Automation

We have recently upgraded FME flow to the latest 2023.2.2. I am having difficulty locating runtime errors for the job because when you click these runtime errors it will take you to the logs section where you have multiple logs. It's difficult to find which log file has this error. Previous versions directly took you to the error description while this version is not. Please guide me if I am doing anything wrong.Thank you, 

I have workspaces that are run from a job submitter in an automation. Is there away to kick off another workspace if it fails? I want to send an SQS message back to our SQS Queue with success or failure messaging. The successful message is easy but I can’t figure out how to send a failure message unless it fails though a specific transformer. 

HiIn our recent webinar about streamlining metadata automation we got a survey question which showed I didn’t make the functionality clear:“I am not seeing how this will help.  We have over 500 different layers, the bulk example showed over a hundred layers being updated but they were all the exact same layer, which is a situation in my opinion that doesn't exist for most people.”My demo indeed showed 145 portal items of the same type having their metadata updated according to some admittedly bogus business rules.  I failed to make the point that any number of any item type could be handled.  For example if contact detail changes meant a phone number or email contact needed to be changed you might search all items for the string to replace, or if you knew only shared items of a particular type needed license terms changed then operate on only those.Sorry for the confusion. 

I’m new to FME tool and I wanted to pull data from Google BigQuery tables and convert into GeoDatabase and shapefile. I'm using FME Workbench version 2024.1.1 and I'm experiencing an issue with using Google BigQuery as a reader. But I’ve installed Google BigQuery as a transformer and attempted to pull data, but no data is being retrieved. I’ve also authenticated using a service account key file, but the data still isn’t showing up.

I have an Automation on FME Server, which runs a workbench and that workbench runs a SystemCaller which runs a python script.Occasionally, the python script fails to run, and I want this failure to be recognised by the Automation, so that it sends me an email stating that it has failed.How do I do this?I can see how to set up the SystemCaller so that the Output Exit Code Attribute has a value of nonzero (representing failure)But how does this trigger the workbench to fail inside the Automation?I need the Automation to recognise the failure event so that it can generate an email stating that.

Hello,I have a question on the automatic rotation of 3D objects with FME. First I placed my 3D object on different points with the workflow explained in the following tutorial: https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407425765133-Creating-and-Using-Geometry-Instances. Now I want to rotate the 3D objetcs (electric poles railway) in the direction of a 2D Polyline (rail axis). Is there a possibility to rotate the 3D poles rectangular to the rail axis? Best regardsEric

I am on FME Server 2022.2.8, and I have a quite big automation where the workspaces communicate through json messages. Now I have been able to replicate a crash in too machines, but I haven’t been able to isolate the exact problems. I think it might be related to https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407442818189-Known-Issue-FME-Server-Core-java-lang-OutOfMemoryError-Java-heap-spaceIf I start processing that involves some 100 workspaces queued and running with quite long json messages the rest api stops responding eventually (about 30 minutes in, returning 500 errors). Processing seems to continue and automation is running fine, the Server ui seems ok (I think it is relying on REST API v4).Restarting the FME (or the server) does not help the problem, but cleaning up rows in the fme_job_history table seems to help.I have worked around the problem by re-architecting the Automation to make the messages smaller, so we are in the clear now.Just if anyone else have similar problems!

 In a experimental environment I have set FME server in a machine with ArcGIS Pro. (I want to verify some expected behaviors in FME Server, with out the trouble to install ArcGIS Server)It has ArcGIS Pro 3.1.3, As the document https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407724093837-Notes-on-FME-and-Esri-Versions-and-Compatibility states: When I try to run the workspace, it fails, and do not even creates a log file. In the fmeprocessmonitorinengine.log I find this: Wed-13-Nov-2024 03:44:01.898 PM INFORM Thread-19972 ALGTRCPIMSDM01_Engine1 Translation Finished (service '7070'). Return message is '370430:The workspace has Python Compatibility set to 'Esri ArcGIS Python 3.7+', which requires an appropriate version of ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Server. If ArcGIS is not required by this workspace, then update Python Compatibility to a non-Esri-ArcGIS Python. Otherwise, please install the required ArcGIS product. Please visit https://community.safe.com/s/article/notes-on-fme-and-esri-vers

