GeoMedia Access Warehouse Reader Parameters

Contains the filename of a Microsoft Access database or an existing ODBC data source name.

For a password-protected GeoMedia Access warehouse, this is a required parameter; otherwise, it is optional.

Enter (or browse for) the name(s) of specific database table(s) to read from.

GeoMedia can store text in two variations: plain text and rich text. Since FME supports plain text only, the GeoMedia reader will convert all rich text to plain text and set the text size to either the default (1 ground unit) or to the user-supplied size in ground units. The default is 1 and the range is any positive number less than 2,147,483,647.

Note: Often a dataset will appear with very small text that you cannot see until you zoom in closely, and other times the text seems too large for the data. It is suggested that for reading, set the size appropriate to the bounds of your source dataset.

Use this parameter to expose Format Attributes in Workbench when you create a workspace:

• In a dynamic scenario, it means these attributes can be passed to the output dataset at runtime.
• In a non-dynamic scenario where you have multiple feature types, it is convenient to expose additional attributes from one parameter. For example, if you have ten feature types and want to expose the same attribute in each one, it is easier to define it once than it is to set each feature type individually in the workspace.

Using the minimum and maximum x and y parameters, define a bounding box that will be used to filter the input features. Only features that intersect with the bounding box are returned.

If all four coordinates of the search envelope are specified as 0, the search envelope will be disabled.

Select this parameter to remove any portions of exported features outside the area of interest.

The illustration below shows the results of the Search Envelope when Clip to Search Envelope is set to No on the left side and Yes on the right side.

• No: Any features that cross the search envelope boundary will be read, including the portion that lies outside of the boundary.
• Yes: Any features that cross the search envelope boundary will be clipped at the boundary, and only the portion that lies inside the boundary will be read. The underlying function for the Clip to Search Envelope function is an intersection; however, when Clip to Search Envelope is set to Yes, a clip is also performed in addition to the intersection.

If this parameter is set to Yes, feature geometry will be read into an aggregate. A directive is set on the aggregate to indicate that each part of the aggregate is independent from the others, and its own geometry.

Geometry parts of the aggregate are named and contain geometry according to their respective column in the table.

Note: When using this feature, the feature type SELECT statement may not be specified.