Peter,
What's the performance like if you use a joiner transformer or
@Relate function instead of hardcoding the info into the workspace.
Here I'm using the same constants so it makes sense in this case only
to hardcode the info for these constants.
Thanks,
Annette
--- In [email protected], "peter laulund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> The best way to do things like this is to create a databse
(dbf,csv, mdb,..)
> contaning a collum / attribute and a key collum (leve) and then use
a
> @Relate() to join the attriubtes onto the features.
>
> This way you dont have to hardcode a lot off stuf in the workespace
and when
> you have to change the data and add a level #36 all you have to do
is add a
> new row in the database.
>
> I always try to use this approach in my mapping files - let the
mapping file
> do the logick and putt all 'metadata' in a databse, the advantage is
> 1. it simplifys the mapping file / workspace
> 2. adding new featues is esay ( just add a new reccord )
> 3. cheking and validating the metadata is esay when you have them
in one
> place, and can use the tools i a databse to do this
> 4. some time you can reuse the db for more than one project
>
> I normaly use a dBase file, i workes farst with FME and you can
edit it in
> MapInfo, ArcView, ..., but any database will do.
>
> For one project i have databses with 30-40 collumns and 300 rows
and it work
> like a dream:-)
>
> Peter Laulund
> National Survey and Cadastre, Denmark
>
> >From: "annettefarrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [fme] idgs - associate constants with all levels.
> >Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:25:57 -0000
> >
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> >My destination dataset has 35 levels.
> >I was to associate the same constant values with the following
> >attributes for each level idgs_colour, idgs_type, idgs_weight,
> >idgs_style.
> >
> >Is there a quick way of doing this.
> >
> >I notice if I select a level, and the constants that are connected
> >to, I can make a copy and paste the feature maintaining the
constants
> >connected to the new level.
> >
> >That's fine if you haven't already got all the levels set up.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >A
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