diff --git a/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Contracts/IDataTransformer.cs b/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Contracts/IDataTransformer.cs
index f3ac31c..bb96bcd 100644
--- a/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Contracts/IDataTransformer.cs
+++ b/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Contracts/IDataTransformer.cs
@@ -18,4 +18,13 @@ public interface IDataTransformer
     /// Gets the name of this transformer for logging and identification.
     /// </summary>
     string TransformerName { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Maps a transformed ordinal to the source ordinal.
+    /// Returns -1 for computed columns that have no source ordinal.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="transformedOrdinal">The ordinal in the transformed output.</param>
+    /// <param name="source">The source data reader.</param>
+    /// <returns>The corresponding source ordinal, or -1 for computed columns.</returns>
+    int MapOrdinal(int transformedOrdinal, IDataReader source);
 }
diff --git a/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBase.cs b/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBase.cs
index 386a88b..f3819f7 100644
--- a/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBase.cs
+++ b/NEW/src/JdeScoping.DataSync/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBase.cs
@@ -62,4 +62,13 @@ public abstract class DataTransformerBase : IDataTransformer
     /// Override to handle null transformations.
     /// </summary>
     public virtual bool IsDBNull(int ordinal, IDataReader source) => source.IsDBNull(ordinal);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Maps a transformed ordinal to the source ordinal.
+    /// Override to support column reordering or computed columns.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="transformedOrdinal">The ordinal in the transformed output.</param>
+    /// <param name="source">The source data reader.</param>
+    /// <returns>The corresponding source ordinal, or -1 for computed columns.</returns>
+    public virtual int MapOrdinal(int transformedOrdinal, IDataReader source) => transformedOrdinal;
 }
diff --git a/NEW/tests/JdeScoping.DataSync.Tests/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBaseTests.cs b/NEW/tests/JdeScoping.DataSync.Tests/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBaseTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8ae020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NEW/tests/JdeScoping.DataSync.Tests/Etl/Transformers/DataTransformerBaseTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using System.Data;
+using JdeScoping.DataSync.Etl.Transformers;
+using NSubstitute;
+
+namespace JdeScoping.DataSync.Tests.Etl.Transformers;
+
+public class DataTransformerBaseTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void MapOrdinal_DefaultImplementation_ReturnsOrdinalUnchanged()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var transformer = new PassThroughTransformer();
+        var reader = CreateMockReader(new[] { "A", "B", "C" });
+
+        // Act
+        var result = transformer.MapOrdinal(1, reader);
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Equal(1, result);
+    }
+
+    private static IDataReader CreateMockReader(string[] columns)
+    {
+        var reader = Substitute.For<IDataReader>();
+        reader.FieldCount.Returns(columns.Length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < columns.Length; i++)
+        {
+            var index = i;
+            reader.GetName(index).Returns(columns[index]);
+            reader.GetOrdinal(columns[index]).Returns(index);
+        }
+        return reader;
+    }
+
+    private class PassThroughTransformer : DataTransformerBase
+    {
+        public override string TransformerName => "PassThrough";
+    }
+}