Using AttributeRenamer like an AttributeSetter

Hi Sarah,

 

 

your example is correct. The source (existing) attribute values goes in the "Old Attribute" column, while the target (new) attribute names go in the "New Attribute" column.

 

 

David

David, thanks for replying.  But you'll notice in my post i'm referring to the Old Attribute and Default Value columns.  Not the New Attribute column. 

 

 

I have my transformer looking like this:

 

Old Attribute                   New Attribute     Default Value

 

Attribute1 (value: cat)                                AttributeA

 

Attribute2 (value: dog)                               AttributeB

 

Attribute3 (value: bird)                               AttributeC

 

And I want these results:

 

  AttributeA = cat

 

AttributeB = dog

 

AttributeC = bird

 

  I hope that clarifies.  Do I have that right?

 

Note: All attributes already exist coming into the AttributeRenamer.  And each have values, but I want the cat/dog/bird values to be put in AttributeA/B/C.

 

 

Sarah

Hi,

 

 

You might benefit from the new conditional processing introduced in FME 2013.

 

Hope this helps

Hi Sarah,

 

 

Reading your reply, it still seems like you want to rename Attribute1 to AttributeA, while keeping the value "cat".

 

 

If so, you would normally do the following:

 

 

AttributeA goes into the "New Attribute" column and Attribute1 goes into the "Old Attribute" column.

 

 

Which is what I replied initially :-)

 

 

Hint: if you're unsure about how things will behave at run-time, have a look at the feature introduced in FME 2011, feature inspection. It allows you to pause the process at at set point and to inspect all the attributes. Very handy!

 

 

David

I really just want to set the value of AttributeA/B/C.  i don't care what happens to the names of Attribute1/2/3. 

 

 

yes I've played with the Feature Inspector and its a great tool. I just downloaded and installed 2013/SP1 also so i'll have to check out the conditional formatting Itay was referring to.

 

 

David, i'll give the New Attribute column a whirl.

 

 

Sarah