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j.botterillInfluencer

asked in Automation

Hiding data download URL from Workspace/Server app result

Hi everyone, I have a workspace/server app which has a Data Download service published. It produces a downloadable zip file of the writer results. We a user clicks ok to run the server app and the status is completed, the data download url is shown. I have an Automation however which receives a topic and this triggers another workspace to send an email with the job details (rest api).Is there a way to hide the above data download link URL and still create the url behind the scenes>

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1 year ago

shahabkdlyContributor

asked in Automation

how to continue this workbench as no data have passed to next stage how can i redirect the data to final data if no data is passed in this step? i wanted to to go next step if there no data is left in this

how to continue this workbench as no data have passed to next stage how can i redirect the data to final data if no data is passed in this step?

1 year ago

crstnaiwContributor

asked in Automation

How to get FME Server Webhook Payload to Workspace in FME Desktop?

I have setup a FME Server Webhook trigger in the automations section and want to put the payload received into a database table by running a workspace after the action is triggered. Please help or advise if this is not the correct way? Thank you #Automation #Webhook

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1 year ago

vxn43Supporter

asked in Automation

Automation sends 8 emails when I only want it to send 1 or 2

I have a workspace that includes two Emailers that send emails based on what file is added to a folder. If a zero byte file is added to Folder A then an email will be sent; if a file that is more than zero bytes is added to Folder A then an email will be sent. It runs good in FME Form, it send two emails one notifying the recipient of a zero byte file added to Folder A and one email notifying the recipient of a non-zero byte file added to Folder A. But, after I publish this workspace to FME Flow, and create an Automation with the Directory Watch Trigger (triggered only when CREATE .... new file is added to the folder) that kicks off the workspace, it sends me 8 emails. Is this a bug with using the Emailer Transformer? I notice that in FME Flow I cannot view the Emailer parameters as I can with other Transformers. Any ideas on how I can get this Automation to send me only two emails?

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1 year ago

dor1411993Contributor

asked in Automation

Connect 'Emailer' to Gmail account (web confections does not recognize my Gmail account)

Hi all!I have some odd issue,I set up my Gmail web connection like describe in here, test it, and everything's is good.But when I want to use this connection in Emailer, it doesn't give the option to choose this Gmail web connection, and it ask me to set up new and regular one, which fails with Google error 401: disabled_client.Can anyone help me?how can I force 'emailer' to take the right Gmail connection?Thanks!

Add my own attributes to Webhook JSON-response?

Hi, I'm looking for a way to add my own key:value pairs/object to the Webhook JSON-response. The default webhook JSON response is:{"serviceResponse": { "jobID": 294, "statusInfo": { "mode": "sync", "status": "success" }}}Woud like to add something like:{"serviceResponse": { "jobID": 294, "statusInfo": { "mode": "sync", "status": "success" } "productData" : { "productVariant" : "type1" // = $(productVariant) }}} Not sure if it is possible at all. All suggestions are welcome.Thanks!

1 year ago

vkiContributor

asked in Automation

Check attachements in Emails with more than one attachements

To get a file validated, users can send an email to the FME-Server with the file attached. In an automation we first check, whether theres an attachement at all and whether the extension of the file is correct. If so, a validation-workpace starts, If not, the user gets an email back.This works fine, as long as there's just one attachement. But we now have a user with a grafic-file in the email-signature. FME-Server counts that as attachement too and sends him a mail, that he has to send a file with the correct extension, even though the file is there...I would have to loop through the attachements, if there were more than one, but how can I do this?(We are using FME Server 2020.0.2.1) Thanks in advance!Vera

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1 year ago

badgerseatfrog1Contributor

asked in Automation

webhook message content {message} keep reverting back to the string "Message Content" with no curly brackets. FME Flow Hosted 2023.1

FME Flow Hosted 2023click into the input variable Text Editor and dbl click the Webhook/message Content and this is the result: Click OK then APPLYClick back into the Text Editor and it's reverted back to this. I can't get it to stick with it's curly brackets:So as you could imagine any actions in the workbench downstream from this complains it's not a valid jsonhelp!this is the parameter published from Flow in_json: loosely following this from 2019https://community.safe.com/s/article/Emailing-a-Survey123-Report-using-FME-Server

Running a workspace from a bat file automatically with 1 click?

