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garybContributor

asked in Automation

Can Server delete an email after an Automation has completed?

I've built an Automation to run a workspace when Server receives an email containing some key text. The problem is that the email remains in the IMAP mailbox after the Automation has run, so in 5-minutes when Server polls the mailbox and finds the same piece of email, it want to run the whole thing over again. How do I make it delete the email once it has been processed?

4 years ago

redgeographicsCelebrity

asked in Automation

FME Server outgoing mail

I've come across an interesting case with a customer recently, they were trying to set up outgoing email from FME Server and while an Emailer transformer with their mail server credentials worked fine, those same credentials in e.g. the Datadownload success notification or as the system email didn't work. No error messages, just didn't do it. Any idea what causes this (or where to begin looking in the logs for a clue?)

4 years ago

dbaldacchino1Contributor

asked in Automation

Automations - Log action

In FME Server 2019, when you added a Log action, it ran a workspace that was installed with FME Server. You had to specify the location and also whether to overwrite or append.In FME Server 2020.0.1, there have been some changes. You no longer specify a location and you don't have the option to append. Since I imported a backup into the new instance, I also have the previous log and filter workspaces so I cannot check now whether these were also available with the install of FME Server 2020. Is the Log action now native to Automations and does not run a workspace, and thus does not consume an engine? I don't see a Log workspace listed in the completed jobs so I assume that is the case.Which brings me to my main question: Where do these logs actually go? I know they can be downloaded, but I would like to know where I can get to them outside of having to view them and then download. I looked in Resources\\Logs, but cannot find anything. Also is there a way to append vs. overwrite

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4 years ago

billybobContributor

asked in Automation

Is it possible to use the directory modified trigger to watch a OneDrive directory?

We'd like to use the directory modified trigger in a FME Server automation to watch a directory in OneDrive. Is this possible. The "path" to the OneDrive directory is quite different from a Windows path. Is there a way to accomplish this?

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4 years ago

sam.mcdonaldContributor

asked in Automation

AMQP Subscriber/Publisher for Red Hat AMQ 7

Hi All,I have been looking at configuring JMS Subscribers and Publishers for an AMQP connection to a Red Hat AMQ 7 (Based on ActiveMQ Artemis) broker.Using the included ActiveMQ libraries, I can validate with the following parameters:Provider Type or ContextACTIVEMQProvider URLtcp:localhost:61616Connection FactoryConnectionFactoryDestination(s)dynamicQueues/testHowever, when I attempt to validate using the AMQP URI (with correct port), it returns an error stating that it is Unable to Connect provider with URL. No connection attempt is recognised by the message broker service.I sourced the ActiveMQ AMQP library (activemq-amqp-5.15.12.jar) and hawtbuf libraries (hawtbuf-1.11.jar & hawtbuf-proto.jar) from the most recent ActiveMQ libraries, and reattempted, now getting a timeout that is seen at least seen by the message broker. The error from the JMS subscriber is shown below.Connecting to message brokers is a fairly new topic to me unfortunately, I was looking to see if anyone has ha

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4 years ago

ebygommContributor

asked in Automation

Testing automations in fme server

Does anyone have any hints and tips for testing automations in fme server 2019?ExamplesI have a scheduled automation and want to test whether an email gets sent correctly reporting on job success or failure, do i have to manually change the schedule to 5 minutes in the future to do this or is there another way?I want to check whether an email that is constructed using user-keys returns the correct output, do I have to artificially construct workspaces that fail to check the fail part of the automation?I'm thinking that creating a dummy workspace with a parameter that will control a pass or fail result is and building the automation with this initially might be the way to go but wonder if I'm missing something?

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4 years ago

martinkochSupporter

asked in Automation

Connecting to a JMS cluster, what to enter in the Provider URL?

Hello all,I succesfully connected to an Oracle Weblogic ESB (JMS) with some publications and subscriptions.But...The infrastructure here has a JMS-cluster, meaning there are two url-entries, not one.Connecting to one of the two works fine, but does not have the redundancy intended by having a cluster of two.So, when I put one URL in the Provider URL-field it works, but how can I enter two, for redundancy?This goes for publications and subscriptions. Kind regards,Martin

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4 years ago

gogopotter90Contributor

asked in Automation

Do we have another transformer instead of topology builder to create from node to node

part of line intersects to line at the same point . i would like to create from node , to node , so i used topology builder , but it creates extra nodes that i do not need ,and split the line .the vertex at beginning of the line and vertex at end of line that what i need . i tried using filter touches in candidate out to first topology builder clean no group by id then topology builder clean yes . but the ouput at second topology builder still gives extra nodes .as picture , this method works with crossing lines but when i have part of line as part of another line it creates extra nodes . the output of topology builder clean yes ,but it creates intersection point that i do not need as split the line in new point Do we have another transformer instead of topology builder to create from node to node ?or how could i using topology builder properly to create nodes when i have crossing lines and lines touched in as picture . FME 2018

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4 years ago

vkiContributor

asked in Automation

FME Server Automation templates

We have built a lot of automations in FME-Server 2019, all of which send EMails on failure. As it is not possible with FME-Server 2019 to template actions/triggers, we first had built an "Automation-Template" with the Emailer-Action in it and used this to build the automations.But now the password has changed... A template would really be helpful now! Has this idea https://knowledge.safe.com/content/idea/87710/fme-server-automation-templates.html been realized for FMEServer 2020?

