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Deploying FME Flow using Flow Apps or the REST API

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raymondbrunner
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raymondbrunnerContributor
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SQL Creator/Executor using an ArcSDE connection works in FME Form but is unsuccessful when published to FME Flow

Our FME Form installations are able to establish ArcSDE connections with a SQL creator to our enterprise SQL Server geodatabase and perform SQL Select statements.When these workspaces are published to Flow the following warnings are received and the records are not read:“Esri Geodatabase: ArcMap has limited SQL functionality and may not be able to process query 'SELECT CPSUPV,CPTECH FROM AICC.GLP_BDinfo'. Consider installing ArcGIS Pro for broader SQL functionality”FME Flow is able to use the same ArcSDE connections, and read records with an ArcSDE Reader from our enterprise SQL Server geodatabase.  It only seems to complain when we attempt to execute SQL through the connection with a SQL Creator or Executor.Additionally, FME Flow successfully executes SQL statements using SQL Creators/Executors against the enterprise geodatabase when connecting via a Microsoft SQL Server Non-Spatial format connection.Is there a configuration that could be addressed on the Flow Servers to enable SQL Cr

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laixale
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josch
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joschParticipant
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FME Remote Engine Services - How to build Docker Image and Container?

​Hey!I’m faced with the challenge of deploying FME Remote Engine Services (RES) in a hybride cloud scenario. In this scenario, Windows/Linux VMs are not an option and I came up with the idea of packaging RES in a Ubuntu-based Docker Image for a containerized deployment.My approach is to use silent install with a cfg-file like officially supported for FME Flow installation on a Ubuntu base image. However, I’m adapting it for the Remote Engine Services, which are shipped as a *.run file.Unfortunately, there is no official documentation/support for the Docker part and I had to build my custom image. However, I was wondering if anyone out there has tried something like this?Why is this not officially supported by @safe @safesoftware (yet)? Seems like a low hanging fruit - for FME Flow dockerfile is provided officially and it is much more complex…Added this as an idea: FME Remote Engine Services as Docker/Kubernetes Deployment | SafeSoftware Community

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josch
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annette2
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annette2Contributor
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If we upgrade the current license manager will it still work with 2022.2

Hi all,We are planning the release of our upgrade FME 2024 package and the upgrade of our license manager.If we go ahead and upgrade the license manager will it still work with the older 2022 clients?We have a short overlap period during testing where both versions are in use.Thanks,Annette

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donalmateer
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ecx
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ecxSupporter
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How to extract FeatureReader/Writer parameters using FMEFlow Rest API v3

Hello, I currently have a workbench that extracts all of my job history, auotmations, dataEndpoints (readers/writers) which I feed into a powerBI dashboard so I can more easily track data i/o, and jobs via using httpcallers and the fme flow rest api v3.I have just realised there is a issue with this, FeatureReaders, FeatureWriters, SQLExecutors and SQLCreators are excluded when using get “/repositories/{repository}/items/{item}/datasets/{dtype}”… to extract my readers/writers, dtype refers to source or destination, which is only assigned to readers and writers.The issue is FeatureReaders and FeatureWriter are transformers, they are not included in this output!What other methods can I use to extract these parameters from the FeatureReaders/FeatureWriters? (source/destination datasets specifically)

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ecx
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ebygomm
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ebygommInfluencer
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Upgrading FME Flow - dropping database configured on own server

Is there a reason the FME database user has to be dropped and recreated when upgrading FME Flow, as opposed to just dropping all the schema objects?  Is it just because it’s simpler to drop and recreate?

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takinselure
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mmccart
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mmccartSupporter
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Changing FME Flow .war Files for URL Change

This is what I was going to post in FME Communities. Please change anything that doesn't make sense as I may have used terminology wrong:We are currently deploying FME Flow 2024.1.1 and will need to run FME Server 2022.2 in parallel for the next few months while we migrate workspaces/solutions over to Flow. With that in mind, we were curious about changing the URL of FME Flow from https://DOMAIN/fmeserver to https://DOMAIN/fmeflow by changing the fmeserver.war file name to fmeflow.war and redeploying Tomcat. Note: We’re using our own version of Tomcat and have a distributed deployment setup. We were able to get the new ‘fmeflow’ URL to work with this new .war file and subsequent folders. Our question is: Are there hard-coded elements that we would need to look out for and change to ensure all functions/elements work in FME Flow? 

