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Add a description option [field] inside of every transformer.

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  • January 10, 2020
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robotix
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Add a small field [250-500?] in all transformers for a description. Make it part of the summary annotation.

One of the features I love about FME is the ability to label on the 'map'- workspace. I don't have to go to another document to read about the process. This would enhance that ability.

Its not always ideal to describe everything 'on-screen' and a lot of annotations can make things messy.

Another option could be to make annotations collapsible. This would help clear up some of the messy mapping but you could still have a 'large' description handy without taking up real estate. - I saw this was another suggestion.

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ev_robin
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  • August 12, 2024

It would be nice if this showed up in the tooltip for the transformer.


jennaatsafe
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  • July 18, 2025

In 2024.1, we expanded the capabilities of Annotations to be applied to parameters - it’s in the triangle dropdown menu of a parameter, and called “Add Annotation”. If parameter annotations are present, they are also rolled up into a summary annotation. 


jennaatsafe
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  • Safer
  • July 18, 2025
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