Hi,I am trying to trigger an action on FME Flow when a new file geodatabase is added to my network. So I set up a Network or Resource directory trigger to monitor for CREATE events, but when I test it it fires once for each of the files contained in my geodatabase, or about 70 times.Ultimately I want to receive the path to the geodatabase in the File Path automation attribute, in just one trigger. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks. 

In the ‘Run Workspace Dialog, there is a ‘Log Debug’ option under ‘Advanced’ settings here:  Why isn’t there an option to enable this ‘Log Debug’ in Automations when configuring the ‘Action>Run Workspace’ interface? I need debug logging details to run my automation in ‘production’ mode. It’s not honoring the logging setting when I published from FME Form. Shouldn’t the option be here:  My ultimate goal is to have log files from workspaces ran within Automation have full debug logging enabled.Is there some setting in a config file I can change?Version: FME Form/Flow 2024.1.1.0 (Build 24619)

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Hi We have recenly started using FME Flow more. When someone runs a flow app no log file is created. However, if the admin user logs onto the web interface and they run the app again (on the same or different pc), a log file is created. Is this expected behaviour? If not, does anyone know how to get round this? Thanks  

HelloI have a Workspace App in dev phase. Since I cannot embed a HTML page by design or make use of dynamic user parameters to retrieve an event ID for now,  I went with the idea of using a URL / Link within the description box, (Markdown style).URL points to SP OnlineI’d like to implement target=”blank”.[link](url){:target="_blank"} (Kramdown)Is this possible? ThanksSameer

Hello, I am needing some help quickly. I am trying to create a FME Flow Automation that passes 3 attributes to the email action. The attributes are all created inside the workbench using the FME Flow Automation Writer. Each one of the attributes passes the From, To and CC data for the email action. When I run the automation, nothing comes out and the log file says the below message. I honestly have no idea why this is not working. I have looked up many resources on this site to get this to work, but i keep getting the same message. I know there is a value, why is it not working. 65 2024-10-29 07:58:41 | PermitData: Attribute name is empty for value expression ''. Ignoring expression since unable to create a blank attribute name

I’ve been running a script on FLOW for months that unzips and deploys apps to an IIS web server by copying them to the wwwroot folder. If the app already exists and needs updating, the script backs up the existing folder, deletes it, and then deploys the new version. However, about two weeks ago, it stopped working because the Python function in the Python caller can’t delete and replace the existing directories.I have admin permissions to the wwwroot folder, and the workbench runs correctly from my computer. But when it runs from FLOW as the application account, it fails. The app account has the same permissions on the wwwroot folder as I do, and both accounts are in the admin group.I suspect a Windows update or a policy change might be causing this issue.Any ideas?

This is my first time using the SFTP External Action in an Automation. I have previously used the FTPCaller Transformer in FME Form, but sometimes it gives an SSH error. The SSH error has occurred 2x over the past 6 months. Safe Tech Support tells me it is a generic error for which they cannot find a fix.  Consequently, I am looking to use SFTP External Action in my Automation that previously used a FME Form workspace to upload to the SFTP.  Questions about the SFTP External Action Details in Automation:Source Path includes the path and the file name (myspreadsheet.xlsx); Is it ok to add the name of the source file in the Source Path? Destination Path includes the path and the file name (myspreadsheet.xlsx); Is it ok to add the name of the destination file in the Destination Path? Is it correct to assume that Destination Path is the same as the Transfer URL in the FTPCaller Parameters in FME Form? The SFTP site has a password, when I enter the password in Password (optional) and choose

How to set FME Flow Schedule (under Automations) to run quarterly?  I’ve tried the following CRON expressions:0 0 1 */3 *and 0 0 1 3,6,9,12 *FME throws an error for both of these expressions.  Is there a known work around?Note: I do not want to use Schedules.   

