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When I create a Custom Transformer in FME, and (manually) create parameters within that custom transformer, it seems that I can't assign an attribute value for these parameters from outside of the custom transformer. So for example, I created 3 distinct parameters (text, number and (single) choide) inside of a custom transformer, all of them with the setting 'Disable Attribute Assignment' unchecked.then outside of the custom transformer I don't get an option to provide an attribute value for each of these parameters;Interestingly, if I expose attributes at the input port of the custom transformer, like so;

I’m trying to read a text file with settings in it then, use the settings in the WS. The settings are formatted on lines like name = value. There are lines with other stuff on them like comments that I just want to ignore. The WS that I have seems to work up to the AttributeSplitter. I think it splits right because it shows 30 features created but it doesn’t fully fill the list{}. I think the list{} should have 60 items but it only has 2. The AttributeCreator just creates one attribute for the list{2}. I’m a bit confused how this should be configured. Also, if there is a better way of doing this (reading settings) then, please let me know. I have attached my WS (zipped) and my txt settings file.AttributeCreator: only one attribute gets created ‘APP_EXIT’. 

Hi Guys, I have a strange error when i running an testfilter transformer.When I want to pass data through the test filter, then set it to "No" and all other must be filtered. The Test filer give an output as you could see on the pictures. Also i'm seeing chinese characters......is this a bug?Before testfilter.....   Same feature after testfilter...

I've run into this issue multiple times now, and it's quite serious. My SQL table writer was set to automatic and selected TINYINT as the datatype. However, one of the values I attempted to write was 5000, which exceeds the valid range for TINYINT. As a result, I expected 57 rows to be written, but only 51 actually made it into the database. Because the system only throws a warning (and buries it in a long list of logs), this kind of data loss can easily go unnoticed unless you're scanning through potentially hundreds of warnings. The warning I wish to flag or somehow cause the workbench to fail if it occurs:2025-07-17 14:15:40| 0.5| 0.0|WARN |Microsoft SQL Server Non-Spatial Writer: Failed to parse Unsigned TinyInt' from attribute value 5000' for column `How many kilolitres (kL) of liquid waste was generated?' Silent data loss is extremely dangerous in data pipelines. How can I flag

I’m working through a data cleaning process in a workspace. I have multiple files that are different from each other in schema and attributes, but are essentially all saying similar things. Hence the cleaning. I’m working in one workspace to make re-use of transformers a little easier, but when I’m using the FirenameParkExtractor transformer I need to identify a user parameter source for it to gather up a name to chop up. This is what that dropdown looks like: The names here do not align with how I’ve named the readers and associated files so I’m a little confused about how to make this situation easier to work with. I’d like to be able to rename the source datasets, but I’m not sure where I’d do that. Can you tell me? As an aside, is it a bad idea to process many things in one workspace? Should each

Hey!I was wondering what the best practices are when it comes to updating a sde table that has archiving enabled. I have a few tables in a sde database that I need to update regularly. These tables have archiving enbaled and the tables have between 100,000-900,000 records.I have noticed that when I want use “Truncate Existing” in my sde writer that it takes a long time (I’ve never actually had the patience to let it run to completion… I usually cancelled it after a few hours)If I use the “SQL To Run Before Write” to truncate the table before I write to it, all the “archived” data gets lost.If I use the arcpy function “Truncate Table” in a Python Caller right before I write the data to the table it works really well, it doesn’t take too much time and the archiving function is working as well. I guess one other option would be to detect all the changes and only update those rows but for different reasons this makes the workflow a

Not sure if it’s an issue as such, although I struggle to think of a scenario where you would want this functionality, and it might be obvious to some but just as an FYI If you send multipolygons into a Dissolver with Aggregate Handling set to Deaggregate and choose attributes to sum, the polygons will be deaggregated first, this means that each constituent part inherits the attributes of the original multipolygon feature and this will then be summed to leading to unexpected values. So from thisYou get this 

I’m working on a flood-affected buildings project in St. Pauli, Hamburg, using FME’s SpatialFilter transformer. I uploaded an image of my setup (see attached). Almost all buildings are being rejected, and I’m not sure why. My buildings are the "generic object," and the flooding areas are the clipped ones.  

Hello,I have two tables with the same field names. Both tables have 2 date fields, with a start date and a end date and other fields which has the same name in both files. The only thing is that the date segmenst (time between start and end) has a overlap.Example:TABLE 1:DATUM_INGANG DATUM_EINDE ID REPLACER 19921101 20040119 0502010000027183 OWNER 20040119 20160930

I am processing a large amount of simple data: Points with attributes. I want to filter the data by a specific set of attributes, some of which have wild cards. e.g., "T", "T BASE", "T BENT" should all pass through. For each run, a user will be specifying the valid attributes by putting them into a file (probably text), which will be read in at the start of the process. I mention using a list, but they could go into a table as well if that would work better.

