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Hi All,

 

 

Our 'all school boundaries' file can be dissolved into Elem, Mid, and High boundaries on the boundary number (elem_num) and/or boundary name (elem_name)

 

 

Using the ArcGIS Dissolver, I can dissolve with the 'create multi-part features' option, and I can accurately create the grade-level boundaries - even those with multiple parts that are then treated as one feature.

 

 

But with the FME dissolver, it actually breaks up features that were originally multi-part, and creates two features from them, and I can't create multi-part features.

 

 

I've tried dissolving by 1 field (elem_num), and 2 fields (elem_num, elem_name), and I get the same result - two features created from an original multi-part feature, and no multi-part features created.

 

 

I've also tried the aggregator, but I keep getting errors about intersecting edges, which I cannot find - but maybe that is the correct transformer to use?

 

 

Thank you!

 

 

 
Hi,

 

 

could you perhaps post some screen dumps that could help explain your question?

 

 

David
The dissolver automaticaly deaggregates aggregates (multi-part-features). (the help states that) and dissolves only if there is some intersection betweenobjects. You can use group by to elem_num/elem_name

 

If you want to aggregate them, use aggregator (geometry assembly) and again same GroupBy attribute.
Gio - thank you - I used an aggregator after the dissolver, using the same fields in both 'group by' parameters, and it works great!!! Thank you!

 

 

 

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