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File geodatabase writer - set coded domain field width but use existing domain d


chriswilson
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Original Title was: File geodatabase writer - set coded domain field width but use existing domain definition


At present when creating a feature class field in a file geodatabase for a field that uses a coded domain, the 'Create Domain' box has to be ticked to enable the user to set the field width within the writer feature type. This currently necessitates providing a domain definition as well as the field width, however if the domain already exists in the target geodatabase we don't want to have to recreate the definition and FME will use the existing definition for that domain anyway when it sees the domain already exists. It would be useful to have the ability to use an existing domain and also set the field width, but not have to provide a domain definition.


An example use case is where multiple new feature classes need to be created, these will all share a field with the same domain. The domain is created once in the file geodatabase outside of FME (ArcCatalog), then the feature types for all new feature classes in FME use that existing domain name without then having to define it in each feature type, and all that needs to be specified is the field width.

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