- - Community Resources
Ideas
Product Updates
Events
Blog

Home
Forums
FME Form

FME Form

A space to discuss FME Form

27525 Posts

Recently active

Most replies Most views Newest first

milo89Enthusiast

asked in Authoring

Is it possible to return FME 24 to a Classic View?

I’ve been dabbling in the latest release of FME Form 2024 for a little while now and I’m just not getting the benefits of the new look, specifically the removal of colour from most icons.I could go into personal reasons why colour helps myself with attention to detail, concentration and focus but I’m just wondering if it’s possible to get a classic look while utilising any new functionality.

2177

2 months ago

andybarkerParticipant

asked in Data

Unable to select Google BigQuery as a writer

I’m working through a test case to pull a table data from one of our MS SQL databases into Google BigQuery. I’ve downloaded and installed the BigQuery package from FME Hub and setup the needed Clientid and secret to have it connect to our Google Cloud project. It tests successfully in the services setup, and if I use the GoogleBigQueryConnector, I’m able to select our cloud project and dataset for reading, so I know the connectivity part of it is working. The issue is trying to write something to BigQuery.If I go to create a writer and choose “Google BigQuery” as the format, the Format selection stays red, like it’s an invalid selection. What am I missing?Unable to select Google BigQuery as a Writer format

402

2 months ago

erikboehmContributor

asked in Transformers

How to loop through to corresponding lists using xquery

I have a JSON template that I want to fill with values from two corresponding lists using xquery.The two lists look like this:keywords_thematic_en = ["test", "trial","error","datapool","API","REST"]keywords_thematic_de = ["Test", "Versuch","Fehler","Datenpool","API","REST"]keywords_thematic = {"en":keywords_thematic_en,"de":keywords_thematic_de} The JSON template I want to fill looks like this:{"keywords": [ { "value":keywords_thematic_en,"valueDE": keywords_thematic_de,"type": "THEMATIC" }]} In python, this looks like this:keywords_thematic_en = ["test", "trial","error","datapool","API","REST"]keywords_thematic_de = ["Test", "Versuch","Fehler","Datenpool","API","REST"]keywords_thematic = {"en":keywords_thematic_en,"de":keywords_thematic_de}jsonSnippet = '{"keywords": []}'jsonSnippetKW=''for keyword in keywords_thematic["en"]: jsonSnippetKW = jsonSnippetKW +'{ "value":'+ keyword + ',"valueDE": '+ keywords_thematic["de"][keywords_thematic["en"].index(keyword)]+',"type": "THEMATIC" }

862

2 months ago

_jacques_Contributor

asked in Integration

Extracting workspace metadata

Hi, I’m working on automating our FME workspace deployment on Azure Devops using the functionality in pipelines. One thing I would like to automate is to extract metadata about every workspace pushed to the repository and write it to a README.md file. With such a file placed next to every workspace it would be easier to navigate our repo. I would like to see basic information like workspace name, description, number of transformers etc.What’s the best way to extract this data? I have tried using python to read the .fmw text directly and using the FME workspace reader with partial success. Has anyone else done something similar or have ideas?

293

2 months ago

markcoopersdcContributor

asked in Authoring

Naming of zipped shapefile using user parameter

HiWe need to allow users create a zipped shapefile with a single feature. The shapefile needs to be named as the reference for that feature (an attribute in the table)I can create a zipfile by clicking the zip icon in the dataset field of the writer. However, this just creates a zipfile which is named after the folder it is saved in.Is there a way to name the zipfile using an attribute? Or is there a way to automatically rename the zipfile? Thanks

241

2 months ago

jakethepainterContributor

asked in Data

Can fme read whether a cell has comments or notes in an Excel xlsx document?

I have a giant spreadsheet that many people have added notes or comments to by right-clicking on the cell and saying "new comment" or "new note". Is there a way for fme to figure out which cells have comments?

947

2 months ago

melvinngenoContributor

asked in Authoring

Transformers

I have a shapefile with sub areas and I want to create an FME workbench to assign the areas to 3 operators with the condition that the operators don't work on areas close to each other. which FME transformers can I use as I want the output to be 2 shapefiles one with a list of areas that can be assigned to the operators at a particular time and another one with a list of areas that cant be assigned at that time.

