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This seems pretty basic so it’s probably a configuration that I’m missing, but I’m using FME Form v2025.1.1.0 and I have a half dozen Loggers set up to capture features that are repaired or failed in GeometryValidators that precede them.  When I run the workbench I have ‘Enable Record Counting’ set so I can see the counts going to the Loggers, but none of the messages I would expect are getting written to either the Translation Log window in FME Form nor to the log file on disk.  I’ve set the Navigator > Workspace Parameters > Log and Troubleshoot > Max Features to Log to -1 to log everything, and I’ve confirmed that the ‘Severity Level’ in each Logger is ‘Information’.  I’ve tried all 3 settings for ‘Feature Logging’ of ‘Log Only’, ‘Log and Record’ and ‘Message Only’ in various combinations of the Loggers and I’ve confirmed that the ‘Max Messages to Log’ for each Logger is larger than the number of features being routed to them. The expression in each Logger is pretty simple,

Hi everyone,after using IF clauses in my workspace, I started getting this warning that immediately terminates my translation.Could not load module 'C:\Program Files\FME\plugins\if_func.dll' : 'The specified module could not be found'. I tried reinstalling the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 Redistributables for both x64 and x86  as I saw here on another thread, but that didn’t work. Is there any other solution? Thanks in advance.

Hi there,In Esri ArcGIS Connector safe.esri-agol version 3.17.0 a number of changes were made to the way the Esri writer handles global IDs.  Some of these changes resulted in previously published workspaces no longer functioning after the package on Flow was updated.This is an admin nightmare, as unless we prevent all publishers from uploading packages, we cannot prevent them from deploying a new version of a package that may break existing workflows.I have two suggestions:Please put the latest changes of the package at the top of the description in the FME Form Dialog box. Currently the user has to click a link to go to the item in the Hub and then find the version in the History. Please clearly indicate any changes that are more than bug fixes, and that may impact previously published workspaces.Thanks,Marc

I have a folder with hundreds of DWG files. We are moving away from CAD software and so wanted to convert our existing DWGs into SVGs for future compatability with new apps

Good afternoon fellow FME enthousiasts,I'm struggling with the following. I'm trying to set up the System Email settings on our FME Flow to allow users to request a password reset. It all seems pretty straightforward but can't get it to work. Maybe i'm missing something though (it is friday afternoon after all). I've set it up as follows: But when i validate it I get the error:“Due to a configuration change made by your administrator or because you moved to a new location you must use multi factor authentication to access…...” Emails through emailers in workspaces ran on flow work like a charm, but this one keeps evading me. Any help would be appreciated.

Dear Community,i am experiencing a strange behavior from our FME Server when uploading/publishing a FME Desktop workspace in FME Server.Previously, it was possible to publish workspaces from FME Desktop to FME Server.Recently, publishing from FME Desktop is no longer possible, nor is it possible to upload workspaces to FME Server via the Web UI.I only receive very little information about the error in FME Desktop ,also with the debug logging.The following excerpt from the log:Successfully retrieved service properties.Retrieving service parameters for ‘geodatabase_sde2none.fmw’...No service parameters found.Uploading as ‘geodatabase_sde2none.fmw’...Publish failed - FME Flow encountered an error.When I upload a workspace in FME Server via Web UI, I get the following messages in the network console of the Browser:Get Call <FME-Server-URL>/repositories/{repository}/items/{item}returns a 404 Not Found status code and {"reason": "missing","what": "geodatabase_sde2none.fmw","message": "

Hi , I am working a lot of the DWG files and I had somebody did the work. So when I  received the DWG files and review them.  I have ArcGIS Pro and I looked at them and I was not sure about the  coordinate system there… so I pulled the file in FME Data Inspector and found them that they are not in the right place I am in Colorado…Question first is : What does the red symbol mean here ?Black square with blue point is where the DWG is. The record information shows the coordinate system is Unknown.

