I have a database of hundreds of assessment results for utilities. In FME, I have taken the utility coordinates from the database, joined into lines, sorted into 'pass' or 'fail' and organised by utility owner. This all works. I have done a microstation DGN writer for each e.g. electric 'pass', electric 'fail', gas 'pass' etc etc. I have also tried putting all outputs into one DGN writer. Neither gave me what I needed which is to have individual layers for each result and utility type, which can be switched on and off. I can't do a fanout (I dont think) because I need to fanout by an attribute and I dont have the results as attributes, but rather as sorted/styled data. Would I need to use an AttributeCreator, or is there a way in the DGN writer to get multiple layers in the DGN based on my sorted data? Thanks.
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Best answer by lenaatsafe
Hi @claire_wilson
you will definitely need to have an attribute attached to every feature with the name of the destination layer. The attribute can be created with AttributeCreator, StringConcatenator, or AtttributeManager (I am not sure what FME verison you are using, if it is an older FME you might not have AttributeManager). You can also use Text Editor to build the name of the feature type/level name right in Feature Type Parameters dialog.
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