211

2 months ago

jugoslaviaaSupporter

asked in Transformers

Checking if Polygons from Dataset A Overlap with Polygons from Dataset B

Hi everyone,I'm trying to check if polygons from Dataset A overlap with polygons from Dataset B in FME. I’ve attempted to use the SpatialFilter, but it only offers options like "intersects" or "touches." However, I specifically need to determine if the polygons are overlapping.Has anyone encountered this issue or found a way to achieve this in FME? Any suggestions would be appreciated!Thanks in advance!

nathContributor

Hi, I created a shapefile with line segments (roads). This shapefile has to be loaded into a postgis database and the person who has to do that sends me that she gets this error ERROR: Column has M dimension but geometry does notCONTEXT: COPY tmp_shp_crab_wegsegment, line 1, column geom: "01050000208A7A00000100000001020000000700000000F3BE9F41600A4180690B0048FD0941005FDD2623600A41008F7F97..."I did some searching on the forum and found some things like the Measure remover, and I also set the output dimension to 2D in the writer but she says she still gets it. Does anyone know what else it could be due to? Thx!Nathalie

547

2 months ago

cpedronContributor

asked in Transformers

Translation successful 0 Features output

I am attempting to create a workbench to read, process, and convert IFC and 12dxml files into gdb files (multipatch and basic respectively. The output for the IFC/GDB Multipatch is working properly and is set to a dynamic filename without issue. However the output for the 12dxml only runs when targeting a specific location (can’t set filename dynamically) and even then it returns a message saying that 0 features were output. I am fairly new to FME and have not been able to determine why this is failing, short of the possibility that the writer is trying to write polylines and getting information in as polygons, which I am unsure how to fix. I have attached the rather voluminous log on the chance someone is able to point me at the particular error I need to fix.

357

2 months ago

raabsterContributor

asked in Data

Point cloud to point cloud

Hi everyone! So I have some LAS files that I would like to filter. The flow is as follows:Everything seems to be working, but when I read the processed las-files into my program that I need to use, I can’t get it to work. The original files do work, so it’s something that happens along the way. Any ideas?

314

2 months ago

james_c_452Supporter

asked in Transformers

Remove the last n delimeters from a string

Hi,I keep going in circles and can’t think of an easy way to do this. Has anyone got any tipsBasically, I have an attribute such as “TEST_240829_MLS_5_316460_5816230”What I what to do is remove “_316460_5816230” from the end. I’m wanting it to adaptively remove this part of the string from several thousand inputs.Normally I would use the attribute trimmer however the length of this part of the string will change (not a constant thing I can remove). This part of the input string does always start at the second last occurrence on the “_” delimiter and go until the end. The amount of delimiters is not constant in the part of the string I want to keep though, so I also can’t use the attribute splitter and then rebuild the part I want from the parts of a listIs there an easy wany to do this?

252

2 months ago

geoffgillParticipant

asked in Authoring

Importing data into Choice - User Parameters from Excel

Hiyas,I’m having an issue where I try to import data from a excel spreadsheet into a Choice user parameter.I only ever get the first row to import, even though it displays all data.Choice → Choice Configuration → Dropdown → Import from datasetDataset = My excel fileFormat = Microsoft excelParameters shows the valuesNextImport Mode - Import from: Attribute namesNext Import then results in only the heading being imported; Am I missing something really obvious? Thanks,

292

2 months ago

sofiaContributor

asked in Data

List all feature classes and their subtypes, and domain values from a geodatabase

Hi, It seems there is no easy way to do this from what I have read on this topic. I really wish for a way to extract coded domains from feature classes in an SDE geodatabase. I don’t even have to have the field names since I have named the domains after the featureclass, subtype and field it is attatched to. How can I get a hold of domain lists within FME? The point for me is to regularly be able to pull out lists of the options my users have in different fields since these need to be looked over now and then.

