I wondering why there is no option in the published workbench to browse to select the required features. In the Desktop, if the 3 dots icon is clicked, then a new window (Select Feature Types) is open to allow selecting the required types as shown in the screenshot below
How the “Select Feature Types” can be open while working in the published workbench such that one can selected the required types?
Thank you
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Jamal
You can modify the feature type list in workbench, to include the feature type you want.
You can import feature types and use alternative names. This change will be reflected in FME Server.
The issue here is that the choice of the “Feature Types to Read” is dependent on the selection of the “Source” data, as the source data selected is changed, then the list of the “Feature Types to Read” is changed.
Is there a way to have similar environment in the published workbench as in the Desktop, i.e. to be flexible to choose the source data and then its list of “Feature Types to Read”.
http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Workbench/Default.htm#Merging_Feature_Types.htm
Or assign the feature types before hand
http://fmepedia.safe.com/articles/Samples_and_Demos/Feature-Type-Lister
Before processing.
either way it's not as elegant as the desktop environment.
A startup python script can also be used to retrieve feature types as described here
http://fmepedia.safe.com/articles/How_To/Pass-a-List-of-Tables-or-Layers-to-an-FME-Reader-using-Python-Scripted-Parameters
Best
Jamal