Here is the scenario
1. I am getting some data (ie. manhole data in .shp format)
2. I use FME to transform the data to fit into a feature dataset in our SDE server
3. A year later I get a new .shp of the same data from #1
Does FME have the ability to compare what is in SDE with the new .shp and only import the features from #3 that are different from what is already in SDE?? Either attributes, spatial, or both may have changed.
In the time between #2 and #3 there could have been edits to the data in both SDE as well as in the .shp.
I guess it's sort of an SDE Reconcile/Post.