Is it possible to update a geometry to NULL with a geodatabase writer?

Hi David - As of FME 2014 handling NULL attributes and geometry was fully integrated into the product - see https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/21423/how-does... - for all the details.

So updating as NULLs should not be a problem. To eliminate features which contain NULLs, you can use Testers, GeometryFilters, AttributeFilters, or the NullAttributeReplacer to identify features with NULL values. I am not sure how Esri will handle a feature in a relationship class with a NULL geometry

If I have misunderstood your question please send your workspace, sample data and logfiles to us in support and I will take a closer look. https://support.safe.com/knowledgeSubmitCase

Cheers,

Robyn

Thanks for your quick response and sorry for my late response (I'll check my notification settings). I do not need to eliminate entire features with null geometries. Rather, I need to delete the geometry attribute of existing features. I do not want to delete the entire feature. I just need to erase the geometry of an already existing geodatabase feature. Hopefully the attached workspace clarifies what I am trying to do. updategeometry2null.fmw

If your example workspace produces the correct result, simply add the GeometryRemover in place of the null-creating Creator. That will set the geometry to null.

Mark, the workspace does not produce the correct result: the original geometry does not get updated to NULL, i.e. the original polygon stays in place whereas the timestamp confirms an update has been commited . Adding a GeometryRemover is not helping out either. Alternatively, I have tried the FILEGDB writer but no luck either.