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asablombergContributor

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GeoPackage, Failed to add data - no such table main.GDB_Items

I am writing a geopackage file in FME but when I try to use it in ArcGIS Pro I get this error message. Any idea what could be wrong?“Failed to add data ...main.GNG.anlaggningsomrade. Invalid parameter value passed to function[no such table: main.GDB_Items}”FME Workbench 2022.2.2ArcGIS Pro 3.2

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liseContributor

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Finding the value of the next line in the TextEditor

This must be very basic but I discover FME and I couldn’t find how to do yet. I would like to find the value from the next row in the table to use in a transformer later. For example: I would like to fill in the column C with just the informations from the column B. Can I do that in the TextEditor by saying something like “colB” +1 or “colB” NextValue?

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6 months ago

jeroen_hackContributor

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WFS GetFeature Error, but still get results

Hello FME enthousiasts, I've been building a simple workspace for a collegue to get some parcel data from a public WFS. When I run the process it all seems to work (i get the desired parcel written to a File Geodatabase). But it keeps giving a single WFS error in the log, but the error apparently doesn't stop it from running:<WFS> GetFeature URL: `https://service.pdok.nl:443/kadaster/kadastralekaart/wfs/v5_0?SERVICE=WFS&VERSION=2.0.0&REQUEST=GetFeature&TYPENAMES=kadastralekaart%3APerceel&FILTER=%3CFilter%3E%3CAnd%3E%3CPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyName%3EAKRKadastraleGemeenteCodeWaarde%3C%2FPropertyName%3E%3CLiteral%3ERNN01%3C%2FLiteral%3E%3C%2FPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyName%3Esectie%3C%2FPropertyName%3E%3CLiteral%3EK%3C%2FLiteral%3E%3C%2FPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3CPropertyName%3Eperceelnummer%3C%2FPropertyName%3E%3CLiteral%3E36%3C%2FLiteral%3E%3C%2FPropertyIsEqualTo%3E%3C%2FAnd%3E%3C%2FFilter%3E&OUTPUTFORMAT=app

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6 months ago

benichollsContributor

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Parse JSON from Bentley OpenGround

I would like to be able to parse a response from the Bentley OpenGround REST API, and am getting somewhere but not far enough!I can use a mixture of attribute exposer and JSONFragmenter to get some information out, but it never quite looks like the table i want. i will be doing multiple queries over the coming months into this api, and will have a different number of columns each time, so cant parse through each data record based on the number of columns i want in that particular query! I can get to the point where i have a feature for every feature in the database, and then i have a _response_body which i need to parse further. i can keep parsing it through jsonfragmenter, and i end up with a jumbled mess where columns are names wrong and the colunn information i want is in the wrong part of the table. it is a simple structure, such as “DataFields” “heade” for column name and “value” for data itself. i will add some screenshots to aid in query. any help would be greatly appreciated!Th

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lanceContributor

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XML Files - Bang head on desk here

Starting soon I will receive about 150 XML files each with a different schema but the element name is include in the file name. I have many ways to use a single FME workspace to process these files dynamically but have been unsuccessful. I figured using a Directory File reader and passing the file names to FeatureReader setup as XML then saving to a Dynamic Writer to a database. No joy. What am I missing for something so simple.

AppearanceSetter changing GeometryTraits

Hello everyone. I am working with citygml modeling and I am facing some problems with appearanceSetter. I have a workspace similar to the con terra that I used as a base.Originally everything is fine but when I put an appearance setter before the roofSurface writer (ground or wall too). The geometry traits previously set are automatically modified by the FME. In the image below is the original output.And in this the output with the appearanceSetter.The geometry trait created for polygons was moved to linearRing and a new one was created for polygons.The file is normally opened by the Data Inspector, however, when running Val3dity to perform the validation, the xlink is broken, as it must point to a polygon. EDITED: I forgot to mention that to reproduce the situation above i placed a appearanceRemover just after the reader to remove the original appearance of input data.Does anyone know how to fix it? Thank you in advance for your help. Mcdonnell

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6 months ago

helmoetzContributor

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Postgis varchar() interpreted by FME as varchar(80)

Hi, I have this dynamic setup where a postgres FeatureReader reads the schema and the results are written to another database using this schema information to create the new tables. However, a table having colums of type unqualified varchar will be regenerated with varchar(80) and if records are loaded having length >80 the workspace will crash, saying: Error was 'ERROR: value too long for type character varying(80)I attached the workspace. Is this a bug in FME or am I doing something unbelieveable silly?😕 I'm using FME(R) 2020.2.3.0 (20210129 - Build 20820 - WIN64) on a postgres 12.9 (Ubuntu 12.9-1.pgdg18.04+1).

