Skip to main content
Question

FME API 4 - get Automation schedules

  • August 4, 2026
  • 1 reply
  • 41 views

maschinensturm
Contributor
Forum|alt.badge.img+5

Hello!


We are using Flow FME 2026.1.2. I would like an overview of when most automations trigger. Unfortunately, there isn't much information about it in the documentation, so I did some research and found this post:

I tried it and now I'm experiencing some really strange behaviour. Until today, I could run all the API requests I ever needed and get results. I can even run FMEURL/fmeapiv4/schedules?limit=100&offset. What I can’t run is the solution in the thread:

FMEURL/fmeapiv4/schedules?limit=100&offset=0&sourceType=automation

As soon as I add 'sourceType' as a parameter, I get the following result:

{"message":"Unauthorized request by user USERNAME due to lack of proper permissions or the object does not exist."}

 

Do I need special privileges to use this parameter? Or is it just bugged? Is there a workaround to achieve my goal of creating an overview of automation schedules?

 

Many thanks in advance for your help.
Kind regards,

 

Henning

1 reply

j.botterill
Evangelist
Forum|alt.badge.img+61
  • Evangelist
  • August 5, 2026

Based on my observation, Automation jobs appear to execute using the security context associated with the last user who saved the Automation.

This has implications for access control and resource permissions, as changing the editor can alter the privileges available to the job. I haven't seen this behavior explicitly documented, so clarification from the Safe team would be appreciated.