aod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
   <grantDeleteProcess>%aditoprj%/entity/Attribute_entity/grantDeleteProcess.js</grantDeleteProcess>
   <contentTitleProcess>%aditoprj%/entity/Attribute_entity/contentTitleProcess.js</contentTitleProcess>
   <afterUiInit>%aditoprj%/entity/Attribute_entity/afterUiInit.js</afterUiInit>
-  <onValidation>%aditoprj%/entity/Attribute_entity/onValidation.js</onValidation>
   <iconId>VAADIN:TAG</iconId>
   <titlePlural>Attributes</titlePlural>
   <recordContainer>jdito</recordContainer>
@@ -390,6 +389,7 @@
     <entityProvider>
       <name>AttributeChildren</name>
       <sortingField>SORTING</sortingField>
+      <documentation>%aditoprj%/entity/Attribute_entity/entityfields/attributechildren/documentation.adoc</documentation>
       <titlePlural>Child Attributes</titlePlural>
       <dependencies>
         <entityDependency>
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@
           <valueProcess>%aditoprj%/entity/Attribute_entity/entityfields/attributechildren/children/getonlyfirstlevelchildren_param/valueProcess.js</valueProcess>
           <expose v="false" />
         </entityParameter>
+        <entityParameter>
+          <name>ParentId_param</name>
+          <mandatory v="true" />
+        </entityParameter>
       </children>
     </entityProvider>
     <entityConsumer>
diff --git a/entity/Attribute_entity/entityfields/attributechildren/documentation.adoc b/entity/Attribute_entity/entityfields/attributechildren/documentation.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f9ca1e5e2252e6299b78d0d10174f0a83a3d24e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/entity/Attribute_entity/entityfields/attributechildren/documentation.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+= AttributeChildren
+
+This provider can be used to get all child Attributes of a given parent. It is intended for displaying and editing the childs of an Attribute in the 
+Attribute context and allows to sort them. Only the direct children are returned.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/entity/Attribute_entity/onValidation.js b/entity/Attribute_entity/onValidation.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f1b6c7fc1f437ab9ba090ab87e297514e884eb3a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/entity/Attribute_entity/onValidation.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import("system.translate");
-import("system.db");
-import("system.vars");
-import("system.text");
-import("system.neon");
-import("Sql_lib");
-
-//TODO: this should no happen in onValidation; waiting for #1032668
-if (vars.get("$sys.recordstate") == neon.OPERATINGSTATE_NEW)
-{
-    var parentId = vars.get("$field.ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID");
-    if (parentId)
-    {
-        var maskingHelper = new SqlMaskingUtils();
-        var newCodeNumber = newSelect(maskingHelper.max("AB_ATTRIBUTE.SORTING"))
-                        .from("AB_ATTRIBUTE")
-                        .where("AB_ATTRIBUTE.ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID", parentId)
-                        .cell();
-                        
-        newCodeNumber = Number(newCodeNumber);//if no number exists till no, start value will be 1 (due to: ++0)
-        if (isNaN(newCodeNumber))
-            throw new TypeError(translate.text("The code number is not a valid number."));
-        neon.setFieldValue("$field.SORTING", ++newCodeNumber);
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/entity/Attribute_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js b/entity/Attribute_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
index 7e2f5457781d5b5447f6e032739c66e0bf7c775c..9678a3d086a347c391ac075a2efc38028f26259f 100644
--- a/entity/Attribute_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
+++ b/entity/Attribute_entity/recordcontainers/jdito/onInsert.js
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@ import("Attribute_lib");
 
 var rowdata = vars.get("$local.rowdata");
 
+var sorting = rowdata["SORTING.value"];
+var parentId = rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID.value"];
+if (!sorting && parentId)
+{
+    sorting = newSelect("max(SORTING) + 1")
+        .from("AB_ATTRIBUTE")
+        .where("AB_ATTRIBUTE.ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID", parentId)
+        .cell() || 0;
+}
+
 new SqlBuilder().insertFields({
     "AB_ATTRIBUTEID" : rowdata["UID.value"],
-    "ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID" : rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID.value"],
+    "ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID" : parentId,
     "DROPDOWNDEFINITION" : rowdata["DROPDOWNDEFINITION.value"],
     "ATTRIBUTE_ACTIVE" : rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_ACTIVE.value"],
     "ATTRIBUTE_NAME" : rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_NAME.value"],
     "ATTRIBUTE_TYPE" : rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.value"],
     "DROPDOWNFILTER" : rowdata["DROPDOWNFILTER.value"],
-    "SORTING" : rowdata["SORTING.value"]
+    "SORTING" : sorting
 }, "AB_ATTRIBUTE");
 
 if (rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_PARENT_ID.value"] && rowdata["ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.value"] !== $AttributeTypes.COMBOVALUE.toString() && vars.get("$param.GetOnlyFirstLevelChildren_param"))
diff --git a/neonView/AttributeList_view/AttributeList_view.aod b/neonView/AttributeList_view/AttributeList_view.aod
index 774de73db92dae98b860089f56e553f5c7f544e4..167cf43d52b6481ab3ad36f745aa899f2e53cc3f 100644
--- a/neonView/AttributeList_view/AttributeList_view.aod
+++ b/neonView/AttributeList_view/AttributeList_view.aod
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     <titledListViewTemplate>
       <name>AttributeList</name>
       <entityField>#ENTITY</entityField>
+      <isDeletable v="false" />
+      <isEditable v="false" />
+      <isCreatable v="false" />
       <columns>
         <neonTitledListTableColumn>
           <name>96544713-a302-4e2f-ab7f-6c02d44d9908</name>