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I need to download one or more PDF documents from Sharepoint as part of an export process. These PDF’s have random titles and filenames, in the Sharepoint library an extra column was added containing a unique ID. It’s this ID I have to use in order to download the correct PDF.Problem is that I can get this ID from Sharepoint using the Sharepoint Online List Reader, but that cannot give me the download URL. Conversely I can get the download url from the SharepontOnlineConnector transformer, but that one does not allow me to get the added custom ID.So in order to get all the info I need,  have to use the reader AND the connector and join the results from both together, which is rather ugly.Am I missing something? Is there a way either of these can be configured where I get all the necessary info in one go? Or is this as designed? If the last, I’ll file an Idea I suppose...

Hi everyone! A new job. A promotion. A project that changed everything. Sometimes a tool does more than the work. It changes the trajectory. 🚀  How has FME shaped your career path and did it open doors you didn't expect? Drop your FME career story in the comments below! 📢 P.S. The Talent Exchange just got some big updates. Safe Software will now post open roles there, it's open to any organization hiring for FME work (not just partners), and freelancers can now post their availability for contract work. Whether you're hiring or looking, check it out! 💡 New to the Question of the Week? Each week, we post a simple but thought-provoking question. It might be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or even a little something personal like this one.Every answer you share earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag (a $50 value) — plus points toward community badges!🗓️ Answer all of this month's Questions of the Week by June 30th at 5:00 PM P

I’m considering moving my FME workspaces to a git workflow.  So far I’ve not used official version control, but I’ve noted that FME seems to be improving in this area.  Any tips or advice from those of you who have done this succesfully? 

Quick question.Are there alternatives to using AttributeManager to manually sort attributes by name?Sort of an AttributeSorterByName or AttributeSortedReexposer transformers ?Cheers.

Hi all.I’m experimenting with calling WFS services with custom filtering expressions, including spatial filtering.According to the filtering documentation, spatial filtering is possible with GML, but it doesn’t seem to work in FME ?The geometry column is present but has no value in the output from FeatureReader, and FeatureReader has its own spatial filtering parameter separate from the “normal” filtering parameter (using <Filter/>)Am I correct in assuming, that FME effectively prohibits any spatial filtering via the “normal” filtering parameter, and requires you to always use the special FeatureReader spatial filtering parameter ?And maybe this is neccesitated because FeatureReader removes the WFS geometry column values ?Thanks for any insights.

Dear community, I have implemented a workflow with FME and ArcGIS Enterprise, in which an automation is triggered in FME via a referenced feature service with a webhook. Based on the entries in the ArcGIS Field Maps App, an e-mail is then to be sent via FME.This is set up accordingly according to the following documentation: https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407414850061-Integrating-ArcGIS-Enterprise-Feature-Service-Webhooks-With-FME The connection from the application in ArcGIS Enterprise to FME is also set up accordingly: https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407772142733-How-to-Create-an-ArcGIS-Enterprise-Portal-Web-Connection-OAuth-2-0 The problem that arose is that the OAuth refresh token created in ArcGIS Enterprise has a default lifetime of 2 weeks and I therefore have to authorize myself every 2 weeks (see https://enterprise.arcgis.com/de/portal/latest/administer/windows/specify-the-default-token-expiration-time.htm).Based on this community entry: https://comm

Hi.This may be a simple or a complex question, I’m not sure which.I’m attempting to use a dynamic expression, that I construct dynamically from values read from a file or table, and evaluate it on all relevant feature read from a database or file. Including AND/OR etc.How can this be achieved in Workbench ?I’ve tried to utilize ExpressionEvaluator with the expression @Value(@Value(expr)), but it doesn’t return any value in the “_result” variable.What am I doing wrong, and is it even feasable ?Are there better ways to achieve this ?Using 2025.2.4Cheers

FME Hub user adrian_farrell just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub.Percentage OverlapCalculates the percentage area of each site polygon overlapping each Candidate polygon.One attribute required for each set of polygons entering the TransformerOutputs supplied references, Original_Area, Overlap_Area and % overlap cancellationWould you like to know more? Click here to find out more details!

