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I know you can incorporate FTP in a Esri Shape reader to pull a zipped shapefile but was wondering if you could do this for a zipped esri geodatabase?

Hi,  I have a need to change some text so it is in the form of a polygon. I was looking at some functions with labellers and wondered if they can be output in a shapefile for example and be in polygonal form.   I have seen a function MapTextLabeller which seems to output polygonal text, but its a paid plugin. Are there alternative methods?  Thanks.

I have a "master" folder which contains 50 sub folders, all of the 50 subfolders contain a shapefile with the same name (this is just the way trimble exports their data).  I want to be able to write all 50 shapefiles into one SQL feature class by somehow reading the master folder?  is this possible  

Hi. I want to create an attribute whose value is the sum of the three following values an existing attribute (Code in the picture). How do I write this formula in FME, specifying the value cells? I would rather not do this in excel as I would have to transform to xlsx and back.   

Hi,   I have a file geodatabase that i need to update weekly with a CAD file. How i can set up the update on the file geodatabase? I am using Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb ArcObjects)  Thank you,   David

I would like to know how to get the JOB ID included in a notification I get from FME Server. With lots of job's running each  night and I need the job id when I get notified of a failed run. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Hello,  I am trying to view Oracle Spatial data in FME Data Inspector. I need to view spatial data from a synonym but when try to retrieve table list I am getting only tables not the synonyms.  Is this expected behaviour of FME? Is there any way around to view data from synonym?  Cheers, John 

Hello, While converting shapefile to any format I am getting an error "IFMELine was given an index beyond its current range.". So I guess this must be to do with shapefile but I can open shape file in Data inspector. Could somebody please point out what is causing this error?  Any resolution?  Cheers, John   Cheers, John 

How to create DEM from ERDAS IMAGINE(*.img) raster?

Hi. I have a FME Server 2014 workflow that is created exactly the same way as the following FMEpedia article: FME Server Workflow Management (http://fmepedia.safe.com/articles/How_To/FME-Server-Workflow-Management). A controller script is starting multiple other scripts via serverjobsumitter transformer (the scripts were created in FME Desktop 2014). Unfortunately the workflow is not using only one engine as stated in the article but two. So now my controller script is waiting for the submitted jobs to be finished and in the meantime blocking the second engine. Can someone give me a hint where I have to change this behavour? Thank you very much!

In shape to DGN conversion,how to get all attributes in Level name seperated by underscore(_)

Hello, I'm converting ArcGIS geodatabase annotations to text within a block using a dwg model. Everything works ok except that AutoCAD (several versions 2010-2015) does not apply the text justification. The text property is recognized by AutoCAD but for some reason, it is not graphically applied as you can see in the image below.   When I click that Justification dropdown and reselect the same choice (middle-center), then the text aligns in the center of the triangle.  What needs to be done in FME for the justification to be taken into account by ACAD ? I'm using script. Here is the reader/writer snippet: MULTI_READER $(_SDE3UserName).MOB_SL_GROUPEFEUXA              \\     geodb_text_string            %text_value                                                  \\     ANGLE                        %angle_value                                                  \\     ANNOTATIONCLASSID            %ref_name                                          DWG MOB_SL_GroupeFeux              

Hi. I would like to format the an attribute of the a tiler transformer (the column), to be listed in letters  instead of in numbers (e.g. A B C instead of 1 2 3), is this possible? 

Hello!  I 've got a workspace that runs properly if I use FME Desktop, but  it doesn't work if I use it at FME Server. I get following error message:  The clause 'REFERENCE_INFO ATTRIBUTES REFERENCE_TABLE ValueZUSO_ID ValueZUSO_ID'  within  'FACTORY_DEF * ReferenceFactory FACTORY_NAME FeatureMerger INPUT REFERENCER FEATURE_TYPE AttributeCreator_OUTPUT INPUT REFERENCEE FEATURE_TYPE TIM.TIM_REO REFERENCE_INFO ATTRIBUTES REFERENCE_TABLE ValueZUSO_ID ValueZUSO_ID MERGE_ATTRIBUTES Yes MANAGE_FME_TYPE Yes MODE COMPLETE PROCESS_DUPLICATE_REFERENCEES No OUTPUT COMPLETE FEATURE_TYPE FeatureMerger_MERGED'  is incorrect. Only one value can follow REFERENCE_INFO  I'll supsect that the featuremerger doesn't work porperly. The problem appeared using different Service Packs with Version 13, but it also remains if both the workspace and FME Server have the same Service Pack (Version 13, SP1 - Build 13450).  Thank you for your answers  Isabell

AutoCAD Reader: Error opening file during version check,  I have a simple workbench that converts CAD to lines. I got the error below when the workbench is run.  AutoCAD Reader: Error opening file '\\\\213.6.3.171\\Temp\\FMEInput\\Ayman_02.dwg' during version check A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details     What might be the issue here?   Thank you  Best  Jamal

Have anyone come up with a solution to this problem:  http://fmepedia.safe.com/AnswersQuestionDetail?id=906a0000000cg4TAAQ  Except using "Daves method"?  It would be very handy to have an option on the FeatureHolder like this: - Wait for Writers (YES/NO).  This would be very handy on FMEServer to be able to WRITE some features, then do some more Custom Transformers and then WRITE some other features to another WRITER. The alternative way is to create separate workspaces for each and use either a WorkspaceRunner or FMEServerWorkspaceRunner, however this creates the need for saving and loading features inbetween the Workspaces.  Another option would be for the FMEServerWorkspaceRunner to also work on FMEServer when selecting "Wait for Result" to not worry about the line:  "When you run a workspace on FME Server that contains this transformer, and the workspace sends a job to the same FME Server that is running the original workspace: depending on the availability

