I need to create an alias on a couple attributes in my workspace. They do not have aliases when they are read in but they need to have them when they are written to a different layer. I am reading and writing into a Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb). I am pretty sure I can do this with the AttributeManager but am unsure how.
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How do I create an alias on an attribute in my FME workspace?
Best answer by mark2atsafe
The developers tell me:
The answer is Yes. We will create attribute aliases if there is an additional attribute with the same name as the original attribute but suffixed with '_alias', then the value of that attribute will be used as the alias on table creation. For example if my attribute's name is mytext and there is also a mytext_alias with value alias of mytext, then the value of mytext_alias will be used as the attribute's alias. It need only be on the first feature.Hopefully that works for you. There is no need to have aliases on the incoming data. If you still can't get it to work, submit a case to our support team (safe.com/support)
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