Hello,I have an editable view in PostGIS (PostgreSQL) and I'm trying to write in it with FME.For that, I've:Added my view from a PostGIS reader (to have its structure - and confirm it exists)Duplicated this view in a new PostGIS writer (to keep its structure)Set the table handling as `Use existing`Connected a worflow to end in my viewBut when I run the workspace, I'm facing this error:POSTGIS Writer: Table 'xxx.yyy' does not exist. Please check the Table Name specified, or modify the Table Handling value under Format ParametersSo my question is: is it possible to write in an editable view?For the record, I can write in my view with another client (QGIS) with the same credentials.Thanks for any input.Rémi

Hi everyone,I’m struggling with a limitation in the Excel Reader and I’m hoping someone has a reliable workaround for a fully dynamic workflow.I have an automated FME Flow workspace where multiple users upload Excel files through an FME Flow App. These files contain yearly planning data for different teams. The challenge is that users will sometimes rename existing columns and sometimes add completely new columns to the Excel sheet.Even when I configure the Excel Reader with Dynamic Schema by using Single merged feature type, FME does not refresh the schema at runtime. It only updates the schema if I manually right click the reader in the Navigator pane and click Update reader. Simply running the workspace does not trigger a schema rescan.I have tested using CSV instead of Excel but the schema still remains locked to whatever was detected when the reader was first added. As a result, any renamed columns or newly added columns are ignored unless I manually refresh the reader.Is this a k

I’m working in an FME Form workbench reading in CSV files that reflect database updates and then using them to update a central XLSX file. However, when the CSV reader is pulling in a column with values of either ‘TRUE’ or ‘FALSE’, it is automatically converting them to ‘true’ or ‘false’.Has anyone ever noticed this with a CSV reader?Unfortunately the domain I am describing with this data has capitalized values, so reporting the codes as lower case somewhat defeats the purpose. I know the parameter for Case Sensitive Field Names would resolve the issue if i were seeing this in the attribute names but unfortunately i haven’t been able to find a similar parameter for the data itself.Is this just an inherent setting to the CSV reader format?

Hi there,I am assessing a dataset for changes that took place since 2012. This data contains these two fields of interest:change_date reason_for_changechange_date contains multiple dates that a separated by a comma and reason_for_change contains strings of change types separated by a comma.An example of the data structure is Feature 1:change_date: 2016-10-20reason_for_change: New Feature 2:change_date: 2009-06-15, 2013-09-04, 2016-10-05reason_for_change: New, Attributes, Modified Feature 3:change_date: 2010-09-11, 2014-04-09reason_for_change: New, Attributes Is it possible within FME to pair each individual reason for change to a change date and then test if it matches the follow conditions of reason_for_change = New or Modified and change date greater than 2012-12-31?Using the three examples above, feature 1 and 2 should be highlighted as a change since feature 1 is new in 2016 and feature 2 had it’s geometry modified in 2016.So far I have used a Attribute Splitter on each field to sp

I have a source SDE Geodatabase reader and destination File Geodatabase writer, both with the exact same attributed relationship classe schemas. The File Geodatabase being written to is blank (I’m using a template) and I don’t need to re-establish any relationships, I want to write the records exactly as they appear in the SDE Geodatabase, to the File Geodatabase. I’ve read in feature types using Ignore relationships, making them type geodb_table, and the destination feature types are also geodb_table (though obviously both are in fact attributed relationship classes).FME (2024.1.1.1) seems to want to recognize the writer feature types as relationship classes, no matter how I define them. I don’t want to have to establish the whole geodb_rel_origin_oid and geodb_rel_destination_oid values since I know what they should be already from the source (and there is no common attribute between the two source relationship class tables anyways). Is there a way to force read and write attributed

I am working on a project creating building footprints from a lidar point cloud. However, the original lidar point cloud being used has some portions of buildings classified with “unassigned” values which has created incomplete building footprints. Are there any suggestions how I could identify these “unassigned” building values to fix the building footprint?

I am in the process of moving my FME Desktop 2021 workspaces into FME Form 2025. I know I can open the FME 2021 workspaces in FME Form 2025. As I get farther along in this process, is there anything I need to be aware of? example, is it best to just rebuild my FME 2021 workspaces in FME Form 2025 instead of just opening and saving the FME 2021 workspaces in FME Form 2025?I have run a few FME 2021 workspaces in FME Form 2025 with no issues. But wanted to reach out to the FME community to see what their experience has been in bringing in older FME workspaces into new versions of FME.

Is there a way of Auto switching Parameter between Form vs Flow?ie Local while working on FME From (C:\FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA) vs FME Flow($FME_SHARERESOURCE_DATA)Workspace Locally with FME Form is add “C:\FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA” to the FME Flow Parameters to test and work on the solution. When I upload the Workspace to FME Flow I always need to remember to remove the local value for everything to work.  I forgotten a couple of time and wondering if Deployment Parameters is the solution?  

