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Hello FME'ers  I am using FME 2013 SP2 to bulk load data into PostGIS 9.2 from Oracle 10 using a very simple workbench.  I can set the attribute names to lower case in the PostGIS writer (as well as create the GIST index, sequence and primary key) but I also need to set the table names / feature type name to lowercase.  I have several hundred tables to copy over and it would be nice to change case automagically rather than manually editing the workbench.  Any suggestions?  Thanks  Ross

Asking on behalf of a client: they're writing to Oracle and getting an error regarding an UTF-8 string that can't be converted to Windows-1252. I can't seem to find a way to set the encoding on the Oracle writer, is this handled in the database definition itself (i.e. outside of FME)?

Hi, I have a problem where I use DWGstyler to assign different colors to different blocks, but when I open the file in CAD, all these blocks have the same color in red. I am new to FME and hope someone can help me with this problem. Thanks in advance!

HiI am importing Points along with their attachments from ArcGIS Online. I am using sde writer with the new option of preserving GlobalIDs. the issue is it runs smoothly on feature class but with table initially it runs fine and stores the data but at the end it gives me this error.  

I am running FME Desktop 2019.1 and am trying to output the results of a Feature Merger to a csv file but I want to add an additional row in the csv file before I have the column headersieI want the output to look like this:but I can only get this:in excel it would look like this: FORMAT ASSET DETAILS , STANDARD 1.0    REGNAMEASSETNBRTMPLASSNBRDESCRLONGDESCRSHORTDESCRASSETTYPEASSETSTATFLEET1000000090000000Sj300 2019 White Ls Colorado 4 X 4 DieseSj300 2019 White Ls Colorado 4 X 4 Diesel (Ranger 4) SJ300Sj300 2019 White Ls SN Is there a way to do this?Preferred output is csv but if i its do-able to excel that will suffice.Thanks in advance

In FME, I have a File Geodatabase Reader (merged feature type). I would like FME to group features by fme_feature_type and output each feature type to a port.   I have gotten close with the attribute pivoter, but haven't had any luck writing counts.    Does anyone have any suggestions? What I'd Like to accomplish: Almost got it with attribute pivoter:My settings for attribute pivoter:  Thank You

I try to read an IFC with IfcReinforcingBars. All attributes etc gets read in FME correctly, however there is no visible geometry. I can not share the data, but wonder if there are certain elements/geometrire FME does not read from IFC? I tried the 3 different IFC-readers, and also different settings on the reader with no luck. Examining the features in FME Data inspector shows no geometry. But it seems to be aggregates and Geometry Instances. I also tried the GeometryInstantiator to see if I could get the geometry. https://www.safe.com/transformers/geometry-instantiator/ An image of IfcReinforcingBars can be found on this page for instance: https://github.com/xBimTeam/XbimGeometry/issues/74  

Hi There,As per the title, I am having trouble connecting to an ArcSDE geodatabase using a connection file. I can confirm that I am able to connect to the database in ArcMap/ArcCatalog so my feeling is that there is nothing wrong with the connection file, but possibly some other issue that I am having trouble trying to resolve.I am running FME 2018.1 32-bit and have also tested this in FME 2017.1 32-bit to no avail. I can also confirm that I also have the 32-bit Oracle Instant Client (12.2) installed and configured correctly. I am currently running Windows 7, but I have also tested on a colleagues computer (32bit FME 2018.1 and 32 bit Instant Client) who is running Windows 10, and we both receive exactly the same error.The error that I am receiving is the following:---------------------------Fetching Feature Types Error---------------------------<b>Failed to retrieve feature types.</b><p>Could not open the Enterprise Geodatabase. The error number from ArcObjects is: '

I am having issues connecting to one of our elastic databases. The error I am getting is Failed to obtain any schemas from reader 'ELASTICSEARCH' from 1 datasets. This may be due to invalid datasets or format accessibility issues due to licensing, dependencies, or module loading. Any ideas what how to fix.

I'm specifically trying to find out what versions of PostgreSQL & PostGIS(non-raster) are supported by FME "Desktop professional" version 2020.1.2. More generally it would be good to know if there is a place we can find this information for ongoing versions of various FME platforms. I have tried looking in these places... https://docs.safe.com/fme/2020.1/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_ReadersWriters/postgis/postgis.htmhttps://downloads.safe.com/fme/2020/whatsnew_2020_1_3.txthttps://downloads.safe.com/fme/2020/whatsnew_2020_0_3.txtbut could only find (in the last link) that some fixes were done to support PostgreSQL 12+

Is it possible to publish an elevation raster as an Elevation layer / Web Layer in FME? Similar to this screen in Arcgis Pro: By using a regular writer or AGOLConnector?By pythonscript? Described here: https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/help/sharing/overview/web-elevation-layer.htm 

I'm currently putting together a FME workspace that reads data from a DB2 database. As I didn't have any driver installed, I followed this guide to install them in my computer. I'm using the db2jcc4.jar driver, Everything works fine. I sent the same workspace to a client. They had installed the DB2 dirvers, so I told them to copy the db2jcc4.jar one to the plugins folder of the FME installation. When they run the worskpace, the db2jcc4.jar is ignored and FME uses the db2jcc.jar that is found in their IBM products installation, instead of the driver in the plugin folder. Is there a way of forcing FME to use the db2jcc4.jar driver? With the other one, FME reads the alias of the fields instead of the names, which provokes several errors. We are using a FME Desktop 2018.1 in a Windows machine. Thanks for any help provided!

