FME Flow

In FME Flow, you can set up automation so that a workspace restarts if the job fails. However, if a job is canceled (for instance, it exceeds the max. queue time), this is not possible. Or have I missed something?

Hi, I’m looking for the best way to let end users decide whether to trigger a second workspace based on result (html data stream service) from first workspace. Is it possbile at all using eg. an automation app? If possible I also want to make use of the same parameters in both workspaces to make sure the geographic extent is the same. My case is that workspace 1 runs some calculations to get costs. These costs need to be accepted by end user (Yes/No) before ruinning next workspace which produces som files. If possible I want to make use of the same parameters in both workspaces since it should make use om the same geographic extent. Thanks for any ideas

Hello, I’m building a workflow to process multiple input files. When running from FME Flow some of the files are read correctly from this location: /data/fmeflow/resources/system/temp/upload// but for some of them I’m getting this error: File does not exist: $(FME_DATA_REPOSITORY)/ When running from FME Form I’m getting the same error: File does not exist: $(FME_MF_DIR) For some reason this this happens only when more than 21 files are processed (does not matter the size of the file). Do you have any idea how to fix it? Thank you.

I’m not sure what version of FME Flow this feature was removed in, but in versions prior to 2023.1, there used to be a “Reset” button on the Schedules page so if any parameters were changed in the FME Workspace, you can just press the “Reset” button and it would automatically update the parameters based on the workspace. That functionality is now gone, which makes it slightly more difficult and inconvenient to update schedules. You can see in the screenshot below, that I took from an FME Server 2018 training manual, that the “Reset” button exists. But in this screenshot below in our FME Flow 2023.1 environment, the “Reset” button is not there. While it’s not a big deal, it is a minor inconvenience and I’d like to understand the logic behind Safe removing this functionality.

Good morning, I am trying to open tutorials for the Demos using this link: https://engage.safe.com/demos/ When I am truing to go to the Tutorial, I have this browser window opening up: https://community.safe.com/ Can someone let me know if this is an issue or there might be a different link? Thank you.

Hello. We were using some extra libraries like pymssql and Arcpy in some shutdownscripts/startupscripts on our FME Server 2021 with python2.7 and integrated the libraries with sys.path.append ("C:\\Python27\\ArcGISXX.X\\Lib\\site-packages") like in this article https://support.safe.com/s/article/importing-arcpy-troubleshooting-ideas This was working fine. Now we should upgrade to python3.x and arcgis pro with a new Server/Flow Version. I tried the old method but this isn’t working anymore. I found this article but for the server it’s a dead link https://support.safe.com/s/article/choosing-a-different-python-interpreter-installati Is there a similar way for arcgis pro and python3 to use pymssql in FME Server/Flow?

FME Flow 2023.2.2. We are modifying most of our workspaces and automations to take advantage of deployment parameters but we are finding some difficulties to fully use them inside automations. As an example, we often write data to SFTP directories both inside workspaces and automations. FTPCaller URL, user and password can easily be configured through deployment parameters but I can’t see how to use deployment params to configure SFTP Directory external action host, port, user and password. Is there any trick to do so? If there’s no possibility to do so we’ll have to rebuild a number of workflows to write data to SFTP together with other related actions inside workspaces instead and I’d prefer to keep the SFTP Directory actions and error control inside the automations as they make the whole thing more graphic and manageable.

I have automations that read sql tables an read the filenames in specific tables. in order to iterate through the records the automation updates a flag (i.e. PF = 0, 1, 2, 3) The automation runs on an interval and gets the next record PF=0 and sets the flag according to how far it gets through the automation. It’s seems like it would take quite a bit to rig a method to get the PF=0 count and corelate that to how many times the automation runs. I am looking for suggestions on how i could determine there are no more pf=0 records and stop the automation. Is there a transformer for Flow that will use data to stop the automation? Probably with python (right?) non python?

