I have two changes to FME batch processing that I'd like to see added
to the next FME build.
1) currently (FME 2006GB) batch processing creates new files in a
folder below where the workbench outputs its files. Thus, if you set
up a workbench to write a file to one folder (for testing purposes),
when running batch on multibple files a subfolder gets created that
contains the output of the files being processed. We routinely have to
then move the 'batched' files up one folder so that they are all in
one place. Please do something about this. Seems to me that when a
folder is specified in the workbench for output, that is where the
output files should go, even when using batch mode.
2) similar issue, this time with coverages (FME ESRI addition). ESRI
coverages have names for the folder/coverage, plus a generic file name
like "arc" underneath. When running batch on multiple coverages (i.e.,
>50) in the same source folder, each output file (ESRI shape, in our
case) gets put into a subfolder with the same name as the source
coverage (e.g., h1204/h1204.shp). In order to merge all of the output
shape files into one file, or even view them all in ArcMap, you have
to select them one by one (by going up and down the directory tree
over and over again) or manually move them one by one up one folder to
the original output folder. This is maddening. I've spent the past
hour doing this, and expect that I'll still be doing this tomorrow as
we have a lot more data to process. While ArcGIS uses folders for some
of its data types, you should remove that structure when writing
output to a non-folder data type.
For insights into what's up at Safe Software and what's on the development
horizon, visit Safe's blog at spatial-etl.blogspot.com.
Safe Software has also made slides available that outline enhancements planned
for FME 2007. The slides are from the "Road Ahead" presentation given on Day 2
of the FME Worldwide Users Conference. To view these slides, visit
www.safe.com/2006uc.
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