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Hi, How to Configure Temporary directory for MFE Server Engine : i just want to change from C: to D; drive , currently FME server is cofigured on `C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\fmeengines\\Engine1

I have a text file which represents a log of activity in using a software licence. The license server records each issue and return of the licence on a seperate line of the file.  Every day, an entry in the file reads something like "DATESTAMP: YYYYMMDD" Then there are a series of lines which read "TIMESTAMP: HHMMSS"  What I want to do is associate each timestamp with the latest datestamp to appear above it in the file, and create this as an attribute on each timestamp feature.  Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Riley

The writer is failing and the log shows this: Google Maps Engine Raster Writer: Google Maps Engine responded with HTTP 400 and error message: domain:global message:Access lists are deprecated and are not available for use in new Maps Engine accounts. Remove any draftAccessList or publishedAccessList fields from your request and try again. reason:invalid =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Feature output statistics for `JPEG2000' writer using keyword `W_1': =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-                                Features Written =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- nurc_mosaicnurc_mosaic                                                       1 ============================================================================== Total Features Written                                                       1 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Do the FME text / csv writers have the ability to save each record that gets sent to them? I am running a process that will retrieve about 200,000 records. From my test results it appears that FME only writes to the file when the process completes. But since this process will take a few days (I have a decelerator in the script) I don't want the script to choke part-way through. It would be better to save each record that arrives at the writer.  Thanks

Hello,    I have a number of 3D-buildings saved in a multipatch layer in an ESRI file geodatabase. These buildings are saved with unique object ID-numbers and a few other attributes. I need to create a FME workspace that reads these objects, and outputs them as object groups in a skp-file (local coordinate system, Sketchup 2013).    I have created a workbench that reads the multipatches and writes them to their own layer in a skp-file using the GeometryPropertySetter and a attribute called "sketchup_layer_name" (="Buildings").  But, instead of being written as sketchup groups (i.e. a group of surfaces that equals a multipatch), each surface from the multipatches are being written as separate faces.  I am able to select all the faces that belong to a certain building, rightclicking them and clicking "Create Group", but since I am working with severeal thousand buildings I need a way to automate this process. Any help is greatly appreciated :).

Can FME Server 2014 work with workspaces created at FME Desktop 2012?

Hi,  I am very new to xml and when I want to open my xml file, I have a reader in navigator but no feature types appear. In log file I receive this message:   <R_1 Reader> - No GML features were found in the set of XML Schemas, make sure that at least one of the schemas is a user, domain or community-specific "GML Application Schema".  UniversalReader -- readSchema resulted in 0 schema features being returned  Reader Parameter(0) = >C:/Users/TEMP.GIS.000/Downloads/codelists-1.0-examples/codelists-1.0-examples/BuildingFuctionType.xml<  Reader Parameter(1) = >MAP_EMBEDDED_OBJECTS_AS<  .......  UniversalReader -- readSchema resulted in 0 schema features being returned  ....  What I need in my workspace is to have the building types and  their values for further work.   <dictionaryEntry> <gml:Definition gml:id="id21"> <gml:description/>  <gml:name codeSpace="urn:d_nrw_sig3d">1000</gml:name>  <gml:name&gt

How do I create a smallworld dataset from shapes files?

Hello!     I'm curious if there is a way to strip away the feature dataset information when using an ESRI file-geodatabase writer (GEODATABASE_FILE, dynamic mode)? My workbench reads a series of layers from an SDE database, performs some geoprocessing and then writes all the data to a new file geodatabase. I'd like to remove the feature dataset names which come from the SDE and output the layers in the root of the fGDB. Any suggestions?  Thanks in advance,  ~jess~

I am having a problem similar to https://safecommunity.force.com/CommunityAnswers#!/feedtype=SINGLE_QUESTION_SEARCH_RESULT&id=906a0000000Ce4vAAC  When recently using FME 2014 i must have unconsciousely switched from using the Mapinfo (MITAB) writer to the new MapInfo (MAPINFO) writer. I recently discovered that files i had created would not open in version 11.5 of MapInfo, giving me a message saying that it would only open in v12. This morning I discovered that using the MITAB writer works ok. This is important as I deal with people working on versions 7 - 12.  Please can someone explain the difference. I have never known a TAB file to be fussy about what version it was created in before.  I can only find documentation on the difference between the MFAL and MITAB writers  Thanks   

Previously you could choose for instance C:\\temp\\input.pdf on FME Desktop and then tell FME Server that this should NOT be changed (ie, the files are still located at c:\\temp\\input.pdf) on the Server. With FME Server2014 I can not seem to get this to work. Even when using the DO NOTHING parameter on the Manage resources when uploading. Is this a bug? What is the workaround?  FME Server 2014 - Build 14235 - 32 bit win, same FME Desktop version, 32-bit     

Hi, I have a large amout of data in csv files 4 mil in each. Always gets memory problem when reading the data. The rest of the process is fine. I use a 64 bit fme on a powerful machine and the memory is only on 60%. Any suggestions?  Henrik Rinne

I have a CSV output file which is currently 54mb.  I need to upload it in a system which has a limit of 5mb.   Is there a way of limiting the writer to 5mb limit and then write to another CSV.   i.e. I want to get 11 csv's of the same data. Ideally with a counter in the name i.e. upload1, upload2, etc.  Is there a way of either setting a writter parameter or a transformer to do this?    

