As an aside, after you have connected everything to the same transformer you might wish to split them back up again.
In that case (and I'm not sure you need to do it here, I'm just giving an example) place a FeatureTypeFilter, connect it after the other transformer, open the settings and click Update. It will add all your 100 different input types as separate ports. At that point right-click the FeatureTypeFilter and choose AutoConnect. FME will connect each output port to the correct Feature Type on the destination. If the feature types don't exist, FME can create them (assuming there is a destination dataset already defined). In fact all "filter" transformers have this autoconnect ability. Regards, Mark Mark Ireland, Senior Product Specialist Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access --- In [email protected], Hans van der Maarel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lee, > > > As a new FME user I'm frankly having trouble learning basic moves on > > the WorkBench canvas. > > > > For example: 100 source feature classes [FCS] w/arrows going into 100 > > destination personal geodatabases [GDBs]. In the navigation pane > > parameters I specifically set the path/location of the destination > > GDB. Now all the FCS will flow to the same GDB because all 100 GDBs > > are set to the same physical MDB. > > > > Question: But say now I want to put a transformer between the FCS and > > the GDBs. I now have to break "100 arrow lines" and somehow make them > > all go into the same transformer then have all the "arrow lines" go > > out of the transformer to the destination. > > > > How do I do this? Please tell me the simplest way. The simpler the > > better. > > The Feature Connections Window is your friend :) > > I thought there was a demo movie of it somewhere, but I can't find it... > http://www.safe.com/support/online-documentation/2007/Workbench/managing_feature_type_connections.htm > > Just go to View - Windows - Feature Connections, it's basically a list > of all the connections in your workbench. You can make new ones by > selecting a source and a target and then clicking "Connect". You can > also do this for multiple sources/targets using "Best Guess". > > Hope this helps. > -- > Hans van der Maarel > Red Geographics > > Zevenbergsepoort 44b www.redgeographics.com > 4791 AE Klundert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Netherlands phone: +31-168-401035 > 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. Love FME? Then open your diary to March 6-7, 2008 and write this... "Second Worldwide FME User Conference - Must Attend!" See http://www.safe.com/company/fmeuc2008/index.php for more details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
