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Hi, I think I found a super obscure bug in StringSearcher. In my workspace I want to use Regex queries based on different conditions, e.g. if a string matches RegEx A use RegEx B in StringSearcher. This logic does work in general but for one specific query I get the Error:  "Expression Evaluation Failure: 'This FME edition does not recognize the `' function." Oddly the query works fine when I test it in the RegEx Editor. It also works if I don't use a condition or if I use a different query inside the condition. Is this a bug or am I missing something? Attached an example workspace that illustrates the issue. Thank you for your help! 

Hi everyone, is there a way to parse input in text user parameter before running a Serverapp? Let's say I only want to accept letters (A-Z,a-z) as input in text parameter and notify the user immediately if any number (0-9) is used.  I'm cerain that this check can be done at workspace excecution, but that would already be to late as all the given values for user parameters can't be kept and must be re-entered at a necessary rerun. Thanks for your answers!

I think I've used QGIS to its limits and as far as I know ArcGIS don't have any tool different that might be of help for me. Since I've heard about it a a lot yet never used it, I thought FME might have more options to do what I need. If I can do what I've got in my mind I am going to purchase the required license. Basically I've got a very large and complex polygon road network and my main target is to divide those polygons into smaller polygons with almost equal lengths. Also divide them vertically with a centreline if the width of the polygon is above a certain length. But complexity makes things really difficult. In two separate questions, more details on this issue are available on gis stackexchange. 

Hello, I have a fairly complex flow with lots of SQLexecutors.Recently I had to use also Oracle spatial Writers. The SQL Executor has useful output ports that pass the feature. This allows for example to handle successful or failed writes. The Writer has none of those, seems more like an dead-end. Is it possible to catch an error on feature write somehow?  Thanks in advance

I have a set of labelpoints that I want to flip to make it readable from a viewpoint from the side in 3D. Is there a transformer that does the trick? Thanks

Hi all,I have to create a workflow where we are retrieving public data, either through download or URL and running it through FME for data processing and publishing to our SDE.  The idea is then that this process should be fully automated by adding the FME script as a spatial ETL tool in ArcGIS Pro, and then publishing it as a web tool to an ArcGIS server with DI extension for server.  This way we can just schedule that tool to run on a monthly basis, where new data is downloaded and being published to our SDE without us having to do anything :-) My problem is this: How do I handle the data and data connections in my script? Can I set up some parameters ensuring that even though my script is now running as a web tool on a different server, it still has a data connection to my SDE? And can I ensure that access to my "downloaded" or URL data is still intact through the web tool on the server, for instance using some kind of sc

Anyone run into this error before trying to write data to ArcGIS Online with the writer (applyEdits)? In this instance, this came from ArcGIS Data Interop running on ArcGIS Server.{"code":1000,"description":"The request limit has been reached. Contact esri support for assistance."}(Also cross posted on the esri community)

Hello,This is my first use of the Writer with Oracle, I only used SQLExecutor before.  The problem is, all features are stored correctly, but I cannot get the Writer to store the geometry - it just remains empty.  First I put the name of the table and have specified the spatial column like this:Secondly I basically enumerate all columns:It works, but no geometries are being stored in the "AREA" column. All features come with geometry, I see them cached in the Inspector.  Thanks for any suggestions!   

Hi! I'm validating the quality of the CityGML and CityJSON building datasets. I'm wondering what is the real difference between all self-intersection rules implemented in the FME's GeometryValidator. So shortly: Is the rule Self-Intersection in 2D same as the Self-Intersection under the OGC Valid and OGC Simple?  I think I understand the difference between Ring Self-Intersection, Surface Self-Intersect and Shells Intersect at least. Still, I would be grateful for proper definitions of all these errors. The document of GeometryValidator is a little bit unclear in the case of these "sub-errors". Thank you a lot!

Hello, i have a point cloud data file in e57 format and i plan to reduce it by transform PointCloudSimplifier. There is my workspace.And it appears that warning "The workspace may run slower because features are being recorded on all output ports". The data is very large, more than 100GB, so i wish it cloud be processed faster.​I'm not exactly sure what "recorded on all output ports" means, what should i do? Do i need to add a transform like AttributeManager between the Reader and PointCloudSimplifier or something else?Thank you in advance!

This has happened so many times that I have lost count: I try to import values from the source in AttributeFilter. After the process is complete, it gives me nothing!The latest time is trying to get them from an IFC file. I select fme_feature_type in the dropdown, hit the import button, the feature types show upI select all of themI select fme_feature_type and check the use format attributesIt thinks a second, and....NOTHINGThis has happened with dwgs as well. fme_feature_type is exposed in the reader. I tried selecting other value types in the wizard to no avail.What is going on? I have attached screenshots to illustrate.Thanks

I have a large POSTGIS database table with 10+ million features and I'm trying to "clip" it to another geometry that is already read into the workbench. Is there any examples of this in a tutorial or something?

