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HiSomething strange. I just wanted to write shapefiles with a fanout based on a field in the attributes, and that no longer works.  No errors, it creates the folders in the specified location but does not fill them.  It selects one and ignores the rest. I don't understand. I've used it a million times and never had any problems.  Has anyone else noticed this? Is it the version or is it me?

With the new spatial definition option in the FeatureWriter, it appears that Attribute Definition cannot be reverted to Automatic after first setting the Spatial Definition? In my case the format is set to PostGIS. Is this expected behavior? Am currently running FME Form 2025.1.1.0, Build 25623.

Hi,I recently moved to FME Form 2025.0.3 from FME Workbench 2021.1.2.The install is on a central windows machine. Some workbenches run as other users. ArcMap and ArcPro (3.4) are also installed on this machine.All our workbenches involve ESRI enterprise geodatabase readers or writers, so require an ESRI licence to run.Users of FME all have named user licences for ArcPro, they are able to launch Pro and obtain a licence on the central machine.When I use FME Form there is no issue accessing the ESRI licence and using the readers/writer. However when testing with other users, who have the same type of named user ESRI licence, FME reports the error: “Worker 6428 > Unable to perform any licensing related tasks. Please check your Esri ArcGIS Compatibility workspace parameter, found in Navigator -> Workspace Parameters -> Translation. This 64-bit version of FME requires ArcGIS Desktop along with 64-bit Background Geoprocessing; ArcGIS Pro; or ArcGIS Enterprise. Refer to this this art

Hi everyone,I’m working with DWG files in FME — reading them, attaching XREFs, and then writing back to DWG.I’m trying to attach an XREF to a specific layer (something other than Layer 0), but so far I haven’t had any success. I’ve tried setting both the fme_feature_type and autocad_layer attributes, but the XREF still ends up on Layer 0.It also seems that when using the DWG reader, FME always interprets XREFs as being on Layer 0, even when they’re on a different layer in the source DWG.Has anyone found a way to preserve or specify the layer assignment for XREFs when reading/writing DWG files in FME?Thanks in advance!

Below is a screenshot of my workspace that creates a new feature class (AttributeManager_6_Output). This feature class will be edited by end users in ArcGIS Pro. I need to bring that feature class back into the workspace and join it back to caputure those edits. My problem is that some of the attributes will be updated upstream as well. I need to capture those edits as well without overwriting the end user edits. How am I able to set the attribute conflict independently (some attributes from Left and some from Right) in the FeatureJoiner?  

Looking at the new Define Read Criteria By: Custom Query option in the FeatureReader in 2025.1I feel like there should be a warning against using Define Read Criteria with Esri Geodatabase format as it uses sql and bypasses specific SDE functionality. 

This seems like is should be so simple, but I can’t get it to work! I want to take a CSV file that has Feature Class Names, FieldPrefixs, and Feature types. For example:FeatureClass, Prefix, FeatureTypeRoads, Road, LineWildLandUrbanInterface, WUI, Polygon. This CSV file will be dynamic, meaning that the Feature Classes that will be summarized will change.I then have a SummaryPolygon Feature Class which defines the polygons on which to summarize. I want to iterate through the CSV file, summarize the data for each CSV record, and then add two fields with the prefixs (ie Road_Miles, Road_MilesPerAcre or WUI_Acres and WUI_PercentArea) to the SummaryPolygon. I thought the workspace runner would work well for this, but the Child workspace isn’t updating/showing the new fields that were created after each iteration. Meaning the schema isn’t dynamically updating with the two new fields on the next iteration. In my Reader, I have Workflow Options set to Single Merged Feature and Merge Feature T

I’ve been trying to read a layer that has 16.1 million points and 7 fields into FME Form.  After 10-12 minutes I get the following long-winded 504 error:ArcGIS Online Feature Service Reader: Could not connect to server. Check that you are connected to the internet and that no firewall is blocking outbound connections. The error was 'HTTPSConnectionPool(host='services6.arcgis.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /PZSz9p6KxGzrnOUT/arcgis/rest/services/PHH_43_FullGeo/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&token=3NKHt6i2urmWtqOuugvr9TpluUwD-K0TsTS8M3vWY6dKMXWdi_tH3WBIMlCuSgEpXHlYlhwKYwGuuQlZCRtBPNkiJDV5CIz_E4rWysxVYMtf2LCRDhJuovK2hsyIHZ78x99hsJVaIrIbEUFTrqdJzb_qpnp_vjly88FyTaaYsMGr8ItOJpumuJhFox3VA6NXh9o64ZVluadt9ApVCcvpmElqPgAf1TPFnSerF1uG4nnxdUFYdsd3QRvQmGuNsAYYh7s2BHXFM6Rh9P7H5jTyxQ.. (Caused by ResponseError('too many 504 error responses'))' Python Exception <FMEException>: FMEException: 926856: ArcGIS Online Feature Service Reader: Could not connect to server. Check that yo