@echo offstart "" "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Data Interoperability for ArcGIS Pro\fmeworkbench.exe" "%~dp0ReadGdbFromFolder_AA.fmw" --runHi all, currently this bat file when clicked opens FME Workbench and the workspace dynamically based on where the bat file is located in and that's great, but is there a way I can also make workbench run my workspace once it loads up the workspace itself?

Engine managment , is there any issue with a automation calling workbenches that cannot run on the same engine?

For example I have automation MyAutomation that runs two workbenches, WB1, WB2. WB1 can run on engines 1 - 5(determined by the folder it is in on the FME Server), WB2 can run on engines 3-5. Can an issue arise where WKB1 is running on engine 2 and completes by calling WKB2, that cant run on Engine 2?

1 year ago

jkh

asked in Automation

Calculating moving average (3 rolling points) in FME.

Hello,I have a dataset with 1000 categories (A, B, ...) (please see the following sample). For each category I want to calculate 3 points moving averages. I developed the following workbench that using a Tester filter data for each category and then calculating the 3 points moving averages for one category (here port A). However, for each port of the Tester I should repeat all transformers again (transformer after the Tester), which is difficult for 1000 categories. I created a custom transformer but again I should import the custom transformer 1000 times. In the custom transformer I used a Counter which for each port should start counting from zero. But it is added up after that it is applied for each port. I set the Count Space of the Counter on local. But still didn't work. Can someone please let me know a better way to calculate this moving averages without those all repetitions of transformer. FYI, I am using FME 2022.

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1 year ago

kateaewContributor

asked in Automation

Removing workspaces from a repository after 30 days?

We have an 'Archived' repository on FME Flow. I was wondering if there was a way to create a workbench or an automation to, for example, delete a workspace after it has been sat in Archived for 30 days. Thanks

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1 year ago

scarterContributor

asked in Automation

Cron expression - what wrong with this one?

Hi forum, I'm very new to FME Flow. I need to set up a schedule using cron expression for 07:00 Monday to Saturday, all year. I've entered... 0 7 * * 1-6 However FME Flow gives a message: "Invalid cron expression: 0 7 * * 1-6" I cant see what's wrong with it. Any thoughts? See attached image.Thanks,Stuart

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1 year ago

nurbekContributor

asked in Automation

Hi Community, I have problems with automatation, i have a workbench which receives xlsx file in zip by email, i have published workbench to server, and start to receive below error:

Excel Reader: Failed to open the dataset 'E:\\apps\\FMEServer\\resources\\system\\temp\\subscriptions\\efbc8d67696c47d6b70bc0aa87c67166.json'. Error message was 'It is not a xlsx file. Use the xlCreateBook() for a xls file.'

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1 year ago

lgrieContributor

asked in Automation

How can I read attributes from a json stored using FME Server Automation writer ?

Hello, I store attributes of my workspace in an json array (JSON_FILE_PARAM) using the FME Server Automations Writer (myWriter).{"automation.id":"c48fb4a8-5757-4207-867c-6d0de3947b5e","email.subject":"mySubject","email.received":"Wed Sep 13 09:37:26 CEST 2023","email.body":"e-mail:myEmail@provider.com"} Now, in my automation, I'd like to use the attributes as user keys:{route.myWriter.JSON_FILE_PARAM.email.body}I do have access to those attributes stored OUTSIDE the list but not INSIDE. I'm using FME Flow version 2020.

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1 year ago

zanzibarjackContributor

asked in Automation

How can I trigger the start and stop of an automation/workspace through either e-mail or application?

How can I trigger the start and stop of an automation/workspace through either e-mail or application? I have a workspace that needs to run on 15 minute intervals after it has been triggered by user input (email or application). User then needs to tell it to stop running. Seems like trigger in an automation can either be incoming e-mail or schedule but I cannot start a schedule based on an incoming e-mail. Same applies to stopping said application Any ideas would be great.

1 year ago

magda_cz

asked in Automation

Directory watcher to trig a single event for multiple las file

Hi,I created a workspace to process las files and receive raster and contours data set. The workspace supposed to be run with use of a directory watcher but it looks every las file is a trigger to run it again. Is there a way to have a single event with FME Server 2020.2? Thanks

1 year ago

thorian

asked in Automation

Automating WFS download is it possible?

