Authoring

Anyone know of a good way to analyze attribute values, and determine if a given value is a word in English?Or maybe even check it against a custom dictionary of names? I'm trying to clean up a bunch of values that have spaces from when the PDFs were output to data via OCR, so it looks like this: Attribute ValueWhat I want attribute to be corrected toThi s is a sent e nc e.This is a sentence.

I noticed that the FMEServerJobSubmitter transformer dialog is missing a button on it, the Refresh Parameters button, which used to be directly under the parameters list in 2017 version (if my memory serves me correctly).The documentation even refers to it:As a workspace evolves over time, parameters are added/removed/renamed, therefor this is crucial functionality that needs to come back. My current workaround is to delete the FMEServerJobSubmitter transformer and add it in again (with the added hassle of re-specifying all the settings).If there's a different way of refreshing the parameters, I would love to know how.

Hi guys,can someone please confirm if there is a character limit to the FME_SERVER_REQUEST_URI in FME Server 2017.1? It seems to be 195 characters.  For example, I have a schedule that is calling a workspace :  https://myservername.com/fmejobsubmitter/a_long_repository_name/and_a_really_long_workspace_name.fmw   If that string is over 195 characters then the scheduler reports that the workspace cannot be found. It works fine if I reduce the length of the repository name or the workspace filename.CheersBatesy

In a workbench I write some Swiss-Interlis-files which have to be uploaded to an FTP-server afterwards. I'm not sure whether I can use the new FTPCaller for that...? How would I do that? Here my questions: - in the FTPCaller I fill in the         - URL         - "Upload from a File"         - File to upload: Path to my files         - connection parameters >> so the FTPCaller doesn't have to be connected neither to a reader nor to a writer at all? - Thus I cannot use it in the workbench, where I write the files but in a seperate one? - If so, I guess it would make more sense to run my workbench and afterwards an FTP-job from a batchfile...?  Thanks in advance Vera 

Hi, I have a following table and I want read rows between start and stop. Is there anyway I achieve this in FME? any help will be highly appreciated.Thanks you IDDESC1 rest2start3run4rest5aaa6 stop7rest8run9start10bbb11run12stop13aaa

When trying to add an RData reader (.RData or .Rda), FME is unable to open the file and gives the error below: Workspace generation failed.

HiI am writing attributes to a shapefile, but the attribute names are being shortened to 10 Characters. Is there a way to stop this?Thanks in advanceMartin

I seem to recall that I was able to sort my display lists for Schedules, jobs, etc in the previous version of FME Server. I see a "sort" order button on schedules, but I cannot apply it to any other columns. Am I missing something?

I am looking for a solution that results in the simplified envelop of a 3D-object. The purpose it to indicate the reservation area of a 3D-object, without revealing the details of that 3D-object. This is a typical demand that Safe Software will encounter in the future when speaking to people handling BIM (Building Information Model) workflows.   Here some examples:    The purpose is to do that on minimally following 3D-objects (input)    The expected result (output) would be something like this (see red lines):

I have to create sample dataset of one region subdivided into sub-regions. I wonder if there is a way to randomly split polygon inputs to create simple sub-divisions. The number of sub-divisions could vary between 10 to 20.  I was thinking about randomly select two coordinates of the input polygon, create a line and split the polygon by this line, but not sure if its a good approach.  Any suggestions? Thank you a lot,  Max Demars

I'm trying to expose the metadata of the source feature types from an AutoCAD file. I've tried two different ways (see attached screenshots): 1.- using a "schema (any format) reader". 2.- using a "creator + FeatureReader". I've added a transformer to count the number of items in the "attribute" list, but in both cases returns 0. (see Inspector screenshots.)The DWG file contains data, as it recognises 88 feature types, but I can only get these attributes: "fme_feature_type_name", "fme_format_short_name", "fme_format_long_name" and "fme_basename".I'm unable to expose the content of the "attribute" list.I've added the screenshots of the readers and transformers parameters. Can you help me?Thank you very much in advance!

Dear FME community,I have data from several districts. Each district has different data sources. I'd like to use the same workbench for every district. Therefore, I'd like to set up a workbench with multiple (dynamic) readers, where the user would choose the district and the source of the corresponding feature types at the beginning of the translation (feature types to read, when run with prompt is enabled). So far I've only been able to do this if there is only one dynamic reader. Is it possible to use more than one dynamic reader? If not, is there a workaround for non-dynamic readers to be able to let the user choose the corresponding feature type?I appreciate your help,Vincent

Currently I can use two ways to sent email after a job is completed in FME Server:1. Configuration of Server Notifications: Here I use HTML Email Format to include information about processing time, download URL and other information. The Email Template is designed using the Email Template Language and the Email Template Keywords.2. FMEServerEmailGenerator transformer from FME HUB: In this case I am able to sent emails but only in text format and without using Email Template Keywords. The predefined keywords are not identified as variables and the keyword names are sent as text only in the email.Is it possible to use Email Template Keywords with FMEServerEmailGenerator? Or is there another way to do this?Best regards,Frank

