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rossc_propnhsukContributor

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Passing bounding box coords as parameter to API call

Hi I’m calling an Ordnance Survey API using a bounding box of a 25km grid square to just get the building outline features I need. I’m doing a spatial filter and buffer then to further reduce the number of features I want. I’m doing this manually i.e. putting the new bounding box values into the API call parameters then running the workbench again. I want to be able to do this dynamically via a parameter, from a list of bounding box coordinates from another file, so I can effectively loop through and spit out out a file for each grid square (I’ll append these back together later).Is this possible? Any help gratefully received.

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1 day ago

ksjohnson

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Polygon M to Polygon

Can you convert a Polygon M shapefile to a Polygon shapefile?

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2 days ago

videsParticipant

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Issue with Emailer Transformer While Sending an HTML File

I have been getting the below errors while trying to send HTML file in FME workbench 2023.2PythonFactory output feature was rejected downstream. Check the logfile above for detailsAn error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsError encountered while calling method `input'Emailer_CALLER (PythonFactory): PythonFactory failed to process featureI am using Generic SMTP

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2 days ago

nmily89Contributor

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Populate User Parameters automatically

Hello everyone, I have some published user parameters, and the choices will be retrieved from the database. Is there any way to have the user parameters to be updated automatically once the workspace opened? Thank you everyone.

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3 days ago

efennParticipant

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SchemaMapper help needed: data not written to new attribute field

I’m trying to write data from one ArcGIS Online hosted feature layer to another using schema mapper for field mapping. I’m finding that the features from featureclass1 are being appended to featureclass2, but there isn’t any data written into the attribute fields for these appended features. Am I missing a setting in schema mapper?This is the result of my workspace (featureclass2). Features 4-7 were appended from featureclass1 to featureclass2, but the data didn’t come through.This is featureclass1, you can see there is data for those features.I’m using a csv file for my schema mapping. The schema mapper is mapping one → newfour and two → five. I’ve tried this keeping the source attribute and removing it with the same result.Thank you!

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3 days ago

buttonsmcParticipant

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Connection To FME Hub in version 2021

Hi there,Has anyone found a solution to FME Hub connection in Version 2021?

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3 days ago

poonam21Contributor

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Fetch retail shops nearest to my current location

Hello Folks,I am working on a use case where I need to retrieve data for retail shops closest to my current location or a given set of geographic coordinates.I am attempting to implement this using an FME Form; however, I am encountering difficulties in obtaining the current location dynamically.If anyone has experience or insights on how to effectively retrieve the current geographic location within FME or through any integrated approach, I would greatly appreciate your guidance. Thank you in advance!

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4 days ago

poonam21Contributor

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FME Flow Login Issue

Hi Folks,I have previously installed and worked on FME Server, with my last usage being approximately 2–3 months ago.However, I am currently unable to log in, and the system displays the following error message:Could someone please assist in identifying the cause of this issue and guide me on resolving it?Thank you in advance for your support.

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8 days ago

fbeginnerContributor

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PythonCaller: Gruppenverarbeitung

Hello dear communityI am a real beginner when it comes to PythonCaller. I need the syntax to create a group processing with this transformer. My problem: Persons on an address belong to a group. A new attribute should be created based on another attribute in the group.I have already generated a basic program with Copilot, but I always get an errorPython Exception <TypeError>: process_group() missing 1 required positional argument: 'group'The code reads:import fmeobjectsclass FME_PythonCaller: def __init__(self): self.data = [] self.log = fmeobjects.FMELogFile() self.log.logMessageString("FME_PythonCaller initialisiert", fmeobjects.FME_INFORM) def input(self, feature): self.data.append(feature) self.log.logMessageString(f"Feature eingelesen", fmeobjects.FME_INFORM) def close(self): try: self.log.logMessageString("Start der close() Methode", fmeobjects.FME_INFORM) address_groups = self.group_by_attribute(self.

