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Hello FME Community, I have a workspace running smoothly on FME Desktop, but as soon as I launch the workspace on FME Server, I'm confronted with an error message like this: The workspace reads some data from different sources, performs some hocus pocus and finally writes to autocad format. I've replaced the Autocad writer with a simple .txt writer, to ensure the problem is not situated at the writer.The FME Server account has writing permissions to the folder location I'm trying to populate with some data.Since I'm creating a new Autocad-file, I'm quite confused with this error message. The file is generated by my workspace, so it can't be opened in another program.What can be causing this error ?Has anyone experienced this error before ?Kind regards, Dries

Is it possible to delete an entiere sheet in a Excel document? While a writer allows me to delete input in a certain sheet, I can't find a way to delete a whole sheet.  Thank you,

I have a general question about the way FME is able to read data. Right now I have data stored on a fileserver, which I want to read into FME directly.What would happen if someone else is accessing this data, either directly or through another application, while I was reading the data into FME? Would this cause an error in FME? Or could simultaneously reading the data from the fileserver, while someone else is accessing or probably editing this data in another apllication have a negative effect on the performance in the other application?Now, I just copy the files from the fileserver each time I want to read them all. However, I'm trying to find out if this is really neccesary or if I can just load them directly without causing other problems.

Which fme attribute data type to use in the schema definition file, that dynamic writer will be using to output the ms access tables? When I am using fme_char(65,536 ) and fme_varchar(65,536), workspace truncates fields to 255 characters...

Hello, I am trying to get data from a IFC File into a Postgresql Database. Preferentially I would like to work with a java code which reads the IFC File and writes the attributes in a Database similar to the ODBC Export from Revit. But I am not able to do that.  Does anybody have any suggestions? Thank you in advance.@daveatsafe

Hi,When I´m trying to read a layer using the ArcGIS Feature reader it´s resulting in the following error:Creating reader for format: Esri ArcGIS Server Feature ServiceTrying to find a PYTHON plugin for reader named `ARCGISFEATURES'Loaded Python module `arcgisonlinefeatures' from file `C:\\apps\\FMEBeta\\plugins/python27\\arcgisonlinefeatures\\__init__.pyc'Python Exception <ImportError>: No module named parserCould not create Python Reader `ARCGISFEATURES'A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsThe weird thing is that in the scripting parameter the Python compatibility is set to Python 3.4+ but still it´s using the Python 2.7 plugin?I´m using the latest build (20170517 Build 17494).Christian

Hi, Looking to create a 3d sphere from the XYZ coordinates in the attached CSV and then add the "Filename" property to each sphere. Can someone help? Ive tried the Hub3DBufferer, but I cant get the geometry created. Happy with an AutoCAD or similar output. CSV file attached if anyone can help me

 Hi FME experts,I have stored polygon objects in an Oracle database. The geometry is in the GEOM field. For an interface, I have to convert the GEOM field into a text field. The GEOM field looks like this:select geom from VIEW_RIWE_2016_BORIS where fid = 70118sdo_geometry(2003,25832,null,sdo_elem_info_array(1,1003,1),sdo_ordinate_array(510843.904449149,5369878.15541307,510782.847025386,5369803.95356616,510757.074323074,5369773.29550141,510804.270134531,5369734.73477362,510819.559582734,5369752.69084497,510863.309430839,5369806.93171413,510890.267651986,5369838.63447086,510843.904449149,5369878.15541307)) The TEXT field must later look like this:POLYGON ((32563549.456 5934230.837,32563553.002 5934219.989,32563552.58 5934219.778,32563542.348 5934220.82,32563537.637 5934221.725,32563533.431 5934221.663,32563522.282 5934224.668,32563543.799 5934230.72,32563549.027 5934230.188,32563549.456 5934230.837))With a bit of text editing, I could easily edit the field. My problem now is that the SQL

Hello, I was asked by a colleague if I we can use FME to create a report with 3D Thumbnails like this:And I'm not sure? Is there a way?I guess I would have to create the thumbnails externaly and join it back together to create a pdf? 

HiI am clipping a LAS file and writing to a new LAS file. I have noticed in the LAS Header the following fields have not been updated and contain info from the original LAS file:system identifier generating software file creation day/yearWhen I clip using lasclip these fields are updated so I wondered if there is a reason FME doesn't?TIA 

I have approximately 170 tables from a sqlite database that I need to convert to geojson and save as @Value(fme_feature_type). I have a workflow to process each table individually but I need a way to automate the process. Passing all tables through the same workflow merges the schemas of all input tables. It isn't practical to pass each table through its own set of transformers when dealing with this amount of tables. Some type of loop control seems logical to pass tables through the workflow one after another while ensuring that output schemas are refreshed after each iteration. I'm fairly new to FME so any help would be truly appreciated.

