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I have been tasked with connecting to an FTP site, retrieving a csv file, parsing that file into multiple Excel worksheets within one workbook and then FTPing the Excel spreadsheet back to another FTP site.I have all the component pieces working, in 6 different workbenches, the download of the original csv file, the parsing and writing of the data for each Excel sheet and creation of the four individual worksheets and the upload to the destination FTP site.  However, I have been advised by the local FME Admin that the process should be housed in one FME workbench.  And in order to achieve that, instead of downloading a physical csv file, I should be downloading the data as an attribute so that all of the subsequent processes could be housed within one FME workbench and the attribute data shared by each subsequent process, leaving no artifacts at the conclusion of processing.I have created one FME workbench and copied all of the processes into it and made all the adjust

Wich versions FME desktop are compatible with pluggin Smallworld 4/5?

Hello,I have objects, that have a list with a number of different attributes. One of the attributes on that list is another list with a few attributes. Both lists contain 1 - n elements (if either one of the lists is empty, the object is not valid). So, a bit more visual: Object1.list1[0].attrib1Object1.list1[0].list2[0].Attr1Object1.list1[0].list2[0].Attr2Object1.list1[0].list2[1].Attr1Object1.list1[0].list2[1].Attr2Object1.list1[1].attrib1Object1.list1[1].list2[0].Attr1Object1.list1[1].list2[0].Attr2Object1.list1[1].list2[1].Attr1Object1.list1[1].list2[1].Attr2 And so on. What I want to do is check all list2.Attr1 for a certain value, then add list2.Attr2 as an attribute on Object1 (for easier processing and reporting). Due to a large volume of data it isn’t really feasible to use ListExploders (I’m already running into memory issues as it is), so I thought I’d try the Pythoncaller. S

Hi!I would like to change a value from a list based on the fme_attrib_info{}.field_name.For example I have :fme_attrib_info{0}.field_name : PROJ with fme_attrib_info{0}.field_value : value1I would like to do : If fme_attrib_info{x}.field_name = PROJ so change value1 by value2.I have a lot of attributes so I have to call the attribute by his name and not by the index manually.I thought to PythonCaller but maybe it exist a transformer for that. Thanks!

Hi I’m trying to combine some linear events with a routes geometry. The segmentation works fine. The only problem I have is that the from-to values are no longer correct in the new geometry. How can I update them?  

I am using SQL Executer but in the output port I am not getting the attribute exposed automatically. My SQL expression I am only counting the inputs so I cannot expose the attribute using “Populate Attribute from SQL”. I cannot use Attribute exposer every time I am using the SQL. Is there any other way to do this.

I have about 20,000 adresses and 10 locations of the same sort of destination (eg. a doctor). I have already a network.I'd like to calculate the shortest path between each adress and the nearest doctor over the network.Is there a way to utilize the shortestpathfinder for this?I tried the fromToBuilder to create from-to-lines. However, the fromToBuilder requires a join field for each from and to location. Which I would then have to create manually for each adress (and so create 200,000 paths; 20,000 * 10). The shortest path could then be recalculated after the shortestpathfinder to get the closest doctor for each house.Is there perhaps a more efficient way to do this? 

I am using FME(R) 2022.1.3.0 (20220928 - Build 22630)I noticed while working with ArcGIS Data (FileGeodatabase), that when I usethe “DatabaseJoiner” Transformer to join attributes with curly brackets inside its values, the curly brackets are gone after joining. e.g. Original Attribute value: {12C300A2-64C3-4494-A1E2-430CC5C5C7A9}joined value by DatabaseJoiner: 12C300A2-64C3-4494-A1E2-430CC5C5C7A9It this a known behaviour? Why would it get rid of the curly brackets? Anything to do against it?