The connection works in FME Form, but while uploading the workspace I get the following error: Failed to update definition of database type 'Microsoft SQL Server (JDBC)' - FME Flow encountered an error and reported the following message.Database type Microsoft SQL Server (JDBC) cannot be edited.Request to https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/fmeapiv4/databasetypes/Microsoft SQL Server (JDBC) returned status code 422. Any tips and help greatly appreciated.

I got an error from FME 2019.2 and FME 2022.1. The error is " Python Exception <OSError>: Could not find a suitable TLS CA certificate bundle, invalid path: C:\\Program Files\\PostgreSQL\\15\\ssl\\certs\\ca-bundle.crt". Anyone has idea how to fix?

Hello All, We are currently using FME server as an integration platform. There are many FME jobs (triggered via external system call) that writes data in to database via ArcGIS portal service. Is it possible to (hold)queue all the jobs in FME server when ArcGIS enterprise will be down ? Also, would like to know if there is a provision to hold all the jobs that is directed to a specific queue? Thanks, Naveen

Hi all, I’m having an issue getting some Flow App users to be able to successfully write to an ArcGIS SDE database. I am getting the following error. “An error occurred while attempting to retrieve the connection parameters from the connection file ‘SDE Connection’” This had previously been working fine, but with the upgrade from 2022 to 2023, connecting to SDE now requires a stored database connection, which then gets uploaded when it is published. Previously, at 2022, I think it was just storing the UNC pathing to the SDE connection file, and as long as FME Flow had access to this folder, everything was fine. Initially the App users were set up with Access permission to the Flow Workspace Apps, and nothing else. After a bit of hunting around I then added Access permission to the Connections, as this seemed like it might be necessary. But unfortunately this seems to have made no difference, and the users are still getting the same error. Are there any other permission requirements tha

Hi All, I am seeking assistance in developing an FME workflow to perform clearance analytics for both roads and power lines in terms of trees - utility vegetation management. Our source data includes: Mobile Laser Scanner (MLS) Point Clouds: Representing the surrounding environment. The data includes the canopy and branch classification of each individual trees. Pre-defined Clearance Profiles (Vectors): Defining the acceptable clearance zones for roads and power lines. Linear Reference Data (Polylines): Representing the road edges or power line geometry. Workflow Goal: The objective is to identify and classify obstacles within the pre-defined clearance profiles. This involves: Spatial Analysis: Identify point cloud data falling within the designated clearance profiles. Obstacle Classification: Classify the identified points as potential obstacles. Obstacle Dimensioning: Measure the dimensions of the classified obstacles. Risk Assessment Output: Based on the identified obstacles, we aim

Hi. I’ve encountered this before, but now it blocks the saving of a 28K large table, and is so no more a mere nuisance. It seems that FME fails to catch that SQL statements fails typically due to constraints in the database. FME happily reports that all posts were saved, although none were in this case. My latest error message from the log file looks like this: Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Writer: Failed to write a feature of type `VEJLE_GADELYS.Elledning' to the database. Provider error `(-2147217873) The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint ... Because FME fails to catch these errors, and thus not failing in the automation, we’re putting invalid datasets into production. This is bad.

I have two questions about hosting on the FME Flow Hosted Service The first is, when the Cloud Flow is offline, is it possible to show another page or change the standard offline page? I am trying to save some costs to run the Cloud instance for only certain hours, and it would be nice to give users feedback, which informs them of the times the service is live. The second is, how can I use my own domain for the Flow Cloud Hosting? I would like to change it for pure simplicity and because it avoids confusion to users who don't know what fme is. Is there simple ways to change these two things, any help would appreciated, or links on how to achieve this. RegardsFred

Event Description: Error was recorded in fmeserver.log file. Event Title: Error Logs Message: Failed to register FME Engine. This also keeps on repeating: Event Description: Error was recorded in fmeserver.log file. Event Title: Error Logs Message: FME Server license does not allow more than maximum of 1 FME Engine(s).