523

2 months ago

mesmath

asked in Transformers

Understanding relative paths

I have a workbench set up on a desktop PC that is reading numerous data sets from folders on that computer. The workbench is also saved locally.I have moved a copy of the data and workbench in the same folder structure onto our shared network where the start of the file path is different.eg. C:\\Data\\Workbench.fmw & C:\\Data\\Input\\Data.xlsbecomesP:\\Project\\Projectname\\Data\\Workbench.fmw & P:\\Project\\Projectname\\Data\\Input\\Data.xls How can I set up the workbench so I only need to change the folder path to data sources once, and all the others know that the relative path has changed? Thanks!

2353

2 months ago

mariasContributor

asked in Integration

Run "dynamic" SQL queries

Hello,Could you please help with ideas how to implement the following: I run SQL query by SQL Executor that checks something in PostgreSQL DB and as a result provides set of SQL queries that should be executed in the database afterward. How to execute those newly generated queries? How can I run all those resulted queries after SQL Executor?

817

2 months ago

timboberooskyContributor

asked in Transformers

Feature Reader from Esri MGDB where clause based on datetime field

I’m attempting to use a Feature Reader and where clause to identify features in a Mobile Geodatabase with a “publish_date” (datetime) greater than the “LAST_UPDATE_TIME” (datetime) from an SDE Geodatabase. With help from the article below, I was able to accomplish this with a File Geodatabase and SDE Geodatabase, but I’ve now migrated my script to FME 2024 and need to use MGDB instead of FGDB. It seems the formatting is different (I validated in FME 2024 against the FGDB instead of MGDB - it works).Feature Reader from Esri FGDB with a where clause based on a last_updated (date/time) field | Community (safe.com)Below is my attempted logic, where the format of publish date and LAST_UPDATE_TIME, as far as FME is showing me, appears identical. The FGDB solution has some not-so-straightforward formatting so there might be something similar here. Any help?

433

2 months ago

alindbergParticipant

asked in Data

WFS Reader returns GetFeature error "Unknown namespace"

I’m trying to read this wfs-service https://avoin.metsakeskus.fi/rajapinnat/v1/gridcell/wfs or alternatively https://avoin.metsakeskus.fi/rajapinnat/v1/gridcell/ows with FeatureReader and FME returns following error: 2024-09-11 10:32:43| 0.0| 0.0|ERROR |<ows:ExceptionReport xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema=" xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows=" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance=" version="1.0.0=" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/ows https://avoin.metsakeskus.fi/rajapinnat/schemas/ows/1.0.0/owsExceptionReport.xsd="><ows:Exception exceptionCode="InvalidParameterValue=" locator="namespace="><ows:ExceptionText>Unknown namespace [v1]</ows:ExceptionText></ows:Exception></ows:ExceptionReport>2024-09-11 10:32:43| 0.0| 0.0|ERROR |Received error report: ExceptionReport2024-09-11 10:32:43| 0.0| 0.0|ERROR |The XML Module halted on error, see the logfile for details2024-09-11 10:32:43| 0.0| 0.0|ERROR |A fatal error has oc

472

2 months ago

mewi

asked in Transformers

How to split an attribute with integer to the first 2 digits

I have an Attribute with integer values (4 Digits) and have to extract the first two Digits and write them to a new Attribute.In RegEx I think it is ^\\d\\d. How can I do that in FME?I tried with ExpressionEvaluator and AttributeSplitter @FindRegEx(@Value(Attributename)^\\d\\d)but it does not working. Thanks for helping.

hiyhelgContributor

Dear FME community.I hoop you will help me with the question I have. It seems simple question, but I could not solve it. I want to find out overlapping pipelines in the same dataset with different owners. I want to have list of the piplines who overlap with each other and who have different owners.I used line on overlay transformer but I could not get what the result I wanted. Any help is apricated and thank you in advance

