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I have an excel file that has a list of addresses, and their associated license number. I want to join this to a geodatabase file to output any parcels that have any of the addresses in the excel file. I can’t seem to make that work. Can anybody point me in the right direction? I’ve tried FeatureJoiner and FeatureMerger and can’t seem to get any output without failure.

I’m using the Data Interoperability extension in ArcGIS Pro. I can’t seem to get a excel reader to add in. I’ll set the parameters, it’s not open anywhere else, it’s not password protected or anything like that, and it’s on my local system. When I click ok to add it, fme acts like it’s trying to add it, but then just sits there and spins until it eventually times out. What am I doing wrong? I haven’t used FME in about 7 years or so, but I used it extensively prior to that and never had this sort of issue.

Hello, Is it possible to transform a table (ie from Postgresql, or Excel) into this complicated Json format within FME please? I have attached the json file and also a small dummy sample excel file (which doesnt quite have the correct column headers as its a work in progress).I am completely new to JSON and I have done the JSON Templater tutorial but no idea how to actually apply it to my needs!! Help wanted!!

Hi, I am having trouble reading the names of the groups with which the layer is shared in Esri Enterprise. I am using an HTTPCaller with the following settings, but the Share info does not appear in the JSON response. The only information I get is: "access": "shared". Could you please advise on how to retrieve this information?

Hello All, I’m having an issue where SchemaMapper prefix whitespace (space) when using fmeexpression=. I attached a sample workspace and would appreciate if anyone could test before submitting ticket. This issue came apparent after upgrading to FME 2023. for example: col0=’2’, col1=’3’-->using “fmeexpression=@Evaluate(@Value(col0)+@Value(col1))” returns value “ 5” or “fmeexpression=@Evaluate(@Value(col0)@Value(col1))” returns value “ 23” Previously, using “@Evaluate([return “@Value(col0)@Value(col1)])” returns value “23”. I know 2023 introduced new functionality to SchemaMapper, per transformer help doc and https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407523665165-SchemaMapper-Advanced-Schema-Mapping. Would appreciated if someone could test before submitting ticket. Output SchemaMapperDoc

Hello! I am having some trouble overwriting a hosted feature layer on ArcGIS Online that is public and has editing disabled. I have a geojson file that is updated fairly regularly and I would like to create a workflow that reads the geojson and writes it to an AGOL feature service. I have that initial-publish workflow down, but after I log onto AGOL and change the feature service to public (sharing) and disable editing, subsequent runs of my FME tool fail and produce an error stating, "Feature Service 'xxx_layer' does not support writer mode ''. Its owner may have disabled inserting or editing features. Writes may fail if the current user is not the owner or administrator". That error makes sense since I've disabled editing to the feature service, but I'm wondering if there is a way for FME to overwrite the feature service without me having to enable edits on the AGOL feature service. Because the data is public facing, I cannot allow edits to be enabled. Any help is greatly appreciated

Hi all, FME supports writing to USD file, but there is no option in the reader for USD. How would I go about reading a USD file in FME? Thanks, Michael

Hi Quick question before I fall back on trial and error, because my dataset is quite big, but does anyone know if changing the partitioning attribute order on a partitioned parquet writer determines the partition folder hierarchy? The doc says its the schema order which determines the partition hierarchy, I’m hoping to override the reader’s attribute order. I’m hoping manually editing the writer attribute order will determine partition hierarchy. Thanks.

Quick and easy question I hope: does FME 2024.2 support the new ArcGIS Online data types (Date Only, Time Only, Timestap Offset and Big Integer) as described here: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/time-is-on-your-side-with-new-field-types-in-arcgis-online/

Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the fme_feature_type. I encountered a problem in my workspace regarding the SchemaMapper which (after working properly before) gave me the following error: SchemaMapper_Mapper (SchemaMappingFactory): A required column was not found in the table. Row fme_feature_type will be skipped. After doing some testing I realized the attribute fme_feature_type was <missing> across the board in this particular conversion which I believe is required for the SchemaMapper to work. I’m somewhat stumped because sometimes the workspace functions properly and the attribute has proper entries. I noticed especially with larger datasets that fme_feature_type just goes missing between transformers. Some culprints that I found were for example the SubstringExtractor and the AttributeKeeper. The data goes in with fme_feature_type properly filled and comes out with the data missing. I don’t think this is expected behaviour but maybe someone can shine some light on what

Hi All, I am trying to gather information on upgradeable transformers and see that current version is available as part of fmw file extension. I want to know where does it get the information on latest version, Is this information saved somewhere. In this example, AttributeManager is currently at ver 2 but latest version is ver 4. I am not sure where this version information stored. Thanks

Ultimate Goal: to use FME to test if there are ESRI annotations that fall on top of each other. Issue being experienced: When the ESRI annotation is displayed in FME Inspector, the annotation has been shifted. My theory is the “shift” is something to do with the annotation is left justified in ArcGIS Pro and its placement of the annotation is based on a point in the bottom left corner. In FME the annotation point seems to be placed along the bottom centre. Question: Is there a way to have FME place the ESRI Annotation based on the same placement point?ORHow can we shift the annotation when being viewed in FME so that it is placed half of the width of the annotations to the left along the annotation axes? ArcGIS Pro: 3.2.3ArcGIS SDE: SQL 2022FME Form: FME(R) 2024.1.3.0 (20240927 - Build 24627 - WIN64)FME Annotation Reader Format: Esri Geodatabase (ArcSDE Geodb) See attached imagery for example of annotation shift.

