ExcelStyler

Sets row and cell styling on features destined for Excel formats.

Typical Uses

Preparing data for presentation in Excel.

How does it work?

The ExcelStyler receives features and applies Excel formatting in preparation for use in Excel formats.

By default, all style values are empty and imply that no additional styling will be added. This allows any styling that may have existed from the Excel reader or user created attributes to persist. All style options on the ExcelStyler are optional.

Usage Notes

For more information regarding Excel styling, see the FME Readers and Writers help topic Microsoft Excel Writer Parameters. In particular, see the Formatting section under Usage Notes.

Configuration

Parameters

Apply Style To

Apply to	Choose whether the styler should apply the style specified on the entire row, or just specific cells as chosen in the Cell to style parameter. Note that cell styling will override row styling, which in turn will override column styling.
Row Height	Specifies the height of the row. Note that this can only be set when applying formatting to an entire row. This must be a decimal number between 0.00 and 409.50.
Cell to Style	Specifies which cells will be styled. This option allows selection of attributes, which correspond to columns in Excel, to style for each incoming feature, which each correspond to a row in Excel. The result is that the intersection of the columns and the rows are the cells that will be styled. Note that this can only be set when applying formatting to cells.

Number Format

Custom

Defines a custom number format string for the cell. This value will override any format string in the cell for an existing sheet or template sheet.

The custom format string can be created using Microsoft's rules for creating a custom number format.

Custom number string examples:

To display:	as:	use the code:
1234.59	1234.6	###.#
12 1234.568	12.0 1234.57	#.0#
January 2, 2015	2015/01/02	yyyy/mm/dd
1000 -1000	$1,000 ($1,000)	$#,##0_);[Red]($#,##0)

The Custom field also supports a set of commonly used standard formats used in Excel.

Note that some of the common values listed will be dependent on the operating system’s regional settings. The options listed are based on the US region and may display differently in Excel based on your specific region.

Font

The Font dialog allows the specification of the font family, style, size, and the strikeout or underline effect on the font. This information is encoded into a font string. Changing any of the font settings will apply the whole setting to the cell.

For example, if the existing font in the worksheet is Arial Underline, and the option is set to Arial Bold, the cell will be formatted with Arial Bold and the Underline attribute will be lost.

Font Color

The color of the text for the column.

Specifying Colors

Colors may be entered directly or chosen from the color picker via the ellipsis button.

Syntax

Colors can be specified by RGB values or hex codes. RGB values may be either 24-bit or decimal (0 - 1).

In the case of (1,1,1) which is valid for both 24-bit and decimal, the decimal interpretation (white) is generally used when specifying colors*.

Hex codes are accepted with or without a hash sign (#).

24-bit RGB	Decimal RGB	Hex code
0,0,0	0,0,0	#000000
255,0,0	1,0,0	#FF0000
202,173,232	0.79,0.68,0.91	#CAADE8
255,255,255	1,1,1	#FFFFFF

* Color interpretation may vary in other contexts such as raster bands and palettes.

Fill

Background Color

Specifies the background color of the Pattern Style selected.

To set the background color of the cell, set the Background Color and the Pattern Style to Solid.

Specifying Colors

Colors may be entered directly or chosen from the color picker via the ellipsis button.

Syntax

Colors can be specified by RGB values or hex codes. RGB values may be either 24-bit or decimal (0 - 1).

In the case of (1,1,1) which is valid for both 24-bit and decimal, the decimal interpretation (white) is generally used when specifying colors*.

Hex codes are accepted with or without a hash sign (#).

24-bit RGB	Decimal RGB	Hex code
0,0,0	0,0,0	#000000
255,0,0	1,0,0	#FF0000
202,173,232	0.79,0.68,0.91	#CAADE8
255,255,255	1,1,1	#FFFFFF

* Color interpretation may vary in other contexts such as raster bands and palettes.

Pattern Color

Specifies the foreground color of the pattern.

Specifying Colors

Colors may be entered directly or chosen from the color picker via the ellipsis button.

Syntax

Colors can be specified by RGB values or hex codes. RGB values may be either 24-bit or decimal (0 - 1).

In the case of (1,1,1) which is valid for both 24-bit and decimal, the decimal interpretation (white) is generally used when specifying colors*.

Hex codes are accepted with or without a hash sign (#).

24-bit RGB	Decimal RGB	Hex code
0,0,0	0,0,0	#000000
255,0,0	1,0,0	#FF0000
202,173,232	0.79,0.68,0.91	#CAADE8
255,255,255	1,1,1	#FFFFFF

* Color interpretation may vary in other contexts such as raster bands and palettes.

Pattern Style

Specifies the pattern used to fill the cell, using the colors from Pattern Color and Background Color.

Cell Border

Border Color

Specifies the color of the border.

Specifying Colors

Colors may be entered directly or chosen from the color picker via the ellipsis button.

