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Hi,I have a point cloud with colour values. Eg the first image. I would like to make an RGB raster of this at a specified ground size (0.5m2).However, whenever I try to do this with the image rasteriser I get nodata pixels everywhere. This is because only about half of my data has a higher density than 0.5m2. Eg the second image.So what I would like to do is either replace nodata values with an interpolated value (say the nearest colour, or bilinear) or make it correctly in the first place, at my desired size, so that there are no nodata values at all. As in its one continuous rasterDoes anyone know how to do this? I haven’t successfully been able to work it out.I should note that I want the input to be the point cloud as I don’t want to coerce it into points for efficiency. I can definitely do it that way, its just computationally expensive.I will also say I only have 10 distinct colours (Each representing the height difference between the pointcloud and a DEM). If I could turn spatia

Hi,I need help how to use Fanout and not sure if this is a bug or not.  Using Workbench 2024.1.1 Using DWG as a reader and then change the parameter to Geometry and selected lines. Add the AttributeFilter to import the feature cache type Add the data as a writer to write new feature name.  Am I doing something wrong or need some tweak work ?

Hello.So we have a FME Flow set up on a Microsoft Azure machine that is causing some problems for our Spanish and German colleagues. More specifically that when their data (mainly KML’s) that contains one of their local language characters is being sent through our Flow tools then the process fails due to “invalid byte ‘local character’ at position 1 of a 6-byte sequence’.Due to the fact that our users are using diverse data formats then most of our Flow apps use generic readers where they select the format of their input data in a published parameter dropdown that is then feed into the “Input format” of the reader. We are not allowing the feature reader to figure it out itself due to limitations of GeoJson’s and GML’s.So far I cant see that you can change the character encoding parameters in the Generic reader like you can in specific readers, such as the shapefile one (correct me if I am wrong). So I have instead tried to change the Regional settings of the server machine to Latin (b

Hi ,  Is there a way can I put a new longtitude and latitude in these fields in  The reason I am asking is because this is in the wrong place . This is in near and off the Nicaragua and I need this number to be in Leadville, Colorado .Is that possible ?

Hi all,The data in my geodatabase file has an attached layer for each data layerI want to perform some transformer in FME and got the error:“An error occurred while attempting to open an insert cursor on the table 'XXX'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147216556'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session [DMA]}GEODATABASE_FILE writer: An error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details”I found the solution is to change the setting in Transactions Type to Edit SessionBut after setting, some layers can perform the conversion but some layers get the error:“An error occurred while attempting to stop an edit operation. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147220975'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {File read/write error occurred. [XXXXXX]}GEODATABASE_FILE writer: An error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details”Can anyone please advise me what I need to do now to fix these errors

Hi,I’am using FME Workbench 2022 with ArcGIS desktop 10.8.1 and ArcGIS Pro 3 on the same machine. When I try to load a feature class only compatible with ArcGIS Pro (containing arcade expression), FME continues to use ArcGIS Desktop 10.8.1 librairies despite the transation / Esri ArcGIS Compatibility set  to Auto or ArcGIS Pro. 

I have a workbench that converts CAD drawings to GIS, writing to both a FGDB and SDE. SDE was recently upgraded to 11.4. This workbench has run just fine for the past 8-9 years, with enterprise and FME updates and upgrades happening over the years. Recently however, it continues to fail if I run it on all DWGs I need. Either to the FGDB or SDE, or isolated to either one. It processes all the drawings, and then I get this error at the end.An error occurred while attempting to stop an edit operation. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147215975'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {The number of points is less than required for feature}Trouble is, I can run it on the drawings in chunks. So I ran it on the drawings modified in the last 6 months. Ran and wrote just fine. I ran it on the drawings modified 6 months prior to that, ran and wrote just fine. Going back until I ran it eventually on all the drawings. It fails on all drawings whether I choose the DWGs individually or use a

In my FME Form, I am trying to view my output against the default Stadia background maps. It says the servers may be unavailable. Does anyone else have this problem?   

Hi everyone, I’ve got many excel files and I need to extract some values in specific cells from them, then write these values into a new excel file. These excel file come with same schema, but may with different sheet names.For example, I got resume A, B and C, I want to extract NAME from cell B2, AGE frome cell C4, E-MAIL from D3 and PHONE from D6. And sheets name for resume A is ‘Jack’, for resume B is ‘sheet1’ and for resume C is ‘resume’. And now I want to write these information into a new excel, column A is NAME, column B is AGE, column C is E-MAIL and column D is PHONE.I know this must be a very basic function for FME, but how can I make this possible, I tried to search from the community without any result, maybe I input wrong keywords due to I’m a non-English speaker, please help me out, if would be better for me to understanding if you can attach a screenshot or a workbench file.Thank you very much.

