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I would like to get a list of geodatabase feature tables from FME. Is it possible with Python? Or another transformer? Thanks.

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Do you specifically need to get this list from FME? I only ask since it looks like the data is coming from an Esri geodatabase. Would an ArcCatalog solution be acceptable? – RyanDalton Jun 6 '11 at 22:03
ArcCatalog is not the final solution for the development. I use a workbench and i would like a list of GDB feature because i would like to export the feature table to an another file. – Julien Jun 6 '11 at 22:12
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I find the solution with Python is here (gis.stackexchange.com/questions/9981/…) – Julien Jun 7 '11 at 2:23
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As long as you have the ESRI stuff installed; ArcPy is just a wrapper to the ArcGIS classes/Methods; if you are wanting to keep this entirely in the FME realm then Mark's answer is probably your best bet. – D.E.Wright Jun 7 '11 at 17:12

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I would use a dynamic reader (ie one with just a single source feature type with the merge filter set). Then expose the fme_feature_type format attribute. This will give you the name of the table being read.

You can run the data through a DuplicateRemover too, removing duplicate values for fme_feature_type, in order to get a list of unique table names.

There is a Schema format that returns the schema of a dataset, but I think it works only with file-based data, and wouldn't work with a File Geodatabase (though it might with a Personal Geodatabase).

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Ok, I saw that but didn't have the time to play with it. Thanks for the suggestion Mark! – D.E.Wright Jun 6 '11 at 23:33
There is a sample of Python with FME ? Thanks – Julien Jun 7 '11 at 0:18
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There shouldn't be any need to use Python. Just expose the source format attribute called fme_feature_type - that will tell you the name of the table where the feature is from. It doesn't need to be dynamic either - I just suggest that as a way for the workspace to operate on any source dataset. – Mark Ireland Jun 8 '11 at 16:31
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Yes, you can list object in any ESRI connection; as long as you have the ArcGIS Server installed on that machine you can use the list object in ArcPy to return a array of feature classes.

You will just want to make sure that is you are dynamically checking a variety of Geodatabases that you have your parameter for your workspace set.

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I use a geodatabase file and fme desktop.I have not ArcGis server on my desktop. – Julien Jun 6 '11 at 22:50
Hmmm, ok; that is a different place. I am digging through my Workbench and for the life of me am not seeing a place to actually list what is in the Reader. – D.E.Wright Jun 6 '11 at 23:14

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