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scarterContributor

Artiificially creating polygons

Hello Forum, Is it possible to artificially create a polygon based on the lower edge of an existing polygon? Imagine I have an existing polygon, I’d then want to create a new polygon that snaps to the lower edge of the existing polygon. The depth of that polygon doesn’t matter, for example it could just be roughly 50 metres away from the shared boundary. What really matters is that is snaps to the lower edge of the existing polygon. An alternative approach could be that the artificially created polygon is a doughnut polygon which wraps around the existing polygon to say, a depth of 50 metres. I could then split it manually where required… I hope this makes sense. Any ideas? Thanks,Stuart

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43 minutes ago

miguelhacarContributor

asked in Transformers

In the exercise: "Add Appearances to a 3D City Model" I have a problem with the "AppearanceSetter"

In the exercise: "Add Appearances to a 3D City Model" I have a problem with the "AppearanceSetter" transformer because I cannot get the colors in the buildings in the PDF output, as described by Liz Sanderson. I always get them in RED in both cases, namely: "AppearancesRed" and "AppearancesBlue". I have run the workspace as I downloaded it but both types of buildings always come out in RED in the PDF.https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407543263373-Add-Appearances-to-a-3D-City-Model

13 hours ago

mark2atsafeSafer

asked in General

Question of the Week: Dynamic (but Hacky) Updates to Published Parameter Choices

Today I'm breaking my rule of never manually (or automatically) editing a workspace file, in order to dynamically update a choice-type user parameter.Question of the WeekThis question was asked by @philippeb who needs to send a list of names to a survey choice field. Q) Our employees fill a weekly survey about their health and their kids going to summer camp activities.The survey [fields] change in time, depending on the kids that subscribed. The subscribed kids are exported into an Excel file every week. I thought to read the file with FME and push the kids into the survey every week. That way the list of kids in the survey could change without our help. And the kid (or his parent) could select his name to fill the survey.The issue is that we don't know any survey platform able to change automatically from a script. Do you know if any kind of platform could change when FME pushes new values into it?A) I know of a platform that could be used to provide a weekly survey: FME Server! Aft

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15 hours ago

willydeveraContributor

asked in Data

Transform values from an attribute into a list

Hi, I need help. I have an attribute column X with string values ‘S001’, ‘S002’, ‘S003’, and ‘S004’, all lined up in 1 column with 4 rows corresponding to the string values. I would like the output Y should to be a single row list, having just one column and one row, containing the four values:Y = (‘S001’, ‘S002’, ‘S003’, ‘S004’) Could you please advise how this could be done in FME Form. Greatly appreciated. Thanks, Willy de Vera

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19 hours ago

willydeveraContributor

asked in Integration

How to configure FME Form to work with Anaconda

Hi,Could you please provide an official documentation on how to configure FME Form to access the latest Python version from Anaconda distribution as well as its machine learning libraries. Admittedly, there are topics already posted in the community related to the subject; however nothing seems to work for me.BTW, I’m running FME(R) 2024.1.2.1 (20240906 - Build 24624 - WIN64) on Windows 11 EnterpriseThanks in advance,Willy de Vera

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19 hours ago

_jacques_Supporter

asked in Integration

Using SharepointOnlineConnector with OneNote

Quick Question.. I’m trying to use the SharepointOnlineConnector transformer to access/download contents in my OneNote, but no luck so far and now I’m questioning if this is even possible?I can’t find any examples or information of this anywhere.

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21 hours ago

palhermansContributor

asked in Data

Connect to SQL Server 2000 (!)

Hi, got a question from a client yesterday who wants (with FME2018.1) to connect to a SQL Server 2000 database (no the question is not from a museum: ).FME returns a Fetching Feature Types Error, "... SQL Server Native Client 11.0 does not support connections to SQL Server 2000 or earlier versions".Any ideas the minimum hazzle to get around here? Just to install the SQL Server native client 9.00 and problem solved? I do not have an environment for testing this myself :/ cheers

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23 hours ago

fme_hansContributor

asked in Data

Acces FMEflow via httpcaller

Hi,I am trying to request information from FMEflow with an httpcaller. I have created a temporary token that allows everything. If I include the token in the URL, the request works fine. (https://<...?/v3/info?fmetoken=abcdefg...)When I put the token in the httpcaller I get a 401 warning. What goes wrong in the caller?

