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(working with server and workbench 2011 32-bit)  Hi,  I'm trying to use a published parameter that is a combo of two other private published parameters in fme server.  e.g.  full_path=$(drive)$(path)  where drive="D:/" path="afolder"  i'd expect D:/afolder to be returned from $(full_path) as it is in workbench.  however i get the unresolved string '$(drive)$(path)' instead once i've published the workbench to server.  The full_path parameter is being used as an esri personal gdb dest_dataset parameter.  Can anyone explain why this may be?  Are joined parameters like this supported in FME Server 2011?  I thought they were.   Nick

When adding the Generic Writer into the Workspace I dont seem to be able to select multiple formats to write to. I can only pick one.   FME Desktop 2013 Build 13263  I have public web forms now but whichever format the user picks from the drop down menu it writes to shape. Because I only have Shape writers in the workspace. So I need to replace the Shape writer with Generic Writer and have it be able to write to shape, file gdb, dxf, dgn.   https://fmeserver.ncd.noaa.gov/encdirect_extract_approach.html

I recently backed up my running 2012-sp1 machines to a FFS and did a update to 2012-sp4. When I run a workspace to restore my FFS to Repository I can see all my workspaces are back in the appropriate repositories.  But None of them are linked anymore to the Job Submitter service, so its like they don't exist anymore. Is there a option where I can go and re-assign them to the proper service again?  Otherwise I will need to republish all 40+ workspaces and that is just a time killer.  Thanks;  David (DEWright_CA)

We use a lot of point clouds, a few here and there for GIS/Civil application. Our more common usage are using land laser scan in big existing plants (brown field,) place them as reference in our CAD software to do the CAD design of existing structures, equipment, etc. We then redraw what is exiting on top of the point clouds.  We can have hundreds of designers and engineers spending time re-drawing the objects on top of reference point clouds.  If we could recreate surfaces of structures and equipment, to recreate the shape of walls, beams, piping, etc. That could save use an enormous amount of time (and money)  We do have many Point clouds management software and add-ons for CAD, but always look for alternate solutions; does anyone found ways of recreating thos type of shapes efficiently from Point cloud using FME?       

I usually only work with vector data but now have a task to create 3DPDF documents for distributing to a project team.   My issue is this:  how to generate a colorized raster representaion in 3DPDF using the raster contained within an Esri FGDB. I am completely new to this process and can get it to produce a TIN from the raster, but i am unsure of how to colorize the raster and have it represented in a 3D model of the source raster. Any help would be great, thanks!

I'm getting this error below:  MS SQL Server Writer: Failed to parse `Date' from attribute value `05/07/2013' for column `EAST_current'  My source is an Excel file and I'm writing to a regular non-spatial SQL Server 2008 table.  All the columns in the SQL Server table have the datetime data type.  What could be the problem?  Do you see that single tick mark in front of the 05 in the error?  could that be a literal value?  I tried testing for that tick mark character in a Testor using the Match RegEX test using [`] and \\A[`] as the right value, but the row came out of the Failed port.  So I don't think the tick mark is really there.  The source data looks like this when I view it in the Feature Inspector while the translation is running:  5/7/2013  so I use the DateFormatter to conver the month and date to 2 digits with this date format:   %m/%d/%Y  this seems like a simple problem, i just can't see it.  Sarah

Forgive me if this question has been asked before. I don't know how to phrase it in such a way that I can find an easy answer though.  Bascially, I'm developing an fme script to QA incoming topographic data against our business rules and then compare it against our database to determine the change.  What I want to do, is have the database reader only pull feature classes from our database that match the incoming data: eg: only pull the roadsegment feature class from the database if a roadsegment feature class was provided.  If I haven't given enough information or this questions was answered elsewhere please point me in the right direction. Appreciate any help. Thanks.

Hi  Is there a way to set priority for scheduled jobs in FME Server 2012?  Thanks, Anders

Hi all,  We work regularly with both Micsotation versin 7 and V8 formats. We are trying to build a workbench that will allow users to select output format using the Generic Writer.  Since the seed file dictates the microstation version output, we need a means of allowing users to select the output seed file (depending on if they request v7 or V8 output).  Is there a means of publishing the Seedfile parameter in a workbench file to allow the end user to select the file? Is there another method of telling FME what version of Microstation to output?  Thanks, Mike

Hi, I'm new to FME. I have an Excel spreadsheet with X/Y co-ordinates that I want to convert to KML for use in Google Maps. I've managed to do the conversion OK and create the KML but Google Maps won't read it. Google Earth will read the KML OK but I need to display it in Google Maps. Any help would be much appreciated.  SeanOB

Hello, I'm new to FME and have a workbench that does a dgn to ArcSDE geodatabase (SQL Server)  feature class conversion of points.  I have the "drop table" set to "yes" which I assume deletes all the features in the SDE geodatabase before writing to it.  To that end, when I run the workbench, I get the error below.  I can see that the geodatabase has locks from ArcGIS Server (we have three instances of ArcGIS Servers running).  I would have to manually stop each ArcGIS Server instance before running the workbench to get it to run correctly.  Is there a better way to run the workbench and update the data?  Unable to drop the table/feature class 'Bollard'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147215875'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {Table is already locked [aoc_gis.GISADMIN.Bollard]} A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details.    Thank you  Steve

Hi community,  I have a script which translates database content into an SDF3-file. Writer and Reader are dynamically. The Reader gets its schema from the writer. Now I got the effect that numbers with the value "100" are converted into "1e+031" in the SDF3-file. Within the scipt everything works fine. "100" stays "100". All other numbers, too. They are also correct in the SDF3-file. It just concernes the 100's. I already tried to set the attribute again to the value "100" and add an attribute to the Writer with a type 'decimal', without success.  Can anybody help me?

