Creates aggregates of features based on their proximity to each other. Each aggregate that is created covers approximately the neighborhood width and height (measured in feature ground units).
This transformer is used to reduce the data volume of "wallpaper" types of features that have no individual attributes. The resulting aggregates can be output to a system using many fewer records than if each feature was output by itself. For systems that support aggregates, or multi-part features, this can result in substantial performance improvements and greatly decrease storage requirements.
Parameters
Transformer
Group By
Features that leave this transformer will have only the group-by attributes present on them. Any other feature attributes are lost.
Parallel Processing Level
Note: How parallel processing works with FME: see About Parallel Processing for detailed information.
This parameter determines whether or not the transformer should perform the work across parallel processes. If it is enabled, a process will be launched for each group specified by the Group By parameter.
Parallel Processing Levels
For example, on a quad-core machine, minimal parallelism will result in two simultaneous FME processes. Extreme parallelism on an 8-core machine would result in 16 simultaneous processes.
You can experiment with this feature and view the information in the Windows Task Manager and the Workbench Log window.
Input is Ordered by Group
Yes: This transformer will process input groups in order. Changes on the value of the Group By parameter on the input stream will trigger batch processing on the currently accumulating group. This will improve overall speed if groups are large/complex, but could cause undesired behavior if input groups are not truly ordered.
No: This is the default behavior. Processing will only occur in this transformer once all input is present.
Parameters
Neighborhood Width and Neighborhood Height
These parameters, measured in ground units, divide the input space into cells. The result is a grid of cells that expands in all directions from the origin (0,0). The center of the bounding box of each input feature is used to determine the cell for the feature. Once all input features have been read, an aggregate feature is created from all features in each cell. If linear features are input, they will have pseudo nodes removed from within their cells to further reduce the number of separate entities. No such reduction is done to any polygons or donuts that enter.
Note: To view the grid of cells that is created from these parameters, use the 2DGridCreator. Specify 0,0 for Starting X Coordinate and Starting Y Coordinate, respectively, and the same values for Column Width and Row Height as Neighborhood Width and Neighborhood Height, respectively.
Minimum Neighborhood Members
When you set this parameter, neighborhoods with fewer than the specified number of features are merged with a vertical neighbor area in order to increase the number of members. You can prevent this from happening by setting the parameter to 0 (zero).
Example
Editing Transformer Parameters
Using a set of menu options, transformer parameters can be assigned by referencing other elements in the workspace. More advanced functions, such as an advanced editor and an arithmetic editor, are also available in some transformers. To access a menu of these options, click 
beside the applicable parameter. For more information, see Transformer Parameter Menu Options.
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Tags Keywords: MBR "minimum bounding rectangle" Clumper NeighbourhoodAggregator