Hello, i’m triying to insert / delete data in a table using Geodatabase connection in the writer but it shows this error message while insert : An error occurred while attempting to store a row into the table 'FCL_EQUIP'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2146232832'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {ArcGIS-error creating a new feature !(BaseUserSession::Application not initialized.)} and this while delete : Error while deleting feature in the table/feature class 'FCL_EQUIP. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147217402'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {}All edits made during the edit session were savedA fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details

Today I cover a frequent issue: how to run FME from the command line, specifically with Windows Scheduler. Question of the WeekThis question was asked in Live Chat by a user with a problem with database connections and Windows Scheduler. Q) In my workspace I use a writer that connects to SQL Server via a SQL Server account. In Workbench, the workspace runs and data is inserted. But run through Windows Task Scheduler, it fails with SQL Server issues. I've set the username and password in the writer, but in the log file it appears to be not set! A) This type of issue appears quite often. In short: if a workspace works in Workbench, but fails in a different environment, it's 95% likely to be a permissions issue. Let's look at a few sticking points and - in particular - this scenario, which is harder because there's a database connection involved. 

Hello everyone!I am beginning this conversation with two goals in mind. First, I would like to share and discuss my new transformer OpenAIGeographicCreator, and second, we at Safe would like to see how a post of the new type, “Conversation” performs in the community. The idea is to have a way to expand conversations beyond simple “question-answer” style and have meaningful discussions among multiple participants about problems, solutions, functionality and everything FME related. Here, we could run our ideas by the whole FME community, get advice or inspiration and share our successes and even failures - together, we may be able to help.So, the story of this transformer began with @bruceharold’s idea here: 

Hi All,I’m working on a workflow to project a DWG from one coordinate system to another. The workflow works fine but am having issues to write autocad_oriented_arc into the DWG final output. I did some test to write it to GIS format and those autocad_oriented_arc write ok but for some reason can’t get them to work in DWG format,I’m sure that am missing some settings in the writer because the visual preview shows those arc fine, see below: I’m using the following:FME(R) 2023.1.2.0 (20231110 - Build 23641 - WIN64)Writer Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF parameters as follows: Thanks!

Hi I am using FME Form 2021I am passing a ArcGIS portal login (including domain) as a user parametere.g. username@sss.co.uk When I try to get the value in pythonCallerportalAdmin = str(FME_MacroValues['ArcGIS_Portal_UserName']).strip() It is coming asusername<at>sss.co.ukI am unable to use this to login to my portal in pythonCaller. Any idea how to escape the @ sign ?

Five months ago, I created a small FME application that would login to a state controlled secured FTP server and download a file to a local drive.  Putty was used and files were generated for local use and for the state. That application was working fine, however, the agency that made the request was not able to approve the process in the interim.Now, five months later, when I run the application in FME, the login is rejected.If I use the exact same parameters to manually download the file with WINSCP I am able to login and download the file without a problem. Nothing has changed in the setup of the FME.In the attached image, I show the three transformers and their parameters that I used to download the file.  Five months ago it worked.  Now it does not.  Manually, it works.  Via FME it does not.I am not sure if this is problem in the FME, an issue with my local network security or an issue at the State ftp site.The error message is a

Hello FME community, I have an issue I'm working on and can't seem to figure out the solution. I have two Excel tables. One with different kinds of certifications and the score each is given.Certification Score Certification_A 1 Certification_B 5 Certification_C 7 The second one contains Applicants with fields defining the various certifications and links to said certification. One applicant can have multiple certifications. We need to determine for each applicant which is the highest scoring certification.Applicant_ID Certification_A Cerification_B Certification_C 1  

I’m trying to repeat the same process on each group of features that represent each door (every door consists of many features having the same value of door_id) . on the other hand , the process that i want to create is detecting that line on green for each door and drawing it using the LineBuilder  .So for exemple ,if in my input i have : 200 features , every 30 or 40 features share the same door_id value (so there are say 6 doors in total )my output : 6 features (each feature is that green line , with the attribute door_id) 

