I have an Excel spreadsheet that serves as a data dictionary. After reading a shapefile in FME Workbench, is it possible to use this spreadsheet to dynamically define the data type of each field in the shapefile?
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I suppose that you are attempting to configure destination dataset schema dynamically, based on schema definition provided by Excel table. If so, these articles might help you.
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Hi
I suppose that you are attempting to configure destination dataset schema dynamically, based on schema definition provided by Excel table. If so, these articles might help you.
Why not inspect features with Visual/Data Preview and Feature/Record Information before writing them into a destination dataset?
