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Hi, Anyone knows how to pass a different file path (parameter) in Batch File?I am calling my fmw in a batch file however I cannot change my source and destination path.

So we have FME Desktop installed in Citrix, so a multi-user environment. We have the named connections store file located on the file system with a lot of pre-defined connections in it, mostly database connections. So we give users read access to the folder the named connections store file located in, so users can use the named connections we have set up. Some of our users have AGOL connections they want to set up, these are private to themselves, but they want to use these in conjunction with our other pre-defined connections, so they all need to be in the same named connections store file as far as I knowSo the issue is, since we have only given most folks Read only access to the folder (we like security), they cannot themselves create their own private AGOL connection in the named connections store file. Temporarily giving the user read write on the folder where the connection file is, so they can create their AGOL conn would probably be the logical solution, but the way we manag

We are suddenly having issues with FME.exe that are not terminating.It does not happen every time either, about twice a day (runs every 15 mins for 20 hrs a day) Log shows everything is Successful, but FME.exe is still running.The workspaces we are having issues with are all using S3 transformers. The upload or downloads are working correctly, but the EXE is not ending. We are running FME(R) 2018.0.0.3 (20180430 - Build 18305 - WIN64). We have not upgraded to 2019 due to an issue we had while testing large file sets. 2020 is in the future, but we need a solution sooner due to a business critical dependency.

I have 150+ word files which have the same layout. I want to add a section in all of these files. Is it possible with FME? Similar to the XMLReplace in XML-files?

Hello everybody,I found out that FME includes machine learning in the 2019 version so I start exploring and I found a few great examples.I read this article and it was great. I have one task and if anybody has some ideas, some tips, some suggestions, I would be grateful.The task is: I have 2 satellite images (panchromatic has 0,46 m spatial resolution ) and ( multispectral image has 1,84 m spatial resolution ). I want with machine learning methods classified roofs on the image ( i want to figure out roof orientation, roof area and roof slope ).

Hello, I am working in a workbench for exporting layer from Oracle Spatial to a FileFeoDb, taking the layers to export of a configuration excel. I've already done it, but now I need to configure the alias of every feature class I manage in the process  I have searching for a solution but I cannot find anything. My expertise un FMW is not very high, so I need some advise on this...I'm thinking in aggregate aliases in the same way I did with layer names, but I'm not really sure where to configure the attribute generated contained all aliases aggregated. thanks! 

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Reader: MSSQL_ADOWriter: Esri File GDB Feature classTransformer: AttributeManager I am trying to see if I can first set a Where Clause to check if two fields (one from the SQL table and one field from Feature class) match each other. Once this is checked I want to update three other fields in the feature class using the information in the SQL Table

Somehow I have lost my ribbon in FME. How can I turn this back on?

Himy question is if one can use a template file in feature writer with excel as output format/F

i have two excel writer but i want to have one excel output has both of them as seperated sheet so i used fme_feature typebut it still give me output as two excel file , i do not know why i used attribute creator then attribute filter to get two seperated sheet but it does not work with me  i used sheet name @Value(fme_feature_type)and also edit parameter fan out and overwriting yes  First excel writer :  because i have many seperated tables so i used output field name NOUSE ATTRIBUTES NAMES AS COLUMN POSITION YES   i have A B C D AND SO ON NAME OF COLUMNS so my question should i used attribute creator for fme_feature_type before connects to excel writer direct and so excel writer will recognize fme_feature_type or should i enter it in each table that i divided  i tried both of this metthod but i did not get my expected output  second excel file utput field names yes and use attribute names as column position no whatever i did not have many tables in this excel sheet so i do not want

I am sure this is probably covered in another post but can't seem to find the right solution :)I have a list that I have exploded into its elements.  I have polygon layer that I need to add each of the names as a column in the polygon table so that I can put a value against each polygon for each column. i.e.PolygonID, Advertising Near Signalised Intersections, Affordable Housing, ...., etc

I am doing my first experiments with ArcGIS Portal Feature Service Reader.I run into some strange behaviour in Workbench with editing its parameters and wonder what I am missing out on, or if we have some problem here ... I add a reader (old style) and try to publish settings I want to keep variable. This works well for all settings except for the "Feature Service:" setting. There is no way to edit this in Workbench Navigator, and it is not editable in the Reader settings once it is created.  I try the same with a Feature Reader (new style) and voila I can publish "Feature Service:" as a parameter. Small trap here: I can only set it to a predefined parameter and the option to create one is missing in the dialog ;-(  Problem with this variant: I can't set Search Envelope coordinates as I can do with the old style reader. Seems like there is no way to have all parameters published I want and I need to choose which variant from above comes closer to what I need ? T

Hi partners,Here's a round-up of some of the March updates so far: Two new subscription pages have been launched on safe.com. As mentioned in our February bulletin, we are now offering Education and Small Utilities Subscriptions. We're keeping an open dialogue with our partner community about these offerings and would like to hear any input or feedback you may have. Please get in touch with your Channel Account Manager at any time. FME 2020.0 is set to release today at approximately 2:00pm PST. Keep an eye out for resources appearing on safe.com throughout various channels including demo webinars scheduled for March 17 and March 19, a blog post, updates to the customer engagement slide deck, and Knowledge Centre articles. For our localizers: All of the FME 2020 resources (splash screens, Transformer Guides, etc.) can be found on the Marketing Collateral Resources in the Localization corner. If you don't have access to this page, please get in touch with or the

I have a workbench where I have used Spatial Relator and List Exploder to make a list of polygon IDs and Neighbor_IDs of those polygons touching it. I want to count the number of touching polygons, and if they are greater than 3, find which are the same land cover type.Something like: for every unique ID with more than three touching polygons of the same land cover type, with a combined area of less than 200,000m^2 -> dissolve.I have a tester set up to test LC_type ID= LC_type Neighbor_ID, which passes to a counter measuring ID >=3But I don't know how to give dissolver the condition not to dissolve if the resulting polygon is > 200,000m^2.–

HiI would like to use a attribute value as a parameter for ather transfomer.Could you tell me the procedure?

