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philippeb
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itsmatt
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intermittent "XXX is not recognized as a valid encoding name. FME Flow 2024?"

I have a scheduled automation which runs every hour, it just checks how long the job queue is - the are no user parameters.Once a month or so I get an ERROR in the workspace.The error is (log attached):2025-07-10 09:58:00| 0.0| 0.0|ERROR |'\xA0\xC2y\xDD/Z\x00\x0010 09:58' is not recognized as a valid encoding name.It’s an old workspace written with FME 2020 that’s been migrated a few times in FME Server to in FME 2024.2.2The log indicates that something is getting garbled. I can see part of a timestamp in there - the timestamp is the the start time of the job. I’ve see a similar error in other jobs as well on customer servers as well with different jobs (also intermittent. Has anyone else experienced intermittent errors like this?I have a hunch that making a whole new workspace in FME 2024 will make the error go away - but was curious is anyone else had run into this

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joy
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Parameters within group parameters not available in a webhook?

Hello everyone,I was trying to create a webhook based on my colleague's workspace, which I want to invoke using an HTTP Send action in an automation. My colleague used group boxes in his script to neatly organize the user parameters.The strange thing is that when I try to create a webhook from his workspace, the user parameters are not available. However, if I make a copy of his workspace, remove the group boxes, upload it to FME Flow, and then create a webhook based on that version, the user parameters do appear in the webhook URL.I also tried manually copying the parameters my webhook url to my colleague’s webhook URL to test if it would work, but I received an error. This error does not seem to appear when in the workspaces the user parameters are not grouped within group boxes.Has anyone experienced this behavior before? Does anyone know if this is a bug—where user parameters placed inside group boxes are not recognized in a

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xanduqe
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Allowing end-users to input an ESRI File Geodatabase via User Parameter in FME Flow Self-Serve App?

Hi All - I have done this multiple types with different data formats/inputs (e.g., Excel, CSV, Shapefiles) with no issue. However, I can’t seem to be able to allow end-users to select a fgdb from their drive and use as an input for the script (very simple script which converts Feature Class to other formats). The Workbench works perfectly fine via setting up a User Parameter which is linked to the ESRI File Geodatabase FeatureReader. I could even add another User Parameter to allow users to select specific Feature Classes for the script which is handy too but not necessary (linked to Feature Types to Read).However, once this is published in Flow then the interface doesn’t allow for the end-user to “Upload Files” like other Self-Serve Apps I have created. You only have the option to “Browse Resources” which doesn’t let you browse your computer to select the relevant File Geodatabase. Note that I have tweaked with the User Parameter “Item to Select” choice

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andrewj74
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Issue Writing to ArcSDE with Geodatabase Writer in FME Flow 2024.2

We’ve recently upgraded to FME Flow 2024.2 and have started encountering an issue where some of our processes fail to write to ArcSDE using the Geodatabase writer. The error message appears, but I can’t determine the root cause.Some processes are able to write to the SDE consistently, while few others mostly fail—though they have occasionally succeeded. I’ve tried re-uploading with various ArcGIS default settings, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.We’re currently using ArcGIS Desktop 2022.Any insight would be appreciated. 2025-7-7 09:44:12 | Unable to perform any licensing related tasks. Please check your Esri ArcGIS Compatibility workspace parameter, found in Navigator -> Workspace Parameters -> Translation. This 64-bit version of FME requires ArcGIS Desktop along with 64-bit Background Geoprocessing; ArcGIS Pro; or ArcGIS Enterprise. Refer to this this article

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Emailer > How to include FME Feature Attributes from workspace

Hello, I’m new to working with Flow automations and still fairly beginner level with FME. I appreciate any guidance you can provide.The WorkspaceI am working with ArcGIS Online and Field Maps. We have teams in the field everyday collecting data. At the end of the day I run a workspace that tidies up their tracklogs and calculates how many km they covered and hours spent.I’m using 2024.2 build 24783 for both Form and Flow.What I want to achieveHaving this data in the feature service isn’t enough. I also want an email summarising this information.How can I do this with Flow Automations?What I’ve triedWith the Email action I see options to send basic information like attaching the log, how much time it took to run, what time it ran, but I want more detailed information to show in the email. The information is an FME Feature Attribute created in the workspace pictured below.

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bromp
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Using attributes from a workspace in FME Flow

Hi there, I know it is possible to use attributes from a workspace in a Flow automation by using the automation writer, however that seems to only work if you connect the output port of the automation writer to your next action in Flow. I need a way to use these values in a later event without connecting the port.Scenario:Webhook trigger → runs a workspace to create a report that is then stored in a resource folder, also outputs a few attributes that i want to use in the body of my email action. I then have a resource or network directory trigger that fires when a new file is added, this triggers an email to be sent. The issue:If i connect the automation writer port to the email action then i end up with two emails. One contains the attributes in the body but with no attachment. the other contains the attached file but is missing the attributes.Any help would be much appreciated,Cheers

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nic_ran
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FME Flow Automation versioning

I see there’s already an Idea for providing the option for versioning Automations in FME Flow but the Idea was created 5 years ago and there doesn’t seem to have been any traction on it.So, in the absence of any official support from Safe, what are people doing with regard to creating and saving versions of Automations?Currently, if I make a change to an Automation but then need to revert that change there’s no way of doing it once it’s been saved.The only workaround for this I can think of is to make a Project containing the Automation and then manually exporting the project (and saving it to a version control system) before making any changes to the Automation. The obvious problem with this is that it relies on:remembering to export a Project before making any Automation changes making sure the Project name is consistent (hard to do with multipl

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