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Unable to retrieve connection 'connection x'. Error, can't be recreated with edit connection context menu?

  • April 9, 2026
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ncastrog
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Unable to retrieve connection 'connection'. Error. It can't be recreated with edit connection context menu? How can be recreated with the same parameters, I already know those parameters, user password schema, host…. It can be asier to recreate if the edit connection menu, create a new one with the same name, and only fill the missing parameters kind, host, user, password, schema, etc… How this can be done I mean recreate the database connection with the same name?

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hkingsbury
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  • April 9, 2026

Are you able to delete the old connection? FME will stop you create multiple connections with the same name.

I’ve seen this error occur before when the underlying connections database was replaced and the keys no longer matched. You will still be able to see the reference to the item, but not able to edit it.

Right clicking on it under the FME Options menu should give you the option to delete it.