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Log: Feature Cache warnings: downgrade to minor warning

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  • February 24, 2025
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mattwilkie
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When Feature Cache is turned on there are too many warning messages in the translation log that contribute more noise than information, making it harder to see warnings I actually care about, that make _this_ workbench different from the others. Only one of these are worth thinking about:

 

Feature Caching is ON
The workspace may run slower because features are being output and recorded on all output ports regardless of whether or not there is a connection.
Stop At Breakpoints is ON
The workspace may run slower, even when no breakpoints are present. In particular, Bulk Mode is not supported with this enabled.
Coordinate system of reader identified by keyword `R_2' has changed from `YT_ALBERS' to `'
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
-~                                                                             ~-
-~    Feature caches have been recorded at every stage of the translation.     ~-
-~                      To inspect the recorded features,                      ~-
-~              click the feature cache icons next to the ports.               ~-
-~                                                                             ~-
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-

 

This idea is to add a Warning Level or Severity number so that cache messages can be hidden most of the time.

Slapping the warning button in FME Desktop (Form) will toggle between:

  • Warnings, Normal
  • Warnings, All (a.k.a. Strict)
  • None

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JennaKAtSafe
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Hi @mattwilkie have you tried using the filtering buttons in the Translation Log to view just Errors, Warnings, or Info messages? If that’s not meeting your needs, could you share a bit more about what’s missing or what you’re hoping to see instead?

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mattwilkie
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  • April 17, 2025

Hi Jenna, my issue is that I can’t hide messages about cache being turned on at the same time that I do want see all other Warnings.

Cache is turned on 90% of the time while I’m developing a new ETL, and warnings during that phase that are just unwanted noise distracting from warnings that I do care about. In other programs it is common to have multiple levels of Warning available to filter on depending on how strict one wishes to be.


mattwilkie
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  • April 17, 2025

In the example from OP, only 1 line of the 12 the lines in log with Warning filter enabled are significant, (“Coordinate system of reader identified by keyword `R_2' has changed from `YT_ALBERS' to `'”), but it’s buried and easy to miss.


JennaKAtSafe
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Thanks! This helps me better understand your pain points. We’re working on some exciting updates to Feature Caching, so I’ll definitely keep this in mind.

I’ll be merging this Idea into a related Feature Caching post with a similar theme so we can track everything in one place as we work on improvements.


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Idea merged into:
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  • April 17, 2025
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