Using readers and writers to extract and load data.
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Please create an FME option to connect to GCP (Google Cloud Platform) using “Workload Identity Federation” method in addition to Service account (current option).Thank you!
Hello everyone,We just upgraded to FME Form 2024.2.1 and we currently encounter one problem. For the users, the personal database- and web connections were inititally not migrated. Thus we sent first a mail to the users that they coud export the database- and webconnections in FME Form 2023 and then import the exported file in FME Form 2024. It looked like it solved the problem, however when the users logged in the next day on an new machine, they lost all their personal database- and webconnections.We read the following link: Changes to Connection Storage in FME Form 2024 – FME Support Center and it became clear to us that's due to the new way that personal database- and webconnections are stored. They are stored in fme_userconnection.data and the machineID is hardcoded in this file.In our organization we work on a virtual machine and thus also everytime we log into a new machine. It's now clear why the database- and webconnections are not visible in FME Form 2024.I was wondering if
Hello,I I am fairly inexperienced with some FME processes.My task at work is to extract text from DGN files and convert it to Annotation Feature classes in a GDB. I need to override the FontSize value that comes from DGN with a specific value in the GDB Annotation class, and all my attempts failed. Does anyone have suggestions on how to go about it? I am using FME 2024 and ArcPro 3.5. Thanks!
Can fme only run up to citygml 2.0?I don't know the part about uploading citygml 3.0.
Hi,I was hoping to use the new IFC writer available in FME 2026.1 to update the IfcPresentationLayer attribute values from IFC to IFC.The idea was to disregard the current layers exported from Revit from others and define our own layer presentation for the models so we can turn certain layers on and off in our platform (Trimble Connect). I used the reader to load the IFC file (in 2x3 format), and it successfully retrieved all layer attributes into FME. However, I don’t seem to be able to write the updated layers.In fact, even without adding any transformers—just using the reader and writer from IFC to IFC—the layers are lost. So I’m wondering if anyone has had success using the latest FME reader and writer for rewrite the layersThanks!
For a specific Writer (for example Precisely MapInfo Extended TAB)Is there a way to see a history of changes and improvements from version to version of FME Form?I have v2022.1 installed, and I am researching if the Writer has changed or improved in v2025.I am aware that a Transformer has a version number specific to that Transformer, but a Writer’s version number is locked to the version number of FME Flow, so it is hard to quickly determine if the Writer has changed between versions of FME Form.
Hi,I’m looking for solutions to a problem that may not be solvable.I regularly need to refer to a spreadsheet from the NZ Electricity Authority (it’s open data). At the moment I have to regularly download it from https://register.ea.govt.nz/ using the ‘Download’ button This downloads a dynamically time-stamped spreadsheet of the electricity industry participants and their relevant codes.I want to automate this with Form/Flow but this is a sticking point. I’ve suggested to them that they expose this as a service for the industry, but the wheels move slowly if at all.Any idea on how to read, or more likely, automatically download this? For the download I’m open to non-FME automations.Thanks
FME Form Excel writer warns of reserved characters, where none exist, in the names of my Named ranges and appends underscores to them. I am getting a lot of warnings similar the following:Excel Writer: Feature Type '/AH_4_3_Housed_Part_Time_Replacement' has been modified to '/AH_4_3_Housed_Part_Time_Replacement_' to avoid reserved characters for Named Ranges and Tables in Microsoft Excel This is unhelpful behaviour, can I avoid it?2025.2
Hello Community,I wonder if anyone has recent experience with Bentley POD Reader. This reader requires installed and licensed Bentley Pointools, which has been deprecated for several years by now and can not be purchased anymore. Is there another way to read POD files with FME? Can Pointools be replaced with something else to enable POD Reader?Thank you
We have over 300 FME dataflows using multiple Oracle databases. We are trying to figure out how to list all the different tables and schemas used by all the dataflows together.
Hello everyone,I looked at thread DGN writer RGB color | Community and I am dealing with the same problem.Ideally I would like to get the RGB color (true values) instead of the colorindex from the color table.I read in the above thread that true color should be available from FME Form 2023 on, but I still get the index number from the color table. Iam using FME Form 2024.2.1 by the way.I do the following thingI have a dgn styler configurated as follows in the Writer I use a seedfile with RGB values for the layers Output is Am I doing somethign wrong or are true colors not yet available in FME 2024.2.1?
The white rectangle is my polygon and the orange line is my line. I am trying to clip the polygon based on the length of the line.I was looking for an output like this. I have looked at this step and also this step but i am not getting a correct clip. Any ideas will be highly appreciated Thanks in advance,Keller.
I am using the “StringReplacer” transformer to replace commas with line breaks.My attribute value looks like this:ANGLE: von 115.65130615 auf 116,ident: von --- auf ON,ADRESSCODE: von 6 aufI tried replacing , with \n, but it does not create a new line.How can I correctly insert line breaks in FME?
