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I have an AttributeFilter that creates multiple Esri shapfiles (filter by an attribute value) that use one esri shapefile writer to write out each shapefile. Is there a way to compress (zip) each of these shapefiles individually? I know there a shapefile compression option to create a .shz, but a .zip file is required.
Best answer by andreaatsafe
Hi @billybob,
To write to a zip file you'll simply need to change the extension that you are writing to in your writer.
You'll want to set up a Fanout Dataset on the writer and set the extension to be a .zip extensions. To accomplish this:
In the Navigator, on the shapefile writer:
Where your output directory would then have a number of zipped shape files:
If you would like to learn more about different types of fanouts, you can read this article here.
Hope this information is helpful!
- Andrea
+15Hi @billybob,
To write to a zip file you'll simply need to change the extension that you are writing to in your writer.
You'll want to set up a Fanout Dataset on the writer and set the extension to be a .zip extensions. To accomplish this:
In the Navigator, on the shapefile writer:
Where your output directory would then have a number of zipped shape files:
If you would like to learn more about different types of fanouts, you can read this article here.
Hope this information is helpful!
- Andrea
