The directives processed by the SDTS reader are listed below. The suffixes shown are prefixed by the current <ReaderKeyword> in a mapping file. By default, the <ReaderKeyword> for the SDTS reader is SDTS.
DATASET
Required/Optional: Required
The file name of the catalog file relating the files of a single SDTS transfer. This will normally end in CATD.DDF, and binds together all the files with a common prefix. For instance, a USGS hypsography transfer might be accessed as shown. All files starting with HP01 would be part of the same transfer.
SDTS_DATASET PALO_ALTO\HP01CATD.DDF
Workbench Parameter: Source SDTS CATD File(s)
EXPOSED_ATTRS
This directive allows the selection of format attributes to be explicitly added to the reader feature type.
This is similar to exposing format attributes on a reader feature type once it has been generated; however, it is even more powerful because it enables schema-driven applications other than Workbench to access and leverage these attributes as if they were explicitly on the schema as user attributes.
The result of picking a list of attributes is a comma-separated list of attribute names and types that will be added to the schema features. Currently all reader feature types will receive the same set of additional schema attributes for a given instance of the reader.
Required/Optional
Optional
Mapping File Syntax
Not applicable.
While it is possible for FME Objects applications to invoke this directive, the required format is not documented.
This directive is intended for use in our GUI applications (for example, Workbench) only.
Workbench Parameter
Additional Attributes to Expose