Hello ,n FME Workbench, I am trying to set up a workspace where multiple readers use a common main folder path.I created a user parameter for the main directory (root folder), and my goal is for each reader to use this main path while only specifying its own subfolder.However, when I add a new reader and configure its dataset path, it changes the same user parameter used by the other readers. As a result, all readers end up pointing to the same path, which is not what I want.How can I configure my workspace so that:One user parameter defines the main folder path, and Each reader can independently define its own subfolder without affecting the others?FME 2021 thanks in advance
Hi everyone,I’m currently building a tool in FME to compare a point cloud with a .000 layer that contains point soundings.Because the two datasets have different geometry types, I rounded the coordinates in both datasets to the same decimal precision (0 decimal places), using the CoordinateRounder. After that, I extracted the X and Y coordinates as attributes so that I could compare them directly using the CoordinateExtractor.When using the Matcher, I intentionally excluded the geometries and matched the features purely based on the coordinate attributes. The matcher does find some matches between the two datasets, but it does not capture all of them.I also tried using both FeatureJoiner and FeatureMerger, but these transformers merge all attributes, which I would prefer to avoid for this workflow.Initially, I suspected the issue might be related to the coordinate system. However, when I examine the features that were not matched and compare them with the original soundings from the .0
Hi!It seems like the 3D-tiles writer in FME 2025.2 produces artifacts like the ones below in cesiumjs (version 1.134), where they are not prevalent in basically the same workspace in 2024.2 (everything is the same except for a new writer). Is there any information on why this might be or is there maybe a fix for this in later versions? This problem seem to occur for multiple datasets. They look fine using inspector and in other software, as well as returning no validity errors, as far as we know.
Hi everyone,I’m trying to read the contents of a folder to identify all file geodatabases (GDBs) and the feature classes stored within them. However, when feature classes with the same name exist in different GDBs, they appear only once in the schema Has anyone encountered this before, and what is the best way to handle or distinguish feature classes with identical names across multiple GDBs?
How would I go about reading these polygons (which are buffered lines) from Smallworld into FME without FME filling in the gaps in the polygon. Alternatively, How would I restore the donut geometry of the polygons? I have tried GeometryCoercer, DonutBuilder, etc. with no luck. This will be written to a KML.
Transaction #26 was successfully committedMULTI_WRITER: multi_writer_id `1': Writing feature 27000 FME Objects Worker [1944] > Failed to read features using the 'STADIA' readerTransaction #27 was successfully committedMULTI_WRITER: multi_writer_id `1': Writing feature 28000 Transaction #28 was successfully committed
I’ve several fme-worbench created in vers. 2023.2. When I update FME to later versions such as, 2025.2.4 or 2026.1 this warning below pops-up and the run crashes mor or less.“Running (.fme) Mapping Files is deprecated. Please see http://fme.ly/fmeMappingFileDeprecation for more information”Any ideas why and what I can do?
Hi, I was wondering if anyone has succeeded in reading an ESRI SDE geometric network configuration - rules etc. ?I would like to export to a readable format for reporting. From research , all Arc Catalog 10.6. tools are no longer available for these kind of things. No arcpy either.So possibly an SQL approach, but I don’t know even in which tables such things might be found.
I have a series of pdf’s that have been georeferenced in ArcGIS Pro, and as a result they have an associated .aux.xml file with them. If I bring that pdf into ArcGIS Pro, it is accurately depicted on the map in the correct location. However, in FME when I read in the pdf, it shows me all of the vector features in the pdf, but the pdf features themselves are located around the co-ordinate 0,0 and not in the georeferenced location. I understand this is because the .aux.xml isn’t being read by FME. In FME, how can I create a workflow that will accurately read in both the .pdf and its corresponding .aux.xml so that the vector features are visible in the graphics window and to export to a file geodatabase feature class? I don’t want to convert the pdf to raster/tiff because then I will lose the vector features.
Hi folks! As I was using AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to troubleshoot, I suddenly received information from the AI about the "Generate Workspace Documentation" function. Here's what I learned:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Generate Workspace DocumentationThis feature allows you to automatically generate comprehensive documentation for your FME workspace. The output is typically an HTML file that provides detailed insights into your workspace structure, parameters, and transformations. It's incredibly useful for sharing with colleagues or for archiving your workflows. How to Use It: Usage in FME Workbench (GUI):Open the FME Workbench application. Load the workspace you want to document. From the Tools menu, select Generate Workspace Documentation. You can choose to output the documentation in an HTML format, which can be opened in any browser.Command Line Usage:This function is also ava
Hi everyone,I’m working with a line layer (see attached image) where some segments are missing. These missing parts actually exist in other layers, and my goal is to “fill in” or reconstruct the complete network by integrating those segments.In other words, I have:A primary line layer with gaps Additional layers that contain the missing line segmentsWhat would be the best approach in FME to identify and merge these missing sections into the main layer?I’m especially interested in workflows or transformers that can help match and connect these geometries properly (e.g. snapping, merging, or topology-based methods).I’ve attached a second image showing the layer that contains the missing parts.Any suggestions or best practices would be greatly appreciated!Thanks in advance.
I have georefferenced pdf file(HLB_Map) and i need a output as digitalized layout map( for reference i have attached ) by using raster pdf file...Please give a guidence