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How to connect to ArcGIS Online in FME desktop?

  • March 31, 2020
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aguan
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I am new to FME vs AGOL. I want to use FME to update an AGOL hosted feature layer. Based on this article https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/arcgisonlinefeatures/arcgisonlinefeatures.htm, I created an app on our organizational AGOL using my enterprise single-sign-on, and registered the app to have an App ID and secrete key. But where I use them to connect to AGOL in FME? I don't see any place in the "ESRI ArcGIS Online Feature Service" writer. See attached. I am using FME desktop 2019.2.

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For instructions setting this up on FME Server, please see @siennaatsafe's answer here: https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/88927/how-do-i-reliably-connect-fme-server-201819-to-arc.html

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laurawatsafe
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Hi @ag,

Since you have your App with the Client Id and secret set up already, here's how you can apply them in FME Desktop:

  1. Go to Tools > FME Options > Web Connections
  2. From that page, click on Manage Services... (in the bottom right)
  3. Click the + button on the bottom left of that panel and select Create From > Esri ArcGIS Online
  4. Give your new web service a name (this can be anything, just make it easy to know what it is). Then set the Client Id and Client Secret inside there. You can leave everything else at their default values. Note: the text boxes for those will be grey and might look like they can't be edited, but they can.

     

  5. When you're done, click Apply to create the new Web Service.
  6. Make sure to select that Web Service when creating a new connection to ArcGIS Online.

 

For reference, here is a link to our general documentation on creating and managing Web Services within FME Workbench: http://docs.safe.com/fme/2020.0/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Workbench/!NamedConnections/options_web_service_connections.htm


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For instructions setting this up on FME Server, please see @siennaatsafe's answer here: https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/88927/how-do-i-reliably-connect-fme-server-201819-to-arc.html


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  • March 31, 2020

@Laura, thanks for the quick help. The connection works.