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If you were stranded on an island and could bring an ‘FME backpack’ with you, what would be in it? Drop your answer in the comments below. Thanks ​@virtualcitymatt and ​@hkingsbury for inspiring this question!

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Oh well now, that is fun. 😆 Here is my backpack. I self limited to 7. Lucky#7. I think I could get by, mostly, with this utility belt of sorts.
List Builder/Exploder for all the piles of things I’d have to pick up and keep track of.
Attribute Manager to organize/manage/change/work with (my Victorinox)
Attribute Exploder to lay all the things out in a row when needed.
FeatureReader and Writer self explanitory….and

RickRoller b/c we all need a good laugh to stay healthy! :D
 

 


@danielleatsafe 

Wow that is an interesting question of week!

My backpack would contain all my prized possessions from the “FME World Fair 2021” that I received as prizes.

What's in my FME Backpack?

It was a great motivation to me during the hard COVID times and I still cherish them.

Happy FME :-) ing

Cheers

SRG


I will follow ​@crutledge and do 7 as well.

FeatureReader, FeatureWriter, AttributeManager, Aggregator, SpatialFilter, TestFilter, and the ListExploder.


I might need to make new custom Transformers 🤔

 


@alexbiz Ha! Agreed. My new favorite.
 

 


@alexbiz I would like a copy of your BugRemover please, just for normal life.


First thing I’ll find in my FME backpack, assuming I’m on a work trip…. would be one of my trusty Safe Socks to keep my feet dry. For the other items, I asked my well trained assistant who suggests I need to activities like edit and clean on the island, then do something mid workflow and call webs, how strange.