In workspace 1 (WS1) the "_dirPath" and "_outputName" is derived from the input and a timestamp. For example:
Input: C:\Temp\MyFile.csv
Output: C:\Temp\MyFile_2019-8-22.csv
These values are then passed into a custom transformer (WS2) so that _dirPath and _outputName show up as User Parameters.
This is done because :
Answer by takashi · Feb 14, 2018 at 02:56 PM
FME configures user parameters before starting the translation, and their values cannot be changed in the workflow later. Source
In WS2 I have a Feature Writer that exports to csv. The Feature Readers Dataset is set to, $(_DIRPATH) ie. the user parameter that is set from "_dirpath" in WS1 and the CSV file name is set to $(_OUTPUTNAME).
Now, this all works fine.
The problem is I want the feature writer to have it's User Attributes set to "Automatic". Yet, at the same time I don't want the attributes of "_dirPath" and "_outputName" showing up in the output. While the user params of $(_DIRPATH) , $(_OUTPUTNAME) should be set at the start of the translation and cannot be changed.
Yet, when I use an attribute remover on "_dirPath" and "_outputName" the feature writer stops working and gives the following error:
test3_FeatureWriter(WriterFactory): MULTI_WRITER: No dataset was specified for MULTI_WRITER_DATASET or test3_FeatureWriter_0_DATASET or CSV2_DATASET
MULTI_WRITER: No dataset was specified for MULTI_WRITER_DATASET or test3_FeatureWriter_0_DATASET or CSV2_DATASET
I'm at a loss to why this is happening...
It is set with $(_DIRPATH) , $(_OUTPUTNAME) at the start of translation so how are the user param values also being affected?
If attribute remover is deleted it works again...