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I don't deal with writing XML very often (ever, really), so I'm struggling to do something and of course they need it yesterday. The vendor needs an export from my Esri database in XML format and I think the only thing I am missing is that my XML file (using the XML Writer) is writing "elements" instead of "attributes", so they say they can't import it. I can't for the life of me figure out what I need to do to achieve this without going down a very deep hole and learning XML in the next five minutes... Is there a setting I'm not understanding, or is it really that complicated? I don't need geometry, they just want to fill a table with my data.

I have an .ifc file with solids but when i convert them to ACAD it gives me AUTOCAD polymeshs....how is exactly the right way to keep the solids as ACAD solids?Thx Franco

I am going to use FME to run finalisation on ortophoto projects. Two of the products require JPEG to be part of final delivery. One require compression Q= 10, the other Q= 20. Producing the files is fast enough, and images look good when viewing in IrfanView. But when reading the header-info in "ISRU Display Header", I realise that the actual compression deviates from the set compression value in the Writer. I cannot deliver this to client, as they will simply not accept non-compliance of the specs given (when they say Q= 10, they mean it). Does anyone have experience in similar issues, and able to give me a hand?

Is there a way to transform IndoorGML (xml but not normal xml or GML) to Esri Shapefile?

I have a workspace where I read a shape file, clip the data and write it to a ESRI geodatabase with the  Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb) reader. The attributes in the shape file contains swedish caracters. The characters is right when I read the shape file in ArcGIS but when I write the data to the geodatabase the swedish characters is replaced. How can I handle that? I have try to change character encoding on the shape file writer to iso-8859-1 (which contain swedish characters).I'm attach print screens from ArcGIS when reading the shape file (as it should look like) and from ArcGIS when reading the geodatabase.

Every time I try and style a dgn for cells, I get a warning (9 heterogeneous aggregate features were split for the DGNV8 Writer into homogeneous features containing a total of 9 point, 9 curve, 0 area and 0 text geometries). Why is this happening and how can I get FME to create my cells in a dgn file?

I have a CityGML dataset that I want to test if its value is not in a range of values (codelist). There are generic attributes that are easy to test with the Tester transformer. These look like this: <gen:stringAttribute name="DatenquelleDachhoehe">  <gen:value>1000</gen:value>  </gen:stringAttribute>  <gen:stringAttribute name="DatenquelleLage">  <gen:value>1000</gen:value>  </gen:stringAttribute>  Others look like this: <bldg:roofType>3100</bldg:roofType>  <bldg:measuredHeight uom="urn:adv:uom:m">7.808</bldg:measuredHeight>  <bldg:storeysAboveGround>2</bldg:storeysAboveGround>How can I test these attributes? Thx

Back in 2012 I answered a question, which has a similar flavour to a question I have today.https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/5410/mapinfo-seamless-table.htmlSadly back then FME couldn't easily solve the problem and as far as I can tell it still can't?I'd like to be able to write metadata tags into MapInfo TAB files with FME, so that a process can be fully automated. As far as I know, the two MapInfo writers don't have any options for this to date.At the moment my train of thought is pursuing the angle of writing the TAB files out as normal and then running another FME Workspace to open the .tab file as text and appending the metadata tags as required. The metadata is extracted from an excel sheet, so this should be achievable. Anyone got any smarter ideas?Metadata tags look like this in MapInfo TAB files for reference and are appended to the bottom of the *.tab file:begin_metadata"\\IsReadOnly" = "FALSE""\\MapInfo" = """\\

So I am trying to run a large translation and i keep getting the error: 2015-12-18 11:31:42|2622.1| 0.1|FATAL |Insufficient memory available -- error code was 2 - please read the FME Help section 'Adjusting Memory Resources' for workarounds.Out of memory. Program terminating. Please read the FME Help section 'Adjusting Memory Resources' for workarounds.I have changed the fme_temp to a portable harddrive that is 2TB and completely empty. I also have 60 gigs free on my computers hard drive and i am only working with a 7 gig file and another sub 2 gig file. How can i get the entire process to work. i do not know what i am doing wrong. i have read the articles on performance tuning and still not getting it to work after playing with the temp.

I'm using FME Desktop 2013 and writing to a new table with the Oracle SpatialWriter . Is there any way to use the parameters clause for the spatial index creation statement? I'd like to specify a layer_gtype for my spatial indexes.  For example like  CREATE INDEX bar_si ON foo(geometry)  INDEXTYPE IS MDSYS.SPATIAL_INDEX PARAMETERS ('layer_gtype=POINT')  Thanks, Yola

Some data we have is stored in .mat files. Is there a reader/facility in FME that can access this data without invoking MATLAB?