Y’all. I have a workspace, that exports a number of database tables to a File GeoDatabase. The workspace uses a FeatureReader and a Writer with three dynamic featuretypes (for point, line and polygon features). The writer is “Esri Geodatabase (File Geodb Open API)”. When I run it in Desktop(Form) 2020.2, it works perfectly.When I run it as a job on Server(Flow) 2022.2, all features issues a warning, e.g. FileGDB Writer: A feature with feature type `HOERSHOLM_Afløbskomponent_point' could not be written I’ve tried running it in Desktop 2022.2, and this apparently doesn’t work either.I’ve tried to upload the workspace from here, but this still fails the same way. The output path is a UNC path to a ZIP file.Does the FileGDB writer have an issue with 2022.2 or any of the above details ?

A client of ours is changing their spatial data format from MITAB to ESRI GDB. They use domains in their GDB and we don’t have an ESRI licence so am unable to read these in correctly with the domains exposed. I have requested the XML to go with it as per what I found in other threads. Is the best way to give it geometry to pop on a map a FeatureMerger with the XML and GDB, matching on an ID they have? I can’t help but think this is a poor way of doing it (it took forever as it’s a large dataset when I tested it), but without the ESRI licence I think I’m a bit stuck for options. Wondering if someone has a better solution. Using FME Form 2024.1 Thanks!

I’m converting 135 Revit models to GIS but the coordinate system is not setting (location is Philidelphia but data is appearing in Ohio). I’ve tried setting the coordinate system (NAD 83, Pennsylvania state plane south, US foot) in the writer and using CoordinateSystemSetter. Individual models appear properly in ArcGIS Pro. I’m really baffled by this one; probably something simple I’m missing.

Excuse me, I am a master student. During one of my curriculum module, I used the Cesium 3D Tiles Writer in my project. And the result is not good: As we can see, some of the lines of point cloud is missing. And during the procedure of translation, I ahve warnings like this: What’s more, is that the result put all points inside the same pnts file: So when I try to visualize it on the website, it becomes stuck and process in a very low speed. May I ask how should I manage the parameters inside the Cesium 3DTiles Writer? If anyone could help me, I will appreciate it.

Hi @Safe ! I have a probleme with Geoparquet reader on FME Form 2024. It does’t work with the file in attachment but work fine with Apache parquet on FME Form 2023. The error is : Thanks for your help. Loïc

I am writing AutoCAD DWG with changing areas/extents. My template file defines the styling. When opening the file in CAD it zooms to a blank area (possibly from the extents of the template file) and I need to zoom to extents to find my current area. Is it possible to either remove any extent information from the template file, or force the output DWG file to zoom in on the current area extents?

I need to generate a list between two numbers and repeat a value the number of times between the two numbers. The values need to generate the number of rows between the higher ranked value and the lower ranked value. Below is the data I have now, and the second screenshot is what I need generated. Thank you for the help. What I have now: What I need:

Hello, I'm having issues trying to connect to the my Portal that is using OKTA - Auth2 to login. I've seen a fee threads on here regarding this issue but does not really explain clearly oon what to do. I get this error "OAuth2 Approval Please copy this code, switch to your application and paste it there: " I followed the steps to register FME in Portal. Filled in all the correct info in the Manage Web Services. I put in my crednitals and get that error. I don't even know if it;s an error. I just dont know what to do at this point ? OAuth2 Approval Please copy this code, switch to your application and paste it there: " I've seen a couple threads, but didn't really give an answer just said to submit a ticket. https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/109164/failing-to-connect-to-esri-arcgis-portal.html https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/88927/how-do-i-reliably-connect-fme-server-201819-to-arc.html Can someone please help me figure this out . Thank you

Hello, Using a SQl executer syntax: update <table name> set date_start= to_char(sysdate -1,'dd/mm/yyyy') where DATE_START is nullcommit No updates of the tables. Does FME have a problem with using Oracle “to_char(sysdate -1,'dd/mm/yyyy')”? Because the syntax works under ORACLE SQLPLUS

I am struggling to save text as a hyperlink in Excel. I tried using this formula: =HYPERLINK("http://www.1spatial.com/fme","http://www.1spatial.com/fme") However, the outcome in Excel didn’t work as expected. Does anyone have any idea why it behaves this way?

Issue I have several 3D objects (coming from IFC) with variable appearance styles. In one case the style seems transparent. Both in FME inspector and in the final writer (Cesium3DTiles) these objects are kind of transparent.(see feature informations in annex) the dark-red “wall” seems transparant by contrast with the two parts ontop What I did so far Changed/Reset appearance (AppearanceSetter) → no effect checked on Geometry (GeometryValidator, VertexNormalGenerator, GeometryRefiner, etc) → no effect Questions How can I make the transparent objects opaque? What’s the difference to the other objects?

Hello, I have a pdf report that I need to parse out. I can read it and create a line by line list. It has a line with employee code/name, then subsequent lines with codes and their values associated to the employee. Here is a sample of the report and then what it looks like when it is read in. I can get it split nicely into rows/columns/attributes no problem. My issue is that I dont know how to break it up in each employees portion and add the employee number to each row. There would be a few hundred employees. So in the end I want to be able to spit out a table that has the columns: Employee num, Code, Description, units, extensions,etc I am very new to FME and just struggling to get it figured out. I dont know if I should be using some kind of loop, python code, aggreator etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I need to update an ArcGIS Online feature service using something other than 'OBJECTID' field. In previous versions, I was able to set the "Update Key Field" in the 'Properties' dialog box of the AGOL Writer. In 2017.1 that option is gone. I can't find any documentation or examples on how to set the Update Key Field to something else. Any suggestions?