FME Flow

Hello there when I run the workspace from run workspace menu , the job is successful but when I run the same workspace using the workspace app I am getting the database connection error I am using the admin user with all access enabled I am sure I am missing somethingThanks

Current stepsRevit IFC readerGeometry Coercer -> FME_composite_surfaceSurface Footprint Replacer -> Overhead ShadowGeometry RefinerScalerDissolverGDB Writer Extra info: The process has been created as a result of mostly trial and error with varying IFC files, although mostly similar. For this exercise attribution can be ignored other than FME_feature_type to remove the redundant IFC components (site, project, building etc) It feels like there is a lot of 'junk' in the IFC format that is not required for geometry work. What steps are possible to clean / optimize / dissolve IFC files or their derivatives to increase workbench processing speed. I cannot supply an example IFC file due to data security.  

I am tasked to asses FME and determine if it will be a good fit for our organization as main integration platform. I have done some research on FME and have few questions (where i could not find much documentation):Does FME have any self-documentation feature or 3rd party add-on which can be used to achieve this? How does most organization maintain design documentation for workspaces?Can FME Server expose REST APIs that are created by developers or we absolutely need to get a 3rd party API Gateway (AWS, etc.) for hosting APIs, security, etc?What capabilities FME provides for monitoring (performance, errors, etc.) or all of this has to be designed by developers?What additional tools are required in the Integration Stack to support basic patterns like APIs and Messaging ? What does your implementation have.Any pointers to documentation that

HeyI recently learned through this webinar: "Creating No Code Web Apps with FME Server" how to create an app with the help of the server, and thus optimize our work.It is explicitly stated that the application can be embedded in any external site. Just copy and paste.When I tried to create the app, it would not let me access the app from an external computer. (The server is currently installed on only one computer.)What do you need to do to have outside access to these apps? Thanks  Dor

After working through setting up a webhook in FME Server (separate thread), I now run into the issue that when I make a 'POST' request to the webhook URL, this kicks off the same workspace twice. They start just 2-3 seconds apart and both complete successfully. But since I'm inserting into a database, I end up with twice the inserts.  Server logs directory has two (2) files for two (2) jobs that are of virtually identical content except times and memory usage, etc. Any idea what might be going on here?

Hi.I have a need for a single user/department to be able to activate a handful of workspaces on my FME server.I can build a Server App, but it's tied to a single workspace.Is there a way, apart from building a launch page externally, or making multiple server apps, to have a single FME Server App support multiple workspace activations ?Cheers

Hi All,I'm trying to create my own folder structure for a data download. I've found the example in https://community.safe.com/s/article/create-specific-directory-structure-in-the-data-do?t=1604933837460. Unfortunately I can't get it to work. I keep getting a folder called $(FME_MF_DIR_USERTYPED) in the results. In this folder I see the correct paths.How can I get rid of this strange folder name? Thank you. 

Hi, we want to upgrade our License Server to Windows 2019 (from Windows 2012) and are running with FlexLM v11.15.0.0. Will we need to upgrade the License Manager? Thanks!

I am looking for the possibility to process the status message of a FME script (Translation SUCESSFULL / Translation FAILED) within a Python script, or to stop the script as soon as the processing was not successful.Currently I call my workbench inside a Python loop and process a (first) part of the data. Then I call the Workbench with the next part of my data and so on. Unfortunately, with my current workflow, I have no way to see when my Workbench generates an error in between and actually terminates. Within my loop, it continues and moves on to the next part.Currently I generate my argument using a function:def get_arguments(GDB, CSV, Start_Object_ID, Last_Object_ID):    arguments = []    if GDB:        arguments.append('--DestDataset_GEODATABASE_FILE "{}"'.format(GDB))    if CSV:        arguments.append('--DestDataset_CSV2 "{}"'.format(CSV))            if Start_Object_ID:        arguments.append('--Start_Object_ID "{}"'.format(Start_Object_ID))    if Last_Object_ID:        argument

Hi,I want use automations to concatenate workbenchs published in FME Server. But I want use the result of the first workbench to use in second workbech as a reader data. In first workbench I use a FME Server Automation Writter, but I can't configure the Automation to get my finality. Is possible this scenario?Thanks! 

Hi, Im working in a local government. We have a FME desktop licens (one license), only used by GIS admins.  We have a lot of users that need a tool to make easy translations between formats. I am wondering if it is possible to implement FME Quick Translater in the entire organisation, without implementing the full FME desktop?  e.g. i basically want my users to be able to right click on a dgn file - click translate with FME Quick translaetor - save the dgn to whatever new format and then open it in eg QGIS.  How could that work license wise etc.? it it possible to buy "only" the quick translate part?

