+22***Note from Migration:***
Original Title was: The ability to automatically remove all attributes from the reader that are not used inside the workspace
After authoring a workspace I would like to have the ability to automatically remove all attributes from the readers that are not used by transformers and/or writers inside the workspace. Removing these attributes will have a positive effect on performance. It’s sometimes a hassle to do this manually in large workspaces.
+63Yes, but... I would argue that this should be a function of the AttributeRemover rather than the reader. With the long-term maintenance of the workspace in mind I suspect that if this is done on the reader people will forget in the long run that those attributes exist (I know I will...). If a colleague has to maintain the workspace, or it is sent in to Safe or a partner for tech support, this becomes an even bigger issue. If a transformer is used you see that it's happening.
+22Currently it's also possible to not expose attributes on the reader. So the problem you describe is allready there. But I agree Implementing this on AttributeManager or AttributeKeeeper for all downstream attributes will be a nice implementation too. My suggestion will be to implement it both on the reader and the transformers so you can make your own decision.
+10It will be great if the AttributeRemover have an option to delete all empty, missing, or NULL columns.
