[GIS] FME: Join attributes in text file with attributes in shapefile

Question

I have a shapefile with points and different attributes – one attribute MyID. I also have a plain text file with several attributes – each in a separated column:

MyID MyValue
 1    A
 2    B
 3    C
 :    :

I would like to use FME to append my attributes in the text file using the attribute key/value MyID.

Is this possible, and in that case how?

Answer 1

The Feature Merger transformer will allow you to Join by attributes

Using FME Desktop 2012 SP2 here

http://docs.safe.com/fme/pdf/FMEReadersWriters.pdf

Search 'Feature Merger'

A good blog post 'Joiner vs Feature Merger' by Mark Ireland

http://evangelism.safe.com/fmeevangelist79/