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1 day ago

ydreborgObserver

asked in Data

ChatGPT - The "Generate Workspace Documentation" function in FME

Hi folks! As I was using AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to troubleshoot, I suddenly received information from the AI about the "Generate Workspace Documentation" function. Here's what I learned:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Generate Workspace DocumentationThis feature allows you to automatically generate comprehensive documentation for your FME workspace. The output is typically an HTML file that provides detailed insights into your workspace structure, parameters, and transformations. It's incredibly useful for sharing with colleagues or for archiving your workflows. How to Use It: Usage in FME Workbench (GUI):Open the FME Workbench application. Load the workspace you want to document. From the Tools menu, select Generate Workspace Documentation. You can choose to output the documentation in an HTML format, which can be opened in any browser.Command Line Usage:This function is also ava

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1 day ago

davnciniContributor

asked in Transformers

Distribute point within polygon

I have a point feature which has been developed based on the polygon ID. All of these points are created at the polygon Centroid, I want to distribute the point randomly within the polygon

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1 day ago

ahuarte47Participant

asked in Transformers

Apache Parquer Writer does not write DateTime columns properly

Hi community, I am using FME Workbench 2024.1 to create parquet files. Those files contain DateTime columns. It seems as those DateTime columns are missing a codec flag in order to enable the loading in other software (Dremio in my user case). Using parquet-tools we can see the problem:java -jar parquet-tools-1.9.0.jar schema ~/Downloads/part0.parquet can not read class org.apache.parquet.format.FileMetaData: Required field 'codec' was not present! Struct: ColumnMetaData(type:INT64, encodings:[RLE_DICTIONARY, PLAIN, RLE], path_in_schema:[_transaction_ts], codec:null, num_values:66, total_uncompressed_size:95, total_compressed_size:113, data_page_offset:35, dictionary_page_offset:4, statistics:Statistics(max:EC 90 D1 36 42 42 10 18, min:EC 90 D1 36 42 42 10 18, null_count:0), encoding_stats:[PageEncodingStats(page_type:DICTIONARY_PAGE, encoding:PLAIN, count:1), PageEncodingStats(page_type:DATA_PAGE, encoding:RLE_DICTIONARY, count:1)]) I include here a small parquet example with two date

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1 day ago

aniqakParticipant

asked in Data

TIFF/GRD Raster Data into a csv/table

Hi, I am trying to convert raster data in the forms of .grd, tiff or GRID from ArcGIS Pro into a csv/table. If anyone can point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated. GRD file loaded on ArcGIS Pro

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1 day ago

malthernParticipant

asked in Transformers

How do I add a folder with FME Packages SDK

I have been using the FME Packager in Python to create my own transformers. I am trying to add an “images” folder to my package that my transformer will use however I get errors whenever I try to package my project.This is my package.yml file, Ive been using the Hello World Package guide for references and trying to look up ways to do it This is my file structure This is the error I get

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1 day ago

vimva679Supporter

asked in Transformers

How to make it AttributeManager handling easy ?

How i have atleast 20+ AttributeManager in my FME workbench and this take a lot of my time in editing each of them every time..... When i delete / rename any of my headers......is there better way when i rename / delete Input Attribute it reflects the changes till the end ?

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1 day ago

tb09114Supporter

asked in Transformers

How to work properly with CoG's?

Currently I have 23 CoG’s in an Azure Blob container and I want to retrieve only the area of those CoG’s covered by a rectangle that I use as the initiator for a FeatureReader.Unfortunately, the FeatureReader is reading first all the CoG’s in before making the decision where the bounding box is within, and then it returns the entire CoG, where I was rather expecting it would return the part the bounding box is covering.The CoG’s originate from the Copernicus DEM coverage GLO-30, contain overviews, etc…It takes almost 3 minutes for the FeatureReader to process the request. The bounding box is within a single CoG.When looking at the parameters for the COG reader, then I can see there is actually the possibility to set a search envelope. I could feed the bounding box to the envelope, which sadly is missing in the FeatureReader. Is there a way to speed things up? I only want to have the parts of the COG’s covered by the bounding box used as initiator, basically performing a range request.

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1 day ago

bingyParticipant

asked in Integration

Can FME Write ArcGIS Enterprise Attachments

Hi Everyone, Looking for some assistance, I’m using FME 2023.1.0.0 trying to migrate some existing Survey-123 forms and data with attachments from ArcGIS On-Line to our new Enterprise portal.Our survey-123 form has a singular photos field for tracking a picture of the bus stop, it also has a repeatable photo’s field (table) where the inspector is able to take and attach multiple deficiency photos to the stop if one exists. In FME, I’m able to read in the AGOL feature service that hosts all of the survey information, I’m also able to write out the tabular information from the point layer to the new Enterprise feature layer that was created when I saved the Survey-123 form in Enterprise.The part that I’m currently struggling with is getting the singular photos to attach when writing the tabular information out to the Enterprise feature service so when I view the points in ArcGIS Pro, they appear in the attachments tab of the attributes editor like they currently do with my AGOL service.