I am trying to load data from a previously created ArcGIS geodatabase into another previously created one.Utilizing FME Workbench, I designed the workflow successfully which takes data from the original gdb as a reader, adding some transformers for manipulation and then finally loading the results into the target gdb as a writer.While the loading and translations were successful, but I have noticed that field aliases that were created through ArcGIS pro previously in the destination geodatabase were dropped out.What is the reason behind this ????

Hi! I have encountered the following error when using Feature Writer transformer (dynamic workspace) writing a Microsoft SQL Server Spatial table.  2025-08-06 16:11:20| 148.0|  0.0|ERROR |Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Writer: Query failed, possibly due to a malformed statement.  Query Text `CREATE TABLE [Infrastructure].[Fire_Hydrants_Audit] ([FH_ID] bigint, [Work_Required] bit, [Paint_Post] bit, [New_Post] bit, [Paint_Surround] bit, [Clear_Vegetation] bit, [Post_Reflector] bit, [Inspection_Date] datetime2, [Inspected_By] varchar_max, [Works_Completed] bit, [MI_PRINX] integer, [SP_GEOMETRY] geometry)'. Provider error `(2715) Column, parameter, or variable #9: Cannot find data type varchar_max.'Any thoughts how to resolve this? Thanks!

I am working on a lot of the DWG we got from a contractor and I have to deal with it because our forest is using a different projection and the units are different.  However, I have no troube with write to a new DWG with the correct projection and units.The only one probem I have here  is the Annotation which is different between the FME Data Inspector and ArcGIS Pro I have here.  The Annotation scale is way big and all over that I cannot read in ArcGIS Pro.Is there a work around to fix the problem ?I am in Colorado and work for a forest service.  I have two screenshot that will be helpful  This picture is in FME : and this is in ArcGIS Pro  Can anyone out there that have had similiar issues or a problem solved in the past ? Thanks !

What controls the order in which tags are written in the OSM XML writer? I have a set of attributes that are ordered alphabetically in the writer. The attributes are even ‘ordered’ on the features (which shouldn’t matter?).  As you can see 'smoothness’ was assigned as the second tag, when I would have expected ‘highway’ to be the second tag.Inspecting the written dataViewing the XML file in Notepad++Attributes are listed alphabetically on the OSM XML writer. 

Hello ! I have a DWG that has a different type of feature that I cannot convert to ArcGIS Pro because it does not recongize it or unable to keep it preserve the line..This is an oiginial DWG I have here : After I save them to a new DWG with set to ESPG 26913.  I got this It looks like a feature change for line from an oroginal to a new one above the picures here… Is there a way for me to preserve the lines from  change it ? Thanks

Hi,I am trying to read from a publicly available WMS service (https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/nafra2-risk-of-flooding-from-surface-water/wms), layerrofsw_4band.I have connected to the service in FME Form using a reader and bounding box for my area of interest. The reader runs, reporting success, but returns only a single line entry and a white dotted square in the preview.Adding the layer to ArcPro works fine and data can be viewed as expected.I believe the issue is due to scale thresholding applied to the service by the provider. No features are returned unless the map scale is less than 1:50k. My bounding box is much bigger.This forum post is the closest to my problem, Problems reading WMS layers? | Community, but doesn't suggest a solution.In the reader it does not seem possible to set the scale to operate at.Would the workflow required to access the features be something like:Split my area of interest into a grid, where each square is <1:50k. Somehow call the WMS ser

Hello,I'm scraping data using an HTTPCaller.One of the attributes contains GeoJSON data:{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[{"type":"Feature","properties":{},"geometry":{"coordinates":[[[5.96266096723135, 51.9996241913007],[5.96267141231219, 51.9996290142943],[5.96315710713663, 51.999175649922],[5.96290120337337, 51.9991708268575],[5.96266096723135, 51.9996241913007]]],"type":"Polygon"}}]}I'd like to visualize these polygons in the Data Inspector but I don't know how to convert this data into an actual polygon.What transformers do I need?Thanks

  Which Fme Transformer will enable me write an Excel Output Data to accept Large Numbers  (e.g. No1 below)                                                      No1 4111101101005601100102002                                                              No2 Instead of this Scientific Notation of Enconded Number (e.g. No 2 below)       4.1111011010056E+24            