Hi all,  I have a question. and one problem! I have a CityGML file with lots of generic attributes. On the other hand I have CSV file containing all these generic attribute names and their values.  What I need to do is a validity check for these generic attributes. Like if all obligatory attributes are given as generic attributes and if the assigned values are in the range.  My question is: Is it possible in FME to filter feature's attributes based on attribute names like having only those attributes which do not contain citygml in their names?!  My problem: I am going to write a citygml file into CityGML ADE-inspire. (I have the schema for the ADE) My problem is regarding the nested feature attributes. I mapped every things correctly and when the output is redirected to FME inspector the results are OK but when I need to write it in a gml file the inspire attributes (list ones) are missing.  Example: In attribute creator I have:  core3d_inspire_id{0}.base_identifier_base_namespace

I am writing features in a PostgreSQL database. Everything seems OK except for the following warning...  INFORM|Truncating existing table 'public.user_locations'... INFORM|Appending to existing table 'public.user_locations'... WARN  |PostgreSQL connection: Unknown type with OID 24635, treating as char(-1)  What does that warning means and what should I do to get rid of it?  Since I am about to load hundreds of GB of data, I just want to be sure everything will run smoothly after the upload...  

I've made a workbench witch project some geometry with EsriReprojector.  It work very well on my desktop (FME 2013 SP4 build 13547 WIN32) but on the server (FME Server 2013 build 13547 win32 on a Window 2008 R2 Enterprise x64) it crash without any log (with the exact same geometry).  Any help will be appreciate !

Can an FME server host any map services (e.g. OGC's wms services)?

Hello, i've have problems with reading some access mdb files.  I have win7 x64, office x32, fme x32  when i try to read mdb received from client, i get error:  MS Access Reader: Connection failed.  Connection string `Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5;Data Source=C:/mbu/database.mdb;User ID=admin;Password=********'. Provider error `(-2147467259) Unrecognized database format 'C:/mbu/database.mdb'.'  I can manualy open mdb in access and save as accdb, then it will read in fme workbench, but i'm going to do it many times, so i'll be greatfull if someone can provide solution. i've tried reinstalling fme, access database engine - didn't help.

Hello,  I would like to read excel files containing one sheet only. But columns headers may not be same apart from 2 columns Lat and Long. I am using VertexCreater to create point from Lat,long.  e.g. Excel1.xls contains A,B,C,Lat, Long Excel2.xls contains C1,C2,C3,C4,Lat, Long,C5,C6 Excel3.xls contains Lat,Long,A1,B1,C1  How can I read excel file with dynamic scheam and retain all attributes for destination format.  Cheers.

Choosing parameter value from a list stored in an Excel field,  I couldn’t figure out how the a parameter value can be selected from a list saved in an Excel table  For example, in the screenshot below, I wanted to choose the “PlanType” value from the shown Excel table     How this might be accomplished?   Thank you  Best  Jamal

Hello, I have observed that FME behaves differently if we run a workspace in Workbench and after publishing to server.  I have a workspace with Shape Reader reads multiple files and converts to KML using GENERIC writer. If I fanout the dataset on fme_basename it works perfectly in workbench, but if same workspace is published to server and run as service it creates output kml as "output.kml"  e.g. Shape reader reads Test1.shp & Test2,shp Creates output by fanning out on fme_basename Output KML : Workbench creates Test1.kml in Test1 folder & Test2.kml in Test2 folder - PERFECT On server : "output.kml" in Test1 folder and "output.kml" in Test2 folder  Could anybody explain this behavior?  Cheers John

It is encouraged to automate the deployment proces for production in our organization. Deployments are usually done by designated people especially for production development.  Can you give me any suggestions on automatically publish workpsaces (many of them) to FME servers?  like using scripting, .......

Hi,      I'm looking to calculate a building elevation and output the attribute to an sdf.  What I have is xyz files for bare earth, xyz of full feature (includes all elevated points) and an sdf of building footprints.      I need to somehow get the difference between the full feature point elevation and the bare earth elevation, then clip out all points that are outside of the building footprints, and lastly create the building footprint sdf.    I've never done this in FME before, so it will be a new process.    thanks.   

Fellow FME'ers,   we have migrated data from Oracle Spatial to SQL Server. It works like a charm, without any transformer in between.   Does anybody have an idea how we could convert the views, defined in Oracle, to SQL Server using FME?   best regards, Jelle

Hi All,  If I have two engine licenses, does it mean I need two ArcGIS licenses in order to run jobs (connecting to SDE) in parallel (make full use of 2 engines)É  Thanks,  GS