Are there any javascript experts out there? I have created a data download web application where you draw a polygon and return some data. I have done this primarily from some samples made available on the knowledge base. It looks ok I have customized it a bit and added some extra functionality/background mapping.This is all working very well when I draw my polygon and submit the request it goes to Server and my data returns.Problem is I want to run the workspace even if a polygon is not defined/drawn - as in I have another parameter option to input x,y min and max values. I would like the workspace to submit without the polygon geometry part being drawn.  But when I try to do this I get the following error stating it can not read lengthmapinfo.js:175 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of undefinedat processClip (mapinfo.js:175)at HTMLInputElement.onclick (mapinfo.html:1)  Can anyone tell me how I could get around this basically if its null ignore or something sim

Hii have a data set that looks like this  Row_IDNameType1Ashville Medical PracticeGP Practice2Dr CampbellStaff3Dr PringleStaff4Dr AiswortStaff5Brierly Medical CentreGP Practice6Dr A J LittlewoodStaff7Chapelfield Medical CentreGP Practice8Maxine OrrStaff 9Dr BannonStaff what i would like to do is create a new attribute for each feature that contains the name of the GP Practice the Staff belong to. Which would look like this: Row_IDNameTypeName of GP Practice1Ashville Medical PracticeGP Practice 2Dr CampbellStaffAshville Medical Practice 3Dr PringleStaffAshville Medical Practice 4Dr AiswortStaffAshville Medical Practice 5Brierly Medical Centre GP Practice  6Dr A J LittlewoodStaffBrierly Medical Centre 7Chapelfield Medical Centre GP Practice  8Maxine OrrStaffChapelfield Medical Centre 9Dr BannonStaffChapelfield Medical Centre  but, as you can see, there is not a fixed number of staff per GP Practice.  Any help greatly appreciated  ThanksMark   

Is there any function exists in FEM equivalent to oracle function decode. DECODE(supplying_code, 1, 'Oracle', 2, 'FME', 3, 'ArcGIS', 'GIS') result

Hello again,We have a DWG that contains blocks that have been drawn in model space and then displayed in paper space using annotative scale. The block in paper space is scaled to the correct size based on the annotative scale but when I send the output to TIFF / PDF the blocks are the wrong size. TIFF Image above, DWG below. I know I need to scale the block, probably using the Scaler transformer, but how do I figure out the annotative scale used in the drawing associated with the paper space scale.There are AutoCAD references to the annotation scale but not sure how to find that scale out in FME as I can't seem to find in through exposing various attributes.  Sample drawing attached :

I already read the article (https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/886/working-with-geodatabase-subtypes-and-domains.html), but it doesn't seem to work. I get: "An error occurred while attempting to add the subtypes to the table/feature class 'Feature_Outline'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147219885'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {An expected Field was not found or could not be retrieved properly."

I am using a feature writer to write something into a featureclass but I do not get records for each feature that is written using a feature writer.I have the following setting for featurewriter but everytime I do not see any feature that is written/updated via feature writer. 

I'm trying to create a dynamic schema writer that outputs as the feature's reader filename. I have tried the answers in https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/65227/how-to-read-csv-dynamic-and-write-csv-dynamic-with.html with no success.Can anyone suggest a different workflow?Thanks

Hi guys,I am currently trying to automate numerous bits of GIS data we get from various sources. I have managed to do the following. Simple Terms currently: Excel/Shapefiles/Geodatabases ---> Data Validation via FME ---> FME/Python Script run via a scheduler --> Loads into Enterprise GeoDatabase I am currently trying to decide what would be the best way to improve this process for it to be more accurate and so numerous users can also load their data successfully.In terms of excel/shapefiles should they place their files in a shared area folder and then possibly break it down into various folder categories or would you suggest SharePoint? I would be interested to hear other's views on this and how they may use it within their business.Also what scheduling tools are best suggested, I am looking at FME server as a possible option.We are also using a SQL Server Geodatabase

Hi,  I am trying to build a workbench that performs certain checks irrespectively of the Input data. That means that it must accept data with different data types (.shp, .mdb...) and schemes (e.g. different attribute names and types). As far as I know, a generic dynamic reader is what I need. So I inserted one and tested it. Although this reader reads the (spatial) data and shows its polygons in the inspector, the attributes are lost. Instead of the original attributes, there is only one row in the table with the header <no schema>. In the feature information part of the inspector, however, the attributes are still listed. Since I want to write a log file including all the errors found by the checker, the attributes are important. What do I need to do, so that I can access the attributes of the generic dynamic reader?   Best regards André