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How to set up a spreadsheet for importing into AttributeCreator

  • January 27, 2026
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dannymatranga
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I’d like to maintain my database documentation in an Excel spreadsheet like this:

Attribute Name FME Data Type
LandID int32
Acres real32
Name varchar(128)

 

And then I’d like to import that into an AttributeCreator. When I try importing, the attribute names come through, but FME Form sets all the data types to varchar(200) instead of what I specified in the field ‘FME Data Type’ and imported in the import dialog.

How can I fix this or set up my spreadsheet differently?