Hi FME-community,I want to use the HTTPCaller to upload two JSON-files in one multipart PUT request. Just using two HTTPCallers separately works fine with Headers defining content-type application/json and Upload Data to Specify Upload Body with the JSON-content in the Upload Body. However, in future it will be convenient to also add different file-types in one PUT. Therefore I have the following Multipart PUT request:As you can see in the example I leave the Content Type blank, because there's no option "multipart/mixed", but consequently it interprets the upload body as plain text resulting in a binary file uploaded. Without success I also tried to set Upload data to multipart/form data with two separate String Uploads which results in the following error: "This FME edition does not recognize the `' function. Please ensure that the current platform supports this function, the function name is spelled correctly, and that you

Hi All, Is there any writer for AutoCAD Civils 3D (.dwg)?There’s definitely an AutoCAD Civils 3D and Autodesk AutoCAD Map 3D Object Data Readers but can’t find the same writers?

Hi All, I’m trying to read an Autodesk Civil 3D file in FME(R) 2023.1.2.0 (20231110 - Build 23641 - WIN64) but gives me the following error, see below:AutoCAD Reader: An error occurred for dataset 'filename.dwg', in function C3DReader::processAeccAlignmentEntity. Exception thrown: 'Invalid input' (Invalid input) I have left the default setting to read Autocad Civil Files, see below: 

I have a process that uses a change detector transformer to compare address data from one database and update the data in a second database based on differences in the dataset. It works great normally but the other night it updated, but I had an extra 85000 records that ended up being duplicates of existing records. Both these databases are SQL server ESRI Geodatabases and are using the same SQL server instance. What I think happened is that the database instance was failed over while the FME process was in the middle of running, which disconnected the session temporarily and when reconnected started reading records again which looks like it started reading the records from the start but still included the records that were already read in addition. Is there something I can do or set when a database is failed over in the middle of running a process to prevent this issue?

Hi, we have tiff files with rgb values. Is there an easy way to transform this tiff file in hsv color space?Something like inside the transformer “rasterexpressionevaluator”? thanks in advance 

I recently upgraded to FME Server 2022. As I'm creating new workbenches for publishing or modify existing workbenches, I'm transitioning to Desktop 2022 as well.I have a process with three (3) identically configured Feature Writers (ESRI SDE/SQL Server) that first truncate three (3) tables and then insert into those tables. I have updated and republished this in 2022. When I try to run it in my new environment, it stalls at TRUNCATING one of the tables... literally sits there for almost 2 hours, then resumes. I should add that this is not a super large table - 150K records maybe. My understanding of TRUNCATE does not suggest this size would have an impact, nor have I seen this before.  Nothing has changed about the database/table. Nor the Writer configurations or workbench "logic". What could be causing this hang-up? Has my Writer gone south? 

Hi everyone,An inquiry concerning the FME Forms(Formerly FME Desktop) supported SMB (Server Message Block) version was sent to me by an infrastructure technician. Since the word was unfamiliar to me at the time in FME, I started looking it up in our community as well, but I was unable to discover any information.At last, I retrieved the SMB2-enabled version from the FME Forms installation server and distributed it to them. Are there specific details available regarding the FME desktop supporting version?I'd like to share this here in order to gain some clarification on this, and others who are in a similar circumstance might find it beneficial.🙏🏼Explore, Learn and Share it with all.. 

I have an Excel 365 .xlsx spreadsheet that I am trying to read into a FME 2021 workspace. When I try to read it, it gives me an error message: |ERROR |Excel Reader: Could not open file '...\input.xlsx', file is too large. Try switching to 64-bit FME, or exporting the Excel file to CSV. If the file is exported to CSV, formulas and formatting will be lost...T I cannot change the spreadsheet to a .xls, it has to remain a .xlsx. Any ideas on how to solve this?  The spreadsheet I need to read is 22mb with approximately 93,000 records.  

Adding an ArcSDE Geodb reader, FME Workbench 2019.1 throws: "GEODATABASE_SDE reader: An unknown exception occurred" followed by "Workspace generation failed. Parameter file was C:\\Users\\marsale\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\FME_1700594969892_10740." It worked a couple months ago and my oracle account is fine (i can see and select the tables in Oracle, the error occurs when its trying to create the workspace).