+6Can you update the attributes of a feature without having to upload the geometry to a AGOL hosted feature service?
For example, we have a feature service with about 80 features where the geometry for each feature is huge. We want to do daily updates to the attributes and the geometry never changes.
There is a work around where you have a non-spatial table and use hosted dynamic joins, but is a little awkward.
Best answer by drc43
This can be done, IF your AGOL hosted feature service is set up to not allow geometry updates (Attribute updates only). When you run the workspace, FME will ignore the geometry and just update the attributes as you have set up on the writer. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do this or not, but it does the job.
+62I think this is currently (2021.1) not possible with the AGOL writer. (I think in the SDE writer an option like this exist. Update Spatial: Yes/No)
But there are examples using the Python API, like this one, which you can implement using the PythonCaller.
Also see Updating features in a feature layer.
+12This can be done, IF your AGOL hosted feature service is set up to not allow geometry updates (Attribute updates only). When you run the workspace, FME will ignore the geometry and just update the attributes as you have set up on the writer. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do this or not, but it does the job.
+62This can be done, IF your AGOL hosted feature service is set up to not allow geometry updates (Attribute updates only). When you run the workspace, FME will ignore the geometry and just update the attributes as you have set up on the writer. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do this or not, but it does the job.
Nice one!
+6This can be done, IF your AGOL hosted feature service is set up to not allow geometry updates (Attribute updates only). When you run the workspace, FME will ignore the geometry and just update the attributes as you have set up on the writer. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do this or not, but it does the job.
Thanks for the quick answer.