If someone chooses to use FME Flow for Connection Storage in FME Form, how does it work when the FME Flow connection is changed from one environment to another?Do the connections automatically switch to those defined in the second environment, or does the Connection Storage need to be updated each time?Will the Deployment Parameters follow the change?

Hi - I’m trying to write small areas of map data from a Geodatabase as a DWG / DXF file.The spatial data is available when I open the exported file, but none of the attributes, only a single column called <no schema>:I’m wanting to include the following attributes: but I have tried countless variations of the available Writers:I just can’t get around the <no schema> issue.Is it actually possible to include attributes within a DWG / DXF Writer?If anyone can offer some step by step guidance, I’d be most grateful.Cheers :)FME(R) 2023.1.1.0 (20230928 - Build 23631 - WIN64)

Hi,I have a dgn file created from OpenBuildings. Within OpenBuildings you can see attributes attached. However, they only seem to show in OpenBuildings not Microsation or FME (i.e they are not tags or xrecords). Therefore, the attribute data must not be stored as tags or xrecords. Does anyone know how attribute data is stored within OpenBuildings application and how fme can read them? Ta

HiWe are currently using FME Server 2021.2.1 on one of our servers, and we have identified a security vulnerability in this version. We would like to know if there are any available patches to resolve this issue. Please note that our ArcGIS Enterprise version is 10.9.1. We are concerned that upgrading FME Server to a newer version may cause compatibility issues with our current ArcGIS environment. Could someone please advise on the best way to solve this issue?

My workbench tries to read features from ArcGIS Online feature services, write them to a different database and, if successful, delete them from their ArcGIS Online feature service. I’ trying to use as few feature writers as possible, so I use attributes to descern feature services and their layers. Most feature services contain only one layer, but the name of the layer can be different from the name of the feature service.I can get the name of the layer from the format attribute “fme_feature_type” and use that for the “Layer Name” in the Feature Writer parameters: But in the “Writer” group (button: “Parameters...”) I also want to use an attribute for the parameter “Selected Feature Service”. Is it possible to get the name of the feature service from the reader?

Dear community,I am currently working on FME Workbench 2025.0. My project take into entry areas in 3D that represent buildings roofs. It then spreads the data into two datasets: roofs and building using the latest ground footprint. In order to do that, I am using the 'Dissolver' Transformer with the Group Processing option on. My issue is that some of the edges inside the building are remaining because they do no fit on the Z axis (see screenshots below). Dissolver operation: purple edges are classified as ‘Remanents’ after the operation, red one remain.Result of Dissolver : on a 2D perspective, internal edges are remaining.For better context: the result of the Dissolver from another perspective in 3D.I tried to flatten the surfaces before proceeding to disolving the objects (these objects corresponding to 'Building' will be flattened at some point of the workbench anyway), but still the same edges are remaining. Thank you for your help.

I currently have the older Esri ArcGIS Online web connector and the new one configured. FME 2025.1.3.When I try to create a new background map, I only see the older web connection as an options for Esri AGOL maps. Is that expected?When I use it (and I’ve confirmed that I’m authenticated correctly by testing in a feature reader first) and try to browse to maps I get the following2026-02-09 16:14:37|      |     |ERROR |FME Objects Worker [28108] > Failed to read features using the 'ARCGISONLINE' reader Any tips? 

Hi!I have had trouble fully understanding how to setup the ArcGIS Server license on the FME Flow VM. I cannot seem to find clear documentation online to walk admins through this process. I understand that an ArcGIS Server license needs to be on the same machine as FME Flow if workflows contain ArcSDE and gdbs.If possible, can someone please provide steps, or link to an article that clearly walks through this setup? For some background, my organization has an Esri Enterprise environment, but I have no idea if when walking through the setup if a new site needs to be created, or if I’m supposed to join our existing site, or if joining an existing site could disrupt our Enterprise environment if things arent setup correctly on on FME Flow machine.Any and all help is greatly appreciated!

I wanted to make all my attribute to camelCase, currently they are separated by underscore.I wanted to change my attribute name to camelCase, so using regular expression in BulkAttributeRenamer transformer to find text following underscore using regular expression replace: _([a-z])  However, i am not sure what String parameter i have to put to make the selected character Capital letter. I have tried \U\1 and also few other but its not working. Basically wanting to find String parameter value? 

I have a list of points which I want to connect to lines. But one line should contain only points with a specific value in a field. At the end I want to have multiple lines in one feature class. How can I do that?