Feature Type Parameters

To access feature type parameters, click the gear icon on a feature type in the workspace to open the Feature Type Parameter Editor. To always display the editor in Workbench, you can select View > Windows > Parameter Editor.

General

All feature types share similar General parameters, including the Feature Type Name, Reader or Writer Name, and Geometry.

In most Writer Feature Type parameter dialogs, you can also control Dynamic Schema Definitions. Some database formats accept a Table Qualifier prefix on the output table feature type.

See Editing Writer Feature Types for more information.

These parameters apply only to a selected feature type, not to the entire writer.

Tip: If a feature type parameter listed here conflicts with a writer-level parameter, then the writer parameter will be ignored and this feature type parameter will be used.

data_file_overwrite_file

Required/Optional

Required

This feature type parameter is the same as the writer option, but it applies at the table leve. This parameter defaults to inheriting the value from the writer but, if needed, it can be specified per feature type.

Parameter Options:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER | YES | NO

Workbench Parameter

Overwrite Existing File

data_file_end_of_line

Required/Optional

Optional

This feature type parameter is the same as the writer option, but it applies at the table leve. This parameter defaults to inheriting the value from the writer but can be specified per feature type if needed.

Parameter Options:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER | Windows| UNIX | Macintosh | Source | None

Default Value:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER

Workbench Parameter

Line Termination

data_file_write_last_eol

Required/Optional

Optional

This feature type parameter is the same as the writer option, but it applies at the table level. This parameter defaults to inheriting the value from the writer but, if needed, it can be specified per feature type.

Parameter Options:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER | YES | NO

Default Value:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER

Workbench Parameter

Write Last Line Terminator

data_file_write_utf8_bom

Required/Optional

Optional

This feature type parameter is the same as the writer option, but it applies at the table level. This parameter defaults to inheriting the value from the writer but, if needed, it can be specified per feature type.

Parameter Options:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER | YES | NO

Default Value:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER

Workbench Parameter

Write UTF Byte Order Mark

data_file_encoding

Required/Optional

Optional

This feature type parameter is the same as the writer option, but it applies at the table level and defaults to inheriting the value from the writer but, if needed, it can be specified per feature type.

Parameter Options:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER | (see writer encoding directive values)

Default Value:

INHERIT_FROM_WRITER

Workbench Parameter

Character Encoding