Hello, I have a few DGN files where I want to separate the data depending on what layer they belong to. In Microstation I can see that the objects in the file is on a level, ex "Växel spårspärr bef V". But when I check the data in FME inspector all igds_level_names and fme_feature_type are set to "ECT_DGRM_RFPT_MARK". Anyone know why they are different and how to solve this?

I have several point-based datasets that I need to consolidate into an existing point dataset while maintaining all the attributes for each layer. How can I do this? Thank you

Hi all, I've been asked to read a WMS which starts with a regular looking URL, which then forwards to a URL which is proving difficult. The URL looks as follows -http://<url>.co.uk/WMS/MS/7.2.1/mapserv.exe?map=D:\\Websites\\<service>\\Services\\WMSSHARE\\map\\Layers.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1 The part that's giving me trouble is where the D:\\ is. I've tried enclosing the URL in speechmarks and using a pythonCaller to workaround this, but so far I've had no luck. I managed to get the URL changed once, but it just forwards to this one, which is causing issues. Has anyone else experienced something like this? 

In our Local Authority, we're considering using FME for automating certain actions that are recurrent and would make Gazetteer maintenance more bearable. We already use a Gazetteer software, but we believe that there are actions that could be more automated, and our software doesn't do.We'd like to hear stories and experiences form users that have attempted similar things using FME, or even other ETL solutions such as Python.

Hi,I need a text based format that can handle measures values for futher treatment in QGIS. Can GeoJSON suitable for this? I currently does not manage to keep the M-values using GeoJSON as Output port and I currently can't determine if I miss some configuration option or if the format does not handle M-values at all.If GeoJSON is not the answer, what file format could I use? I need to handle custom CRS as well (EPSG:2154).Thanks for your help!

Hello,I need to control the projection associed to a dwg in fme 2018. I have tried to read the autocad_entity : autocad_info in the autocad layer 0 of a Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF reader with the [read drawing system variable to read] checked but it seems to have nothing provide in any of de field.Is anyone know how to get this information?Thanks by advance

Is it possible to append to a json file saved as an Azure blob? AzureBlobStorageConnector overwrites.

FME Desktop 2020: How to permanently reorder the fields of attribute table of geodatabase feature class? In the screenshot below, I wanted to permanently move F3 to be to the right of F1. Which tool can be of help on this? 

I'm trying to read the attached Civil 3D file, extract non standard attributes and certain geometric details such as edge strings. I've attached a screenshot of the file when viewed in Civil 3D, and displayed the 'Property Sets' or attributes I want to get out. I've also attached a shot of what FME makes of the file.  Anyone know how I set FME to read the attributes in the dwg and expose them so they can be worked with in Workbench?

Hi,Is there a way to read Civil3D Feature Lines in FME, without having to explode them to 3D Polylines manually in advance? Jasper

Hi, I am using FME to write a Shapefile to PostGIS and I am wondering if there is a way that you can specify that it writes polygons only? When it is writing into PostGIS it is coming in as an unknown geometry with a warning triange!

I am utilizing FME Cloud (Server 2020) to run a regular ETL pipeline from a Firebird database using their Jaybird JDBC driver. Working with a local instance and FME Desktop seems to have no issues with connecting and running SQL statements.The database cannot have external ports opened due to sensitive data being stored within it. However, we are able to create an SSH tunnel to a jump server that is otherwise locked down which FME Cloud could then use to create a connection. Needing to keep a secure encrypted connection throughout the entire path I have managed to load some external Python libraries and establish a temporary SSH tunnel from the FME Cloud instance to the jump server for the duration of the workbench execution. I have tested this connection by using the Firebird Python library in a PythonCaller to execute an SQL statement successfully.However, when I try to use the SQLCreator or SQLExecutor with the already established to work JDBC driver with this local SSH tunnel it fa

Greetings!I wanted to start using FME 2019 today with a new workflow I'ven been tasked to create. It's pretty simple: read polygons from a DWG file and store them in a SHAPE file.The source file has many layers, so my idea was reading all the layters except one (it contains texts I don't want). I have checked the "Single Merged Feature Option" and in the "Feature types to read" parameter I have picked the ones I want:When I try to run this, I get the following error:ERROR |ACAD reader: The encoded string is not a valid fme-wwjd string: 'ELC.02 - AREA DE EXPANSI\xC3\x93N OESTE'It seems the Reader doesn't like the accents in the layer names.If I use "Single Feature Types" instead of merged ones, FME is capable of reading all the features.I still have FME 2018.1 installed, so I have tried the same steps in that version and it works fine with merged features.Could this be a bug of FME 2019 (19238) or is there something new about that reader that I am missing?