OGC/Google KML Writer Feature Type Parameters

To access feature type parameters, click the gear icon on a feature type in the workspace. This opens the Feature Type Parameter Editor.

Tip  To always display the editor in FME Workbench, you can select View > Window Layout > Parameter Editor.

General

All feature types share similar General parameters, which may include Feature Type Name, Reader or Writer information, and Geometry.

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

Important  These parameters apply only to a selected feature type. If a feature type parameter conflicts with reader or writer parameters, the feature type parameter takes precedence.

Appearance

Specifies the fill color.

Valid values are any fme color specification.

For more information, see Controlling Features with Format Attributes.

Specifies the fill opacity. Valid values are 0 to 1.

Specifies the pen color.

Valid values: Any fme color specification.

For more information, see Controlling Features with Format Attributes.

Specifies the pen opacity.

Valid values: 0 to 1.

The name of the attribute that will be used to sort features within the folder that corresponds to the feature type. Only applies to user-defined feature types.

If unspecified, the order of the features will be in the original arrival order.

Specifies the icon to use for information point icons for the current feature. Click the browse button beside the parameter field to view the available icons.

You can also enter a value that is either the full path to an icon, or the name of an icon in $(FME_HOME)/icons.

If no value is specified, the information point icon will not be created.

Specifies the color for each information point icon.

Valid values are any fme color specification.

For more information, see Controlling Features with Format Attributes.

Advanced

Determines whether or not user-defined attributes will be included in the feature’s description balloon. The value of the Use HTML in Description Balloon parameter will determine if the attributes, and their corresponding values, will be displayed using a HTML table, or a series of colon-separated key-value pairs.

Values: Yes | No

Default: Yes

This parameter specifies an alternative filename for the root document if the dataset is either a KMZ file or a folder. Use of this parameter may result in a dataset that is unreadable by Google Earth.

  • Yes – A folder will be created for the feature type, regardless of whether or not any features are written with that feature type. Note: This option does not apply to feature type fanout.
  • No – The folders for feature types will only be created if at least one feature is written with a feature type corresponding to the folder name.

Specifies whether or not the description, snippet, and balloon text elements should be wrapped in a CDATA block.

Values: Yes | No

Default: Yes