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Versioning on the Readers and Writers - similar to Version on the Transformers. To know when to delete and add a new reader. Or notify when a reader/writer from an older workspace needs to be deleted because of changes in the format.
The tester and testfilter conditions for empty, null, missing and has a value currently refer to attributes. E.g. "Attribute has a value". This can be confusing because they can also work on parameters. Maybe the wording should be changed?
When anything (transformer, reader, writer, connecting line) is disabled a new top level navigation icon will show up (or alt you could have one there the whole time with a count on the right). Clicking on the navigation element will show top level nested objects (reader, writer, transormer). Then clicking on the nested opbject will show list with specific names of disabled element.
The current search functionality allows you to search for questions by a specific author, I'd like that expanded so that you could search for answers by a specific author.
Since FME 2017 Autodesk A360 is supported by FME in readers and a transformer (A360Connector).But another similar product (A360 Drive) is not supported.Could reading and writing to Autodesk A360 Drive be added to the existing A360 support?
Similar to the redirect writers to Inspector, it would be nice to have a workbench setting to deactivate all the terminators in a workspace.
When I am writing to Excel, I would like to see the option added to push rows down. When you have a certain Excel template that contains named ranges that are positioned on top of each other and the writer exceeds the number of rows available, the rows underneath will be overwritten. I would like to see rows added and pushing everything down that is underneath this named range, or the selected area for writing.
Simple Idea: Badge for all those (or those few) that presented at the FME UC...
A customer noticed that LineBuilder (used to be called PointConnector) only works well if connecting points with different x y coordinates. when z coordinate is in the mix, sometimes we are not able to produce the result user expect, in a true 3D sense. e.g. if connecting multiple points, where start and end point has the same x y coordinates, but different z, the output will be a polygon. also, if we are grouping by an attribute, and in each group, all the points has the same x y, but different z, the output will be points. Would be nice, if 3D lines can be built in both these scenarios. @pat_uow
It's current difficult to read the magnitude of feature count when reading in a dataset with a high number of features that pass through quickly. For example, when a CSV is being read it, it's not at all easy to read whether it's read in (for example), 100,000 features or 1,000,000 features OR 1,000,000 or 10,000,000 features.Would it be possible to either:- add comma or small gaps every three digits- make every three numbers bold, not bold, etc. or- for the feature count to temporarily freeze when you hover the mouse over it (my favorite option).Thanks! Amit
I'd like to be able to set transparency in Workbench Inspectors like in the Data Inspector application itself. This can be useful when viewing overlapping polygons using a consistent color each time. E.g. You can chosen a blue for one layer and a yellow for another, with transparency to create a green where they overlap.It is possible to define fme_color and fme_fill_color FME Feature Attributes with transparency (RGBA) so the transparency support exists.Hoping that is just a simple interface change!
When resampling a terrain model some applications will need to keep the maximum value from the corresponding cells in the input raster rather than an interpolated value. One application example being terrain avoidance in aviation. I cannot figure out how to do this with an own workspace that is fast and simple so I would like to see it implemented in the rasterresampler transformer.
I noticed at the Christchurch NZ world tour event yesterday that there is concern over hidden connections - wondering if they could show a popup when you hover over them advertising which transformer they go to/come from, and maybe even an option to zoom to it. I know there are tunnels that do this, but thought I'd suggest in case it has not been already!A good use for these can be hiding connections that cross bookmarks (getting in the way of other transformers etc.), to clean up those bookmarks.Also, can you un-hide at one click?
When I update columns with the Oracle Non-Spatial writer on a Oracle table which contains a Geometry column that geometry is altert. The column is not listed in the 'User attributes' tab of the writer (Geometry never appears there) and on the 'Format Parameters'-tab there are no references to geometry. Despite of using the non-spatial writer it still writes or removes the geometry.I am aware of the Oracle Spatial Writer option 'Update Spatial Colum(s)' to prevent so. Advice: do not alter spatial column with the Oracle Non-Spatial writer
Hello,It'd be great if there was an option to set model units on the 3DS writer, paricularly to metres. There doesn't seem to be this option at the moment (running FME 2017), currently all 3DS models are written out in inches. Is this on the radar for future releases?Thanks,James
I would love the ability to add a layer to an existing Feature Service in ArcGIS Online.
A missed opportunity! Please re-issue the 2017 transformer reference after adding pdf hyperlinks to the transformer and category labels on pages 8--12 -- https://cdn.safe.com/resources/fme/FME-Transformer-Reference-Guide.pdf. For example: I should be able to click on "PythonCaller" and go to the page that has more details on it.
MRF (Meta Raster Format) is a file type designed by NASA but released as open-source GDAL compliant. It is specifically designed to enable very fast access to raster datasets that are stored in a cloud environment. It will be supported in ArcGIS 10.3 and onwards.Here is some background:https://github.com/nasa-gibs/mrf/blob/master/spec/...http://www.esri.com/esri-news/releases/15-4qtr/esr...http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial...http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/manage...
It would be very nice to have the option 'Duplicate on Writer' always enabled, even if there are no writers present. I cannot think of a faster way to add a writer. Currently the option is greyed-out if there is no writer available in the workbench.
The ides is to support the extraction of Raster data from Bentley DGN files. If a DGN file contains an embedded raster image it would be helpful to be able to extract and isolate this raster image and be able to work with it inside an fme workbench. At present raster DGN's are not supported by the Bentley Microstation readers.
It would be really helpful if the PDF Styler could handle more than just dashed lines. For, example, a dashed dot; symbology for waterlines ( -w-w-w-w-) or powerpoles (-p-p-p-), pipelines (-//-//-) etc. Overall it would be awesome if it could read/incorporate ALL autocad linetypes (from a .lin file)
It would be nice to have the option that Custom Colors in the color dialogue (it is used with multiple names) will be kept over multiple FME sessions. Currently a new session means no Custom Colors.
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: User parameter type that returns web storage IDs from Box, DropBox, S3, OneDrive etc. This is to support browsing to a file or folder in your web storage technology of choice.
Simplify input of Search Envelopes somehow - it would be nice to only have to deal with one dialog box (actually, ideally one text box even) rather than the current 4-6.
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