Hello,I have a set of point and a grid partition. each point is assign to a partitionI have build a list containing all point in a partition (listbuilder group by partition_id)Is there a way to get the feature geometry of each element of the list.Does the geometry is preserved in a listbuilder ?if so How can I retreive it within the list of element in python?so far I only get NoneType in my_list.I saw that I must do something like my_list = feature.getAttribute("_list{}.<attributeName>")But what is the attribute name for the geometry ?later I would like to do something like feature.getAllCoordinates() on each element of the listdef input(self, feature):    my_list = feature.getAttribute("_list{}")    # flush the list

The 'download' buttons for layers in this data catalogue... https://environment.data.gov.uk/ds/catalogue/index.jsp#/catalogue ...used to resolve to fixed URLs that we could call from FME to fetch the data. They are now function calls on a widget... <a ng-if="layer.format" target="_self" href="javascript: void(0);" ng-click="vm.performDownload(layer)" bs-tooltip="" data-title="Click to download"> <img src="images/download-small.png"> </a> There are no requests when the button is clicked so a POST won't do the job of a button click. Does anybody know a way to programmatically click the download button or to get hold of the payload by any means?

How can I access list elements dynamically and put it in a loop? I tried this:index = 2r = @Value(keys_list{index}.key)but understand the 'at' is just a templating syntax and cant be used like this..Also, if there is any specific list functions or a dedicated list object, I have not been able to find them under  Class FMEFeature in the documentation.Thanks,UPDATE:Tried        keys_list = feature.getAttribute('keys_list{}')        for key in keys_list:            pass                self.pyoutput(feature)This gives me Python Exception <TypeError>: 'NoneType' object is not iterableVerified: keys_list exists and has several elements.

Hi,Is there a way to add transformers based on a list of variables. Like: for each of the variables in a list, run all the data through a defined set of transformers, and with each iteration change what those transformers do based on the variable?Thanks!

Hi everybody!Currently I'm building a workspace that validates schema features by comparing them with an ESRI XML workspace document. For this purpose I was wondering if it is possible with the FeatureReader transformer to read only the schema feature that has the same fme_feature_type_name as the initiator feature. Can this be done (using FME 2015.1 - build 15539)?I have set the FeatureReader format to "Schema (Any Format)" and selected fme_feature_type_name in 'Feature Types to Read' from attribute:However, this is doesn't output any schema features...Any suggestions would be most welcome!

I'm trying to separate many polygon features (+1mil) by another polygon boundary dataset. I'm using the spatial relator and anything with _related_candidate > 0, are exported to a file with the boundary name. It takes about 32 minutes to run. I would like to use the group by parameter and parallel processing to make this go faster except there's not a common attribute between the datasets. Is this a fruitless endeavor? Should I be happy with 32 minutes? ;)

Hello, I'm using a Feature Reader to read a csv. I would like to keep the incoming attributes from a sql query. Even though I use "Merge Initiator and Result" in the parameters they are not merged in the output. (The incoming are output via Schema and Initiator, the csv attributes via CSV) Is it possible to get a single output with the incoming attributes and the attributes from the csv?

Getting Error "FME Configuration: No destination coordinate system set" while running transformers

Is there a setting in FME, where transformers that are in an older version of FME Workbench do not get deleted, when FME is upgraded to the newer version? I had a Joiner transformer within my workbench, but because FME 2018 modified the name, the transformer was removed. If there is not a setting, is there a best practice to prevent this in the future?Thank you for any advice!David

Hi, I am attempting to feed an attribute value into a published parameter WHERE Clause in a WorkspaceRunner (the workbench reads an AGOL feature service, which i want to limit the number of features it has to read as its very slow).FeatureReader is not an option as I need to read attachments.In the error log it shows that instead of using the attribute value @Value(SQL), it is the actual text @Value(SQL) that is getting used. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this a bug?Thanks

How do I retain my header rows when I fanout my Text File Data Set? It seems I need to replicate the same number of features with the header row so the fanout can group-by the expression/attribute (that is only available in the data itself). I could see a possible FeatureMerger (with hard-coded values and a List) and then a ListExploder, but this seems overkill.Ideally, the writer would support an additional header row(s) port - I need multiple header rows - that can be supplied before Fanout is processed.

I'm looking for any performance tips for mosaicking a large number of rasters.I already know about parallel processing and don't need any further advice on that aspect (thanks!).I'm wondering if anything can be gained from using a large number of FME Server Engines or FME Cloud instances and if there's a simple workflow for achieving this. My initial thought is to build my own version of parallel processing and split the mosaicking into several workspaces for submission by the FMEServerJobSubmitter. Anyone got any other ideas?