Syntax

Colors can be specified by RGB values or hex codes. RGB values may be either 24-bit or decimal (0 - 1).

In the case of (1,1,1) which is valid for both 24-bit and decimal, the decimal interpretation (white) is generally used when specifying colors*.

Hex codes are accepted with or without a hash sign (#).

24-bit RGB	Decimal RGB	Hex code
0,0,0	0,0,0	#000000
255,0,0	1,0,0	#FF0000
202,173,232	0.79,0.68,0.91	#CAADE8
255,255,255	1,1,1	#FFFFFF

* Color interpretation may vary in other contexts such as raster bands and palettes.

Border Style

Specifies the pattern used for the border, using the color from Border Color.

Text Alignment

Horizontal Alignment	Specifies the horizontal alignment of text within the cell. Options are Left, Center, or Right. If no value is set, Microsoft Excel’s default behavior is to left-align text and right-align numbers.
Vertical Alignment	Specifies the vertical alignment of text within the cell. Options are Top, Center, or Bottom. If no value is set, Microsoft Excel’s behavior is to align text to the bottom of the cell.
Text Indent	Values represents spaces in Microsoft Excel. This value works in conjunction with Horizontal Alignment, and specifies the level of indentation from the alignment boundary. Valid values are from 0 to 15. This value has no effect on Center Alignment.
Text Orientation	Specifies the angle, in degrees, to rotate the text. Positive values rotate the text counterclockwise, and negative values rotate the text clockwise. The valid range is from -90 to 90. The default orientation is 0 degrees, where the text is printed horizontally.
Text Control	Specifies how text will fit in the cell. Wrap text: Print the text on multiple lines if it does not fit in the cell. The height of any given row will increase until all the text can be displayed. Shrink text to fit cell: The font size will reduce until all text fits into the width of the cell. None: The text will not be modified and may overflow the cell.

Editing Transformer Parameters

Transformer parameters can be set by directly entering values, using expressions, or referencing other elements in the workspace such as attribute values or user parameters. Various editors and context menus are available to assist. To see what is available, click beside the applicable parameter.

How to Set Parameter Values

Defining Values

There are several ways to define a value for use in a Transformer. The simplest is to simply type in a value or string, which can include functions of various types such as attribute references, math and string functions, and workspace parameters.

Using the Text Editor

The Text Editor provides a convenient way to construct text strings (including regular expressions) from various data sources, such as attributes, parameters, and constants, where the result is used directly inside a parameter.

Text Editor

Using the Arithmetic Editor

The Arithmetic Editor provides a convenient way to construct math expressions from various data sources, such as attributes, parameters, and feature functions, where the result is used directly inside a parameter.

Arithmetic Editor

Conditional Values

Set values depending on one or more test conditions that either pass or fail.

Parameter Condition Definition Dialog

Content

Expressions and strings can include a number of functions, characters, parameters, and more.

When setting values - whether entered directly in a parameter or constructed using one of the editors - strings and expressions containing String, Math, Date/Time or FME Feature Functions will have those functions evaluated. Therefore, the names of these functions (in the form @<function_name>) should not be used as literal string values.

Content Types

String Functions	These functions manipulate and format strings.
Special Characters	A set of control characters is available in the Text Editor.
Math Functions	Math functions are available in both editors.
Date/Time Functions	Date and time functions are available in the Text Editor.
Math Operators	These operators are available in the Arithmetic Editor.
FME Feature Functions	These return primarily feature-specific values.
FME Parameters	FME and workspace-specific parameters may be used.
Creating and Modifying User Parameters	Create your own editable parameters.

Dialog Options - Tables

Table Tools

Transformers with table-style parameters have additional tools for populating and manipulating values.

Row Reordering

Enabled once you have clicked on a row item. Choices include:

Add a row
Remove a row
Move current row up one
Move current row down one
Move current row to top
Move current row to bottom

Cut, Copy, and Paste

Enabled once you have clicked on a row item. Choices include:

Cut a row - delete and copy to clipboard
Copy a row to the clipboard
Paste a row from the clipboard

Cut, copy, and paste may be used within a transformer, or between transformers.

Filter

Start typing a string, and the matrix will only display rows matching those characters. Searches all columns. This only affects the display of attributes within the transformer - it does not alter which attributes are output.

Import

Import populates the table with a set of new attributes read from a dataset. Specific application varies between transformers.

Reset/Refresh

Generally resets the table to its initial state, and may provide additional options to remove invalid entries. Behavior varies between transformers.

Note: Not all tools are available in all transformers.

For more information, see Transformer Parameter Menu Options.

Reference

Processing Behavior	Feature-Based
Feature Holding	No
Dependencies	None
Aliases
History

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Hidden	If set to Yes, the formulas in the cell will be hidden from view if worksheet protection is turned on in Microsoft Excel.
Locked	If set to Yes, the cell will not be editable if worksheet protection has been turned on in Microsoft Excel.