Writing null geometry features to ESRI file geodatabase

Yes this should be possible. I have just created a null feature and written it to a polygon feature class in an FGDB using a FeatureWriter with the Geometry set to geodb_polygon.

Can you share some more information on your workspace? How do you create your null features? Are you sure they have null geometries? What is your exact error message?

Cheers!

Try using the GeometryRemover to remove all Geometry traits properly. Maybe you want to filter out your polygon features first with a GeometryFilter. Works for the Geodatabase_File and the FILEGDB writer formats.

Hi joepk,

I have tried all ways I can think of to create a null geometry and write it.

Could you post your exact method?

 My features are read from excel ( no geometry) , some are joined to polygon geometry, the others I want to join to a null polygon geometry.

Hi frro, I haven’t tried area calculator on the null geometries, perhaps that has a side effect, I’ll give it a go.

I used different, very simple methods, such as:

Creator (Geometry Object: Null) → FeatureWriter 

• Creates a Null geometry object and writes it to a FGDB polygon FeatureClass.

Creator (Geometry Object: Polygon) → GeometryRemover → FeatureWriter

• Creates a polygon geometry object, removes the geometry (a Null geometry object is left) and writes it to a FGDB polygon FeatureClass

FeatureReader (Excel) → FeatureWriter

• Reads an Excel file (which has no geometry) and writes it to a FGDB polygon FeatureClass.

In the FeatureWriters I use format = Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb) and I set Geometry to geodb_polygon. You have to set it to geodb_polygon to write to a polygon feature class, even if you want to write a Null geometry object.

As far as I am concerned, writing Null objects to Geodatabases is fairly straightforward. This is why I asked you to provide your exact error logs and workspace. Please also provide a screenshot of your writer settings.