Architecture

I'm having some weird behaviour with my FME server in the Cloud that I could not explain. We are using a server that has three active engines and the following Queue-system: This morning we had a workflow in our production sync queue that took way to many resources and time to process and was aborted. Somehow the server had some problems after (or during/before?) this because all new jobs where not properly handled and all got queued in line. Only engine 2 took was able to start new jobs even tho the other two engines where free and not running. With a unstable and high load as result (20000ms response time and server load of 100) and two engines IDLE. To compare it: Normally our response time is 5ms with an average load of between 0.10 and 0.50. A reboot was needed for the server to stop the load en activate the other 2 engines. Is there any way to prevent this form happening again or a place where i can dig deeper into what could have caused this?

Hello FME community, I’m developing a FME service that needs to process a JSON object, uses this JSON as upload body in a HTTPCaller that returns a ZIP file and emails the user a download link to the returned ZIP file. What is working is a POST to datadownload service with a JSON upload body and the email as request parameter: https://<fmeserver>/fmedatadownload/Samples/WritingZip.fmw?SourceDataset=&DestDataset=DownloadZip&opt_showresult=false&opt_servicemode=async&opt_requesteremail=test@test.com With a subscription at the DATADOWNLOAD_ASYNC_JOB_SUCCESS topic I retrieve the desired mail with the download location using this template: https://<fmeserver>/fmedatadownload/results/{@getFileName(OutputLocation)} However, a developer asked me whether it is possible to integrate the request email in the POST body. Therefore I looked at the FME REST API and tried to POST it to: https://<fmeserver>/fmerest/v3/transformations/submit/Samples/WritingZip.fmw, with upload body: With the Email Templ

Hi dear Is ist possible to get a list of used values in an Attribute? I have data in the inspector (100000 an more) and i will know which values are in one Attribute used. thanks for an answer.

Hi all, after upgrading to FME 2018.1 we are not able to connect to MS SQL Server anymore. This seems to be due to an invalid connection parameter: Using Java Reader Interface Version 2.0 (Oct 31, 2000) with module MSSQL_JDBC_SPATIAL to read dataMS SQL Server Spatial (JDBC) Reader: Preloading JDBC Driver Class 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver'MS SQL Server Spatial (JDBC) Reader: Creating connection using connection string 'jdbc:sqlserver://************' and properties '{statementPoolingCacheSize=10, disableStatementPooling=false, integratedSecurity=false, user=************, encrypt=false, multiSubnetFailover=false, trustServerCertificate=true, applicationName=Safe Software FME, database=************, password=************}'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The disableStatementPooling value false is not valid. However, I don't see an option to control statement pooling on the connection or reader level. And even if I would, I'm kind of concerned what the perf

Hi, Currently we are using FME on Win 2008 R2 server, we are planning to move to WIN 2012 R2 server. Please let us know if we can use the same FME license on WIN 2012 R2 server and if not please provide the contact from where we can get the updated license file.

Why do i have to specify the source en result data in the Jobsubmitter while that`s already in the workspace

Hi, I have 5 fixed licenses of FME Desktop Smallworld Edition. Is it possible to install FME on to 5 virtual instances, that any user within my team can remote in to and use? I understand this would be limited to one user per instance. Therefore meaning the license is on the node, not on a named user? In an ideal world, we would have floating licenses, but this is not possible. Thanks, Steve

Have ArcGIS Pro 2.2.4 installed on an AWS box with the "Data Interoperability" license but on the Analysis ribbon, the Workbench icon is grayed out and says "This command is currently disabled. Authorize and enable the Data Interoperability Extension to access this functionality." Been on the phone with Esri and they want me to switch from a Named User to a concurrent license but that is not an option right now for me. They are thinking the remote desktop is blocking the license somehow and to try using Process Monitor to find the issue...not much fun! Anyone else have this issue? I know this is more an Esri issue but not making much progress on that end. Side note - I have ArcGIS Pro installed locally as well and do NOT have this issue. Trying the leverage the super duper Graphics Bundle we have on the AWS box for processing.

Hi, On the FME Server trial download page, if I choose the win-64 option, my browser starts downloading FME Server 2017.1.2.1-b17725. But reading the Licensing Walk-Through, I get the impression that I can request a trial license for any version of FME Server starting from main version 2016 and later versions. Question; Will I be able to download and install FME Server 2018.1 from the customer download page, and request a 60-day trial license for my FME Server 2018.1 installation by following the steps in the Licensing Walk-Through? Or are 60-day trials only available for FME Server 2017.1.2.1-b17725 specifically?

How to check validity end date of FME license?

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I am using FME Server 2018 and FME Desktop2018. My goal is to get informed and run a workspace, if a change was made in a specific directory. The FME Server has no internet connection, so I need another solution than the email-notification. My plan ist to run a directory watch by the FME Server and trigger a workspace to start running on my FME Desktop, which opens a command line window with a message inside. The other workspace contains a geocoder transformer, so an internet connection is needed. As I mentioned the server has no connection to the internet, so it definitely has to be executed on the FME Desktop. Is it possible to run a workspace with FME Desktop, initiated by the FME Server? I thought I could add a network-based resource to get access to the .fmw, but in the subscription options I am only able to add workspaces stored in the repositories. Any ideas?

