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Hi all, has anybody done any work on 1D clustering or segmentation of features based on an attribute?  ie if you had the following attribute values 1,1,3,4,4,4,6,7,8,8 and wanted to divide them into 4 groups there are several algorithms: equal interval:  [1,1],[3,4,4,4],[6],[7,8,8] quantiles: [1,1,3],[4,4,4],[6,7],[8,8] jenks optimization: [1,1],[3,4,4,4],[6,7],[8,8] etc.  I'm particularly interested in jenks optimization or kernel density estimation

I have put a GUI Directives script in my Python start up script that prompts the user to choose a feature. I store the choice in the fme.macroValues dictionary.  Next I want to take that choice and pass it to Python scripted parameters to retrieve settings from a json file. This works when I use the FME built in parameters, but when I use the GUI Directives method I get the error that the Python scripted parameter does not have the fme.macroValues value. Looks like the Python scripted parameters fire BEFORE the GUI Directives, even though the latter is in the startup script. Is there any way to force the start up script to fire before the Python scripted parameters?  Thanks

Hello, I saved some information and coordinates to a PostgreSQL-DB from a php-form. beside this process the website will send an email to the fme server 2015 to start a workbench which perform some clipping with the coordinates and also save some more information to the postgresql. finaly the workbench send me an email for success. Thats the plan.  I didn't understand how to configure the fme server to start the workbench after receiving the email? Thanks for any advice. Lencer

HI there,  I've been running this workbench of my colleague for 2 weeks now and seems to be taking forever to finish. The command dialog box (becase its being called out from python using os.system, very crude method at the moment) is still up and updating but like in a very painfully slow manner. I've checked the temp file and one file is still being updated,  FME_OBJC_SpatialMultiGrids_MasterGrids_.........._1  I dont want to end it because it might waste some data that has been created. Im just not sure why its so slow.  Any tips will be appreciated.  Regards, Chris

Hello, I would like to know if it's possible to have a sort of tempalte for CSV files. I will create many csv files that will look the same (on the left 4 headers with values that change) and after that, on the 3rd, 4th and 5th row, from the 3rd line down, i will write point coordinates.Plus, at the end of the point coordinates I will have some other information. So is there a way in FME to make a CSV file that is already configured ? Because I was thinking of configuring it after with Python, but if it's possible in FME it will save me some time. Thanks!

Anybody do a successfull Dynamic Segmentation? I have a road network with attributes Street_Name: Jon Street Street_From: 39st Street_To: 50st Street_Start: 0 Length: 150m  I have a Table with Attributes associated with the road segment LRS_Street:From LRS_Street_To LRS_Street_Start: 92 LRS_Length: 58 LRS_?SpeedLimit:30  In this example Jon street should be "split" up into multiple segments because their is different speed limits for various length of the road. This segment the speed limts starts at the value 92, making the first 92m of the road a 50km/hr zone, whereas the remaining 58m at 30km/hr.  I have been trying the SNIPPER tool to segment the geometry based on this LRS_Length but FME has not been outputting multiple segments of road?      

Heya FME-cracks,  I recently built a workbench reading a DWG with the AutoDesk reader, expose autocad_layer and autocad_entity, yadayadaydada. Now I want to make it more generic, using a FeatureReader to read the DWG, fed by the Directory and File Pathnames reader.  Problem is: how to expose the autocad_entity attribute?  What I tried so far: AttributeExposer transformer connecter to the Generic output port from the FeatureReader. Nope.Attributes to Expose in the FeatureReader Parameters. Nope again.Additional Attributes to Expose in the AutoDesk reader in the FeatureReader Parameters. Still nothing. The only result I get is autocad_insert when exploding blocks into entities, but I need all... The attributes autocad_layer & autocad_text_string are exposed correctly.  Using 64 bit FME 2015.1.0.1 (15480)  Thanks!  Niels  PS My workaround will be

Hi All   I have a workbench that reads from an ESRI FGDB and writes to AutoCAD DWG. The FILE GDB only contains one feature (lots of polygons) & I need to batch process this many times but each time the "FEATURE TYPE NAME" is slightly different - e.g. -   Buildings_nt27sw   or  Buildings_sw34nw   I can only seem to set the feature type name as fixed and not to dynamicaly alter each time a new FGDB gets called. I don't appear to be able to link the feature type name to a user parameter that I can pass in from the command line or set the feature type name to be referenced from a wildcard - e.g. *Buildings*   Any help much appreciated   Thanks,   Mike

Hi all,   I have a simple question I guess. I have multiple , 700,  files to runn though a FME file and I tried to use a second workbench with a WorkspaceRunner. But I do not have any output!  What should be the valuse for the Destination parameters? I tried Path-Windows/Path-Unix but rather than writing the output in the target folder it write on my input files.   Any guidance is appreciated!  

Hi, I'm totally new to FME. I have two datasets and I need one attribute from dataset one in dataset two. Thanks for the help.

Hi,  I've created a workspace to read and manipulate XML data and append the output to a csv file. Then I've gone through the batch deploy wizard to create and batch and tcl script to process all XML files (700+). Then I modify my batch script so that it runs with FME 64 bit instead of 32 bit.  Now the script is running, but can I add some parameter to see how many files are already processed? Like before it starts reading a new XML file that it outputs like: " 3/700"? because now it's not easy to see how far it's gone through the files. 