915

2 months ago

hkingsburyCelebrity

asked in Authoring

Process timeout at the workspace level

At the FME Flow (we’re looking at 2022.2 specifically) level, many people will be familiar with the ability to set time outs for queuing and running Through the API you can also specify these by using the Job Directives: https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME-Flow/ReferenceManual/Job_Directives.htmThe scenario that we’re facing is there is an external process (not FME) that is setup to call a bunch of different workspaces depending on what is passed through. This is a process not managed/administrated by us. Depending on the workspace called, we want to specify the running expiry at the workbench level, of course this could be doing with logic in the external process using tm_ttl/tm_ttc, but that would mean needing to release updated code each time we want to change this.We’ve tried specifying tm_ttc as a workspace parameter (both published and private) but FME Flow doesn’t acknowledge it. Talking with @todd_davis we’re both sure you used to be able to do this (specific run time limits at

936

2 months ago

robotixContributor

asked in Transformers

Writer MSSQL vs SQLExecutor 'Insert'

This has been bothering me for a long time. I keep avoiding it because I just end up using a SQL executor. to find errorsHow is the Writer transformer different than a SQLExecutor when performing MSSQL inserts? [or other functions]. Don’t they use the same driver?Here is an example: I recently inserted a row into a table where the string length was too long got the field. The Writer transformer just inserted the string successfully, but it truncated. The SQLExecutor threw a SQL error saying, ‘string or binary data would be truncated’ and then failed\rejected the insert. I have also run across other odd behavior in the past. Such as the writer having the ability to insert duplicate foreign keys, but the SQLExecutor will fail with error. Is there a good resource for this or a good explanation? Thanks!

522

2 months ago

pinkopoContributor

asked in Data

Generic reader fail to read shapefile on FME Flow

Hi guys i been working on a “easy translator” type of app on Flow and really struggling to get it read shapefiles in a zipped file. Error message below.. have no idea why it add a “_0” after “.zip”.. can this be the reason it failed? Shapefile Reader: 'C:\Users\SVCAWS~1.SC\AppData\Local\Temp\fmeengines\AWSGISFME01_Dynamic_Engine1\TempFS_1725628283291_20936\dsGENERIC_1_0\Inputtt.zip_0' is not a valid Shapefile and cannot be read Thank guys!

362

2 months ago

thomas_gContributor

asked in Transformers

Port for FMEServerConsole not automatically applied during installation

Hi,during my last Installation of the current Version of FMEServer (Build 17291) to port 8080, I realized that the port won't be applied to the FMEServerConsole! So, trying to use the console I got a 404-message from the IIS . Took me a while to find the bad guy in: ~FMEServer/Clients/FMEServerConsoleConfig.txt where the hostname was still without the proper port.So correcting that to Hostname:8080 and restarting the FMEServer, solved the problem.In previous versions, this was set automatically during the installatoin. I guess this time it slipped somehow from the radar.Best regards,Thomas

2 months ago

nanchuangyeyuContributor

asked in Transformers

data examination

Hi everyone, I am now doing data quality inspection to an esri personal geo database with multiple layers, and I have to calculate how many 0 or null values there are in every attribute of each layer(or table) in the database. I have tried to figure out some automation method with FME but in vain. Can anybody give some instructon or advice?

742

2 months ago

1
...
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
...
1101

Page 17 / 1101

Badge winners

carolina_whas earned the badge Webinar Watcher (Bronze)
user01has earned the badge Welcome Back
siobhan.hallhas earned the badge FME Form Basic Training
joris_frenkelhas earned the badge Teacher (Grey)
joris_frenkelhas earned the badge Welcome Back

Show all badges

30,094: Posts

Terms & Conditions Cookie settings

Sign up

Already have an account? Login

An FME Account is required to contribute

Login to the community

An FME Account is required to contribute

Enter your E-mail address. We'll send you an e-mail with instructions to reset your password.

Enter your e-mail address

Back to overview

Scanning file for viruses.

Sorry, we're still checking this file's contents to make sure it's safe to download. Please try again in a few minutes.

This file cannot be downloaded

Sorry, our virus scanner detected that this file isn't safe to download.

A product of

Company Products Giving Back Careers Contact Privacy Feedback

Safe Software respectfully acknowledges that we live, learn and work on the traditional and unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, and Semiahmoo First Nations.