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cavarlyContributor

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Writing null geometry features to ESRI file geodatabase

Is it possible to create features with a null polygon geometry and write to an ESRI file geodatabase?I have some features with known geometry which I write successfully.I would also like to write features with no geometry to the same table and update their geometry by manual editing later.I have tried modifying fme_geometry{0} and fme_geometry but nothing seems to work.I usually get an error like “can’t write features to and area feature type” I have read through similar questions but don’t seem to have a complete response. It appears it is possible to create a valid null geometry. Thanks go any help.

1 hour ago

liamfezSupporter

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tnarladniContributor

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Hover menu gone and properties button hidden from transformers

Installed 2024 Form. Noticed that the mouse-over over transformers, readers/writers are no longer there. You have to click on the item to see the menu associated with the item. The properties cog is no longer on the transformer title, you have to click on the transformer to get to it. This doubles the amount of clicks to get to things. And the “hover” menu doesnt go away. You have to click off. What in the Windows 98 is going on here??????I would like to hear the focus group that said, please hide functionality and make us do more clicks to get to stuff. I normally wait until xxxx.1 to download but I decided to to try it out early. big mistake. huge. Please bring back mouse-over and put the properties cog back on the transformer banner because I did not save a backup on my workbenches 🤡

1 day ago

anamanvil

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Writing attributes to AutoCAD User Properties

Hi All, I am trying to write attributes to AutoCAD User Properties (within the panel) instead of exposing them using XDLIST Command. I know how to do so manually in AutoCAD by using ADEDEFDATA Command and FME seems to be able to read these attributes, amend them or even add new ones and Write an AutoCAD File showing these attributes within the User Properties panel. However, it does not seem possible to write a new AutoCAD File with these properties or use a template with this table added to it. Is this functionality even possible with FME? Have any of you found any alternatives? Many thanks for the time, Ana

1 day ago

scarterContributor

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HTTPCaller and 'bearer token' authentication method

Hello forum, I am working on a new API integration. I’ll be using HTTPCaller. The provider has said that their authentication method is ‘bearer token’ However the options in HTTPCaller are Basic, Digest, NTLM, Web Connection, Single Sign-On. Is one of the those options equivalent to bearer token? Thanks,Stuart

2 days ago

liamfezSupporter

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LogFile Timestamp Format

Is it possible to change the timestamp information that is included in the log file to UTC? I have been looking for a setting, but have yet to find one. This would be for the log files created in Form/Workbench, which currently log the time as local computer time.

3 days ago

mferwerda3Contributor

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Clipping raster- skipping cells on Inside port

I am clipping a raster by a polygon, but it sometimes seems to skip parts, I have the clipper set to Candidates on clipper boundary set to Output as Inside. I know this poly crosses 4 cells, so this is what I was thinking would come out of the clipper Inside port But instead I get this Any thoughts why it is skipping that one cell? This is a single band raster and all these cells have data

3 days ago

scarterContributor

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Workspace returning 'failed to send request to URL' errors

Hello Forum. I’ve just run a workspace. It was successful and produced data as expected. No problems there. However it produced two errors never seen before… Is this anything to worry about? They didn’t seem to affect the workspace or outputs. Thanks,Stuart

3 days ago

dustinInfluencer

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Best practice for SQL geometry edits

Would like to hear the opinions of the collective on best practices for writing features back to a SQL database. Specifically Intergraph SQL in my case, but I guess this could apply to many formats.I have a table with millions of linear features that need to go through a LineCombiner process before being written back to the same database. The big question….what is the best methodology for deleting the old geometry and inserting the new? Two methods I’ve used in the past, each with their own downsides.• SQLExecutor/DatabaseDeleter based on the unique ID. Main concern with this is if the translation fails after the Delete but before the writing of new features, those features are gone.• Let the writer do a DELETE/INSERT (fme_db_operation). To me this is safer, but can take twice as long due to number of transactions.I can’t simply truncate the table because we are sometimes only reading a subset of the features in a specific AOI within the database. Truncating would also delete the

3 days ago

arthyContributor

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Visibility analysis with DEM

I would like to perform a visbility analysis as I’m used to with the esri’s fonction arcpy.sa.Visibility.I tried to build something and after goglling, I read this excellent post which is not working for me because I’m currently bound with FME 2021.2 and the script of this post uses a newer version.Is there a way to perform a visbility analysis with FME 2021?Currently it looks like the clipper is not able to work on TIN surface.Any ideas?

6 days ago

stuarmitagehomeContributor

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How do I write to csv file, naming the file using the value of the first row?

How do I write a csv file and name it using the value in the top / first row?I want just one file to be created, (not multiple files like fanout creates) named after the entry in the first row.For example in the table here I have 9 rows and 2 columns. I want to create a csv of all of this data but named “20231207.csv” As a secondary question, you will see the first attribute column is sorted into date order. If this wasn’t sorted into order, what is the quickest way of identifying the closest date to the current date, and then using that identified value to name the csv file?Hopefully this is something really simple!Thanks in advance.Stu

6 days ago

hlynurContributor

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WKB not becoming a Geometry

Hello yet again 😅I’m GET-calling a an online database through HTTPCaller which responds with giving me a feature in WKB code (in _response_body), then I run the respective code through GeometryReplacer and tried different WKB Encodings in attempts to get a geometry out of it (this should be a polygon), but no luck.The following encodings give me this:Hex Encoded FME Binary: Rejected (INVALID_PARAMETER_GEOMETRY_SOURCE) OGC Well Known Binary: Rejected (INVALID_PARAMETER_GEOMETRY_SOURCE) Hex Encoded OGC Well Known Binary: Ends up in Output and thus not in the rejected port but it does not create any geometry feature that can be inspected.The code is following, so if anyone has seen this before or is enthusiastic to figure this out with me then feel free to investigate:0010300002084080000010000000E000000931E86C64699244192E9D0891B741D41DBF97EF242992441C3F0110102741D41F4A963551A99244180F3E2341E741D41F4531C970F9924415EBBB401E0731D41AED4B380CF982441BF9A03840B741D41001E5119CB982441BB0A294FED73

6 days ago

rustyContributor

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FME Form 2023 start page

Wondering if anyone can tell me how to clean up the recent files list on the fme form start page,Any clues appreciated, I have a long list of old files I was sorting out, now would like to clean up the recent files list on the start page.