I am trying to connect to a SFTP using the FTP caller. I have followed the instructions in https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407554321805-Using-a-Private-SSH-key-with-FTPCaller-to-Authenticate-an-SFTP-Connection-for-FME-Form-and-FME-Flow-on-Windows-Systems and I can connect to the server using other methods (winscp, filezilla) so the new key is working. In the log (with debug enabled) I get the following:SystemCaller: Executing 'start "" "C:\Program Files\PuTTY\pageant.exe" --encrypted C:\PPK\PrivateKey.ppk'FTPCaller (FTPFactory): Using the 'SChannel' TLS library for HTTPS/FTPS connectionsFTPCaller (FTPFactory): FTP info:   Trying ??.??.??.??:22...FTPCaller (FTPFactory): FTP info: Connected to ??.??.??.?? (??.??.??.??) port 22FTPCaller (FTPFactory): FTP info: Failure establishing ssh session: -5, Unable to exchange encryption keysFTPCaller (FTPFactory): FTP info: closing connection #0FTPCaller (FTPFactory): FTP/FTPS/SFTP transfer error: Failed initializationSystemCaller_2: E

Hi! I’m trying to read dwg files containing AEC objects and have found that the Civil 3D reader should be the one to use for this purpose. With this reader, I manage to read features but they are just a proxy of the correct objects that I’m trying to read.Is there an automated solution for this in FME (some parameter that I’m missing?) or do I have to save the model in a separate dwg file as described in this post (8 years ago) before I can read all objects correctly in FME?Thanks!

We have a polygon shapefile in which features overlap because the data is self-reported. During our analysis, we noticed that when a feature is 100% overlapped by another, it is not considered in the clip process with another dataset. However, we want all features—even those that are fully overlapped—to be taken into account when performing the clip. What configuration or procedure should we use to ensure this behavior?

Hello everyone,I’m currently facing a challenge with writing an IoT data stream directly to an ArcGIS Online (AGOL) hosted feature service using FME. While I’ve successfully configured the stream to write to a local SQLite database, I’ve been unable to achieve the same with AGOL.I’ve attempted to use the Esri ArcGIS Feature Service Writer transformer, but unfortunately, it hasn’t worked as expected in stream mode. I’m wondering if there’s an alternative transformer or method that supports continuous writing to an AGOL feature service.Here’s a brief overview of my FME workspace setup:Input Source: Reading data from an MQTT broker in stream mode using the MQTTConnector. Data Processing: Filtering incoming messages into different groups based on sensor types. Output Goal: Writing the processed data to an AGOL hosted feature service. Runtime: The workspace is designed to run continuously to handle real-time data.Any guidance or suggestions on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciate

Why does XML header of the FME generated file displays the XML header as <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" > instead of <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

Hello fellow FME-ers,I am working on making an xml from an Oracle database (with metadata). I am using the FME template for this in the XML Writer. Using the list builder I have generated two lists. One with the keywords and one with the attribute values. See below as an example (List_Trefwoorden and List_Attribuutinformatie):How do I make sure these lists (standard FME template for xml) are saved in my XML writer? Greetings, Wim 

Hi All,I have written a workspace that downloads features (and attachments) from an AGOL Feature Service, and everything was working fine until about 2 weeks ago. Then it suddenly, and for no reason that I can see, stopped working. The error message is as below:2024-07-12 09:38:47|   5.7|  2.1|ERROR |ArcGIS Online Feature Service Reader: Could not connect to server. Check that you are connected to the internet and that no firewall is blocking outbound connections. The error was 'HTTPSConnectionPool(host='www.arcgis.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /sharing/rest/portals/self?f=json&token=3NKHt6i2urmWtqOuugvr9Xotftc2MEsOx2iLqu8k_LPVAUrx4ptneDwWq5gGHyWsx9gLJB14s-YhL9BcQ6A71ysFhsv00tTqKaTLWA9OxAioggyddpHKGcxUfwKFMnzU-m7-SshOGN98nlYOd2uB9-LSYOpHZbnxGUhNJ_3nnRQntaumsDD__7bZqpHVciIFHkLU-of9RGgQ17FdVaDRxF6HcXcbq9Sm4XmdkzD7LqM-h_2jGsOM8HOeFBSI6iINhlNJE65A50NL1eFOJ-gGgg.. (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000000001D666D10>, 'C

I have a pretty simple problem but I cound not find any solution. I tried feature joiner and added counter so that I have a field in common for bot tables but still didnt work. Attribute manager does like “what I get” which is not really what I want. Any Idea ?   