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mmccart
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gis_midwest
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gis_midwestContributor
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FME Flow v2023.2 fails to overwrite existing version of file previously uploaded

I’ve just upgraded FME Flow to v2023.2 Build 23774.  One of my users found that they were not getting any results for a workbench that was working before the upgrade and had been run by others users, including themselves, after the upgrade. In researching this particular case I found that the user was had uploaded a file as an input for the workbench, that was the same as an existing uploaded file, however in this case the naming of the files were the same except that one had the filename in all UPPER case, while the other filename was in a mix of UPPER and LOWER case.  Upon running the workbench the user is not made aware that the upload of the file has in fact failed (the original version on Flow is maintained as it was) but sees that the workbench has failed with an error indicating the file could not be located.  Has anyone else seen this or can replicate it.It seems like there is a different set of rules in place for uploading files as opposed to reading files. The reading of file

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mattmatsafe
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brian.atuh
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brian.atuhContributor
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FME Flow 2023.2.1 - 'FME Flow is not ready yet. Try again later.'

 Seeing the message ‘FME Flow is not ready yet. Try again later.’ after installing FME Flow 2023.2.1.Tried restarting services and server but no luck.Has anyone else seen this, and found the cause/solution? 

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nels5722
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bjoern
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bjoernContributor
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FME Flow HTML report after translation

Hello FME community,I have a workspace that uses the FileCopyWriter to move files from folder a to folder b. After that, FME Flow should show the user an HTML report showing which files were moved and the path.I thought I could use data streaming service for this. But then the files are written to a ZIP file instead of being moved to the correct folder. The HTML-report is in this ZIP file too.So is there a way to achieve my goal or is this impossible?Thanks for any help

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bjoern
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paalpedersen
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paalpedersenContributor
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Another parameter bug

Ok,So we are still using FME flow 2023.2. And its been a while since making those choice parameters. So I thought I would make one to select environment. So the display settings is important to be short and cool, while the value can be long and hard. so I published the workspace as a datastreaming service, and thought for sure my param value should be that of the display values. but no, datastreaming wants my full grose value as an input. This is so annoying, is this fixed in 2024 version? and where is the bug report form?I dont like negative posts, but I have no choice now..

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dylan.at.safe
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timboberoosky
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timboberooskyContributor
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FME Server 2019 MSI

I’m looking to uninstall FME Server 2019.1.3.1 from an old machine. When it was originally installed, it came as an executable file, not msi. Uninstalling from Programs and Features brings up the below message, and if I attempt using the exe instead, it unpacks everything and then gives me the same message. Is there an actual .msi for this? The Safe downloads site only goes to v2021, and even then it’s an exe not an msi.Thanks!  

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timboberoosky
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annette2
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annette2Contributor
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2024 release webinar from Safe Software?

Is there a 2024 release webinar from Safe?  I can't seem to find one after a good search.I can only find a 2023 webinar:https://fme.safe.com/webinars/166441/And then some short release notes:https://community.safe.com/product-updatesThanks,Annette

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annette2
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smitpd
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smitpdParticipant
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Why implement a /16 network wenn installing FME Flow via the marketplace in Azure

Before the FME Flow Marketplace installation on Azure I configured a /24 vnet with multiple subnets of 30 hosts. Enough I thought.During the installation we discovered that only a vnet with a prefix of /16 vnet is accepted.A red text is displayed: "the virtual network must contain an ipv4 address space larger than or equal to 16 ”Wenn a /16 vnet is applied everything worked fine.But… why a /16 vnet, /16, (more than 65.000 hosts)?I don't want to waste a /16 vnet.Is there a way to change this behave and use our /24 vnet? 

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banca30ing
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warrendev
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warrendevEnthusiast
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FME Flow Dynamic Scripted Parameters?

