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fmeodata

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FME to S/4HANA Rise

Currently we are using FME work bench to connect to S/4 via OData, however there are performance issues with using Odata, Is there any threshold limit uptil which FME can support the data extract using Odata without any performance issue. Any document or any recommendation from SAFE.What are the other options to connect to S/4 Rise if we do not want to use OData, our FME will be in AWS .What all config options we have other than OData to get rid of the performance issues. If at all there are other options available what all are the components needed to have the same Please help urgent

19 hours ago

kibaileyContributor

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Excel Writer: Error Message is 'col must be in range 0- 16383'

I’m encountering this error and am at a loss. Everything in workbench (SQLCreator - Attribute Mgr - Excel Writer) seems to work fine, up until it gets to the writer. Excel Writer: Failed to write an attribute of type 'string' with value 'XMLDATA' to row '0' column '-1015942868'. Error message is 'col must be in range 0-16383'. Skipping featureWriter Mode: UpdateOutput Field Names: YesFormal Field Names: NoUse Attribute Names as Column Positions: YesStart Position: Start Column: 1 Start Row: 1 Any suggestions?

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1 day ago

kalbertContributor

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Dissolver - Keep attribute from one of the features, but not random

I use a Sorter to sort on some attributes.When using the Dissolver with a GroupBy attribute and the Accumulation Mode ‘Use Attributes From One Feature’ after the Sorter I assumed the attributes are taken from the first feature of the sorted group. (Basically the same behavior as for a combination of Sorter/Matcher or Sorter/DuplicateFilter).However the Dissolver seems to work differently. The considered feature seems to be random (maybe a geometry condition drives which feature “wins”?).So the question is, how can I use the Dissolver so that always the first feature of my sorted group “wins”?I have an ugly mitigation flow with Tester, Duplicate Filter, AttributeKeeper, FeatureJoiner which is not really smart but cumbersome.Any ideas?Klaus (Version: FME Forms 2024.1.0 WIN64)

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1 day ago

caracadrianContributor

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Trouble with FME Form when having 3 displays

Has anybody experienced an issue starting FME Form (tried from v2023.2.1 to v2024.2) when having 3 displays connected.We have 2 LG 24MP60G 1080p monitors conected to a Dell Alienware X15 R1 (Intel Core i7-11800H 4.20Ghz, nVidia GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6, 32 GB DDR4). In this setup FME opens as a blank white windows.If we disconnect any monitor FME starts as usual.Please let me know if anybody else experienced something similar or if this is a known issue.

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1 day ago

pbyhistorianParticipant

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How to merge two workflows from the same Defragmenter

Hello.I have a JSON file the looks roughly like this, containing a list of un-named values:{ [ { “UniqueID”:123446, “Dealership”:”Dan’s Dodge”, “Owner”:”Dan”, “BestSelling”: [ “blue”, “red”, “blue”, ... “red” ] ... “Telephone”:”411” }, ... ]}My first JSONFragmenter feeds two workflows: the first workflow captures the named values (including “UniqueID”), and the second workflow immediately discards everything but “UniqueID” and the JSON from the first JSONFragmenter and then uses a JSONFragmenter to turn the JSON list into Features. Finally, a FeatureJoiner that adds to each newly-minted Feature an Attribute containing the appropriate name for its unnamed value. Now it’s time to FeatureMerge the new Attributes back into the first workflow by matching on “UniqueID”.Alas, the newly-assigned names are stored in the same Attribute of each JSON-list Feature. So, after FeatureMerger merges the first Feature,

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2 days ago

featuremichaelSupporter

posted in Community Q+A

create a 2D overview map from 3D roofs

Hallo FME enthusiast, I am trying to create a 2D overview map from 3D roofs (OuterEaves).What is the goal?The goal is to create a 2D view map from the top and those areas below should show the area in 2D, which seen are from the top and the highest Areas should stay on top.What attributes do I have for the roof surfaces?-ID of the building-xyz coordinates of the OuterEaves But I fail because of the intersection of the roof surfaces. The 3D data set is not 100% cleanly created and therefore I have up to 10 overlaps of the roof surfaces to each other or even within themselves.My question to you: What is the easiest way to clean up these overlaps in 3D space so that I get my result? King regards,Michael

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2 days ago

lambertusEnthusiast

asked in Community Q+A

Neighbourfinder limited by parcel boundaries

I would like to find for each green point the closest orange building limited by the parcel border the green points are situated in. See the attached image below. The neighbourfinder should do the the trick but should not search in adjacent parcels for closeby buildings. Any suggestions? Ps. This is a snapshot of my data. I have about 700 green points and their parcels and buildings.