Welcome,I need to download data from 300 wfs servers (list of it in any format) for 2000 objects (3 km buffer form point) like on a picture. Is it possible to add a list with server addresses to FME where it will check the spatial extent of the data from the server and then from the polygon range and download the data?

Has anyone else experienced an issue a FME automation failing to run when it is scheduled at exactly the same time as another job? We only have one FME Engine and are running FME Server 2022.2

If I change the time to be 1 minute after the other job it runs successfully.There is no log file as the job submitter just does not start. FME should place the 2nd job in queue I would have thought.

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1 year ago

jbradforContributor

asked in Automation

FME WorkBench - Engine limit

We are hitting our 8 concurrent license limit with desktop. We use cmnd line and a PERL wrapper with our scheduling tool to run batch jobs. From what we read we are limited to 8 per engine, even if we were to buy additional concurrent Workbench licenses. So, that means FME server would be the only other option?Is it called FME flow now? Seems like a pretty big install. All we need is the server and the server cmnd line for a quick fix.

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1 year ago

lifalin2016Contributor

asked in Automation

Automation actions being involuntarily "cleaned" ?

Hi.I have some automations running on 2022.2.2, and had to do a small edit on one of them. Afterwards the automation failed badly.I found that all the workspace actions in the automation had been "cleaned", i.e. set back to their default (workspace) setting of parameters. All of them. And I hadn't edited any of them, just moved some connections.No wonder the automation failed badly, as I'm e.g. using automation writer features to pass information between the actions. And have some global settings too for good measure.Has anyone experienced something similar ?What might have caused this ?Cheers.

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1 year ago

fmelizardContributor

asked in Automation

How do I read in event as JSON in Automations?

In FME Server Notifications I used a JSON Reader to digest the incoming Topic Message and get at the relevant information to pass downstream in my translation. However when I try and create an Automation using the process the workspace fails with a 'file does not exist' error. How can I use the trigger event as JSON to run a workspace in Automations?

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1 year ago

klingdomContributor

asked in Automation

What is the POST setup for Corelogic?

We POST data to Corelogic in a Python script that works well for one offs, but we are trying to run 11K and think FME would be faster. The reason we POST is that the bundle we send is greater than a GET can handle (larger number of Lat, Long).We have tried setting up similar to our Py code with URL, json bundle in the Body, and Authorization Token in the Header but no joy see pic _A. request_post = requests.post(parcel_url, json=parcel_request, headers=coreHead). We also have also setup with Query String ParametersAny help would be appreciated.Examples:URL: https://api-prod.corelogic.com/spatial-tile/parcelsJson: { "geometry" : "POLYGON ((-75.90819777899998 39.808981800000026,-75.90412056399998 39.808855236000056,-75.90812199699997 39.80857331300007,-75.90819777899998 39.808981800000026))", "pageNumber" : "1", "pageSize" : "50" }Auth: 'Bearer li7HyqUBbCaBKVBCYSB0VpLjsBfQ'

1 year ago

pushpaContributor

asked in Automation

Set NEW Output file name every time User runs the batch file.

I would like to User to rename the output FGDB name every time they run the FME script using the batch file.I have a FME 2022.2.4 workbench file that output Data on to a FGDB.FGDB has many feature classes, line points and polygon.I have created User Parameter called "NAMEFGDB" then linked with the "Writer". When I run the script using workbench or quick translator it prompt and I can change the FGDB name.However when I run using the batch file, even though I can type the new name for the FGDB, it still writes out to Default database name. My Batch file is as below.@echo ## Start translation ## set /p NAMEFGDB=type fgdb name:"C:\\Program Files\\FME\\FME2022-1-2\\fme.exe" D:\\GIS\\Data_extract_by_Area.fmw@echo ## End translation ##pause Is there anything else I need doing to connect the FME script to batch file?

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1 year ago

solene01Contributor

asked in Automation

which command lines to automate fme?

Good morning, I’m trying to automate my fme with a bat file. It’s the first one and I don’t understand what’s blocking it. I attach my bat file if someone can help me tell if the command lines or not =) thank you

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