Hi all.I just created a new custom transformer, and need to apply it multiple times (10-20 times).It basically just has a name and three parameters, all of which can be deduced from a database query.So I thought it to be a good idea to create and paste the definitions from a query result (using some sql magic). Instead of copy/pasting the many transformers as I would normally, editing each by hand.So I experimented at bit first.I can copy a transformer from FME Form, and paste it right back. I can also paste the definition into a text editor, as the copied content is just text (FME file syntax).But when I just copy the complete transformer (without changes) back from the text editor (Ctrl-A,Ctrl-C), FME Form will not paste it into the workspace.I used Ditto clipboard to look for differencies, and I can barely find any. The two attached images shows the properties for the original and the text editor copy.original from FME Formtext editor copyThe only difference I can find are the sligh

Hi, I followed this guide (How to Connect to Microsoft Exchange Online using OAuth 2.0 (Microsoft Modern Authentication)) for setting up MS Exchange with FME Form 2026.1.2.0. Once I worked out things are a little different with a Personal Database for Connection Storage, I ran into an issue where I couldn’t set the Redirect URI unless I used the old Embedded Browser Redirect method.As this method is deprecated what’s the option going forward, as the other two options don’t let a user edit the Redirect URI:Thanks

Good afternoon all, Rather embarrassing first post but after many years of workspace creation I seem to have locked myself out of my own work. A few weeks ago I had added a workspace parameter password to a locally stored workspace, wrote down said password and now that I have come back to this work, it doesn’t appear to like the password I saved off. Is it possible to recover this access or is it a goner that I will need to rebuild?  Many thanks, Sarah Jane 

I have a workspace where FeatureMerger_2 and 1/3 connection is disabled, but when I trigger a Partial Run from the upstream reader BODENBEDECKUNG_A, I get the "Caches required to run translation are missing or stale" prompt, listing all the transformers that feed into that disabled FeatureMerger (See attached screenshot)Since the FeatureMerger itself won't execute, I'd expect its exclusive upstream feeders to be treated as dead and excluded from the run, but apparently they are still requiredIf I instead disable each incoming connection to the FeatureMerger, the feeders correctly drop out of the run and I don't get the prompt, even when Feature Merger is enabled.Can someone explain the logic here? Why does disabling a transformer and the relevant connections (the one coming from the reader where the Translation is started) not back-propagate to exclude its upstream feeders, while disabling the connections does?

When I try to connect the .sde file on FME, I got the this Error. 

I've got a few challenges concerning styling of an excelsheet. It's not just an ordinary sheet with columns and rows, but it's a reporting template. The report contains several attributes in different fields and several images. The issues/challenges I'm currently facing:I would like images to fit itself into a named range or predefined rows and columns. See screenshot below. I created a predefined named range ‘overzichtskaart’ which covers cells $C$4:$E$16. But as far as I can see there is no option to let FME/Excel know that the image should stay in those cells. I created a workaround now which tells the image that it should align in xlsx_row_id 4 and xlsx_col_id2 with a height and with of 255 pixels. But this goes wrong as soon as the alignment of the attributes changes (for example multirow text in column B). Does anyone have a smart work-around to fit the image exactly in the desired cells? Named ranges are useful to make sure that the attribute-data ends up in the right cell, but

 Hello,I would like to remove attributes (or columns?) from my data stream that have no value (missing or null)In below example that means “eindegrarantieperiode” and “integraalproject” need to be removed. Note: can we do this dynamically? I don't want to manually go through 50+ attributes to check if they contain a value or not.(FME 2025.0) 

I want to create custom UI for a flow app like create button. I want to build some sort of app that gave user more creative UI and good experience whether it is by HTML or CSS.

Just wondered if anyone else is having trouble registering for this event - when I get to the public registration page what I assume is supposed to be the register button does not seem to have any text or action when I click on it 

In >2026 to connect to AGOL or Portal enterprise from FME, we utilise the “unified” Esri ArcGIS Enterprise OAuth (Template)(safe.esri-agol) web service   ARCGISFEATURESERVICESWorking with Esri ArcGIS Feature Services in FME – FME Support CenterThe article perhaps fails to mention how to handle the web service Loopback Interface Redirect or Proxy Redirect Strategy, as the Embedded Browser is deprecated in FME Form 2025.2The arcgis registered application needs to have http://localhost as redirect URIWhat about FME Flow redirect URI?My suggestion is in Connections & Parameters - FME Flow for any given safe.esri.agol newest Esri web service in Flow >26It needs a default Redirect URI of “ self “? 

 Here is my favourite scenario of the year so far. Imagine, we received tons of source images - maps, graphs, documents, reports for an upcoming project - the scans named across multitude of folders quite consistently, that is, 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg,... 100.jpg - yes, with duplicates across several folders. Seven of 1.jpg, five of 23.jpg. And some of them are not even JPEGs, but rather PNGs with the wrong extensions, but how would you know until you try to open?It would be nice to name the maps in a way that the filename would tell us enough information right away. For this project, the customer came up with the following naming convention {projectID}_{old_name}_{map_type}_{scale}_{nomenclature_or_map_name}.{extension}.It does not feel too exciting to open every file, find the necessary info and type it, so it is a perfect case for FME and AI to automate this mundane task.In the video below, I show how it works. Here are some details. After reading a JSON config and the list of JPEGs, we