I recently noticed that the beloved Logger transformer – number 49 on the popularity list, as of this writing – also has a very interesting alias.
Behold,.. the Lumberjack transformer!
Next time you are debugging your workflow, why don't you try throwing some Lumberjacks at the problem?
Which has me wondering... Are there any other aliases out there which are equally amusing? Or what transformer do you insist referring by its alias rather than its "proper" name? What alias do you want to see!?
@RylanAtSafe i'll try this transformer.
@RylanAtSafe you have the Clumper of course, but still waiting for the addition of IllBeBack or T800 alias!
Idea added https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/50330/new-alias-for-terminator.html
(Apologies in advance)
Could always have Optimus as an alias for the number 1 ranked transformer.
Not sure if I don't remember early versions of FME playing a sound from Transformers when a process had completed?
@RylanAtSafe you have the Clumper of course, but still waiting for the addition of IllBeBack or T800 alias!
Idea added https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/50330/new-alias-for-terminator.html
(Apologies in advance)
Could always have Optimus as an alias for the number 1 ranked transformer.
Not sure if I don't remember early versions of FME playing a sound from Transformers when a process had completed?
Not all of them seem to work, but the translation succesful does.
Not all of them seem to work, but the translation succesful does.
Going through the list right now, I like the Donutizer
Transformer alias names are great fun, especially in training, so would love to see more. Would be nice to see either "Nick Cage" or "John Travolter" as alias names for the FaceReplacer (nice retro movie reference there) or anything to do with Stroking, like ArcStroker or TextStroker to be aliased with "Blofeld"...Perhaps "Wicked Witch" for the Dissolver... "I'm meeelllltting" and while we're on movie references how about "Motorcycle" for the Chopper for a nice Pulp Fiction nod. I could do this all day, but maybe time to stop.
...while we're at it though, perhaps a quick look at some of the spurious log messages might be wise too. "Baking donuts" I can cope with but perhaps time to revise the terminology around killing children, even if they are only sub processes, such as "child killed: segmentation violation". Surely that's got to go if only out of common decency.
What a great community this is that topics like this exist.
Not all of them seem to work, but the translation succesful does.
Yes but did FME ever install the Transformers WAV file or was it something Adrian customised?
Yes but did FME ever install the Transformers WAV file or was it something Adrian customised?
I'm so pleased that in 2017 we finally have a line builder rather than a point connector. I think i suggested this at a world tour about 7 years ago.
My suggestion for the ability to add custom keywords was not all that popular
https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/22180/add-custom-keywords-to-find-transformers.html
Transformer alias names are great fun, especially in training, so would love to see more. Would be nice to see either "Nick Cage" or "John Travolter" as alias names for the FaceReplacer (nice retro movie reference there) or anything to do with Stroking, like ArcStroker or TextStroker to be aliased with "Blofeld"...Perhaps "Wicked Witch" for the Dissolver... "I'm meeelllltting" and while we're on movie references how about "Motorcycle" for the Chopper for a nice Pulp Fiction nod. I could do this all day, but maybe time to stop.
...while we're at it though, perhaps a quick look at some of the spurious log messages might be wise too. "Baking donuts" I can cope with but perhaps time to revise the terminology around killing children, even if they are only sub processes, such as "child killed: segmentation violation". Surely that's got to go if only out of common decency.
What a great community this is that topics like this exist.
For me the SpatialFilter will always be called Alf!
As @takashi noted on @mark_1spatial's idea, you can easily make your own aliases:
Just edit the transformer file. But I'm not going to tell you where that file is! If you don't know then you probably shouldn't be editing it anyway!!!
For me the SpatialFilter will always be called Alf!
As @takashi noted on @mark_1spatial's idea, you can easily make your own aliases:
Just edit the transformer file. But I'm not going to tell you where that file is! If you don't know then you probably shouldn't be editing it anyway!!!
Though if you have that much time on your hands...
I really love the Lumberjack!
Having a MSc in Forestry is what got me into Spatial data in the first place.
And FME was a logical next step.
And the Lumberjack takes me right back to Forestry.
I really love the Lumberjack!
Having a MSc in Forestry is what got me into Spatial data in the first place.
And FME was a logical next step.
And the Lumberjack takes me right back to Forestry.
I like the OrientationReverser!
Also the Clumper and Donutizer, as mentioned in previous comments.
I like the OrientationReverser!
Also the Clumper and Donutizer, as mentioned in previous comments.
On a more serious note:
In June 2016 I posted this idea:
https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/22186/open-list-of-aliasses-for-transformers.html
Aliases do have good value if used for localization purposes and opening the list of aliases could help.
On a more serious note:
In June 2016 I posted this idea:
https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/22186/open-list-of-aliasses-for-transformers.html
Aliases do have good value if used for localization purposes and opening the list of aliases could help.
I think the page you suggest would work really well as an example and the other one I've been trying to get contribution to is regarding the URLs used by FME that @KenAtSafe helped to setup for me, but because it slipped off page 1 quickly, it's gained very little interest and no contribution.
Please can we have some sticky pages @robertmcmillin, they don't have to be permanent, just cycle around occasionally to fill the space between KC announcements and fun tasks?
I think the page you suggest would work really well as an example and the other one I've been trying to get contribution to is regarding the URLs used by FME that @KenAtSafe helped to setup for me, but because it slipped off page 1 quickly, it's gained very little interest and no contribution.
Please can we have some sticky pages @robertmcmillin, they don't have to be permanent, just cycle around occasionally to fill the space between KC announcements and fun tasks?
For aliases, it depends on what you want.
- If you want just a list of the current aliases, that would be fairly easy to create (I can just skim through the transformers file).
- If you want an unofficial way to add aliases, that wouldn't be too hard (eg create a workspace to read a list of aliases and insert them into the transformers file). That could even be a future challenge.
- If you want an official way to add aliases, then go and vote up an idea for that to happen (I though there was an idea, but I can't find it - anyone have a link?)
For other sticky items - I'm happy to help there. I can just make interesting questions sticky, or new articles, or anything needing crowdsourcing. Just let me know. I'm open to suggestions.
