I have the feeling that the order for the input and output ports is related to their position in the custom transformer itself. In order not to have crossing lines in the Workspace, it would be easier if I could set the order straightforwardly. Any tips on how to do this?
best regards,
Jelle
as far as I know, the vertical (y-axis) order in the custom transformer is the only way to set the output port order.
David
David
This is indeed an amazing omission. Longstanding nuiscance even.
As youre at it, how about asking for a kind of update button?
Ever tried making a custom. And then changing its content or inserting it afterwards a couple of times in your workbench?
Or just chamging the input and output order..refresh, update all wont work.
I always have to remove the instance of the custom transformer, and then add it again.
U will find yourself battling FME..
In FME 2014 we made some changes to creating customer transformers so hopefully we've eliminated some of the problems that Gio describes. The changes include trying to make it clearer which attributes are preserved and which are removed, making the custom transformer parameters easier to work with. If you have used FME 2014 to create new custom transformers please let us know if these changes have helped.
just a quick tip: if you modify the name of the custom transformer the output ports will update without having to remove the transformer instance. That way you don't have to redo all the connections.
David
In my personal opinion, it would be better that the order of input / output ports can be arranged on the Navigator, rather than Y coordinate on the canvas. Like the order of Readers and Writers on the Navigator.
Takashi
Up to 2013 version i would auto-attach loggers and then remove them. In 2013 that didnt work anymore.
I also agree very much with Takshi, to have a navigator pane-like control of input and output ports. Or just being able to hotswap em on the transformer itself, would be awesome.
Adn that for al transformers, not just the custioms.
Also a piping transfromer, so one does not need to cross an entire workbench for some connection. I tried if that would be possible with parameters, variable setters and cumstomtransformers...but i always ended in a (closed) loop.
Gio