Hello there,I’m looking into finding how to decide on the actual geometry type of a MultiGeometry feature using python API.How to know which OGC type it is ? MultiPoint, MulitLineString or MultiPolygon.I need this for reporting on ingested data types. class FeatureProcessor(object): """Template Class Interface: When using this class, make sure its name is set as the value of the 'Class to Process Features' transformer parameter. """ def input(self, feature: fmeobjects.FMEFeature): """This method is called for each feature which enters the PythonCaller. Processed input features can be emitted from this method using self.pyoutput(). If knowledge of all input features is required for processing, then input features should be cached to a list instance variable and processed using group processing or in the close() method. """ feature_type_name = feature.getAttribute("fme_feature_type") if feature_type_name not in self.feature_

Hi,What timezone are FME Server Schedules supposed to be operating in?I currently have a Schedule, set to “Once a Day” at 2.00am, and the job is being triggered at 1.00am each morning. After daylight savings this year, the job on the Schedule moved backward by an hour. I also currently have an Automation Trigger schedule set to “Once a Day” at 12.30am, and the job is being triggered at 1.30am. After daylight savings this year, the job on the Schedule moved forward by an hour. Last month, these were triggering at the correct time, but not any more.The Automation is running in UTC, and the Schedule’s timezone is unknown or invalid. Time jumped forward, not backward. Can these be made to respect server local time? FME Server 2022.2Build 22765

Our team uses GitHub, VS Code and FME Workbench for our data engineering projects with good results. Now we want to leverage FME Flow to automate the deployment of FME assets upon a GitHub merge to the Staging and Production environments. I would appreciate any suggestions or experiences in this regard. 

I currently have a workspace that i am turning into an automation.Current workspace runs a pathname reader and samples the latest zip file in a specific folder then sends that zipped fgdb to a featurereader using path_windows attribute to get the entire file path.In the automation i am reading the initial email with attachment. I am unfamiliar with flow processes the data from email attachments. I have the attachment contains “myfilename” (I am following this tutorial) . but i will need to completely change my current workspace.I assume i just add an automation as the initiator on my featurereader. Can anyone say this is the most proficient method? Or should i process the zip file and download it to my resource folder and then run it in the same manner i have my current workspace?I don’t have a need for saving the fgdb after processing.

Hello everybody!I have a server app to calculate routes. The workspace needs about 3 minutes for that and the user get an english text during the operations (calculating or something like that). But the app is in german language. Can I change those english words into german? thanks a lot in advance! 

Hello,So we have been using FileExistanceChecker to monitor the addition of new files into our network folders, now we want to do the same for Google Drive Folders.We were hopping someone in the community has had any previous experience on how to do this regardless of the method used.Does anyone has any suggestions on how to do this from FME Form and FME Flow?.Thanks in advance.RZ.-

I have a workspace that filters a folder for the newest .zip file contained within and then uses a FeatureReader to extract shapefiles out of it for further processing. This works perfectly in Form but in a Flow automation where it runs off of a folder watch, it fails with   '<filename>.dbf' is not a valid Shapefile and cannot be read.  So apparently when operating from Flow the FeatureReader is trying to read the sidecar files.  Why?  And how can I tell it to stick to .shps? Thank you

Hello,I have a flow automation set up to send out email with attachment(s) from a workspace. The output from the workspace include files: f1.xlsx, f2.kmz, and some parameter (e.g. ‘kmzneeded’ with value Yes/No).The email will always send f1.xlsx, but depends on whether or not user draw on the map, then f2.kmz need to be attached. Right now, I configured to include the two file path in server in the email attachment ("$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_TEMP)/F1.xlsx" "$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_TEMP)/F2.kmz"), so it always emails two files (with incorrect kmz from previously run). Can anyone please help point me a direction how to handle this? Any information is appreciated. 🙏