I have a folder containing a number of esri lyr files which are used to render data in ArcMap, I would like to return the name of the Esri Featureclass from the lyr file, I have attempted to do this by using both the Esri ArcGIS Layer reader and the Schema Reader and attempted to expose the ARCGIS_LAYER_DATASET using the "AttributeExposer" but it only returns <missing> .
Any assistance with this is greatly appreciated. Many thanks
+24Hi @deanhowell thanks for the suggestion I have attempted to follow what you have suggested but I am unable to extract the the dataset value, im guessing because the esri layer file is binary?
+24Hi @deanhowell thanks for the suggestion I have attempted to follow what you have suggested but I am unable to extract the the dataset value, im guessing because the esri layer file is binary?
Maybe try the BinaryEncoder transformer after reading in the layer file. I was able to read a small layer file directly but maybe different settings in ArcGIS cause it to be saved in different ways
Have you exposed arcgis_layer in the lyr reader?
Thanks for the suggestion, but yes have tried that and that is returning the name of the featureclass as it have been labelled in the layer file and not the name of the esri featureclass itself
Hi @deanhowell thanks for the suggestion I have attempted to follow what you have suggested but I am unable to extract the the dataset value, im guessing because the esri layer file is binary?
Have just tried using the Binary encoder but unfortunately still not passing the tester 😞 Thanks so much for the suggestion anyway.
+44Thanks for the suggestion, but yes have tried that and that is returning the name of the featureclass as it have been labelled in the layer file and not the name of the esri featureclass itself
ArcPy then? If you have a feature that contains the path of the lyr file
import fme
import fmeobjects
import arcpy
def processFeature(feature):
desc = arcpy.Describe(feature.getAttribute('lyr_path'))
feature.setAttribute('FC_Name',desc.dataElement.catalogPath)