I have built an FME workbench that translates Ordnance Survey's MasterMap Topographic layer into MapInfo Professional TAB format.  Most features translate fine (once you get passed the line style issue with the MapInfoStyler transformer!) but I am having particular issues with the CartographicText feature type.  The GML format that Ordnance Survey provide their product in contains an attribute to set the anchorPosition of the text but I cannot get this to be recognised by MapInfo Professional at all.  I originally thought that using AttributeCreator to set the mapinfo_text_justification might do it but this just sets the justification within a block of text, not the original anchor position.  I'm pretty new to FME so there might well be something I'm missing but after having tried a number of different transformers I'm getting the feeling that it might be a limitation of MapInfo Professional and not FME.  Does anybody have any bright ideas?

Hi all,  I'm currently working on a project where the customer wants to use an existing configuration xml file, where they can enable / disable custom validations and store some validation properties (such as allowed feature class names).  I'm struggling to find a proper way to do this, can anyone point me in the right direction? 

Hi all,  Today is my second day with FME, so I apologize if my quesrtion is very basic.  I am trying to convert LiDAR (las) to DEM data (esri grid) but am having a problem with the interpolation. Any files that do not have adjacent las files to them - that is they are on the perimeter - interpolate all areas within their tile even if there is no data.   Is there a parameter that limits the distance for interpolation or somehting similar?   Thanks.

I am currently using the NeighborFinder to calculate the distance and direction between two points.  However, angle (direction) is calculated from the x-axis, counter clockwise. Is there an easy way for me to calculate the angle from the y-axis (ie north) clockwise?   Otherwise, I may be stuck doing some fuzzy math to rotate and flip the numbers!  Thanks in advance for any help.   Mattt

hi all I am trying to convert a shp to obj using the object id as fanout. The file name of each obj file has to be the same as the object id, right now the directory has the name...anyone know how to set this up? thanks 

Hi again, while I am trying with the help of support solve one problem, comes new one :) Ok, maybe it is not a problem, but I need explanation. If I have, for instance, 10 geotiff files, each has 1 Mb of size, how could be possible that one jpeg2000 mosaick file of those 10 files is ten times bigger i.e. 100Mb even If I used compression 20% . What kind of new informations appeared ? Thank you.

Hi all,  I am creating some PDF files for someone and they need to have the map scale and a scale bar on them.  Each map will be at a different scale so I could do with a way of calculating it and then create a scale bar based on this.  Any help would be much appreciated.

Hi,  I need to read a Map 3D .layer file (RDF) using FMR readers. But I can't see any such reader to read a Map 3D .layer file.  Please let me know how to read a Map 3D .layer file in fme.  Regards, Ananda

I am trying to create a set of shapefiles with mixed case attributes but, even with what I think are the appropriate settings, I am getting upper case attribute names. I am using a writer with dynamic schema to write the set of shapefiles with the "Use Upper Case Attribute Names" unchecked. I read in the help for writers that this setting will not be used unless you create a new workspace and add the writer to that. I did this but to no avail, I still get upper case attribute names. The input features all have miced case attribute names. What should I do? I am using FME 2012 SP4 Win32.  BTW, how do I add the workspace and log to this question? Perhaps having those would show the problem?  Chris Mugdan

Hi FME Community,  I have a problem where I am trying to create an ellipse based on a published parameters "acre" input. It's a fairly straightforward process to do this with a circle/buffer as the radius of a circle can be calculated based on a volume, in this case number of acres.  However, I want to create an ellipse where the radius of one axis is 2x the radius of the other but still sized volume-wise by the input of the published parameter.  Is there a way to create "circlular buffers" and, for lack of a better term, turn them into ellipses by stretching them as they alreay have the correct size by acreage?   

Does anyone know the latest, most stable postgre postgis version tested with fme server 2013 sp1 for windows 32 bit?  Or even just a recommendation?   I suspect it is postgre 9.1 with postgre 2.0.x on stackbulder  but i wanted to confirm as we are configuring a new dev server.    Thanks, Reed

Hi,  I am new to FME, and am in the process of creating a workbench (in FME Desktop 2013) that joins an ArcSDE Feature Class to an Oracle Table, and writes the output to KML.  I was fairly successful, but am having difficulties in writing arbitary/additional XML data using <ExtendedData>.  See this link for info about KML Extended Data (scroll to the bottom for the arbitary XML part) https://developers.google.com/kml/documentation/extendeddata   I would like to include the following in the KML:  ExtendedData using xmlns:pdif="http://www....." pdif:Agency pdif.Status pdif.StartDate pdif.EndDate Values for these fields will come from the joined data.  I am not sure how to do this, and would appreciate any help/input.  The ExtendedData required are in addition to some other fields such as Name, Description, Geometry, etc.  Thanks for your time and consideration.  Regards,  Sendhil     

Hi FMErs.    I have workbench on FME sever where I want to have either dwg or shp as the input file.  I have set up a paramer called clipper_reader_formats which is choice based (with alias).  In the configuration I have imported the two formats and then linked this parameter to the Reader Input Formats.  In FME server I now have options visible that let me select the appropriate reader.  However, I am having trouble with the actual Source dataset field:  If I have it as: \\\\glofme02\\data\\Tasks\\Clip_By_Polygons\\Reader\\Clippers\\*.* it doesn't work  It does work if I put in: \\\\glofme02\\data\\Tasks\\Clip_By_Polygons\\Reader\\Clippers\\*.shp but this only works for shp files obviously.  I'd like the workbench to pick up the relevant files, but only for the formats specified or selected.  I'm not sure what I need to put in this field.  Thanks.