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Creating and organizing workspaces. How to use Workbench.

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WorkspaceRunner and Start Rows

Hi, I'm using a WorkspaceRunner on a workspace that normally starts reading an excel sheet at line 10. When the WorkspaceRunner is applied, it reads all the lines, as though there were no "Start Row" set. To fix this, I tried to set the "Start Row" as a parameter and have the WorkspaceRunner pass that, but this still does not work.

7 years ago

cwarren

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FME Hub Transformer Issues

I recently just upgraded to the newest beta version and noticed that some of my FME Hub transformers were stated as "incomplete". I looked at the parameters and couldn't tell why it wasn't working anymore. I then rolled back to the latest release version and had the same issues as well. Is there an easy way to trouble shoot why some functionality would break? I just ended up rolling back to a previous version that works correctly for the time being.The transformers that are giving me issues are the RegexAttributeSplitter and AttributeConcatenator.

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7 years ago

takashiContributor

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Changing Writer in Writer Feature Type causes Workbench Crash

I'm afraid that there could be a potential bug here: Updating CSV Writers in FME 2017The attached GIF movie shows a repro workspace created with FME 2017.0.0.1 build 17271. Changing MITAB to ESRISHAPE is OK, but changing ESRISAPE to MITAB causes crash.

7 years ago

dfresh

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Custom Transformer - Overwriting Input Attribute

Hey Folks,how do you set an output attribute in a custom transformer. I could always just use an attributecreator after and set attribute a to the output field. but would rather handle it in my custom transformer.Attribute A = 1 before transformerAttribute CustomOutputValue = 2 after transformerAttribute A = 1 After transformerbut I want Attribute A = 2 after transformer.note - the numbers in above example are simplified.Thanks,Doug

Overwrite an attribute with another files attribute: Would you know how to set a conditional query so if file A's attribute X = file B's attribute X, it changes file A's attribute Y to the value found in file B's attribute Y?

7 years ago

lifalin2016Contributor

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Add/edit multiple feature types/transformers/connections in a workbench workspace ?

Hi,Occasionally I need to convert multiple input sources to multiple outputs. I of course use the "generate" option for this to get started.But if I later find, that the many individual connections each need a new (and identical) transformer inserted (e.g. AttributeCreator), how do I do that in an easy way (i.e. without having to add the transformer manually to each connection which is tedious even with copy'n'paste) ?2016 inserts a single transformer on one of multiple selected connection, whereas 2017 collects all selected connections as joint inputs to a single transformer. So someone has been looking into this.Another similar situation:I again have a lot of auto-generated SQL Server output feature types, and want to change the table handling in each from the default "Create If necessary" to "Drop and Create", and also want to change the attribute handling to "Automatic" on each.How do I do that without having to do it manually many ti

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7 years ago

bubblebebContributor

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How can I close Quick Translator after running a .fme file

I want to automate the closing of FME Quick Translator when I run a .fme file. I have a .fme file that is triggered by windows scheduler to run a .fme file. This obviously opens Quick Translator and runs the routine. At the end of the routine the quick translator stays open. Is there a way I can set the .fme file to close quick translator once the routine has finished successfully?Many thanksSeb

Batch process gdb update

Hi, I am fairly new to FME. I currently have 286 old gdb that consist of 15 feature classes, they needs to be updated to a new gdb. Some of the updates includes: changing a point to polygon, merging feature classes, changing fields name, and also mapping value for subtype. I have already figure out how to update an individual gdb.I was wondering if it is possible to batch process, and update all of the gdb. Right now, I am playing around with batch deploy, but I can't seem to figure out where to start. Can you please help me out? It would be very much appreciated :-)Thanks,Vincent

7 years ago

jonathan

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Ordered input and Parallelism

FME 2016 (but happens in 2017 too).A simple workflow:Input -> Dissolver -> Aggregator ->OutputBoth the Dissolver and Aggregator are set to group by an ID, the features are ordered by that ID, and the transformers are set to know this. Parallelism is off for the Dissolver. The result is that features flow smoothly through the workflow, and there is no caching of features at any point. Exactly as desired.However, if I then change the Dissolver to use Parallelism (any level) (to see if I get more speed), and change nothing else, this flowing stops. Now, all features appear to be cached by the Dissolver after the dissolving process has finished by the child threads, and are only released to the Aggregator at the end of the workflow.Anyone else experience this? Is this the expected behaviour? I can't see anything in the docs about the Input Ordered and Parallelism being mutually exclusive, but maybe I missed it.

