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Hi

 

 

 I  have exposed the fme_feature_type attribute from a feature class and need  to pass it  into the open editor but dont know how. The fme_feature_type contains the name of the feature class  which I need to use in a string of text.

 

 

Any pointers on how to bring that into the open editor? who can I format the bolded text in the editor so I can see the actual value?

 

{fme:get-attribute("fme_feature_type")} at $(Base1), $(Location1) $(City2), $(State), ($(Year))

 

 

 Thanks in advance for any guidance 🙂
Have you tried @value(fme_feature_type)?

 

 

Itay, 

 

 this is what I got when I used the @value(fme_feature_type)

 

 

@value(fme_feature_type) at Navy, Tampa, Florida, (2013) for example

 

 

What I need to see as a result is :

 

 

Signs at Navy, Tampa, Florida, (2013) for example

 

the other values you see in the string  were casted as parameters. I dont know if there is a way to call the fme_feateure_type and make it a parameter that I could call in my string of text.
I usually use the feature type extractor 

 

http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Transformers/Default.htm#Transformers/featuretypeextractor.htm

 

 

Or copy it into a new attribute 
You can always create a parameter and fetch the ft with a parameter fetcher but that seems excessive to me
This is what I got:

 

 

@value("_feature_type") at Navy, Tampa, Florida, (2013)
Mmm last shot at it.... Have you tried the attribute dereferencer?
I will try that in a few. Thanks for all of the help man
No sweat 😉 could be that the ft cannot be reached because of the dynamic properties of the translation, another possibility would be to use the string concatenator or attribute creator

 

Hi Gerardo,

 

 

FME is basically case sensitive except in some specific cases, and FME function name starts with @ and an upper case letter. Try @Value(fme_feature_type).

 

 

Takashi
Hi,

 

 

Takashi is right, FME is mostly case sensitive so you need to write "@Value" with an upper case V. The expression "@value" which was suggested below will therefore not work.

 

 

The easiest way, in my opinion, to build strings like this is to use the StringConcatenator. I prefer the Advanced view, which isn't really that complicated. Just double-click in the attribute and function list on the left and the correct reference will be inserted into the cursor position:

 

 

 

 

David
Typo...
I see. your suggestions seem to work well in the open editor from the string concatenator.

 

My problem is that  I am using the open editor from the xml updater.. and that one doesnt like the @Value. Regardless of what attributes I double click  or drag over. it is spitting it out literally instead of extracting the value into the editor. This leads me to believe that it might be a formatting issue
Hi Gerardo,

 

 

I am sure Safe would appreciate hearing about it, sounds like a bug to me.

 

 

Itay, Takashi and David.  Thanks for all of your help

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