+19Hi all, I want to save a step in my workspace by using AttributeManager to generate an ESRI Global ID (aka, a UUID with "{}" in the string value) with the @UUID() function. I do this with the @TImestamp() function, but I don't quite understand the syntax...
@UUID(SIMPLE,UUID_FORMAT,[GLOBAL_ID|UUID_ONLY])
I've tried a bunch of different options, but how would I skip the "SIMPLE,UUID_FORMAT," options? All I want to stipulate is the GLOBAL_ID option.... thanks!
Best answer by takashi
Hi @arcvancouver
Try this syntax
@UUID(SIMPLE,UUID_FORMAT,GLOBAL_ID)In addition, in FME 2023, traditional UUIDGenerator has been promoted into UniqueIdentifierGenerator which has an option to generate GUID.
+19heh, that's what I was contemplating but shouldn't FME Function should do that with the GLOBAL ID option?
Hi @arcvancouver
Try this syntax
@UUID(SIMPLE,UUID_FORMAT,GLOBAL_ID)In addition, in FME 2023, traditional UUIDGenerator has been promoted into UniqueIdentifierGenerator which has an option to generate GUID.
+19Hi @arcvancouver
Try this syntax
@UUID(SIMPLE,UUID_FORMAT,GLOBAL_ID)In addition, in FME 2023, traditional UUIDGenerator has been promoted into UniqueIdentifierGenerator which has an option to generate GUID.
That works, thanks @Takashi Iijima - kudos for making sense of the support documentation for this! Gotta say though... the solution posed by @hkingsbury involves a lot less writing, ha! 😉
