FME Flow

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.

I was using Httpcaller for an automation but I could not get it to work. The URL to the service I wanted to use worked fine in the browser but when my automation ran, it resulted in an error from the service saying "invalid URL". It turned out that my URL contained spaces that was encoded as %20 wich the Httpcaller encoded in turn to %2520. Replacing %20 with a space in the Httpcaller solved the problem. Is this desired behaviour? I'd excpect the Httpcaller to understand not to encode an URL that is already encoded.

Do I need to refresh the "Run Workspace" action in an Automation on FME Server when I make an expression change in an Attribute Manager in the workspace? I've published the updated workspace to FME Server already. Will the Automation run the newest version of the workspace? Or do I need to make it "see" the change somehow?

We are scripting our installation of FME server 2020 and need to run API calls after installation. To do this we need a token but how do we create the token using python code, without creating it manually in the web interface? The FME server playground documentation references the "fmetokens" service but this has been deprecated. The API v3 documentation does not cover this topic that I can find. Unable to get any assistance on this from safe support, looking for suggestions. Thanks

I have built a simple Automation that is set up to read in email attachments, process them in workspace 1, and then move the attachment files to another folder location in workspace 2. The trigger is an IMAP trigger, which polls every 10 min. This means that sometimes, there are two or more emails waiting to be processed when the email is polled. When this happens I would like email 1 files to be processed through both workspace 1 and 2, before moving on to email 2, but I am having trouble setting this up. Currently, my job logs show:Workspace 1Workspace 1Workspace 2Workspace 2But I would like them to process in a different order so the job logs would look like this:Workspace 1Workspace 2Workspace 1Workspace 2I had a similar Automation set up and working this way in version 2018.1, but I haven't been able to replicate it in 2020.2. Did something change between these two versions? Or am I just missing something simple?

Can FME connect/read the database files of the 4D system? (extensions like: .4DD, .4DB)

Hi friends, how to add the display of my data to the map (for example, the outline of houses or some zones) when activating the window for selecting an area to FME Server.