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Readers: List by Source in navigator for quick overview

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  • November 28, 2018
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wicki
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Please add a possibility to List the Reader Sources. This would be especially helpful for workspaces that use many Readers.

In this way, you can quickly get an overview of the used sources!

Currently it is very cumbersome, because you have to open each item in the Navigator to see source.

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erik_jan
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  • November 29, 2018

The readers are sorted in the Navigator by the order they are read. This should not be changed as it can be very helpful to manipulate the order in which data is read. Some transformers (e.g. Clipper) can use this order to increase performance.


redgeographics
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I agree with @erik_jan, reader order (and writer order for that matter) is important for FME's inner workings.

You can rename readers and writers though, maybe that helps you get a better overview?


wicki
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  • January 3, 2019

Yes you are right. The order they are read should not be changed. I just think of o possibility to see the sourcefolders of the used readers at once - with no effects th the workspace ;-)