Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Open API) User Attributes

Readers: For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all readers, see:

Writers: For information on the parameters in this dialog that are common to all writers, see:

User attributes for this format are defined below.

Attribute name restrictions if attributes begin with a number: This format does not allow attribute names to begin with a number. When automatically generating writer schema, FME will prepend any attribute name that begins with a numeric character with an underscore '_' in order to produce valid output.

For example: If reading a dataset that has attributes named for the years 2023 and 2024, the writer schema will list these attributes as _2023 and _2024.

Using an AttributeRenamer transformer to rename the attribute or add a specific prefix will prevent the underscore from being added, as long as the new name does not also begin with a number.

Name

The name of the field to be written.

Type

This format supports the following field types.

This type is used to represent 16-bit signed integers.

This type is used to represent 32-bit signed integers.

This type is used to represent 32-bit float values.

This type is used to represent 64-bit values.

This type is used to store and retrieve date information within the Geodatabase.

When a date field is read by the Geodatabase, it is placed in the FME feature with the form HHMMSS, YYYYMMDD, or YYYYMMDDHHMMSS. The time portion is specified using the 24-hour clock. When writing, the date attribute must also be in one of these three forms. These forms are compatible with all other FME dates.

See Standard FME Date/Time Format.

This type is used to represent object IDs. There is (at most) one per row. This field type is read only; values will be automatically assigned on write.

This type is used to represent global IDs. There is one per row. This field type is read only.

This type is used to represent GUIDs.

This type is used to represent arbitrary length binary data.

This type is used to represent XML data.

This type is used to represent character values with a length not exceeding n characters. FME will read from and write to geodatabases using the UTF-16 (on Windows platforms) or UTF-32 (on Linux platforms) encodings.

Index

There is only one supported index type: Indexed.

The specified indexes are created along with tables or feature classes; they are never added to existing tables or feature classes.

Geometry Definition

In formats that support reading or controlling the writing of geometric (spatial) data, a Geometry Definition table is visible in the User Attributes tab of a feature type.

For more information, see:

Note  The geometry name applies only to feature classes. If the value conflicts with a user attribute, then the writer will change the value for this field (by appending a numeric suffix) and log a warning.