4 years ago

miguelhacar

asked in Automation

FME Server 2020.0.0.1 - Problems with Automations> Build

I am studying FME Server 2020.0.0.1 and I have created a Trigger to run with Automations> Build Automation following the exercise in all its steps. I think I am doing everything perfect but when I get to "Star Automation" to run a Schedule process and an Action, the system freezes as if thinking and did not just run. I think that I have done everything correctly, I have also taken all the notes and translated into Spanish keeping the commands in the English language. FME Server is in local mode, on a Windows Pro machine with 16 Gby. of RAM. Can you help me with any information that I may be missing? Sorry if my English is not very good. Greetings, Miguel Angel Hacar (Recursos Técnicos Madrid, S.L.) E-mail: sig@rtm.es

4 years ago

gogopotter90Contributor

asked in Automation

crossing line splitted when i use topology builder

Fme version 2018 I have in the same city two problems .if i use topology builder Assume clean data no group by idthen use network topology builder ,it works good in the first case for first image if i used topology builder clean data yes it works good in the second case and it will give me as output one line that i want but for first image it has no intersection point so when i use network topology calculator ,the network id will not be equal for first image even i tried to use snapper for the line it did not work with mei did too many tries with intersector ,it give me good result at first image but for the second no,it split this line to many parts . then i did topology builder assume data yes as first ,it gives me good result as second image and it consider that as one line that is right no splitting but for first not it assume the line down has no intersection with the line up side could some one help me what should ,my data is clean and properly noded at the beginning of line

Is it possible to control where the Server App download service will download files?

I'm setting up a server app that will allow users to download a CAD file (the app will run a process that converts GIS data to CAD and will produce a .dwg). I'd like to be able to have the download go to the users Windows default downloads folder, or have the user specify where they want the file to go and what they want to name the file. Surprisingly I haven't been able to find much help that is applicable to what I'm looking to do.

FME Server Automation error: javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException: Data must not be longer than 245 bytes

HiI've got an error:javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException: Data must not be longer than 245 byteswhen trying to change and save Automation (schedule trigger + 3x sequenced workspaces)FME Server win64, b19643Got an error when trying to set on trigger Start Date&Time - error after Save button click.Any suggestion?

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4 years ago

dbaldacchino1Contributor

asked in Automation

Order of features in automations

Hi,I am trying to understand the behavior of features etc. in 2020 Automations, primarily the processing order. Below is a quick example of a test I made and it appears that when features come out and trigger an external action, they are processed in parallel (btw, I really miss the debugging features of Workbench where I can see the features move across and preview the data!). Is this observation correct? In my example, "a" was supposed to happen and finish before "b", "c", and "d" are performed. If I made the HTTP call within a workspace, this issue would not happen since it's all serial: features are processed in the order they arrive at each transformer (for the most part).I'm not finding a lot of documentation for creating complex automations where you can control what gets processed based on a previous result, limited looping (ex: allow only 20 loops to prevent endless looping) etc. Looping, which can be done within a custom transfo

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4 years ago

johnglickContributor

asked in Automation

Is there a way to pass dates to workspace parameters in automations?

I have an automation where dates are created in workspace 1 and passed to workspace 2. I already had published parameters formatted as dates in workspace 2. However, I can't see an option to use the dates from workspace 1 as keys, I only get a calendar selection. It works fine with strings, is there a way to do it with parameters which are dates?

FME Server directory watch: the workspace triew to run for every file copied to the directory even though all the files were removed the first time the workspace ran.

I have FME Server setup to watch a directory where JPGs are dropped by users. When the watcher detects a JPG it runs a workspace that moves all files found to a different folder (post process). FME Server seems to be trying to run the workspace over and over again even though the files were removed by the first run. All attempts after the first fail and another instance is added to the cue. I'm not sure what the cause is. Any help is greatly appreciated.

4 years ago

totobobiasos

asked in Automation

Download URLfrom server app

So, I've created an server app that sometimes posts very large datasets and have so far been able to restrict access to the data by just emailing the dataset back as an attachment (user email as parameter)(its not super safe, but safe enough - the data isn't super sensitive but sensitive enough). I've thus been able to restrict the data to the person running the server app by letting the person enter their email and get the data back that way. But now the datasets is growing kinda fast and the email client isn't putting up with 20-50 megabytes of attachments. So I read that it was possible to get the server app to respond with the download link (again not super safe, but safe enough). So: how do I do that? What parameter carries the data download link from server apps? Or, it doesn't work that way? (in wich case I'd have to do a workaround, and nobody likes workarounds :-) Been searching and trying for several hours without luck. Tried the ServerNotifier and the

Add Vector Layer to Open Layers Data Delivery Example

Hi All,Does anyone know how I might add a vector layer to the Open Layers example for data delivery in the FME Server Playgroundhttps://playground.fmeserver.com/javascript/data-delivery/open-layers-integration/I would like to drop a line feature on top of the Open Layers basemap so users can use it as a reference when they are selecting their area of interest.

