Why doesn't my custom transformer definition show any of the attributes being pointed into it
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Q) Why doesn't my custom transformer definition show any of the attributes being pointed into it?
A) The issue here is that a custom transformer is designed to be used in many places within a number of workspaces.
When a custom transformer is used multiple times it can't be guaranteed that it will receive the same attributes each time. If each 'stream' into which the transformer is placed provides a completely different set of attributes it would be very difficult for us to handle this within the custom transformer definition.
So the simplest solution for us is to ignore all attributes. I know it might be frustrating when you know all the attributes will be the same, but there are ways around it...