I saw recently that in FME Form 2024.1 dynamic scripted parameters have been introduced. While I was excited to see this new feature, I was curious if these parameters work the same when published to FME Flow?I searched the FME Flow documentation, but was unable to find further information regarding this. Is this functionality only limited to FME Form?Documentationhttps://docs.safe.com/fme/html/fpkg-sdk/advanced/scripted-selection/https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/fmetools/fmetools/scripted_selection.htmlFME Related IdeaFME Form User Parameter  

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martinkoch
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martinkoch
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martinkochSupporter
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How to host engine pods on non-default AKS node group

Hello all,I am learning about Kubernetes by trying out FME Flow on Azure Kubernetes Services. I’ve got Flow running on the default AKS setup of one agentpool and one userpool, using an Azure postgresql database. Small configuration-changes in the .yaml and doing a helm upgrade work as expected.Now I try to follow this safe-support article on engine assignment and job routing  and I fail to get it to work (on 2024.1+ versions of Flow).Just as described in the article, I used ‘nodeSelector’  and a tag to assign engine-pods to a node-pool.The ‘new’ engine-pods on the node-pool I created do not schedule. They remain pending.The message is:0/4 nodes are available: 1 node(s) didn''t match pod affinity rules, 1 node(s) had untolerated taint {CriticalAddonsOnly: true}, 2 node(s) didn't match Pod's node affinity/selector. preemption: 0/4 nodes are available: 4 Preemption is not helpful for scheduling..The pods should schedule on the first of the three mentioned node-pool. Ap

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martinkoch
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rzel24
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rzel24Contributor
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FME Flow - Error Communicating with FME Server host localhost

 Hello,So the following issue that was suppose to be fixed with version 2018.1 and onwards is not completely dealt with The issue seems to point to an error related to UNC paths using international characters when adding Network Resources as pointed out by this article:https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407651730573-No-FME-Engines-Available-After-Adding-Network-Based-Resource According to the article this error was fixed from 2018.1 onwards. However I found out that using a space in the UNC path will cause a similar error (if not the same) and the only way to fix it is to remove the Network Resource with the space in their UNC Path.  I’ve tried with different versions and so far the error shows up even on 2024.1. This UNC path generates the error:\\seerver\Customers\Data InWhen the above UNC path is added to the Network Resources, the system is able to recognize the path and creates the respective folder in the Resources (granted you need to have the right permissions for the

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steveatsafe
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sam_appleton
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sam_appletonContributor
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Exporting the project is not permitted. Items that don't exist or are inaccessible by you

Hi All, I get the following error when trying to export a project where there is an issue with a dependency:This project contains items that don't exist or are inaccessible by you. My user is a superuser and I can see the file however when I click the link to take me to the file, I can see that the link is different. Is there a problem with the link?Link returned by project:/fmeserver/resources/lookup?path=FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA%5CEDM_CSVexpected link:/fmeserver/resources/browse?path=FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA%2FEDM_CSV&name=DataI noticed that @kate-safe mentioned in a recent ticket that this was a known bug ()Is there anyway to fix this without upgrading FME flow? It’s put a halt on all of our deployments.Flow installation details:FME Flow 2023.1Build 23619 - win64 Many thanks! Sam

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sam_appleton
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mathieu_ctg
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mathieu_ctgContributor
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FME FLOW and FME FORM compatibility

Hi,I’ve a FME FLOW in 2023.2.1. Which version of FME FORM 2023.X.X we need to use ?2023.2.1 or 2023.2.4 (the last in 2023.X.X)Thank for your feedback

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mathieu_ctg
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rzel24
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rzel24Contributor
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FME Flow - Error Communicating with FME Server host localhost

 Hello,So the following issue that was suppose to be fixed with version 2018.1 and onwards is not completely dealt with The issue seems to point to an error related to UNC paths using international characters when adding Network Resources as pointed out by this article:https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407651730573-No-FME-Engines-Available-After-Adding-Network-Based-Resource According to the article this error was fixed from 2018.1 onwards. However I found out that using a space in the UNC path will cause a similar error (if not the same) and the only way to fix it is to remove the Network Resource with the space in their UNC Path.  I’ve tried with different versions and so far the error shows up even on 2024.1. This UNC path generates the error:\\seerver\Customers\Data InWhen the above UNC path is added to the Network Resources, the system is able to recognize the path and creates the respective folder in the Resources (granted you need to have the right permissions for the