How do I filter using time (HH:MM:SS) ranges?

Hello Everyone,I would like to build a workflow that would prompt users to enter a range (or ranges!) of time (HH:MM:SS to HH:MM:SS) that would be used as a filter an Excel sheet for rows within the ranges. Unfortunately, the AttributeRangeFilter will not permit this time format and I do not want to ask the user to convert to Epoch Time themselves. Any helpful advice will be appreciated

I'm having a bit of a struggle with batch processing of images. I have a set of (usually iPhone) inspection images with GPS coordinates that are to be downscaled and put into a MapInfo TAB as points with a hotlink field containing filename. Using either the JpegGPSPointreplacer (or with Stringreplacer and Expressionevaluator both) works - when I'm using workspace. But, when I batch deploy the workspace the factory pipeline empties between each image and then restarts, effectively overwriting the TAB-file with only the last processed image. Scaling works great using Rasterresampler. The result being a lot of downscaled images and a TAB-file with only one point, containing the last processed image. What have I missed?

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7 years ago

mmccartContributor

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Export list of FME Server Scheduled Jobs to File

Is there a way to export a list of scheduled jobs from FME Server to a txt file or some other format?Thanks in advance.

What I think have in inspector is list. But for some reason FME is thinking its not, because ListElementCounter is not finding it.Someone can explain why so? Its first time for me I have list"ish" features.pic from inspector.

7 years ago

jtn40764

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DateDifferenceCalculator

Hi,I try to calculate the difference between to dates. I need the result in Years. From the FME HUb I get the DateDifferenceCalculator. I runs good for difference in days or weeks. But how can I get the result in month or years?

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7 years ago

schlommContributor

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FMEServerJobSubmitter and JobRouting

Hello,I am using a FME Server 2014 SP1 with two engines and the corresponding FME Desktop version. We designed a process, which should trigger other workspaces in a specified order, but the complete process should run on only one engine, which is, according to the tutorial, possible and which I could confirm (see list point #4 below). For doing so, we have used the FMEServerJobSubmitter Transformer. Actually our process is very similar to the following tutorial (at least in regard to the technical aspects) https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/1413/fme-serve...Since we are running different services, we need a Job Routing Configuration, which we have realized within the FMEServerConfig.txt:TM_DEFAULT_TAG=default TM_QUEUE_TYPE=DEFAULT# Assign tagTM_REPOSITORY_2=internalProcesses:internalProcessesTagTM_ENGINE_1=Host_Engine1:defaultTM_ENGINE_2=Host_Engine2:internalProcessesTagUsing this config, every workspace in the the "internalProcesses"-repository gets the tag "internalProcessesTag". Fo

How can I rename read feature types in dynamic workflows before writing them such that they don't cause the writer to complain about no matching feature types or change the schema from the original feature type?

7 years ago

swfiregis

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Can I copy attributes from feature type into the FeatureWriter Transformer? You can do it into a FeatureWriter but not the transformer. I'm trying to convert some of my Writers to use the FeatureWriter Transformer.

7 years ago

gis_dev

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Shapefile Attributes not being kept when converted into .SDF? When I use FME to convert shapefile into .sdf, it finished converting but when I look at the .sdf file there are no attributes/values in the table. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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7 years ago

paalpedContributor

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How do I tell FME to send the full path as a string and NOT $(FME_MF_DIR)?

Hello,I have this problem when trying to open a directory with a python parameter.The line in my script causing the error:f=open(os.path.join(FME_MacroValues['path_orders'],ftp.nlst()[0]),'w')IOError: No such file or directory: '$(FME_MF_DIR)orders\\\\1234567.WI02290100.vg'How do I tell FME to send the full path as a string and NOT $(FME_MF_DIR)?