Hi All, First, I am an ArcGIS Pro/Enterprise user with the “Data Interoperability Extension” for both Pro and Enterprise. I do not believe that I have access to FME Flow (Server). My installs on the server are ArcGIS Portal/Server and Data Interoperability at v11.3 - which installs FME… Edition: Data Interoperability, Fixed OEM LicenseVersion: FME(R) 2024.0.1.0 (20240328 - Build 24202 - WIN64) I want to automate a Spatial ETL tool that reads GeoJSON from a URL and ends up writing the results to an ArcGIS Online Feature Service. I thought, why not just do it on the server and skip the exporting/importing the Web Connection from my laptop to the server? (from reading Schedule Spatial ETL tools on a server—ArcGIS Data Interoperability | Documentation for ArcGIS Enterprise) When I created the workspace on the server with FME Workbench, everything seemed fine. I could insert an Esri ArcGIS Online (AGOL) Feature Service writer and connect to the feature service that I wanted to write to.But

We have FME Flow 2023.2.1 installed, we have chosen PostgreSQL running in AWS RDS as our database. This has been setup and configured at installation using the silent Windows installation method. We are seeing vulnerabilities on the server FME Flow is installed on relating to Microsoft OLE DB Driver. This seems to have been installed as part of FME Flow. Is the Microsoft OLE DB Driver a required driver if we’re not using SQL Server? If so, can this be removed or do we now need to manage patching of this driver?

Hello, I am submitting job through my FME api and not keeping job id in application, Though I want to check status of my job through Published parameer which is always unique. I know we can get all jobs and then we can do filtering but it will bit costly operation hence I dont want to do that. How to track Submitted job status with Published parameter? (Eg: I am supplying “batchId” as published parameter and want to track job status based on my that batchid only)

Hey everyone, On FME Server (2021.2.6) I have resources that I want to make available on an HTML page. I want users to be able click on the link and immediately download the data that's in the resource folder: https://fmeserver.EXAMPLE.com/fmeserver/#/resources/browse/FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA/EXAMPLE?name=Data Seems like a pretty standard deal.

Hi, Just a quick question about this scenario: we are going to send an Email from an Automation in the case that a translation fails. To populate the body of this Email we can use several parameters (workspace name, automation name, repository name, job id, start and end time of the job, etc.). Now we would also like to add the URL of the FME Flow server to the Email body. Why? Two reasons: We have got 4 different FME Flow environments - D, T, A & Production - and we want the server who sends the email to identify itself It would be cool to add a hyperlink to the job log to the Email body and with the URL and the Job ID we would be able to compile such a link So, the question is: would this be possible? Where and how could we retrieve this URL? It is not a parameter in the list provided, as far as I know. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. TIA, Egge-Jan

Hi all, I have a workbench which has a parameter that asks for a .ZIP file for input. Specifying extension filters works in workbench - user can only add/view files with an extension “.ZIP” When i publish this to FME Flow, and create a flow app, the extension filters are ignored and the user can select/view any file of any type. Bug? Using FME 2023.2.0.0. FME Flow 2023.2, Build 23747 - win64 thanks

We have a domain account setup to run the 3 services required for FME Server 2022 to function. My question is simple, does this account need to be apart of the Administrators group?

Hi All, I am getting this error when i open FME Workbench and I am not sure what to do at this point this was working for me. I am no longer able to connect to my FME Flow established connection. 2024-05-30 11:14:36| | |WARN |SQL Query UPDATE fme_nc_namedconnections set connectiontype = connectiontype WHERE fme_nc_namedconnections.ncid = ? failed. Error: attempt to write a readonly database

Is it possible to construct an FME Flow/Server (I currently have Server 2022.2) process that can monitor an Esri Enterprise (10.8.1) hosted layer? We are trying to build something that notifies particular people when changes are made. Thanks Carl