Sends features to the FME Data Inspector for display.
When the workspace run is completed, any features that enter this transformer will be displayed in the FME inspection application. The Inspector also allows you to view the internal FME Feature Store (FFS) data as it is being processed at that particular moment. Depending on the placement of the Inspector, FME will open the Inspector and load the data in a new view.
A feature type in the Inspector application will have the same name as its corresponding Inspector transformer.
This transformer has a single unnamed input port that accepts any feature.
This transformer has no output ports.
If any Group By attributes are specified, their values are appended to the Inspector name to create a feature type for display in the Inspector.
The pen color override takes precedence over the fme_color attribute on the feature. It has the same effect as setting fme_color attribute on the feature to the selected override color for the purposes of inspection.
For point cloud features, if the cloud contains color components for each point, the Inspector will use the color specified in the component. In this case, the pen color override will not be used.
If the cloud does not contain color components for each point, the following priority is used when selecting the paint color for each point:
The Area Fill Color override sets the fme_fill_color for the feature for the purposes of inspection.
Area Fill Color Override is not applicable for any feature that does not need a fill such as point clouds, line features, and point features.
This parameter offers different methods to speed up the inspection of rasters:
Applicable when Subset is selected for the Reduction Type parameter. These parameters identify the position in the input raster from which the subset will be taken, as well as the size of the subset.
Applicable when Subset is selected for the Reduction Type parameter. These parameters identify the position in the input raster from which the subset will be taken, as well as the size of the subset.
Applicable when Subset is selected for the Reduction Type parameter. These parameters identify the position in the input raster from which the subset will be taken, as well as the size of the subset.
Applicable when Subset is selected for the Reduction Type parameter. These parameters identify the position in the input raster from which the subset will be taken, as well as the size of the subset.
This parameter offers different methods to speed up the visualization of point clouds by removing points from the cloud:
Specifies how often the points are retained. For example, an amount of 2 will result in every other point of the input cloud feature will be present in the output point cloud.
Specifies the maximum points in the output point cloud. For example, an amount of 100 will result in points in the input cloud being dropped so the maximum number of points in the output cloud is 100.
This is a very useful tool for debugging workspaces. Keep in mind, however, that you are viewing the internal FME data, which may not be the same as the data eventually written to your output dataset. This is because FME does not apply any format-imposed restrictions on the data.
In some cases you might want to inspect output data, but you don't want to actually have to write the data to do so. For example, in a translation that applies updates to a spatial database, you will probably want to check the output before actually committing an update. The answer is the Redirect to FME Data Inspector setting.
When this setting is applied, the output from a translation is redirected away from the specified output and sent directly to the FME Data Inspector.
The simplest way to turn on this feature is to select Writers > Redirect to FME Data Inspector from the Workbench menu bar. This is a toggle setting, meaning that each selection turns the setting on or off.
This transformer was previously named the Visualizer.
The FME Data Inspector help files contain additional information about viewing and saving raster, point cloud, and vector data.
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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