Create Another Record from Multiple item list

Apologies for cross posting. What i'm trying to achieve is from this Excel table ----------------------------------- | Name | Listed_Item | ----------------------------------- | Mr A | [1234] | | Mr B | [6352], [2344] | ----------------------------------- TO ----------------------------------- | Name | Listed_Item | ----------------------------------- | Mr A | 1234 | | Mr B | 6352 | | Mr B | 2344 | ----------------------------------- I using StringReplacer to remove the "[ ]". Beyond that, I not sure how to go abt it. If anyone can just point to me the transformers needed to produce this. Thanks.

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7 years ago

fmelizardContributor

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problem returning python generated value to published parameter

HiI have an FME process that uses as its inputs a GDB file and its associated XML schema file. I want to generate the XML from the GDB at runtime, and I have a python startup script to do this in ESRI - this works. My issue is with populating the parameter for the XML reader to set the location (for the generated file). I've read through some of the articles and previous questions, and this one seems to be what I'm looking for, although given I'm not python literate/new to it, I wasn't able to make the solution work for me - apologies for the ignorance. https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/4296/set-published-parameters-in-a-python-startup-scrip.htmlI think I need to add 'import fmeobjects' and 'return ResultsXML' added to my current script (below), but when I do so I get an error about return statement being outside a function. I don't know how to place it inside a function,.. help please. Assuming that works, how do I expose it within FME? I was thi

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7 years ago

samisnunuContributor

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Passing Named Connection Value from attribute

Hi,In workspace_01 I have a WorkspaceRunner transformer that runs workspace_02 that uses a SQLExecuter transformer. The SQLExecuter utilizes a parameter to receive the Named Connection required (e.g., gisdata_01@SDEDB or gisdata_02@SDEDB, etc..) that's working great.However, the issue happened within the workspace_01 with the WorkspaceRunner, unless I select from the available named connection to assign, the workspace_02 won't work successfully; i.e. assign by 'Attribute Value' or 'User Parameter' from the sub menu.A closer look into the log window revealed how the parameter was interpreted/passed to the workspcase_02 as:--SDE_NAMED_CONNECTION {\\<at>Value<openparen>_Named_Connection<closeparen>}While it should be:--SDE_NAMED_CONNECTION' `gisdata_02@<at>SDEDB' `#FME 2016.1Please help

7 years ago

johnbyrnejb

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Expose FeatureWriter attributes

Hi All,I might be asking a silly question but here it goes:I am trying to pass some records through a Feature Writer and off the back of that pass the unique id of the written records into a SQL stored procedure so I can track it has been written successfully. However if I use the Feature Writer then I lose the attributes in the summary and therefore can't use the unique id in my stored procedure :( Is there a way to expose this attribute so I can use the unique id. I have attached some screen shots.

How can I export 3D building, textures, and attribute from Revit 2017 using FME exporter for Revit to ArcScene?

Hi, Could anyone please help me to transform the 3D object from Revit to ArcScene? I exported the 3D using FME exporter to get RVZ file, however, when I tried to visualize the result in FME data Inspector, the texture of the building wasn't appeared or transformed. I am not sure of the options I have to choose from the Export dialog to export the texture. Any Idea? Also, I transformed the RVZ file as it is (without texture) using FME Workbench Desktop to Shapefile and I have noticed that the multipatch layers for the building didn't come/merge in one attribute in ArcScene, and of course the texture was not appeared as well. Thank you,

Why use fme over python and arcpy?

Hi guys,I probably can say I'm at the point of being very confident with my skills in using python including libraries such as os, xlrd/xlwt, numpy, arcpy etc. I can create simple to complicated scripts, which can have simple line of codes, or several functions or several class objects and I can pretty much work seamlessly side by side with ArcGIS. In our office we have FME. I am finding it difficult to see any reason why I should use it over my pythonic process. I am thinking if only I encounter a very unique data format that python thru arcpy or another library cant read will I use FME to possibly do some translation. Other than that, any spatial operation I can fully use arcpy. But I don't want my boss to think I'm wasting our investment. I want to use it but cant find anything on the web that will convince me its a practical tool over things I can set up with python.

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