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8 days ago

nathContributor

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gdb writer

Hi, I have created a gdb with 2 feature classes, strings and points. But it only works the first time. Every time I make changes to the model and run it again I get errors. I have tried changing every setting but nothing helps. The only thing I can do is create a new gdb every time but that is not the intention.I usually use the Insert and drop and create settings

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9 days ago

pbyhistorianContributor

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Anyone ever connected with Veoci? (HTTPCaller and Cross-Origin Resource Sharing)

Postman connects easily to Veoci (emergency management software) via a two-step process:1) Get a private token;2) Submit query using the private token. These is done in two separate steps:Step 1 (https) returns five new or updated Veoci cookies in the headers, two of which are APIALB and APIALBCORS. Their values are identicalStep 2 (https) returns two more new or updated Veoci cookies: APIWALB and APIWALBCORS. These two values are identical (to each other).These four cookies appear to be related to Amazon.I want FME to combine the two steps into one (and let me store the results in a relational database).Step 1 works fine in FME. In fact, the pattern of packets matches exactly.Step 2 unfortunately returns the message “Authsession not found in cookie” no matter what I try. I know conversation contains a permanent redirect (looks like Amazon) and I think this is the problem.Even running Step 2 alone in FME always fails.I’ve tried configuring the HTTPCaller in Step 1 and the HTTPCalle

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9 days ago

nmily89Contributor

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How many users can run the same workspace using FME Form in a same server at the same time?

Hi everyone,We have floating licenses and installed FME Form in a server, and the users will login to that server to use FME. So, my question is How many users can run the same workspace using FME Form in a same server at the same time? My user has different username and password to access the server. Please advise. Thank you.

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9 days ago

rajan727Participant

asked in Community Q+A

How to Log Failed Records During Migration from Smallworld Collections to MSSQL Using FME

Hi everyone,I’m encountering an issue with the migration of Smallworld collection records to MSSQL using FME. I perform a differential migration of Smallworld records daily, and I need a way to identify and log any failed records during this process.In a previous migration project, I handled this situation using a post-validation Magik script, which compared the migrated objects in the external database. This database had a version control mechanism managed by an additional date column, making it easy to track if records were inserted, updated, or deleted.However, in the current case, there is no such versioning column in the MSSQL database, making it challenging to track failed records.I’ve decided to log the failed records directly in FME. After exploring various resources, most suggestions point to using the Logger transformer, custom transformers, or Python scripts to read the FME log file for errors. While these methods help identify general errors, they don’t provide details abou

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10 days ago

gistech_Contributor

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create Token Based web service (not oauth 2) to connect to ArcGIS Portal from FME

Hi FME Community!Does anyone know how to create a web service in FME form to connect to ArcGIS Portal?i see this article (https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407635174285-Web-Connections-and-FME#h_01J0S3JP9A7W1TX5B2GG56ZX8S) but could not figure how to properly fill all the parameters to get it working. my goal is to create a token based web connection to authenticate requests to endpoints stored in ArcGIS portal.Thanks in advance!

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10 days ago

agelfertParticipant

posted in Community Q+A

No more Schedule Categories in FME Flow ???

Upgrading from FME Server 2022 to Flow 2024.2, Very frustrating to see no Schedule Categories in FME Flow 2024.2! WHY ? Instead of finally making the tabular Schedules page sortable (how old is that idea?) or adding some useful filtering, it’s now time for tagging? Man!All my workspaces are organized by repository. Have been for years. My Schedules were organized by Categories, which matched Repository names. What was wrong with that? Go ahead and add tagging but why remove the categories? If I’m missing something, please let me know and I will gladly stand corrected. My real concern here is not with having to invent tags and changing my ways. Rather it’s the fear that Safe is becoming more like ESRI where changes seem to get rolled out not in an effort to improve the product but to make it look like the dev teams are constantly working. Please don’t follow their lead. FME has been my haven of sanity and productivity over the years when ESRI bugs shut me down. I can ignore the silly re

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10 days ago

redgeographicsCelebrity

posted in Community Q+A

WebSocketConnector alternative

After spending all morning trying to set up a Data Stream example in FME I think I’ve got it. It’s a basic geofencing setup:I have a GPX file of one of my bike commutes and use a WebSocketConnector in a sending workspace to send one location per second to a websocket.In a second, listening, workspace, that I’m running as a Stream, I’m using a WebSocketConnector to listen to that websocket and compare the locations coming out of that with a polygon. If it falls inside the polygon I then use a HTTPCaller to send me a message via Whatsapp.This is working fine:However, some of the documentation / tutorials I found, such as Websockets and FME Server, seem to imply that this should be possible with Automations too (and mention several other websocket transformers that have been deprecated). Has anybody tried that? Is this even a scenario where that would be useful? At one message per second, if I use the Websocket Received trigger and then the lisening workspace I end up with one new job bei