Hello Folks,I have been presented with an interesting issue.I have a CSV which consist of data with multiple headers and related data for those headers.  #header 1 and valuesobservationId,broid,_response_body_new,_http_status_codeid_01682157639,GLD000000036023,"""BRO-ID"",""bronhouder"",,""kwaliteitsregime"",""datum eerste meting"",""datum recentste meting""GLD000000036023"",""50200097"",,""IMBRO"",""(2005-11-27, JJJJ-MM-DD)"",""(2025-04-10, JJJJ-MM-DD)"",,,,,#header 2 and values""put BRO-ID"",""put buisnummer"",,""monitoringnet BRO-ID"",,GMW000000074173"",""2"",,,,,,,,,#header 3 and valuesobservatie ID"",""start observatieperiode"",""eind observatieperiode"",""observatietype"",""mate beoordeling"",""observatieproces ID""id_OMO_95135"",""(2024-07-18, JJJJ-MM-DD)"",""(2025-04-10, JJJJ-MM-DD)"",""reguliereMeting"",""volledigBeoordeeld"",""id_OP_95135"",,,,,#header 4 and values""tijdstip meting"",""waterstand"",""status kwaliteitscontrole"",""censuurreden"",""censuurlimietwaarde"",""inter

Hi everyone,I’m pretty new to FME and I’m using FME Workbench 2024.2 to move data from my sde gdb schema to an Esri Parks and Grounds solution fgdb schema. I’m having trouble with the SchemaMapper and moving my domains(attribute values) to the fgdb’s schema. Currently they are not mapping.  Previous SchemaMapper parameter settings moved the source attribute value over to the target attribute, but kept the same source attribute value (MULTI-FEATURE STRUCTURE should’ve changed to Jungle Gym but instead it stayed as MULTI-FEATURE STRUCTURE). Can anyone help provide more instruction on how to get the source attribute values to move to the target attribute name and change to the target attribute value?Here’s the .xlsx I’m referencing Here’s my SchemaMapper Parameters 

I have an ArcGIS Online hosted feature layer containing point features that have attachments enabled. Could someone help me with some advice for how to use the ArcGIS Online feature reader that will allow me to access the features and their associated attachments (if there are any-not all features have an attachment)? It is easy enough to get the features, but I can't see a way to access the attachments. Thank you!

Hi,  I am using a bufferer and a dissolver transformer to generate a buffer polygon from an aggregated set of 500+ geometries. The Inspector is showing the generated geometry but the Oracle Spatial writer is unable write the geom into the spatial table. I am getting the error "Bad geometry detected in the following feature; Geometry could not be encoded for Oracle".  I have added a GeometryValidator after the Dissolver transformer. The generated geom comes through the PASSED output but still the error remains.  FME Desktop 2013 is used.  Regards, Ananda

I’ve got a weird problem where an Excel reader is reading an entire file correctly, except for one column where it is only getting part of the data. When I decode the XML of the Excel file (change extension to .zip and expand), I can look at sheet1.xml and I see the following data:<c s="12" t="inlineStr" r="AK10"> <is> <r> <rPr> <b val="0"></b> <i val="0"></i> <strike val="0"></strike> <u val="none"></u> <sz val="10"></sz> <color theme="1"></color> <rFont val="Courier New"></rFont> </rPr> <t xml:space="preserve"> </t> </r> <r> <rPr> <b val="0"></b> <i val="0"></i> <strike val="0"></strike>

I’m using FME 2021.WAL is possible pour SQLite since 2010, Geopackage is based on SQLite. I didn’t find any way to activate WAL on a Geopackage FeatureWriter in order to avoid lock problems.How can I use WAL on Geopackage ? Is it available in later release ? 

Hello, I am using FME Form 2025 and looking to write  shapefiles/ geodbs dynamically to an ArcSDE Geodb.My issue is that  where my source data has the data type VARCHAR2 it is written into Oracle as NVARCHAR2.According to our database manager our preference is VARCHAR2 due to: “VARCHAR stores each character using a single byte, NVARCHAR columns typically consume twice as much storage space as equivalent VARCHAR columns.”I have tried multiple options of resetting the data types and writing out either using automatic attribute definition or dynamic (using the readers schema), but in any case the final table stores NVARCHAR2.Is it possible to change the data type from within FME?Many Thanks!

Hi all, how do I easiest update change the field type in a GDB?Esri Introduced the BigInteger, which is giving me a lot of issues. It dosn’t work in all applications, and I can’t even do a relate or join on it. I need to get it into a integer. For some reason the data we get delivered now on a weekly basis has all the number fields in BigInteger.I need it to find the BigInteger Fields, and change the type, without loosing data. The data also fits an normal integer.Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thanks