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rzel24
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alc33
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alc33Contributor
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Enable lauching FME flow

Hi !I installed FME flow and now I’m trying to lauch it. But I cannot succeded.I go to Windows => FME flow => FME Flow Web interface. A message appair saying that it’s impossible to access to this page.I tried to stop the firewall, to allow connections on the web application server port, to lauch manually FME service, to start, restart, stop FME flow, etc. I looked these pages : FME Flow Troubleshooting: Web Interface Login – FME Support Center (safe.com)FME Server starts, but I can't access the web interface from a different machine – FME Support Center (safe.com)Can't Login to FME Flow Web UI | Error "Exception loading sessions from persistent storage" – FME Support Center (safe.com)I don’t understand what is wrong. I just reinstall windows few weeks ago and so my computer is clean. And I made a standard installation of FME form and FME flow.Do you have any idea?Thanks !

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alc33
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raymondbrunner
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raymondbrunnerContributor
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How can I determine which version of an FME Workspace has been published to Flow?

There are Workspace Parameters for Last Save Date, Last Save Build, and History.Can any of these parameters be found through the Flow interface once a workspace has been published?As I am improving a workspace, it will get published to the non-production Flow environment several times.  How can I determine which version of an FME Workspace has been published to Flow?~Ray

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virtualcitymatt
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rylanatsafe
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rylanatsafeSafer
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Feedback and Enhancement Requests for the FME Flow CLI

Hello FME Community,We are excited to gather your feedback and insights on our FME Flow Command Line Interface (CLI). The CLI is designed to streamline your workflows and provide more flexibility in managing FME Flow deployments.We invite you to share your experiences and enhancement suggestions to help us better understand how you are using the FME Flow CLI and identify areas for improvement. Whether you are an FME user, a Flow user, or someone who uses other CLIs, we want to hear from you. Your input is invaluable to us.Don't know what the FME Flow CLI is? Here are some helpful resources:Getting Started with the FME Flow Command Line Interface (CLI) FME Flow CLI Documentation  How to Provide Feedback:Fill out our short survey or send me a direct message if you prefer a more private conversation.Your participation will help shape the future of FME Flow CLI. Thank you for your continued support and contributions to the FME community!The survey will be open for submissions until August

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rylanatsafe
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antoine
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antoineContributor
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Raspberry pi 5 FME projects!

Hello,At Spatialworld, we are acquiring a Raspberry pi 5 to play with FME Ubuntu ARM as they seem to be a great match for IOT demos. We did some testing in docker and they went well but we wondered if others had already played with them and had projects? We would be very glad to exchange experience on this as it looks promising and fun (especially with FME Flow remote engines for people with subscriptions).Looking forward to reading about this! 🎮 

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antoine
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ranga_tolapi
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ranga_tolapiContributor
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Does FME Desktop and FME Server use these .NET components?

Hi, thereDoes FME Desktop 2022.2.2 and FME Server 2022.2.2 use any of the below listed .NET components?Microsoft .NET 6.0.29 - Windows Server Hosting Microsoft .NET Runtime - 6.0.29 (x64) Microsoft .NET Runtime - 6.0.29 (x86) Microsoft ASP.NET Core 6.0.29 - Shared Framework (x64) Microsoft ASP.NET Core 6.0.29 - Shared Framework (x86)If yes, will the upgrade of these components to .NET 8 will cause issues?

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ranga_tolapi
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joaniegeo99
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joaniegeo99Contributor
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Using deployment param through scripted param UI errors off; bug?

FME(R) 2023.1.1.0 (20230928 - Build 23631 - WIN64)I have a simple scripted parameter script in workbench to return the value of a deployment parameter and I’m wondering if there’s a bug in the interface. When I drag a user parameter onto the script canvas the code generated contains FME_MacroValues, eg.FME_MacroValues['SomeUserParam']If  I drag a deployment parameter, dpTest, onto the script canvas the code generated looks like$(dpTest)Here’s the script. The commented code fails; if I manually correct $(dpTest) to FME_MacroValues['dpTest'], it runs: # Get the archive folder from deployment paramimport fme#arch = $(dpTest)#return archreturn FME_MacroValues['dpTest'] Is this a bug? Thanks.

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mattmatsafe
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