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5 days ago

markrmunozContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Invalid Pointer error Writing to MS Access

Hi I'm trying to update attributes in a copy of an MS Access database. The workbench fails at the writer due to a provider error '(-2147467261) invalid pointer. Any ideas as to what the issue may be?

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7 days ago

ranjeet_singhObserver

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Unzip folders through Systemcaller

I am using SystemCaller Transformer to unzip the folders to particular directory using this command""C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z" x "@Value(source_directory)" -o"@Value(_unzip_directory)" -aoa" This process usually runs at night as subprocess within a FME Workspace. All Zipped folders are at same location. My concern is it skipped to extract one of the zipped folder. To check if there is any issue with the zipped folder I checked by running the FME process Manually and it worked fine(extracted all the zipped folder).I also checked by running the same through task scheduler from same user with which the process runs at night, and again it worked fine and was able to unzip all the folders. What could be the cause of FME skipping it? Any help would be highly appreciated.

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9 days ago

elmido13Contributor

asked in Community Q+A

FME Server as POST Endpoint

How to setup FME Server as POST Endpoint capable of receiving HTTPS requests from AWS’s source IP range.?

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9 days ago

olivierlParticipant

asked in Community Q+A

problem usin pythonCaller with QGIS library

hello,Despite reading all post about my problem i could not succed in solving my problem.error message is : “Python Exception <ModuleNotFoundError>: No module named 'qgis'”

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10 days ago

raymondbrunnerContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Dynamic Email Distribution List in FME Flow

We have an FME Flow automation that monitors a network directory for new files. Once new files arrive, they are emailed as attachments using an FME Flow Email (send) Action.Is there a way to make the “Email To” distribution list somewhat dynamic?We have an FME Workspace that generates a text file of the desired distribution list. Currently when it is determined a change might have occurred in the list, we open the text file and manually copy & paste the contents into the “Email To” of the FME Automation monitoring the network directory. Is there a means to have the Automation’s “Email To” parameter just use the text file directly?Or perhaps to have the workspace that generates the text file be included in the automation and provide the current distribution list once the automation is triggered?

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12 days ago

alfasudContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Installing on Ubuntu 24.10

Hi there, I am a new user so this may be a newbie error. I have just tried to install FME on my Ubuntu Workstation. It is running the latest version, 24.10. The latest version that FME lists has isfme-form-2024_2024.1.3.24627~ubuntu.22.04_amd64.debso I downloaded that. It fails to install with a long list of failed dependencies. Is this install going to be possible? TIA.Kerry

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13 days ago

selContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Integration of QGIS Model (py) in FME

I created models in QGIS Desktop. These models repair geometries of lines and polygons. Now I want to reduce the working steps, so that the data gets directly repaired in FME. Does anyone has experience in that?

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13 days ago

dcoxContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Hel with writing to Excel Template

My organization has a platform that allows users to collect spatial data. We have a forest plot survey that allows users to collect information about forest characteristics. The form is intense, with many nested layers, many-to-one relationships, and repeating sections. I have developed a workbench that reads the JSON from our organization website and ‘unpacks’ it into it’s individual tables, all with id’s to perform the necessary joins down the road. Previously I was just writing all the tables to their own sheet in an excel document, but now my managers are asking me to populate the data into their preferred format, so they have given me an excel table to show what they want the output to look like. It’s not a data friendly format. Essentially, they want all the data to populate onto a single sheet where the sheet has multiple instances of different fields names in the same column. Think like multiple tables stacked on top of each other in one sheet. My initial idea was to write all

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15 days ago

ruth_hContributor

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Adding a title and a table to a word document

Hi there - I have produced a table in a word document using the MSWordStyler and word writer. However I would now like to add a title to the word document above the table and I’m not sure how I do this. I would be grateful for some advice please. Thanks Ruth

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16 days ago

thomastupuivaoContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Unsure of the "distance" result from NeigbourFinder

I have a pair of longitude latitude coordinates that I’m trying to measure the distance between in KMIf I cross-reference this “distance” result in ArcGIS Pro, I get approximately 1.44kmThis is also roughly the same result if I use a online calculator;My question, is how does the result 0.01630799258600798 translate to 1.44km? is there something I’m missing??

