Discover how to save time reading, writing and updating data in Esri Geodatabase. You’ll see how to easily load disparate datasets into either Enterprise, File, or Personal Geodatabase; plus how to quickly update and extract data according to your specifications. You’ll also receive tips for efficiently working with domains, subtypes, and annotation – to ensure high quality data.

1. Tips for Manipulating Data in
Esri Geodatabase using FME
Mita Hajirakar Mark Stoakes
FME Desktop Support Manager Manager, Professional Services

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5. Agenda
 Demos
 Manipulating annotation properties
 Writing to domains and subtypes
 Loading geodatabase attachments
 Updating metadata
 Mosaicking and loading rasters
 Follow-up
 Webinar recording and materials

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 questions
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7. Many Geodatabase Formats
 Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase ArcObjects)
 Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase API)
 Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase Raster Dataset)
 Esri Geodatabase (Personal Geodatabase)
 Esri Geodatabase (XML Workspace Document)
 Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodatabase)
 Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodatabase Raster Dataset)
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8. Versions & Editions
 FME 2012 SP3
 ArcGIS 10.1
 ArcSDE 10.1
 FME Esri Edition License

9. Poll Questions: About you!
 ArcGIS use

10. Annotation Demo
 Create sounding annotation features and load to
SoundingFeatureAnno
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11. Annotation Review
 Never write directly to annotation fields
 Use geodb_ format attributes
 Reference geodb_anno_class_id using subtype
code or code from symbol collection
 Reference geodb_symbol_id using symbol id
found in symbol collection
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12. Domain & Subtype Demos
 Read from multiple buoy layers in ENC and write
to BuoyFeature, populating BUOY_TYPE
 4 = BOYLAT
 5 = BOYSAW
 6 = BOYSPP
 Create new feature class with new domain
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13. Domain & Subtype Review
 Can write to subtype/domain code or description
 AttributeValueMapper is a key transformer
 Subtypes are validated by default; domains are
validated if “validate features to write” is “yes”
 Can create subtype or domains and write to
existing ones
 Cannot modify existing subtypes or domains
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14. Attachments Demo
 Load photographs (i.e. JPEG images) into an
attachment table and setup the relationship class
entries with the associated lake features
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15. Attachments Review
 Must be built with ArcGIS tools (cannot create
them with FME), or with an XML geodatabase
template file
 Set up the following format attributes:
 geodb_feature_has_relationships
 geodb_oid
 geodb_rel_origin_oid
 geodb_rel_destination_oid
 geodb_type
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16. Metadata Demo
 Updating existing metadata
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17. Metadata Review
 When reading metadata switch “Feature Read
Mode” to “metadata”
 geodb_metadata_string holds xml metadata
 FME has many XML transformers
 Lots of XML/metadata recorded webinars
 http://www.safe.com/learning/webinars/
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18. Raster Demo
 Take a set of tiled raster files, mosaic them, and
write them to ArcSDE Geodatabase Raster
Dataset
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19. Raster Review
 Many raster transformers in FME
 Check out FMEPedia raster landing page
http://fmepedia.safe.com/topic/raster
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