Hi, we have an old FME Server 2017 (permanent license) and a new FME Server 2020 (60days trial).After we moved the workspaces, we would like to move the license from the old server to the new. What do we need / how is it done?How can I deactivate the old server and move the license on the new?

In FME 2021.1, is anyone else having an issue where the feature class that FME writes is a data table, instead of a polyline?  I'm using a dynamic workflow with a FeatureWriter and the open file geodb writer on a Mac.  This was working perfectly before upgrading to test in 2021.1. 

Hi,  I try to launch a Workbench on FME Server in which I create a .bat file via attributecreator and featurewriter which I then launch via pythoncaller (also tested via systemcaller). This workbench works fine locally but when I try to put it on my FME Server the .bat doesn't seem to run the right way.  FME Server also seems to change my folder in the .bat file. I can provide the generated .bat and the workbench to try to clarify the problem. Have a nice day, Julian.

We have FME Server 2020 build 20614 and are trying to upgrade to 2021. Unfortunately, there is no "Backup & Restore" option available anywhere in the UI. Is it hidden away somewhere we aren't looking? I am trying to follow this guide

Hi! Some schedules do not run on our fme server because users who last edited them have been removed / do not exist anymore. How can I query / see which user last edited given schedule? Or if this is not possible how to get the list of schedules that do not run?

Hi everyone,Currently, we are having an issue with the AAD - Azure Active directory. So we can only get access to our FME servers through our server machines. It will throw this error if we try to get access through web services from local machines: We have already had a workplace where we use HTTP Caller, GET FME Rest API to do the health check. I'd like to know how to monitor this issue too and basically, the process would send us error codes and messages when this or similar errors happen.  Thank you very much!

I am trying to update an ArcOnline layer using another SDE layer. Is this possible to do live using the ArcGISOnlineConnector or would that require downloading of the SDE to update the layer.

I have two tables, they have the unique ID to compare with each other. There is another column called year in both tables. I am hoping to find records in table2 with the same ID in table1 and then compare the 'year' attribute, only keep the latest one. Which transformer should I use? The feature joiner can find all records in table 2, but it can't dynamically decide which one to keep.  

I am using system caller in child workbench which trigger 3rd party service using command line and start the process e.g. abc.exe in windows. Sometimes process get stuck at their server and I am not able to get the status of the same, hence child workbench continue until any response gets from System caller. Is there any solution to kill the 3rd party process using windows process name or ID if its taking more than a particular time e.g. 1 hr?Note: I am using FME Desktop with concurrent process of 3 jobs, so it should kill only the process which are not getting finished within 1 hr.Can anyone help me on this?

Have two automations happening where one downloads files off an Azure Blob storage. The other is actively listening to the folder where the first automation downloads files too to trigger a workspace. My problem is that for some reason AzureBlobStorageConnector sometimes downloads files as 0kb. Is that cause it's trying to download files that haven't fully uploaded to that Azure Blob Storage? I.e the same thing that happens when you download something off the internet and it goes to the download folder as a temp file - until it downloads fully. CheersDan

I was wondering if the FME Server adopts the settings of your workbench or workspace when it comes to logging (Tools -> FME Options -> Translation -> Log message filter) or does FME Server have an own setting for this? I know there is a workspace parameter -> Logging with a few settings (max Features to log, max logged features to record and log file) that is workspace specific. I'm asking this because i'm making a final package for release and one of the steps in the release guide for this customer is "In FME desktop, set the logging of the FME workspaces to only 'WARNING' and 'BUGS'." what i think would be a unnecessary step to perform, cause i dont think this would have any effect on the server. Or i'm i mistaken?  

I want to terminate child workbench automatically if its taking more than the expected time (e.g. 30 min). Also it should be treated as successful translation in the workspace runner so that next job in queue can start concurrently. Is there any solution?

Can you use LDAP/Active Directory Reader (Technology Preview) to update active directory? If not, what does FME offer to provide this functionality? Thanks

I have a workbench on FME server I need to start running by calling URL through an external script. (In my case a poweshell script.) I can create all the parameters necessary to run workbench, but I need to specify which Queue or FME Server this workbench will be run on.  I have created a Job Queue with the FME Server I want to run on. When running this in browser I can use the Advanced option and select the Job Queue. This will then run where I need it to run. But I can't see a how to get this to happen when submitting through API/external script.