+6I have a column containing values (contains 1 or more sorted names) that are both unique and duplicate.
Now I want to assign a unique number to each value.
This means that the values that are the same should also have the same unique number.
How can I handle this within FME?
Thanks in advance!
Best answer by s.jager
Not tested, and off the top of my head (currently on my phone) but something like this: Sorter on the values, duplicatefilter, counter on the unique values, sort the duplicates and the unique values together again on the values, then an attribute creator or manager, in which you set adjacent feature handling. Using a conditional, if the id is empty, copy the id from the previous feature into that id (maybe checking for identical values as well).
I’ve used a similar method before processing GPS points, and it worked quite well.
+23Not tested, and off the top of my head (currently on my phone) but something like this: Sorter on the values, duplicatefilter, counter on the unique values, sort the duplicates and the unique values together again on the values, then an attribute creator or manager, in which you set adjacent feature handling. Using a conditional, if the id is empty, copy the id from the previous feature into that id (maybe checking for identical values as well).
I’ve used a similar method before processing GPS points, and it worked quite well.
+6DuplicateFilter! Yes, this gave me the right push towards the solution. Thanks!