Dear all , We are using GeometryPropertySetter to set the skatchup file to be in different layers but it doesn't works , we also tried fanout but we got different skatchup file instead of one file with different layers . we exposed the autocad layer name and added to GeometryPropertySetter but again all in vain , any help would be appreicated . Thanks in advnace

Hi. I am trying to batch processs for the first time. I want to do a batch run translating a few hundred shape file segments into DWG, but my batching does not work with the DWG writers, it stops after translating the first shape file. The batch deploy works fine if I replace the cad writers with a shape writer, it outputs several shapefiles with the transformer attributes. I have merged the feature types using a * wildcard in the reader.  Even if I remove all transformers from the workspace the DWG writer batch also fails, it just outputs the first file and then stops. If I load the workspace in the quick translator it doesn’t give me an option to output files into separate directories, I can only find this option for translations created from scratch in the quick translator?  From some other unrelated map files I tested, batch deploy works shape -> DWG and shape -> shape without any problems but not shape -> DWG (even going backwards with the same dataset).   

I want to set hatch layer fill colors which are defined by  number values in the attribute “extended_data{1}.32Bit_integer{0}” (this option is not in the DWG styler), and I would like to edit the values of the data_list and extended_data attributes for a large number of map material that I am going to import.  Most of these DWG-attributes from CAD are removed during transformation. Is there a way to add, keep and set these attributes in FME? Directly adding them as user attributes did not get recognized in the writer. The single “autocad_extended_data_list{}” is present as a format attribute but nothing else.   

Dear FME community,  if I add an access writer, FME asks me for a file name, of course :). This name is then displayed in the Navigator window, e.g. "filename [MDB_ADO]". The feature type corresponds to the table name, like in an excel writer. If want to add another access database with different attributes, I always have to add another writer (not feature type!). In difference to for example the mapinfo writer where the feature type corresponds to the file name, in access/excel it only refers to the database/table name.  What I want to do is use the existing (one) writer and just add another feature type. This would have the advantage that if I change the directory, I would only have to change one path in one writer, not in every access writer.  Does anyone know who to handle this?  Kind regards Thomas

The workspace I am using , reads a FGDB and writes to FGDB. To write to fgdb, a workspace uses schema exported from source fgdb as a template. In this way output fgdb will comprise all feature classes (with and without features) as well as a inherent topology from source fgdb. The flaw here is writing a topology too. This is something we do not want to. The advantage is writing feature class although it is empty. If I avoid to use schema in order to create a fgdb with the same structure, and use option 'Impory feature types' from Writer, the result will be no topology (as wanted) and all feature classes except these which are empty. Thus, If there is no feature written to fc, then this fc won't be written. This in an unwanted result. The same situation is by using dynamic writer too... To summerize my needs: no topology and all fcs have to written (regardless whteher they are empty or not). Maybe this topic is very trivial to someone, but I am stuck on it. 

Hi,  In FME Server documentation there's a whole chapter describing FME Server config files and where to find them. But if I'm using FME Cloud... where do I find them and how can I modify them?  Thanks!

Hello,  I have a question according to the CityGML reader in FME. E.G. I have two attributes "Class" and "Function". In my example there is no "Class" attribute in the file. Therefore, in FME the attribute related to class exists but is <missing>.  The second attribute I have is" Function". It exists in my CityGML file but not valid(there is no value)! <bldg:function></bldg:function>   Now, I am trying to find such attributes which are empty but the problem is in the case such as function, FME gives <missing> as value and neither null nor empty.  My question is, why does FME treat both of the cases in the same manner "<missing>"? and is there any way to distinguish these two different case?  I appreciate your help in advance. Best regards, Mani

I have a fairly simple job that reads a directory on our network and finds a specific shapefile. there are different shapefiles in this directory (but I only want one of them) and the data is not ours, it's produced by another group. So we cannot dictate to them to place the data elsewhere. My FME Desktop job goes to that directory and reads the shapefile they produce. The job works perfectly when I run it from Workbench.  Here's the issue. I want to publish a job to FME Server and have it run nightly. The only issue I have is I don't want to have to upload the shapefile every day. It defeats the purpose, because I could just manually run the FME job in Workbench daily to do my update.   When I publish the job I just don't know how to tell it to go to a certain path on our network and find the shapefile. To make matters worse there are spaces in the shapefile name and there are some spaces in the shapefile path.  Here's the path:  K:\\Geology\\Discovery Projects\\Ut

Hi Everyone,  I have a generic reader and it is writing to Oracle Spatial 11g as a dynamic schema. I'm having an issue with my reader opening the datasets in a folder I tell it to look in. What's happening is that it tries to open the .dbf file as if it is the .shp file and then on consecutive runs it will try an open .TAB files as if they are .shp files.   Even if I change the "Feature Types to Read" parameter I still get issues with both .tab and .shp files. If i specify that FME should read the specific file instead of looking in a folder for them then it works. It is as if FME just finds the first file which matches the name of the feature and tries to read it as the .shp file instead of looking in the folder for the file with the extension .shp and using that.    Could I get some help with this? Even some confirmation from other people who can replicate the problem.  I'm using FME Desktop 2014 SP2 build 14339 - win32  Thanks