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My local Esri reseller in The Netherlands makes available specific basemaps for its dutch users. Their extent, content and coordinate system have been customized as such. But, more importantly, they are supplied from a different URL than the world basemaps by Esri Inc.The latter are hosted from services.arcgis.com, but the ones I would like to use as a background map are hosted from services.arcgis.nl.The Background Map dialog allows me to either configure a standard web map service, like ArcGIS Online (in this case: arcgis.com). The best choice here, I should think, is "Others".But then the dialog acts like a Reader configuration and I can only choose an ArcGIS feature service, which is not the right one for the basemaps.So, I tried the option "Esri ArcGIS Online (AGOL) Map Service" for the source, and filling in the URL in the "Map List" textbox:https://services.arcgisonline.nl/arcgis/rest/services/BasiskaartenBut then I get stuck because credentials ar

What are the versions for the third party components used in FME Server? Database Server? Application Server?

Hello,By default, the location of FME temporary files in the system temporary directory is on some Windows versions defaults to C:\\temp or under the user local temp directory (i.e. C:\\Users\\mark\\AppData\\Local\\Temp). There is a way to change the location of temp files using these methods : https://community.safe.com/s/article/fme-temp-environment-variableThe problem is we need administrator rights to make these manipulations. FME users doesn't have always the administration rights. In my case, setting the location right directly from the WorkBench (in the FME options menu for exemple) would be very helpful : Do you think it can be a good idea? Is there any project to ease the setting of FME Temp files in a future version of FME?Thank a lotRonan Jarno 

I was wondering if anyone tried/experimented with running FME Server on Raspberry Pi 3. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on this question.Thank you,Alexander

Trying to connect a Smallworld db for the first time. When I hit on the ... next to "Table List" then it keeps loading.Are there settings I should check and can I find some logging somewhere?

Hi guys, I have put together a FME list which generated I have 1000 feature classes after I located 100 geodatabases. These 100 geodatabases are all in one folder.  I am just wondering if there is a easy way to clip this data to one standard. So clipper is one file which i want all 1000 feature classes to clip to. Is there a quick and easy way to clip all 1000 feature classes and then output to exactly same featureclass and geodatabase name? I can do this by selecting schema and then clipping it but struggling to ensure the output is the same as the input in terms of geodatabase name/featureclass name and fields..

Hi all, I have an issue in getting the certificate to work for HTTPS URL of FME Server. I have used this URL as reference: https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Server_Documentation/AdminGuide/configuring_for_https.htm I did use these steps to create Keystore:• Open a command prompt as administrator and navigate to the Java bin directory (C:\\Program Files\\FMEServer\\Utilities\\jre\\bin )• Run the following command to create a new keystore file:keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore tomcat.keystore• After running the previous command, you are prompted to set a password for the new keystore and specify the server domain name (for example, myserver.mydomain (My FME Server) as your first and last name.• Password: mypass• When prompted for the password for the alias <tomcat>, press RETURN.• A new keystore is created in C:\\Program Files\\FMEServer\\Utilities\\jre\\bin\\• Copy the new keystore file to the tomcat directory in the FME Server installation: C:\\Program Files\\F

Hello, I would greatly appreciate if someone could help me conceptualize how I might accomplish this task. I would like to create a CSV that contains every feature in all of the feature classes in a Geodatabase. All of the feature classes have a differing schema, but I would like each one to display in the CSV as: ID / NORTHING / EASTING / ELEVATION / FEATURE_CLASS_NAME / ALL ATTRIBUTES Any input is greatly appreciated.Thanks!

I'm sure this is answered somewhere but I can't seem to find it. I'm having issues finishing up the AD Connector. I've created a search account and verified it's credentials and began the basic setup for the connector. We have Basic authentication and the correct port is being used, but when we test the connection it says "Unable to authenticate with directory server with given credentials (49)". If I look at the logs it says it successfully establishes a connection with our DC but it fails to authenticate with out search account. Is there something painfully obvious I'm missing (and that I can't find searching these forums)?

The question is in the title.Which is the best linux distribution recommanded for FME applications?I heard good things about Debian and OpenSuse. What is your opinion about that?

I have the following problem:The configuration of the active directory for the access to fme server is being done but when trying to import users or groups the following error appears A null object was provided where a non-null object is required (non-null index 0). Thread stack trace: getStackTrace(Thread.java:1559) / ensureNotNull(Validator.java:61) / createSubstringFilter(Filter.java:633) / searchUsers(FMEUidActiveDirectoryConnection.java:948) / searchForUsers(LdapSearchServer.java:366) / executeRequest(SecurityRequestsDispatcher.java:1274) / handleRequestSecurity(FMEServer.java:507) / handleFMEServerClientRequest(FMEServer.java:368) / handleFMEServerClientRequest(RequestHandler.java:98) / processClientRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:856) / readClientRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:589) / handleClientRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:772) / run(RequestHandlerBase.java:946) / run(Thread.java:748).  I appreciate your help in verifying what may be causing the error and how to solve it.

I get this error:(Active Directory) Exception: "An error occurred while attempting to connect to xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:636: IOException(LDAPException(resultCode=91 (connect error), errorMessage='An error occurred while attempting to establish a connection to server xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx:636: SSLHandshakeException(sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target), ldapSDKVersion=4.0.14, revision=c0fb784eebf9d36a67c736d0428fb3577f2e25bb'))" I followed instuctions, googled, watched video's but still no solution and struggling. port 636 is open to communicate over SSL with LDAPcertificate is installed in java keystore and added to cearts port 389 unscure is working in FME server with AD No valid certification? With program keystore explorer everything looks fineBut I am not expert in certification.  Requested target?This should be FMESer

Has anyone already installed FME Desktop on Linux MX 19? If so, which version was used?Thanks and greetingsPat

We have a corporate proxy server in our organisation. We have this server configured in our desktop version of FME successfully. We have just started trialling FME server and running a workbench returns the following error for a HTTPCaller(HTTPFactory): HTTP/FTP transfer error: 'SSL connect error'(HTTPFactory): Please ensure that your network connection is properly set up(HTTPFactory): No proxy settings have been entered. If you require a proxy to access external URLs, please ensure the appropriate information has been enteredI'm assuming this is because we have to configure a proxy for our FME Server application however I can find no information regarding this issue.

