+9Hi,
I’ve developed a workbench that scans a selected folder and generates an Excel document listing its contents. I’d like to publish it to FME Flow, allowing users to input a folder path from the same PC where the workspace is executed. However, the app is currently failing.
Is this setup possible?
+39It should be, as long as the FME Engine service has read access to that folder it should read it.
+33Hi
In order to have FME Flow write to a path external to the server and on the same network we have to use the UNC path. I have run into issues writing to a shared location so be sure to check:
1. Use UNC Path: \\servername\myfolder\ not J:\myfolder\
2. The FME Flow user account MUST have read/write permission to that folder.
3. I am not a network security expert but, if I understand you correctly, you wish to write a file to a user’s machine. This is not recommended. The user’s machine would have to share a read/write folder to your network. The better alternative is to write to a shared network file location (like above not c:\users\username\myfolder.)
4. Have you tried using the Download Service in FME Flow to give your users access to the results of your published workbench? Here are some guides to get you there. Emailing a link is a great way to provide data to a user directly. They still have to download but your automation can run on a schedule and does not require a manual trigger to provide access to results.
Tutorial: Custom Data Delivery using FME Flow – FME Support Center
Which FME Flow Service Should I Use? – FME Support Center
Emailing a Data Download Link From Workspace App – FME Support Center
Hope that helps!
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