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11 days ago

oscardInfluencer

asked in Community Q+A

Downloading Resources from FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA

Good morning. According to this article I should be able to download resources using an URL similar to:https://fmeserver.example.com/fmerest/v3/resources/connections/FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_TEMP/filesys/testSpreadsheet.xlsxBut when I try to do so, instead of getting the file I get information about the file:http://sigdesafme.dfa.es/fmerest/v3/resources/connections/FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA/filesys/GASTDM01/wrapper.logWhat I get in the web explorer is this: {"date":"2024-07-17T13:04:52+02:00","path":"/GASTDM01/","size":153839356,"name":"wrapper.log","type":"FILE"}Am I missing something?I have tried to change filesys for “download” or “downloadzip”, but the ZIP it downloads is empty.The version of FME Server is 2021.1.

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12 days ago

ebygommSupporter

posted in Community Q+A

Advent of Code

It’s that time of year again for Advent of Code.I like to attempt it each year using FME (no python callers and no inlinequeriers). Sometimes it ends up easier with FME, sometimes it’s harder (and i think sometimes impossible)If anyone would like to join the FME leaderboard the code is here697463-34ac7156Sneak preview of today’s solution. Happy that I only had to add one additional transformer for part 2

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16 days ago

lcaruthersContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Joining Datasets

Hello Everyone, I have two datasets, which I essentially want to stack on one another. One datasets has data on rivers, streams, and brooks, while the other has information on ponds, lakes, and reservoirs. They all have the same attributes, so I just want to add the pond, lakes, and reservoir data as new rows in the river, streams, and brooks dataset. Can someone please help me figure this out?

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16 days ago

anthrax_79Contributor

asked in Community Q+A

FME Form 2024 and Microsoft SQL Server Issue

Hi, I have downloaded, installed and uninstalled all versions of FME Form from 2024.0 up to latest 2024.2 and still having issues reading and or creating a new reader from Microsoft SQL Server. Every time I create a new and or update reader transformer, the reader disappears. Same when I create a new reader, it never show up. I have another machine that runs (2023.1.1.1 (20231011 - Build 23636 - WIN64) and it runs fine. I want to update my version as this old version is unable to read from Amazon RDS. Has anyone experienced this or experiencing this?Update * after further investigations. I have found the below. There seems to be incompatibility with the versions and I could not find a version that can read both version of MSQL. Microsoft SQL Versions FME Form 2023 (x64) FME Form 2024 (x64) Microsoft SQL Server 2017 - 14.0.3480.1 (x64) TRUE FALSE Microsoft SQL Server 2019 - 15.0.4410.1 (x64) FALSE TRUE

17 days ago

jorge_rosalesContributor

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How to know the feature class and annotation class linked by a relationship class in an ESRI FGDB?

Is it possible to know that the relationship class "C04_EjesVia_LS_Rel" links the feature class "C04_EjesVia_LS" with the annotation class "A04_EjesVia_LS"? Any specific Reader configuration or attribute that I'm missunderstood?I attach FGDB sample.

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17 days ago

anthrax_79Contributor

asked in Community Q+A

Amazon RDS Microsoft SQL connector

Hi, I am trying to connect to Amazon RDS Microsoft SQL and I couldn’t find any documentation, connection or connector avaiable for FME Form. Is this only available on FME Flow?

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18 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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19 days ago

takashiContributor

asked in Community Q+A

Where has the Documentation site gone?

The new Community site looks good, but I cannot find the Documentation site.Can you inform me the URL?

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22 days ago

bayramContributor

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How can I place my points on a terrain model

Hello everyone,How can I place my points on a terrain model?I don't have Z values for the points I have, but I have a rester data in Tiff format, how can I place my points on this terrain?

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22 days ago

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