When using a webpage to upload files to FME server, the files are put in a folder with the username of the fme token instead of the session ID retrieved from FMEServer.getSession() The directories based on session are being created, but the files are stored in the user directory (belonging to the token) instead. The file upload does succeed, the following translation fails because it tries to find the files in the session directory. Help!

I'm getting a notification that my license is about to expire and wondering why.

Backstory: For some reason the traditional ESRI solutions for doing this have failed to move the Attachments as well, so I wanted to see if I could use FME to do this. I have a SDE feature class with 43,000+ records and 84,000+ attachments. I have successfully used FME to write new features to an SDE Feature Class and add attachments at the time of writing. This however would be moving existing features and their attachments to a new SDE Feature Class in a different database. The thought would be to read (with the "Ignore Relationship Info" parameter disabled) the existing features, the attachment relationship table, and the attachments and then use the current origin and destination relationship ids as the values used as the temporary relationship ids when writing them as new features and attachments into the new location. Question: Has anyone attempted something similar? Second, the attachments are not being read. The feature and the attachment relationship table are read and contain

I am looking at running FlexLM on AWS to use our existing cloud infrastructure, but I am a bit concerned about the FME licencing server having issues when the virtual machine changes requiring a new .lic file. Is there a nice solution to running an FME licencing server on AWS, or will I be required to request a new .lic file whenever the hardware changes?

I am currently running FME, Windows Server, on an EC2 instance, build #16494. I am currently adding 32 FME Engines on Separate EC2 instances to increase my processing capacity, according to this recipe: http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Server_Documenta... Question: Does FME server have the ability to Auto Spin up one, or multiple <engineHost> machines (These would be EC2 <engineHost> AMIs) as jobs enter the queue of the <coreHost>? That is, say I have 1 engine on the <coreHost>, and 5 jobs enter the queue. Can the <coreHost> launch one, or multiple, <engineHost> AMIs to process jobs in a queue? Such that, in this example, 5 separate <engineHost> machines would be spun up, 1 for each job in the queue. This is important for me, because it allows me to turn off the tap, and only pay for my EC2 instances on demand. Thanks.

Hi, I'v downloaded FME Server 2018 (fme-server-2018.1.0.3-b18552-win-x64) but when I start the installation, after copying the files the setup process stalls (no progress) and stops half way. No errors/signals/etc. What's going wrong? My user is admin. Thanx in regards, Erwin

REM KÖR FME "C:\\apps\\FME\\2016\\fme.exe" entre1.fmw "C:\\apps\\FME\\2016\\fme.exe" entre2.fmw "C:\\apps\\FME\\2016\\fme.exe" entre3.fmwpause

Hi experts, I am currently looking at allowing my FME server jobs to write data into an access controlled UNC path. I had looked at the following documentations on the changing of the "user account" that is running the FME server instance.http://docs.safe.com/fme/2017.1/html/FME_Server_Documentation/Content/ReferenceManual/Directory-Account-Permissions.htm http://docs.safe.com/fme/2017.1/html/FME_Server_Documentation/Content/AdminGuide/Running_FME_Server_Engines_Under_Different_Account.htm The question is, in order for the FME server to function correctly, do I need to change the "user account" used to run the FME windows services for all the 4 services? FME Server Core FME Server Database FME Server Web Application FME Server Database Or will the changing of the "user account" used to run the FME Server Core will allow my jobs to write to a controlled UNC path with breaking any other connection? Thanks!

I am licensed for only one engine but a second engine is created automatically when I use FMEJobSubmitter. Is this normal? Does this count as using two licenses? If I run this job on a server that already has two engines will both licenses be in use? Thanks

Hi all, We would like to deploy FME Server and be able to read/write File Geodatabase and ArcSDE (ArcGIS Desktop 10.4) and Oracle spatial/non-spatial (Oracle 11). Both are currently 32 bit applications. I am not sure about FME Server 32 or 64 bit and compatibility with the formats we want to use.I did some research and came up with two deployment scenarios (single machine install): Scenario 1 - mainly 64 bit OS 64 bit Windows (as supported: https://www.safe.com/fme/tech-specs/) FME Server application 64 bit (https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/112/which-version-of-fme-desktop-for-windows-should-i.html) FME Server Engine 64 bit Oracle Client 64 bit (https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/163/oracle-clients-for-fme-running-on-a-64-bit-os.html) ArcGIS Desktop 10.4 32 bit with connection to floating license server (https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/24153/using-fme-server-with-esri-software.html) Scenario 2 - mainly 32 bit OS 64 bit Windows (as supported: https://www.safe.com/fme/tech-specs/

Hello I receive this message by clipping a DWG. Is there any chance to find the element which is responsible for this? AutoCAD Writer: An error occurred for dataset 'XY.DWG', in function AutoCAD2004Writer::writeInsert. Exception thrown: 'Cannot transform by non-uniform scaling matrix' (Cannot transform by non-uniform scaling matrix) thx in advance regards alfred

I'm setting up a dev server and wanted to import a certificate. I followed the steps but when i import keytool -import -alias tomcat -keystore tomcat.keystore -file <name> I get an error "signed fields invalid". Also, because the IT Contracting agency manages the certificates they applied it to the server i needed to export the PFX file to use in the keytool script. Any thoughts???

How many instances of the EMF can be run at the same time? I'm using Windows 2012 R2, and every time I open another instance of FME, it opens one that is already running. I can never open another instance. I'm using a temporary license on another machine, is it because of this?