Hi, Im looking for documentation on License manager support for RHEL7. Is it supported using the same license manager used on RHEL 6 to RHEL 7 for Floating licenses?

Hi, I have the next question with FME Server: The configuration is being done to give access through the url of the aqueduct to the FME server application, which uses the IBM WebSEAL solution as a reverse proxy, I have not found documentation for the configuration of the reverse proxy in the version that we have installed FME server, so I request your kind cooperation to define what would be the steps for the configuration of the reverse proxy. I’m attentive to your important answer and help. Best Regards

The server seems to send emails fine but when i setup a receive email topic, nothing happens. I looked at the publication log and nothing in the log that would reference receiving an email. Any idea on troubleshooting this. maybe i'm emailing incorrectly? or maybe the username in protocol isn't setup correctly? not how these should look since the example isn't clear.

Hi guys, Been looking forums and gallery to see examples of FME Server Apps. Do Safe have this available anywhere would be great to view? I am really eager to see FME apps which are for example form based and users can enter data, then this will push through to a database.

Hello,  I run free FME desktop 2020.0 (free home edition) on Linux Mint 19.3. The upgrade check for LM 20 warns me that FME will be removed. Would I be able then to install FME 2020.1 using the same licence code I was given or do I need to request a new one ? 

Hi.I'm new to administering an FME Server, but needed to upgrade my desktop client (from 2020.0 build 20252) to 2020.1, so I figured I also needed to upgrade the server. I chose to upgrade the engines only, by parallel installing the new version, and switching the engine reference. This worked very nicely.Both the client and the server (as reported on the engine page) now runs FME 2020.1 build 20594.But when I now try to upload a workspace, it warns me that I'm uploading to an older server !?"You are connecting to an older version of FME Server"Why does this error show ? Doesn't it look at the build numbers of the engines ?And how can I remove this bogus error message (except by suppressing it completely) ?Cheers 

I have an FME Cloud Starter instance, 2019.1.3.1, with 2 engines which, at the moment, is running mainly one workspace with an average processing time of 20-30 seconds on a 1-minute schedule plus some other (10 at most) jobs either on a schedule or ad-hoc. There are no job queues in use so I would expect each of the two engines to be used "about 50%" of the time. However, it recently (with the addition of that workspace on the 1-minute schedule, replacing an ad-hoc workspace with similar load figures) started to show a preference for running many jobs in a row on the same engine. This load graph from yesterday shows it clearly and I'm especially surprised by the sudden switch to running almost all jobs in a given hour on the same engines.Of the 500 jobs on the completed page right now, 347 have been run on Engine2, that includes a whole section of this morning where only about 1 in every 30 jobs was run on Engine1.Is there a logical explanation for this?

Hello,I'm facing a problem for licensing server configuration. FME Server 2017.There is a firewall between the server and the clients.The server is a single instance and no other flexnet servers are installed in the same machine.The 27000-27009 ports are open in the firewall.No additional configuration done in the safe.lic file.For a long time, everithing worked properly.Now, even if the 27000/27009 ports are still open, the clients seems not able to reach the license server.At least, a telnet to these ports is fine.Trying to solve, I want to modify the safe.lic file.Is the syntax correct? From the documentation, the SERVER port seems not to be mandatory.In case I could use another port like 27001. Is that correct? SERVER servername 000c290de0df (or SERVER servername 000c290de0df 27001)VENDOR safe PORT=27000USE_SERVER........TIA

Hello:At https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Transformers/Transformers/spatialrelations.htm the Pattern Matrix for OGC "Equals" relation is filled with some * characters .However, Simple Features OGC 06-103r4 document (p. XXXV) at https://www.ogc.org/standards/sfa defines "Equals" relation with no * characters:a.Relate(b, “TFFFTFFFT”)To follow OGC specifications, shouldn't the matrix be filled up accordingly?Thank you very much

We're interested in using FME Desktop for automated ETL processes on Kubernetes cloud infrastructure. We intend to use it on "Job" type because it allows us to use our clusters for the shortest possible time, taking only the resources it needs to complete the job, and nothing else. This is why our interest lies in FME desktop for parameterized ETL jobs much more than with FME Server, which requires costly dedicated services that run unused for most of the time.However, we have some trouble Dockerized installs of FME Desktop on newer versions of Ubuntu. This is all fine:ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=16.04FROM ubuntu:${UBUNTU_VERSION}# After FROM all ARGs are wiped, so we need to set againARG UBUNTU_VERSION=16.04# Installing required packagesRUN apt-get update && \    apt-get -y install \        curl# Frontent must be disabled during installARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive# I'm not using the docker ADD command to be able to use cache.ARG FME_MAJOR=2019ARG FME_MINOR=1.2.0.19630RUN curl --f

This is probably rather a Windows 10 problem but maybe someone can help: If I use the StringLength function I get wrong counts for words with German special characters (e.g. "Ä" or "ß") because they get a length of 2 instead of 1. When I ran the same workspace on a colleagues machine the length was calculated correctly so I guess I have to change some region or language settings but so far I could not find the culprit. Any idea what's the issue here? Thank you for any help.Edit: For some reason the StringLengthCalculator Transformer calculates the right length.