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18 days ago

ivanwriterContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Use Microsoft App Registration in Entra ID to Connect to Azure BLOB - Is that Possible?

Is it possible to use Microsoft app registration in Entra ID to connect to Azure BLOB (non-anonymous, for read+write)? I find information on using a key to connect to BLOB--but my IT policy doesn’t allow keys. I need to be able to connect to BLOB from FME Flow.App registration with Entra ID works w/ connecting to Sharepoint. How about Azure BLOB?

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19 days ago

ed-progresContributor

asked in Community Q+A

How to replicate this? (convert line to polygon and inflate it until it touches the adjacent polygon )

Hi FME ninjas.I'm trying to replicate this end result:These are city streets, they started as line objects and have been converted into polygons.I'm guessing the workflow is as follows:- Convert street lines with a buffer into a polygon- Inflate those polygons until they touch an adjacent polygon- ???- Proft! 😀But I don't have a clue how to do this or what transformers I need.Who can help me out creating this workflow?Thanks.

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19 days ago

arnold_bijlsmaEnthusiast

asked in Community Q+A

Transformer to check if on Form or Flow?

Hopefully easy question: what is the easiest way for me to check if a workbench is running on FME Form or on FME Flow?On Form, when testing, I want to read the source data from my C-drive. But when on Flow, I want to read the official data uploaded on the server.

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19 days ago

arash_hokmContributor

asked in Community Q+A

How to Filter Date Values in FME?

Hello everyone,I'm working on a project in FME and need to filter date values from a CSV file. I have the following requirements:The date should be between 01.01.2021 00:00 and 22.07.2021 23:59. The date column is in the CSV file and is formatted as dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm.I've tried using the DateTimeConverter and Tester transformers, but I'm not sure if I've configured everything correctly. Does anyone have tips or examples on how to implement this?Thank you in advance!

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20 days ago

ritaParticipant

asked in Community Q+A

IFC to cityGML

Sono un neofita del programma, devo convertire un IFC in cityGML con un algoritmo già elaborato. Inserisco il mio file IFC ma mi compaiono questi errori :ISO10303-21: Unknown entity or type name '\xD0\xCF'.ISO10303-21: Invalid file format, unable to continue readingCosa posso fare? Ho provato ad inserire il file in IFC 2x3 coordination view 2.0

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20 days ago

nicholasContributor

asked in Community Q+A

What modules are available in PythonCaller?

What modules are available in the PythonCaller transformer in FME Server?I am interested in these modules;urlliburllib2requests

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21 days ago

damien16Participant

asked in Community Q+A

création d 'un tableau à inserer dans un PDF

Bonjour la communauté. Je cherche à créer un tableau avec mes données d’entrée et par la suite insérer ce tableau dans un pdf.Pour insérer ce tableau, je devrais sûrement utiliser le pdfpageformater, mais quel transformer va me permettre de créer mon tableau comme je le souhaite. Merci d’avance pour vos réponses.

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21 days ago

dannykgfContributor

asked in Community Q+A

HTTP transfer error: SSL connect error

Hi all, I had build a workspace in FME dekstop using httpcaller to get data from an api and its working. When i publish this on the server, then i get the following errors. HTTPCaller (HTTPFactory): [1]: HTTP transfer error: SSL connect errorHTTPCaller (HTTPFactory): [1]: Please ensure that your network connection is properly set upHTTPCaller (HTTPFactory): [1]: No proxy settings have been entered. If you require a proxy to access external URLs, please ensure the appropriate information has been enteredI have already check on the server and i can reach the api by web. Does anyone what the issue is?kind regards,

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21 days ago

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