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1 day ago

p_c_20Contributor

asked in Transformers

Fanning out different attribute schemas to different Excel tabs

Am creating three sets of numbers from one source file. Each set has a different attribute structure. I want to fan these out into separate tabs of an Excel spreadsheet, using a created attribute that is common to the three streams, but has a different value for each. Have tried every permutation of setting I can think of in the Writer/dynamic schema defn, and cannot get it to respect the three different attribute schemas. Feels like this should be easy, but…..🤔

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1 day ago

dbannon22Contributor

asked in Transformers

Logging in to new FME AR App

The new FME AR app update has introduced a login page with a URL or Barcode (see attached). Are these logins for a server app or a FME Flow instance? I cannot find any documentation on the process here. I have not been successful in logging into my FME Flow Instance or server apps so I am not sure what else the login url could be. Any help is appreciated.

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1 day ago

atle_hoidalen

asked in Transformers

Convert STEP-files (.stp) using FME?

Anyone who knows a way to convert STEP-files (.stp) using FME? I cannot find a reader for this format, closest one is IFC I guess. The format is ASCII-based so maybe there is some workaround using other readers/transformers?

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1 day ago

vxn43Supporter

asked in Transformers

New record added to table - notification question

I am using FME Form 2021. I have a table with vehicles listed by department. Vehicle 1234 Department 1Vehicle 4532 Department 1Vehicle 5645 Department 2Vehicle 8472 Department 3 When a new record (example: a vehicle) is added to the table, I want an email to be sent only if the new vehicle is associated with a specific department. For example, Vehicle 6577 is added to the table and is associated with Department 3; thus, an email would be sent notifying the recipient that a new vehicle has been added. However, if the vehicle is associated with Department 1, then no email would be sent. What Transformer(s) that would trigger the email do you recommend I use to achieve this? It sounds like ChangeDetector could be an option, but I am only using a single table.

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1 day ago

sunnywaygisParticipant

asked in Authoring

DateTime Format - Round Seconds

Hi, I have a time format like below (hh:mm:ss) and I want to round seconds as below. What is the best option to achieve this? 00:00:22.464 > 00:00:2200:01:22.825 > 00:01:23Thanks in advance for your feedback.

REVIT TO CESIUM - Cylinder conversion error

Hello, I have a REVIT file which contains some cylindrical objects (e.g. pipes) and when I convert the model to cesium, it creates hexagonal shaped pipes instead of cylindrical ones. Is this intentional or can I bypass this behaviour somehow? NOTE: The Revit model is offset according to it's Reference Point. Also, the Data Inspector shows the cylinders correctly where it is an aggregate geometry with with many many IFMEFaces.

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1 day ago

hawaiialexContributor

asked in Authoring

FME vs Python in GIS editable feature layer and Microsoft Word Template Table

Hi folks!I am torn as to what workflow to use between FME and python. I am more comfortable with FME so hopefully FME would be the winner here.The workflow I am trying to achieve for the business user is to have a GIS editable feature layer containing field summaries translate into a docx with a table template (ideally with the same attributes as the GIS feature layer).A sample of the table template in the docx is below:Any time a new field summary project gets entered into the GIS editable feature layer, ideally, a net new Word document with a separate table with populated values from the GIS editable feature layer will populate in the corresponding values in the table within the docx. Any updates that are made to existing field work project records within the GIS editable feature layer would have the updated records/values also translate into the associated Word Document with table template values as well.So in the above, the values from the project name, date, crew, permits, divisio

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1 day ago

mgrimnesContributor

asked in Transformers

FeatureWriter and Esri ArcGIS Server Feature Service with dynamic schema fails when layername contains space

I have logged a support case about my problem, but figured I might as well check to see if anyone else have encoutered this problem:I am writing a workspace to geosynchronize a Feature Service with a database. The Feature Service contains about 30 layers that need to be updated, so I have put my bet in for a dynamic workspace, since the operation is the same for every layer. This saves me a lot of transformers and makes the maintenance of the workspace much simpler.My challenge here is that both the FeatureReader and FeatureWriter requires the name of the layer to be passed in as a parameter, not the layerid, which would not be a problem. Almost all of these layers have names containing, at least, one space, and this is what is causing my trouble.On the reader side, I can enclose the layer name in double quotes, like “My Layer”, and this works without problems.On the writer side, however, things are messed up. I have so far tried three different approaches:Enter the name “as is”, like

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1 day ago

ebygommSupporter

asked in Authoring

Warning message: Resetting a database that is still referenced.

Since upgrading to FME Flow 2024.1, we see these warning messages in the log files. Is there a way to get rid of them?

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