Hello FME Knowledge Centre,I have been working with FME Server for just less than a month and have come across the following issue. I created a data download service then tried to run it as a html form. I tried it in Google Chrome and came across the following error:I spend a few hours delving into what CORS was and how it worked. I tried the templates provided by FME Server with no success. I then tried some custom CORS settings, again with no success. Before giving up I tried the form in IE and Firefox and it worked! I disabled to CORS settings in FME and tried again with IE and FF and it still worked. I am running FME Server on an Amazon EC2 and am trying to access the service from behind a corporate firewall and proxy. I have tried the form in Chrome an external computer but still no success.Help me FME Knowledge centre, you're my only hope...David McDermott

Hi,I have a DWG file containing wells, trees, mast etc. They are symbolized using points but my users would like if it would be possible to use symbols instead of points. How can I do that? Thanks! Christian

There is a way to write in a attribute an excel formula?  For example to write =MEAN($C$2:C@Value(_result)), where result is another attribute.  I tried with text, varchar attribute types when writing but didnt work.

I am using Workspace runner to clip several shape files. I have created a Published parameter (Filename (Output) - ESRI_SHAPE. The ESRI shape writer that i am using is using a destination folder and I would like to change to Destination ESRI shape file.

I recently got a new cut of mastermap and converted it easily from the .gz files to the various .tab files (topo line, topo area etc). I was really pleased at how easy this was to achieve as the 'generate workspace' built the whole workspace for me.  This week I got my first COU disk but cannot work out how to apply this update to my current .tab files. At first I tried just running the conversion to my current files as the output but this just overwrote the files. (glad i took a backup)  Are there some settings you need to tweek to append the files rather than overwrite? or do you need to process the data after it has been converted from gz to tab (although I assumed that the gz files contained invisible instructions that explains what to add and what to delete)?  Can anyone help me with this please because I assume it must be possible using FME. I have been playing around with different transformers (such as ChangeDetector) but am having no luck

Hi All,I need to make a conversion from autocad to microstation. Where the layer names need to be changed. And the autocad-blocks need to convert into cells from a cell lib.any ideas?

Hi folks,  I want to create data replication, using ArcGIS Server's Geodata Service, in FME. and then I want  to schedule the FME Workbench using Windows Task scheduler. Is it possible to do that in FME? or I have to go back and use ArcGIS Tools box(Geodatabase Relication) itself.  Regards, Ravindra Singh

I have my own ArcGIS Server GeoCode Service web service available and was seeing how do I use it with FME? I'm accessing a table thru ODBC which has addresses and turning it into a shapefile. Thanks!

Does anyone know how to filter or trim the black "edging" from the surrounding of an ecw once it has been reprojected? Once the image has slightly rotated due to the reprojection process there is a black edge/border partially created, looks horrid..  Regards, Tony Jordan Mount Barker Council South Australia

Hi All,  I tried to sort fields “F1 & F2” of file geodatabase “T1” and each field has a default value, the fields are sorted “F2 then F1” but the default values are not preserved in the result file geodatabase “T2”.       What might be the issue here?   Best, Lubna 

Dear All, I am new to FME and have little experience but I am stuck on the below and hoping somebody will be able to point me in the right direction.Firstly, I have about 14 geo-database datasets that I am running through a clipper (for a particular boundary) and a number of other transformers before writing into an XLS. I want to find out which datasets apply to my area and produce a spreadsheet with multiple tabs, one for each dataset. Secondly I want to know how to select only certain attributes from the applicable layer in the geo-database.I would be greatful for any help offered.Thank you

I am trying to open DXF format file in FME Desktop. But it throws error. I want to open DXF formate file in FME and migrate data into Smalworld.Error Log:"Creating reader for format: Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXFTrying to find a DYNAMIC plugin for reader named `ACAD'Loaded module 'ACAD' from file 'C:\\apps\\FME\\plugins/ACAD.dll'FME API version of module 'ACAD' matches current internal version (3.7 20150407)SOURCE_ACAD Reader: Using rich geometry.AutoCAD Reader: Error opening file 'C:/FME WORK/Ganesh/tekirda? s?n?rlar?/tekirda? s?n?rlar?.dxf' during version checkA fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details".Is there any separate dxf specifications open in FME.

Hi All,Present I know only how to configure FME workbench. I want to learn FME full-fledged any one helps me to learn complete FME. I am unable to find correct source for FME materials and Sites.

Hello,I faced with a problem while working with one workspace that I published on FME Server. Job aim is to accept mails with xml files and process them with extraction particular data and putting this data to a database (in my case Oracle). Everything works fine except that after some time job execution begin slow down, miss emails and even stops until you restart FME Server Database and FMEServer. I began to monitor Event logs and found that problems begin estimately after this event "LOG: automatic vacuum of table "fmeserver.public.fme_jobs": could not (re)acquire exclusive lock for truncate scan". If this could be a reason, is it possible to fix this issue? Thanks!