I'm trying to convert a 0/1 value in CSV file to a kleenean value in smallworld. With the AttributeBooleanConverter I get this error:Smallworld Translator Error: Failed to convert string No for field Business to a truth value With an AttributeMapper I get this:Smallworld Translator Error: Failed to convert string 1 for field Business to a truth value What is weird with the AttributeMapper , I have the new attribute mapped to the field for Smallworld and the "Business" field should not even be considered. What am I doing wrong? 

I have read http://fmepedia.safe.com/articles/FAQ/Autodesk-AutoCAD-Civil-3D and wonder how you are handling surfaces. Inputdata is a Surface/TIN and I also want to write to a Surface/TIN in DWG-format.  Can you read the Surface in Civil3D as as "triangles" , then aggregate these within FME and write them out as Surface?

When using SQL Executor or SQL Creator with a PostGIS reader on our Postgres datawarehouse I run into problems with spatial queries.Example given this query:select     table1.name  , table2.whatever  , table1.geometryfrom table1join table2 on ST_Intersects(table1.geometry, table2.geometry)this works only if the two tables are of a different geometry type (e.g. Polygons and Points). If they are both Polygons, FME does not recognise the geometry anymore. The geometry field from the output features does have content but when connected to a GeometryFilter the type is 'Null'. There is a workaround, when using a 'with' statement, like so:with polygons as   ( select * from table1 )select     polygons.name  , table2.whatever  , polygons.geometryfrom polygonsjoin table2 on ST_Intersects (polygons.geometry, table2.geometry Then, FME d

Hello,I would like to +1 a value into a field using the Counter Transformer and although the expression I have used works in the evaluator I keep getting a rejected output with INVALID_PARAMETER_COUNT_START.The output from the SQL Creator Transformer seems to output the correct number.Can you tell me what I'm missing? Thank you.

We noticed that a password was visible in the log file of FME Desktop. Is this normal? We still looking if this is also the case for FME Server. We think this is a security issue. See attachment for an example. We changed the password in PASWOORD.  http://www.safe.com/support

I am currently converting DGN to SV G so that they can be used in ESRI ArcGISPro based Runtime Content. The DGN s that I am converting can be successfully viewed in a web browser, however once they are imported to ArcGISPro the text is not recognized. I was able to determine that ArcPro must have a ttf reference. I am not concerned with retaining the the current shx "font". I just want to overwrite that attribute with a font that is stock to the the Windows Library. I am an FME beginner and cant even expose the shx reference in the writer. Any assistance would be great.

I am using FME 2020 (Build 20218) and I find that if I expose the fme_basename and fme_dataset in the Reader Feature Type they are read normally and have no issue, however I am curious why if I use an AttributeExposer to expose those attributes in the workspace, the values for these attributes are exposed with null values. What is causing the AttributeExposer to remove the values when it exposes these format attributes? 

I'm using the JSONFragmenter to choose a segment of a JSON file and am trying to expose the values from this segment as attributes. However, the JSONFragmenter just returns the values as separate objects, and the attributes are empty. I've tried without the "[*]" at the end of the JSON query, yielding just one object but still empty attributes. I've also tried using the JSONflattener on this segment and on the full JSON string, but it does not seem to do anything. It just returns the same attributes as on the input straight through. The parameters of the JSONFragmenter: The segment og JSON looks like this:{ "id": "8a463f67-99c2-4f6b-8703-d154de3dd7ef", "vejnavn": "Tietgensvej", "adresseringsvejnavn": "Tietgensvej",

I have a shapefile with roof shapes. Now I will convert them into faces. This works well for almost all. But some areas are not planar. So theses non planar areas I fixed in a step before with GeometryValidator and then I will use FaceReplacer. But now the same issue was found "Non-Planar Surfaces". I thought with Geometry Validator these areas are fixed? Can someone help me?

I still can't get my head around how to produce an FME AR model that appears in the correct geographical location when I open it in the iOS app.Anyone that can point me to a good tutorial, preferably with an example workspace?

I am using the OffsetCurveGenerator for two line segments . One is red, the other turquoise on the picture. I am using an interpolation angle of 22.5, corner style : round. You can see the result for two different offsets for the left side on the picture, the one in green is 2, the blue one 1. Why is an offset of 1 generating two line segments which are continuous and not intersecting while an offset of 2 creates intersecting segments ? How can I create the result for an offset of 2 which looks like the one of offset 1? If it is not possible, how can I modify the current result of offset 2 to look like the one of 1 ?

Hi all,I have a workspace that has an Emailer transformer where the Email's body is the customed HTML_content. This works fine with FME desktop 2020.2 (build 20787-win64) but failed with FME Server 2020.1.1. (build 20608-win64).The error message was: Python Exception <ModuleNotFoundError>: No module named 'fmepy_emailer'I wonder if this is because of:incompatibility between 2 versions (2020.2 vs 2020.1.1)?or is it because the FME server doesn't support the Emailer transformer?At the moment, upgrading FME Server isn't an option for me.I have tried the Email function in the Automations of FME Server but it doesn't have an option for me to include HTML content in the Email's body but rather an HTML attachment - this means every time I will have to click the attachment and it will be opened in a browser.Any suggestion? Many thanks!