My scope currently is to produce an excel output using FME ensuring the template is being leveraged to populate the values in this columns. Some of these columns have formulas which have been coded in FME as AK.formula if the column AK has formula. However when I convert the FME produced Excel to XML and investigated this, the formula seems to be converting “ into &quot. However I get to know about this only when I checked XML since Excel exactly imprints the formula as coded in FME. What is the best way to resolve this issue?

Hi,Trying to use a clipper for 3d intersections but some 3d solids getting rejected i think due to geometry errors in 3d solids. I have ran the 3d solids through geometry validator but does not fix the geometry errors. Geometry errors include - Non-Planar Surfaces, Incorrect Solid Orientation, Invalid Solid Boundaries. Any other ideas to fix? Thanks

Okay, hear me out 😄In december we’ll be doing a webinar about Best Practices, but because it’s a bit of a tradition to make the last webinar of the year a fun one we’re going to call it the Worst (Best) Practices webinar. So we’re looking for workspaces that are complex, undocumented, badly designed with renamed transformers.Way back in the day the training materials included the Chamber of Workspace Horrors Powerpoint, that’s the kind of stuff I’m looking for.Feel free to reach out to me privately, anonimity is guaranteed 😃(Normally we do our webinars in Dutch, but depending on the response we can also do this one in English, so if you’re interested in that also please let us know!!!)

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Hi FMEers, I’m trying to create a basic map using the HtmlReportGenerator. I’ve added 2 polygon hosted feature layers from our ArcGIS Enterprise Portal, that are comma separated in that URL field. They are shared with groups that I am a member of so I have access to view them.When I send it through to an html writer, the output map is blank. I wasn’t sure if that was because it is offline so I also published to FME Flow but it’s still blank:  I also tried with a layer shared to public from our portal with the same results.Is there something I’m missing from the docs?

Hi guys,how can i handle to read in Excel sheets (with other column names from time to time) and have the possibility to choose from a schema (xls) the right attribute names for the workflow…..Parameters on the reader?I’ve tried the Attributemanager and import a excel file...but the names from the excel sheet are only added to the default output attribute names a dropdown list on the Output Attribute name would be great……..any help to handle it or a link to another articleGreetz and thanksFranco

Hi,I would like to convert an image symbol from Esri CIM JSON to AutoCAD DWG format. The JSON file looks like this: {  "type": "CIMPointSymbol",  "symbolLayers": [    {      "type": "CIMCharacterMarker",      "enable": true,      "anchorPoint": {        "x": 0,        "y": 0,        "z": 0      },      "anchorPointUnits": "Relative",      "dominantSizeAxis3D": "Y",      "offsetX": -3.3333333333333335,      "size": 5.555555555555556,      "billboardMode3D": "FaceNearPlane",      "characterIndex": 85,      "fontFamilyName": "Tahoma",      "fontStyleName": "Regular",      "fontType": "TTOpenType",      "scaleX": 1,      "symbol": {        "type": "CIMPolygonSymbol",        "symbolLayers": [          {            "type": "CIMSolidStroke",            "enable": true,            "capStyle": "Round",            "joinStyle": "Round",            "lineStyle3D": "Strip",            "miterLimit": 4,            "width": 0,            "height3D": 1,            "anchor3D": "Center"::],  "haloSize": 1,

Hi guys,This week I created a nice model A with runs smoothly combined with a main script B which includes a workspacerunner triggering workspace A. Is there a way I can track whether all the scripts started by the Workspace Runner are ready?In my case 21 features entered the WorkspaceRunner, starting model A, which leads to creation of 18 Excel files which is perfect. I would like to create a log somehow that 21 workspaces were started and 21 workspaces were completed resulting in 18 Excel files in this case.Workspace B now states that the WorkspaceRunner is finished, however, on the background workspace(s) A is still running for some time. 

I have the following table, very simple:DATE_START ID 19921101 0502010000013950 19950209 0502010000013950 20031231 0502010000013950 20040115 0502010000013950 20040120 0502010000013950 20110704 0502010000013950 20200211 0502010000013950 20251005 0502010000013950  I want to make te following result: DATE_START DATE_END ID 19921101 19950209 0502010000013950 19950209 20031231 0502010000013950 20031231 20040115 0502010000013950 20040115 20040120 0502010000013950 20040120 20110704 0502010000013950 20110704 20200211 0502010000013950 20200211 20251005 0502010000013950 20251005 null 0502010000013950  Date_end is next value of date_start to create a cycles like this. This what i did:    I get to following result:U see the problem is with the last date_end, he is using for that feature the first date_start. I dont now how. Anyone a solution?