How do I send a log file as an email attachment in FME Sever Automations?

Hi,I am using Automations in FME Server 2019.1 for the first time and I want to add the log file as an attachment to an email.I have tried inputting the following two options into the Emailer but neither worked.Option 1:$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_LOG)/engine/current/jobs/*/{job id}.log Option 2:{job.log} Automation Workflow:As a side note, I would also like to know if it is possible to send multiple attachments with the Emailer in Automations? If so, what would the syntax be for that?Thanks in advance!

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4 years ago

warrendevEnthusiast

asked in Automation

FME Server 2020 Emailer Attachment

I just recently upgraded to FME Server 2020.0.1 and noticed the attachments in the emailer transformer wouldn't allow me to specify a file with the direct path of my pdf in the Resources folder. This worked in previous versions of FME Server.$(FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA)/resources/example.pdfIt did work when I created an attribute with the path and used it as the attachment Source File.Is this change by design, or perhaps a bug? Invalid File Path Valid File Path

4 years ago

john_eskContributor

asked in Automation

Possible to trigger download when data(zip file) on website is updated?

I'm a beginner with FME and have only used it for a couple of weeks doing simple tasks in Workbench so my knowledge is not very good. I'm now trying to set up an automatic process for downloading data(zip files) from a Swedish authoritys website: http://extra.lansstyrelsen.se/gis/Sv/lansvisa-geodata/sodermanlands-lan/Pages/default.aspxI have created a FME script for downloading the specific zip (LstD Ädellövinventering) using a HTTPCaller. I only want the script to run when the specific zip file has been updated. Is that possible? And how does that work? I also want to be notified by email if the data failed to download. And maybe let the script run til the download is sucessful if that's a good idea?

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4 years ago

mmccartContributor

asked in Automation

FME Server Notification Push Format Has Extra Characters

I am trying to push a HTTP Request notification to a client machine using a Text Writer with MIME Mode set to 'application\\json'. The issue we're running into is that we get extra "\\" in the 'subscriber_content' section. It appears that the notification is converting the 'subscriber_content' to a string vs. leaving it in the JSON format.It should like this:{"Title":"Test WARS JSON Message","Message":"Simple Message","ActivityCode":[{"ActivityUID":"M336_34687_4592_08000AOH000","ActivityCode":"M336"}]}However, it is coming thru like this in both FME Sever Topics Monitoring and on the client machine receiving the message:{ "workspace": "ITD_WARS_JSON_MessageTest.fmw", "timeRequested": "Wed-02-Oct-2019 01:14:55 PM", "ws_topic": "WARS_JSON_Message", "NumFeaturesOutput": "1", "job

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4 years ago

nchapContributor

asked in Automation

FME Server: Automation Changing PATH after running fails consecutive runs

We have a series of workspaces that use a File/Directory Reader, do some magic, then Move the files to a new directory. Stored UNC example: "\\\\projectdir\\My Folder Is Here" The job runs fine in Workbench and when executed manually in FME Server -as the path retains the double quotee bounding. The problem we are finding is how Automations are interpreting the parameter Source Folder and File Pathnames Folder (PATH for simplicity). When the workspace is first added to the Automation, it initially interprets the PATH (UNC) as:''''\\\\projectdir\\My Folder Is Here''''4x single quotes{PATH}4x single quotesThis fails. I override this parameter in the Automation to use bounding double quotes ("\\\\projectdir\\My Folder Is Here") and it runs without issue. However; after this success, the Automation changes the the PATH to:'''' \\\\projectdir\\My Folder is Here ''''4x single quotes and a space{PATH}space and

4 years ago

witos

asked in Automation

FMEServerJobSubmitter problems

Hello,we are using FmeServerJobSubmitter. Fme version 2019. There is a strange problem: job is submitted, I can see it on the jobs list. So on the jobs list there are 2 jobs: main one and submitted. In the logs of main there is information: 2019-07-28 22:56:41| 1.0| 0.0|INFORM FMEServerJobSubmitter (ServerFactory): http://fmetest.com:80 - Running workspace2019-07-28 23:01:41| 1.1| 0.1|WARN FMEServerJobSubmitter (ServerFactory): http://fmetest.com:80 - Failed to submit request to run workspace2019-07-28 23:01:41| 1.1| 0.0|ERROR |FMEServerJobSubmitter (ServerFactory): Reason - ''So it looks that after 5 min main workspace decided that it could not submit request, it logged what is above and finished. But child job was actually still running for 15 min more (as expected as this job takes 20 min) and then it finished. I use settings in fme server job submitter:SubmitJobs: In sequenceWait for jobs to complete: Yes Funny thing is that if child workspace finishes before 5 min then e

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4 years ago

masonb12Contributor

asked in Automation

Why do I get these warnings when trying to run an fme server job??? Unathorized request.

After logging in, the user can successfully run the job and download the data.

4 years ago

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