Esri Shape Reader Parameters

This option specifies whether the writer should change attribute names to uppercase text. If the box is unchecked, mixed-case attribute names will be allowed. The default value is yes.

Note: Since this directive is used when generating workspaces and mapping files, it is not editable within Workbench after the workspace has been generated.

When creating donut geometries, this parameter specifies the criteria that FME will use to detect the geometric properties of the donut(s).

Orientation Only: FME will detect donut geometry only based on orientation of the rings inputted. Shapefile specifications state that outer boundaries of donut geometries must have clockwise orientation, and any donut holes must have counter-clockwise orientation.

Orientation and Spatial Relationship: FME will detect donut geometry initially by orientation, and will perform additional geometric validation by analyzing the spatial relationships between the donut’s outer rings and holes. If any invalid donut geometries are identified, FME will attempt to correct geometric anomalies (for example, holes larger than outer ring, holes within holes, etc.)

Note: There can be a significant difference in performance when reading very large datasets.

This optional parameter controls which character encoding is used to interpret text attributes from the shapefile. This parameter is useful when the character encoding information stored in the shapefile is missing or incorrect.

The default is SYSTEM, which means that the character encoding will be automatically detected from the source shapefile.

If you select any other character encoding, it will take precedence over the automatically detected character encoding.

This parameter exposes 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 interact 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 option to remove any portions of exported features outside the area of interest.