I received a sample of IFC data and was asked to import it into MS SQL database spatial database.I was able to import the data but no geometry. How do I get the geometry? This is new data for me. @DaveAtSafe

Hi there,Probably a fairly simple one for you, but I'm a total novice!I have hundreds of thousands of files in PDF and TIF formats hosted on a server - lets call it Server 1.In a SQL2008 database on another server called Server 2, I have over 100000 records which contain a specific reference number which links these files individually (so that one reference number might be linked to several PDFs or TIFs using the same reference number, e.g. Ref number 19994321 on Server 2 will be related to PDFs/ TIFs with the Ref number 19994321 on Server 1).In an Excel spreadsheet, I have a list of the reference numbers on Server 2 that I want to retrieve files for from Server 1 and I need to call them using two field names in the SQL database which defines the PDF/ TIF- under either 'Subject_Name' or 'doc_Type' and containing certain words as a parameter to narrow the search: 'Site Location Map' and/ or 'Location'.I want to then copy those files (once identified f

Hello. I'm currently trying to figure out a way to extract 3D layers from a project I have online. I'm able to extract the parent layers, but I'm having trouble trying to get attributes from the child layers. I'm using a JSONFeature Reader, ListExploder, and a FeatureReader, but perhaps my parameters aren't correct. If anyone has any suggestions on a workflow, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

I have a workspace that I can run on my desktop 2018.1.2.0 however when I run it on server it returns the below error. I am running WIN Server 2016 with FME Server 2018.1.1.1 build 18578.  The class 'COM/safe/fmewebservices/FMENamedConnectionEnv" could not be located. Check your classpathError getting id for 'COM/safe/fmewebservices/FMENamedConnectionEnv' with signature 'COM/safe/fmewebservices/FMENamedConnectionEnv'  From the reference below I copied all of the main window into a new workspace and it worked temporaily.  https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/60124/the-class-comsafefmewebservicesfmenamedconnectione.html  

log.txtMy writer into an esri fgdb is failing.An error occurred while attempting to store a row into the table 'PriOHElectricLineSegment'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147221230'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {} The error message of "{}" is not very helpful. I attempted to look it up with esri without any luck.Does anyone know the source of the problem?Thanks 

I have an Excel spreadsheet where I want to pass several attributes as variables into a SQL Query using a SQL Creator transformer. What is the best way to achieve this? I don't see how I can make the attributes as user parameters.

I am getting "Python Exception <KeyError>: u'token'A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsFailed to obtain any schemas from reader 'ARCGISPORTALFEATURES' from 1 datasets. This may be due to invalid datasets or format accessibility issues due to licensing, dependencies, or module loading. See logfile for more informationUniversalReader -- readSchema resulted in 0 schema features being returnedReader Parameter(0) = >https://gisgateway.williams.com/portal<Reader Parameter(1) = >RETRIEVE_ALL_FS_NAMES<Reader Parameter(2) = >Yes<Reader Parameter(3) = >AUTH_TYPE<Reader Parameter(4) = >generate_token<Reader Parameter(5) = >USER<Reader Parameter(6) = >ckeating2<Reader Parameter(7) = >PASSWORD<Reader Parameter(8) = >********<Reader Parameter(9) = >_MERGE_SCHEMAS<Reader Parameter(10) = >YES<Reader Directive(0) = >RUNTIME_MACROS<Reader Directive(1) = >RETRIEVE_ALL_FS_NAMES,

Hi all,We have FME server on linux using docker; FME Server 2017.1.1 - Build 17650 - linux-x64.Unfortunately we found out that some processes are generating core dumps and hss_err_pidxxxx.log files.Does somebody know, what could be root of the issue or where should we start to find out the root of the issue? Also how to identify what process exactly is causing generation for core dump and hs_err_pidxxx.log creation?thanks a lot in advance!information from hs_err_pid153.log file:# # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f6469201630, pid=153, tid=0x00007f644203c700 # # JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_131-b11) (build 1.8.0_131-8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3-b11) # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.131-b11 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops) # Problematic frame: # C [libfmeutil_jni.so+0x12630] JNIEnvGetterManager::GetCurrentThreadJNIEnv()+0xe0 # # Core dump written. Default location: /data/fmeserverdata/reposit

I need to use the elasticsearch writer with authentication - works great in Beta but I need to get it into production with both desktop and server.It would be great if I could some timescales so that I can feed back to the project team

I have created a workspace based on https://community.safe.com/s/article/creating-pdf-cartographic-outputthat outputs a simple PDF. Users can input a specific attribute (via a published parameter) and query out this feature, buffer around it and the output map is centered around this feature. Background data such as hydrology, roads and text are clipped to a bounding box from the buffer and displayed to give context to the location of the queried feature.  This works very well when there is only one feature as it produces a simple map zoomed to a suitable scale showing the queried feature and the surrounding background data. I would like to modify this workspace to run multiple queried features through it and produce multiple PDFs showing one queried feature per page along with its background data. I'm not sure how to achieve this. Should I be looking to use a data fanout? Or would a loop work? Any help I can get would be most appreciated.

My goal is to be able to have an AGOL feature service that overwrites the previous version each time the workspace runs on FME Server. As of now, I can't get the AGOL writer to work at all. The error I am getting is 'ArcGIS Online Feature Service Writer: Could not find a layer/table matching feature type '"featurename"'. Any tips regarding using this writer?

When writing las files fme defaults to determining its own scale factor and offset values to utilise in the output file. For a las to las conversion is there a way of forcing fme to maintain/use the same offset and scale factor values that the input las file has?

Hi, ACAD reader has \\ as an illegal character, breaking hyperlinks.AutoCAD Reader: Renamed attribute 'G:\\Stuff\\Morestuff' to 'G__Stuff_MoreStuff' to remove the following invalid characters '<>/\\&$|:!~ ()"@'Is there a known workaround in the meantime? Thank You

Hi,I'm trying to automate a process where FME reads in an Excel sheet in a specific format, but i need to split the Sheet into two parts (as they are completely different structures) and treat as two different datasets effectively. Is there a way in the Excel sheet reader to effectively duplicate a sheet in order to choose the different cell ranges that i require?