Hi @kketola, 

Yes, the data streaming service isn’t available in Automation workspace actions. 

For your use case, does the triggering application have an API? If so, I would trigger the Automation using a webhook and have the workspace in pass the data back to the Automation using an AutomationWriter. Then, you can connect an HTTP Request (External Action) to the AutomationWriter output and post the data back to the triggering web application in the request body. 

Thanks for responding @mattmatsafe ! In this case no there isn’t an api to use in the source system. We are trying to proof of concept using FME for real time usage where FME itself is being triggered through an API call using database code, reporting back data and continuing in the code using logic based on what came back. I almost have something that could work. The data streaming gives back postman data and initiates the automation. I just can’t seem to get access to the data from the Notify on Job Completion section in the automation.

Attempt at a visual for the workflow. Normally, we just have the workspace embedded into our automation, but needing data streaming is what is causing us to get more creative.
 

Ken

Hi @kketola,

This is an interesting use case! I hadn’t tried this before myself. If you monitor the topic you’ve registered with the Streaming service in FME Flow, you should see the data included in the JSON payload. However, the data is not included in the Topic Trigger’s event payload. I believe this is a bug and will file it. I can’t see why this wouldn’t work.

I know you already mentioned that you tried the FMEFlowNotifier. Could you put it right at the end of your workspace and pass the data that way? The FMEFlowNotifier shouldn’t trigger if the workspace fails. Although if your workspace is complex and splits into multiple parallel flows it might. In that case you might need to adjust the logic to bring the flows together at the end before triggering the FMEFlowNotifier, to make sure that you don’t trigger the topic when you don’t want to (could use a tester or something to do a logical test)

Hey @mattmatsafe ,

So, it was challenging to figure out a way as topic monitoring isn’t configured on my test system, but I figured out how to get access to the payloads being sent.

So, when using data streaming -> Notify on Job Completion and Post Data from Writer:

If I use {all} on a logger action, I get something like the following which has a lot of data, but none of mine though the subscriber_folder attribute does point to a spot where the JSON is written and correct:

{

    "automation.id": "170ff35b-7fd9-4836-b77e-cfa4e32c94de",

    "workspace": "stream_test.fmw",

    "timeRequested": "Fri-27-Sep-2024 02:23:17 PM",

    "NumFeaturesOutput": "2",

    "requestKeyword": "STREAM_DOWNLOAD_SERVICE",

    "source": "topic",

    "repository": "Training",

    "jobsuccess_topic": "DATA_STREAMER_TRACKING_SUCCESS",

    "jobfailure_topic": "DATA_STREAMER_TRACKING_FAILURE",

    "global.integration_id": "-1",

    "StatusNumber": "0",

    "user.ERROR": "0",

    "id": "2605",

    "timeFinished": "Fri-27-Sep-2024 02:23:18 PM",

    "logHome": "//tstfs01/TstFMEdata/FMESoftwareFileShare/resources/logs",

    "logUrl": "http://TSTFMEAPP01:80/fmerest/v3/transformations/jobs/id/2605/log",

    "user.JOB_ID": "{job_id}",

    "timeStarted": "Fri-27-Sep-2024 02:23:17 PM",

    "OutputLocation": "\\\tstfs01\\TstFMEdata\\FMESoftwareFileShare\resources\\system\temp\\engineresults\\FME_24066936_1727472197799_3528",

    "LogFileName": "job_2605.log",

    "StatusMessage": "Translation Successful",

    "user.INTEGRATION_ID": "{integration_id}",

    "subscriber_folder": "\\\tstfs01\\TstFMEdata\\FMESoftwareFileShare\resources\\system\temp\\engineresults\\FME_24066936_1727472197799_3528_nw",

    "time": "2024-09-27T14:23:18-07:00",

    "event.id": "cd9423ce-c907-40a7-b7b9-0510ee155dd8",

    "automation.name": "INT0000 Integration Tracker Template(1)"

}

If I use {all} in an email subscriber to the same topic, I get my intended data:

}

                {

                                "json_featuretype" : "data",

                                "job_id" : 2615,

                                "integration_id" : 9999

                }

]

When using FMEFlowNotifier in the workspace:

If I use {all} on a logger action, I get some other data, but mine is included as well:

{"automation.id":"170ff35b-7fd9-4836-b77e-cfa4e32c94de","global.integration_id":"-1","integration_id":"9999","job_id":"2649","source":"topic","time":"2024-09-27T15:00:23-07:00","event.id":"67c6ce62-8ac9-4edb-8c4a-e9b4a58670a0","automation.name":"INT0000 Integration Tracker Template(1)"}

If I use {all} in the email subscriber, I get _undefined_ but my attributes are accessible directly by using {job_id} and {integration_id}.

_undefined_ 2659 9999

So, it looks like the payload is not available to automations when using the data streaming notify on job completion service. Is it possible this is unintended, because I would have expected my payload by notifying a topic to be available to any subscriber whether defined on the subscriber tab or through an FME Flow trigger.

Ken

Hi @kketola, in my opinion, yes the data should be included in the Automation when triggered as part of the topic notify registration. I’ve filed a bug for our team to investigate, though it may be a while before they are able to. It’s possible this was never implemented for a reason, but at this point I’m not sure. The number for your reference is FMEFLOW-24034.

So, for the time being, yes please use the FMEFlowNotifier. I’m sorry for the frustration this has caused you!

Thanks so much @mattmatsafe for working through this with me! It was nice to have someone to bounce thoughts and ideas off of and get to the point of letting go of trying to make it work in this specific way for now. Have a great week!

Ken