Projecting Geotiff Raster to Maps - 101

Hi All,I'm new to FME and have been pouring over videos to try and do my first projection. Any help is much appreciated. I have a raster geotiff I'm trying to project onto a City map. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction with a start to finish video or thread to help guide me through the process.Thanks,Adam

6 months ago

pauldContributor

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Looping through string to remove known text

Hi.I have another string replacer question.I have a file of text strings (appellation) similar to LOT 1/2 DP 17528 LOT 1/2 DP 13552 RS 16932 18812 19986/7 PT 18813 20862 BLK IV KAPUNATIKI SDI have split the LOT 1/2 DP 17528 & LOT 1/2 DP 13552 into 4 separate rowsTemp, _result, appellationLOT 1/2 DP 17528, LOT 1 DP 17528, appellationLOT 1/2 DP 17528, LOT 2 DP 17528, appellationLOT 1/2 DP 13552, LOT 1 DP 13552, appellationLOT 1/2 DP 13552, LOT 2 DP 13552, appellation What I want to be able to do is remove the temp part from appellation The resultant appellation in this example would be: RS 16932 18812 19986/7 PT 18813 20862 BLK IV KAPUNATIKI SDI have tried doing this but only ended up removing one part from each instead of both Temp parts. I would be very grateful for any help with this.Regards, Paul

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6 months ago

gisbradoklaEnthusiast

asked in Data

dynamic crs to separate data stream

I am reading datasets and can extract the crs (stateplane) from them. but I need to use a spatialrelator for data that is in WGS. I need to be able to determine incoming crs and set a reprojector on the wgs data right before the spatialrelator. In the past i have only been able to accomplish this by stringing together more than 1 workbench.Any ideas on how to get this done in 1?

bayramContributor

Hello,I created a model and I want to export it as citygml, but the model does not appear in the FZK gml viewer. How can I solve this problem? Am I making a mistake in the writer? I added my data and FME WB. Could you please check it and share what I am missing?

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6 months ago

alfonsContributor

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change coordinate format DM -> DD

Hello, I'm sure it's a pretty simple question, but somehow I can't see the wood for the trees to find the answer.I have a list (.xls) of coordinates in the form <name>, <x_coord>, <y_coord>. The coordinates are, for example, in the form N 51° 06.796 E 3° 14.545.Now I want to save the information in an FGDB and would have expected the VertexCreator to help me with this. Unfortunately, all my values are completely rejected. My further attempts - removing all spaces; using the HUB Transformer "DegreeFormatter" or Decimal Degrees Calculator all failed. For this reason, how do I manage to get the coordinate format into a form so that the VertexCreator accepts it? Thank you very much.

How can i change the unit of an IFC file to meter

Hi there,I have a question about the unit of coordinate in the iFC file, which i wanna clippe with another solid. The coordinates are 1000 times bigger, and the clipper could thus not find overlaps. How can I adjust the coordinate value: using the expression evaluator, and divide all the coordinates with the value 1000? if tho,How can I access all my coordinates because I could not find an attribute that enables that? I also tried the coordinate extractor but it is only another copy of the coordinate values, which doesn't update the geometry coordinate value in the IFC . If anything i understand it wrong pls point it out! thanks in advanceFang

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seanclarknerContributor

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Merge features from Table A using a field value to Table B if the Table A value matches one of a set of comma delimited values in a field in Table B

A have one dataset (Dataset A) that has contains fields, one of which is CityName; example value “Sudbury”. I have another dataset (Dataset B) that contains a field made up of comma delimited AltNames; example value “Gran Sudbury,Grand Sudbury,Sudbury, etc.I need for these features to be joined in one dataset if the value in CityName matches any one of the comma delimited names in AltNames, however different records have different numbers of alternate names and it cannot match with a section of a comma delimited value. For example, Sudbury != Grand Sudbury.I think that lists may solve this but I’m not familiar with the transformers that might enable this process.

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6 months ago

liseContributor

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Visualising data on inspector map after reprojection

I would like to visualise data on the inspector data or in the graphic view after I reprojected it. That would be in the middle of a workspace before using other transformers and just to locate some features. I know it’s possible to write the data in a shape and check the features on another software like QGIS or ArcGIS but I would prefer to do that in FME directly if that’s possible, when I’m building my workspace. Can I do that?

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6 months ago

davidleeSupporter

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How do I convert a Raster file to COG (Cloud optimised Geotiff) with 4 bands (R,G,B,Alpha)?

I want to convert JPEG file (4 band) to COG with below parameter:I have problem with “Interleaving Type”:When i chooses “BIP”, i received a message log:“COG writer: JPEG compression supports at most 3 bands with BIP interleaving. Please change the interleaving to BSQ, choose another compression method, or reduce the number of bands”When i chooses “BSQ”, i received a message log:“COG writer: The file layout 'Cloud Optimized Tiles' may only be used with BIP interleaving. Please change the interleaving to BIP or select a different file layout”I need to convert JPEG file to COG with compression method “JPEG” and keep alpha band.Can i do that? Am I mistaken about something?

slingemanContributor

I’m trying to convert DWG’s to SVG’s. It works, but it’s using the AutoCAD colors. I would like to just make the lines all one color, and NOT use the autocad colors. Ideally, I’d like to fill certain layers with another color.