7 days ago

hawaiialexContributor

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Resolve Domains Function Replication of FCs in EGDB

Hi all,I am working on a script to replicate a set of feature classes from one enterprise geodatabase that we use for transactional editing purposes to another enterprise geodatabase that we use for publication purposes for the organization. This replication script would be scheduled in FME Server to run on a nightly basis.The issue is that the feature classes I plan on replicating have several domains and subtypes applied to them that don’t translate correctly.I’ve been advised to use the ‘Resolve Domains’ functionality and change the configuration from ‘coded domain’ type to ‘char’.My test workflow involves the below:Copying the feature class via the ‘Import Feature Class’ tool in ArcGIS Pro into the target Enterprise Geodatabase to have the feature class available in both geodatabases With FME:Selecting the ‘Resolve Domains’ checkbox in the Writer at the outset, and using the ‘Insert’ and ‘Truncate Existing’In the Writer configuration, changing the ‘coded domain’ type to ‘char’ and

7 days ago

arash_hokmContributor

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Enter the values of a list into a column

Hello FME community,I would like to write the values of a list into a column. I would separate them with a minus. It may be that the list of a data set has 1 or 2 or three values.If a list of a data record has no value, no minus was written to separate it. I am attaching 2 pictures to understand it better.

7 days ago

milo89Enthusiast

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Is it possible to return FME 24 to a Classic View?

I’ve been dabbling in the latest release of FME Form 2024 for a little while now and I’m just not getting the benefits of the new look, specifically the removal of colour from most icons.I could go into personal reasons why colour helps myself with attention to detail, concentration and focus but I’m just wondering if it’s possible to get a classic look while utilising any new functionality.

8 days ago

scarterContributor

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Fixing street names all in lower case

Hello Forum, I have an externally supplied dataset which includes a street name. Some of the street name entries are all in lower case (e.g.: royal road) where it should be Royal Road. However some entries are fine.This is part of a larger regular data process, so I’d like to build in a process that fixes street names to proper upper/lower case (e.g.: royal road would become Royal Road). Is this possible in FME Form? Thanks,Stuart

8 days ago

vkhtgpt5Participant

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Extracting data from SQLite Database

Hi Community, I am facing a similar issues as outlined in the following link : However, I am unable to extract the data from the database. I guess am missing something in the JSON query parameter of the JSON Fragmenter transformer. Attached are the screenshots Am very new to FME so it’s possible that I might be missing something basic. Any suggestions on how to overcome this would be helpful.

9 days ago

angwanContributor

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Selecting multiple records

I want to allow selection of multiple records from database in user parameters.For example, I have records a,b,c etc in a list and I want to select records a and b to be used in FME workflow. How can I allow user to choose records a and b?

9 days ago

ingallaContributor

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Merging Attributes with Line on Area Transformer

Hello AllI am currently modifying a workbench to chop pavement polygons based on the street id and then dissolve them back together, again based on the street id.I have used a neighbour finder to get the nearest street and merged those attribute together with the chopped pavement line. This all looks good as can be seen below, where each road (from a feature color setter) for visualisation is correct.Output from Neighbour FinderHowever, when i try and put these lines through the line on area overlayer to chop the pavement polygons up, different street id’s are being added to each polygon, hence i can not then disolve them back again.Output from Line on Area OverlayerPArt of the workbench below - not tidied up yet ..sorryWorkbenchParameter setting for line on area overlayer belowLine on Area Overlayer ParametersAny help on what is wrong would be appreciated.Thanks in advance.

9 days ago

larottiContributor

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FME_MF_DIR

Hello,I recently updated from FME 21 to FME 23. In the old version the relative link worked fine. In the newer version it creates now an extra folde.Example:C:/temp would be replaced with the macroIn 21: c:/temp/thefileiwanttocreateIn 23: c:/temp/temp/thefileiwanttocreateHow can I prevent FME from creating this extra folder?Thx

9 days ago

mariasContributor

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Why attribute types lists are different in 2 transformers?

Hello,Why attribute types in AttributeManager transformer and in FeatureWriter are different?For instance, integer in AttributeManager has int16,int32, int63, while in FeatureManager int2, int4 and int8?In general, those lists are different. Could you please explain? Thanks!

10 days ago

helmoetzContributor

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INSPIRE Theme Version Support

From the FME Documentation about the INSPIRE GML Reader/Writer I read that "FME supports themes up to and including v4.0.". I tried to validate my FME INSPIRE GML output (for theme PS) with the INPIRE Reference Validator, but the test fails. On the support platform it is noted that the test that fails, "Validation against INSPIRE official schema", tests against the new version 5 of the schema. They recommend generating the GML according to the new version 5 of the GML. Can FME already do that, or do I have to wait for a new version of the INSPIRE GML writer?

13 days ago

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