Hello all,  i got a simple workspace set up where i am using the FILECOPY writer to simply copy a set of photos and rename them according to a user parameter, i manually put in the date the photo was taken, the source and destination folder are also controlled by User Parameters and change every time,  is there a way i can get FME to read the first file in the folder and extract the Date Stamp, every time i run the workspace, i know that i can import a dataset within User Parameters but this is not dynamic when i change the source folder.  maybe WorkSpaceRunner could play a role??  many thanks for your help 

Hello!  For the following problem I used FME 2015.1.  For an assignment regarding automatic map generation data is read and clipped according to certain map boxes, after which they should be written away, per map box, to PDF-files. I use for that purpose a User Parameter, set to Choice (Multiple), such that the map boxes can be selected for printing.  If I check the writer, the layers need to be named according to a certain attribute, while the PDF-files should be named after the name of their map box.  Until now I was not successful doing that. I could set the pathname and the file name according to [PATHNAME\\$(Name_of_the_User_Parameter).pdf . If I would do that for a User Parameter, the Choice (Multiple) type, the name would be the full list that is selected as map box, and not written away individually.  Does anyone have a solution for this problem?  Kind regards,  Jochgem 

Hi!  I remember FME could set conditional values to published parameters, but I couldn't do it in FME 2015.1. I even found a workspace from 2013, which had a published parameter with a conditional value:     I have no idea, how I did that. Has the function been changed somehow?

I cannot see how to make the WorkspaceRunner work. What is the input supposed to be? Was there ever an example in fmepedia?  Instead of running multiple quick translator sessions interactively I want to automate running the workbenches in parallel.  Now that there is a limit of 6 my workflow is disrupted because I have to watch to see if a workbench is finished before I start another. This is a big step backwards for me.  

Hi,  I would like to use Workspace Runner and Path Format Reader to batch process a large number of files.  I have over 100 files of different formats and in different directories and would like to use the Dynamic Schema writer when reprojecting them.  However I can't find an example anywhere on FME Pedia showing how to use this Workspace runner.  If anyone could mock up a simple example of this it would be appreciated.  Thanks

I have a couple of published parameters param1, and param2 and a private param (param3) which is concatenated from the published parameter :  $(param1)-$(param2)  if param1 is A and param2 is B I'm expecting param3 to be A-B  instead, in the python shutdown script fme.macroValues['param3'] returns A-$(param2)  any ideas on how to get it to fully resolved.

Hi All, I'm trying to amalgamate records from several tables into one with only 2 attributes - the ref (from the originating table) and the table name (created using the Feature Type Name from the originating table). However, when I try this the Tablename attribute contains the full path for the file not just the table name.  Can anyone help me with this one? Thanks.

Since upgrading to FME Desktop 2015.1 and Server 2015.1 we've hit an error writing dynamic features to a file geodatabase:  Unable to find the schema definition 'Scheduled_Ancient_Monuments' for feature with feature type name 'Scheduled_Ancient_Monuments'. Ensure the feature type name is correct and that its schema definition exists in the schema source  We haven't changed anything between 2015.0 and 2015.1 and it worked fine previously. I've attached two images showing the Feature Type Properties as they look in 2015.0 and how they look in 2015.1.  Thanks,  Peter.    

Hi,  I was wondering could anyone help me with a problem that I am having with Oracle Geometry Validation.  I initially got an Oracle Dmp file containin a polygon dataset which have a Tolerance of 0.0005 and Irish National Grid 29900, I have implemented the Oracle Geometry Validation with the Tolerance check of 0.0005 and all features have validated with no issues.    The Oracle spatial dataset was then transformed into an ESRI SDE Feature Class within a Feature Dataset which uses the Irish National Grid spatial 29902 reference system with all the standard defaults used i.e. x,y tolerance 0.001 and x,y resolution 0.0001.  All features loaded successfully into this feature class.  The data was then exported to an Oracle dmp file and provided to another person who imported the data into their Oracle database and into their Database Schema.  I was asked to analysis on the new schema so therefore the data was provided back to me as an

Hi guys,  Lets say I'm reading in several shape files. They are called "Birds", "Dogs" etc.The 'fme_feature_type' has the same name. There is an Attribute with the name "Race" (containing e.g. 'Finch', 'Crow', 'Falcon' ...) I need a csv file with the field names set to the feature type and the races beneath it. It should look like this:  Birds        Dogs               Fish Finch        labradoodle      ............ Crow         dachshund       ........ Falcon      pit bull terrier    ....   much obliged 

Hello,  I am running a workspace, and have created a custom transformer similar to https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/Samples_and_Demos/Looping-with-Blocking-Transformers  However, there is an error that comes up: Custom transformer 'JoinLoop' does not have a port named '' which is suitable for parameter 'LOOPBACK_INPUT_TAG'  My parameters are Elevation and _iteration_count... I cannot figure out the Loopback issue.

Hello, I would check the veracity web link from a FME process.(I need to know that isnt a dead link. Do you know a FME transformer for it or if i have to develop an algorithm ? thanks Alexy 

Hi World,  I have a XLSX file with two sheets in it and I want to use each sheet as a template for two different sheet in two XLSX writers but the same XLSX destination file. I tried to do so and it is not working. My first sheet (writer) gets empty after the data is written into the second sheet (writer). It looks like the "Template Sheet" parameter isn't working. I chose my Template File but if I let the Template Sheet empty for the two writers, nothing changes.  I've read in the doc : When you specify a Template File, you can select one of the sheets as the template sheet. Click the browse button to view the list.  Where is that list?? I don't see any sheet list, I have to write it down by my own... Cheers!

Hello! How I can to take this attributes from autocad block? I need it for converting to postgis database.  I don't see these attributes in FME inspector