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6 months ago

mariasContributor

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How to replace FeatureReader?

I need to extract TAB or Shape file from S3 and read data from it including schema.I have discovered in this articlehttps://community.safe.com/data-7/how-to-extract-the-actual-shapefile-from-featurereader-geometry-and-attributes-14548?tid=14548&fid=7that FeatureReader apparently can’t read all attributes that are in the file, until I expose them. But what is I don’t know the list of all attributes? I don’t know what exactly will be uploaded by other people to S3 bucket, I just need to read the file. Could you help, please, to identify the correct settings of FeatureReader or another way to extract data?

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6 months ago

robertrContributor

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How to extract the actual shapefile from FeatureReader (geometry and attributes)

Hello, I am using a "Directory and File Pathnames" reader to pull shapefiles from a folder. I then walk them through a tester to filter out the files that I do not need. All good and working up to this point. The goal is to work on those shapefiles and have a processed shapefile as an output, in the end. After the tester, I send the "passed" ones to a "FileReader" that outputs the desired features under the <Generic> port. My question is: how can I write those out and keep the geometry + attributes of the shapefiles for future processing? I can see them in the Inspector but I cannot figure out how to move on to the next step as the only attributes I see imported to any transformer I add, are the ones from the "Directory and File Pathnames" reader, not the shapefiles themselves.Long story-short, I want to use the shapefiles that passed the "Tester" as readers.

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jesselangdonContributor

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Splitting bulk features into individual features when performing simple copy of annotation between File GDBs

I am trying to do a very basic read/write of an annotation feature class from one file geodatabase to another. In my case, I’m first running a PythonCaller transformer to remove any and all annotation feature classes in the target file geodatabase, then I use a FeatureReader to read the annotation feature class from the source file GDB, and then run a FeatureWriter to write the annotation FC to the target geodatabase with “Insert” and “Create if Needed” options selected for the table, which I assume is creating a new annotation feature class in the target FGDB.Regardless of minor tweaks I make to both the FeatureReader and FeatureWriter transformers, FME Flow keeps writing these as individual features instead of bulk features. There are ~450k annotation features in the feature class, so running this by writing individual features takes over an hour, which will not work for our scenario.Interestingly, the first time I ran this in an earlier workspace, FME Flow used the bulk feature sett

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solyContributor

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how to find duplicate of specific column ?

Hello , i would like to find duplicate of specific column As exampleColumn A contain 256789 - 45674567 - 256789256789 - 4567i would like to find all duplicate values at column A ,consider the values as duplicated in case a-b or b-a i mean , 3 above values consider are matched .the target to ignore order of each cell How could I achieve it ?thanks in advance FME 2021

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solyContributor

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how to show the graphic from excel file ?

hello ,i would like to save geometric data into excel file then I read the excel file in arcmap ,It shows me the attribute tables and location of lines .How to achieve it ?fme 2021thanks in advance

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manojse07Contributor

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Help with reading blob from db3 file using FME

I am attaching a sample db3 file that I am using for a project. This db3 file contains many fields of blob type. The table, field of my interest are as belowTable Name: CURRENT_TAGField Name: _TAGOBJ_SUBSTATIONGIDselect _TAGOBJ_SUBSTATIONGID from CURRENT_TAG where _TAGOBJ_GID = '145242397947723855';This particular record in my application shows this value “151433541765593417”But in db3 file it is actually stored as blob. How do I decode the blob as text? I tried to use online tools to convert this binary to text - it doesn’t work. Also, how do I know the data format that is stored as blob - is it either image, xml, json etc.?

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schulte.aContributor

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How to query all add/delete tables in SDE and have a count of each as a row in the output

Hello, I am trying to create a workbench that will read in all our add/delete tables from our SDE, do a count on the running total of records for each, and export a spreadsheet with the table name, and the counts in each,I’m using a SQL Creator and my SQL statement is something like SELECT COUNT(*) FROM <tablename>,and right now that's not returning me any value even though it was successful? Also, how would I go about coding out to add the next table in?would it be:SELECT COUNT(*) FROM <tablename>unionSELECT COUNT(*) FROM <tablename2>unionand so forth?also for background:We use Microsoft SQL Studio, and I chose the connection as a spatial server.Thanks for any help!

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7 months ago

user01Contributor

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Generate incrementation from column max value

Hello,I want to generate an incrementation from the max value of a column in order to not have duplicate values. The _max value column is not recovered in the counter for the 50 duplicate features : Any idea ? Thank you

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