I’ve recently faced the conundrum of how to ‘spell’ workspace - is it with a capital ‘W’ or is it a lower case ‘w’.🤔🤔I can see arguments for both sides. I think it’s pretty unanimous that Workbench is a capital ‘W’ as it is the name of the application, but what are your thoughts on ‘workspace’? For example: Ensure Workspace properties are filled out to provide context to users reviewing or supporting Workspaces. The Workspace description provides an overview of the purpose of the Workspace. The Workspace name provides additional context to the purpose of the Workspace.  OR 

Hi, i am copying files using the FeatureWriter with FileCopy and but some of them are missing but i dont get an attribute telling me which files are missing. All i get is this in the log:File Copy Writer: Skipped 401 features that contained invalid source datasetsBut what i would like is to route those with invalid source data set and have them write to an excel ark or similar so i know which files cant be found.But right now the features all come out of the same port with no distinction of wheter or not the copy was actually succesful. Which is not very useful for me. Any help is very much appriciated :)

I want to re-project an image file into CRS EPSG 20047 BCSG2020But that CRS is missing from my drop-down list.I am running FME Desktop FME(R) 2022.1.3.0 (20220928 - Build 22630 - WIN64) Is CRS EPSG 20047 BCSG2020 available in a more current version? 

HiI am currently trying to create a web connection in FME desktop but it says the following: Unable to store connection. Please try againSQL Query INSERT INTO fme_nc_namedconnections (connectionname, username, servicename, connectiontype) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?) failed. Error: attempt to write a readonly database This happens with any connection type I try with this particular windows user account. If I log in with a different account, I am able to save the connection, but I no longer use that account and need to run it through this one. Does anyone know how to resolve this please? Thanks  

Hey guys, So I ran into a problem I shouldn't have. For my workspace I'm trying to subtract two integers from one another. The problem that I'm facing is that the arithmatic expression is not giving me any usable data. This is also the case when slightly change the expression. Below is the most recent attempt. Can anybody point out how I might be able to make this work?I have performed similar expressions in older versions of FME with no problems whatsoeverI I'm currently running FME 2024.2.4.0. The data type is originally Real64 but I converted it to Int32. Any help would appreciated. 

I have land parcels that are currently separate features in ArcGIS SDE.  Below highlights 2 parcels that that belong to the same property 1st and 2nd floors.  (2nd floor is the smaller shape)I want to aggregate these into a multi part single feature grouped by an ID that they share called LANDNO.After using the aggregator transformer, it looks like the below where the second floor has been totally cut out leaving nothing.  I haven’t tried a Disslove yet but I reckon that would remove all vectors of the second floor which I still want to keep.Here are the settings in Aggregator.   Any suggestions to achieve my objective ?

I’m building a value for the Longitude of a point feature. The field type I have defined is number (20,6) I create the value using this in the text editor:   @Format(%.5f,@XValue())So I want 5 decimal places.   eg.     15436225.30510However, what I see in my result table viewer is 15436225.3051   (no trailing zero)But when I double click on that value, it displays the value “with” the zero.  15436225.30510 The value that gets written to the writer (to AGOL) is the one without trailing zero.Works fine until I use a change detector, then it decides that the trailing zero is causing a difference and wants to update the value to have the trailing zero.So my question is,  can I enforce the trailing zero in the table re

Hi, I am trying to insert feature from DWG format to GDB (with existing schema) .While translating I am getting following error. Kindly let me know how to avoid this error. FileGDB Writer: A feature could not be written+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Feature Type: `RD_Road_Infra/CURBSTONE'Attribute(string: UTF-8)           : `filegdb_type' has value `geodb_polyline'Attribute(string: UTF-8)           : `fme_color' has value `1,1,0'Attribute(string: UTF-8)           : `fme_feature_type' has value `GIS_DROP KERB'Attribute(string: UTF-8)           : `fme_geometry' has value `fme_line'Attribute(entangled: string: UTF-8): `fme_type' has value `fme_line'          entangled to filegdb_typeAttribute(string: UTF-8)           : `multi_writer_id' has value `0'Coordinate System: `'Geometry Type: IFMELineNumber of Coordinates:

 I try to find out how i pass attribute values assigned during runtime to the shutdown script.I want to pass values of total features read and written from the feature reader\\writer. I have tried to create private parameters and set the values in runtime with the attribute manager. But the values are <null> / not set when i fetch them in my python script  This is the value I am tying to set my private parameter as.I feel somehow this is the wrong way to do it? What other ways can I set dynamic values that I can use in my shutdown script for logging.

I have been able to successfully connect to Asana by using two resources (attached at the bottom) and extract a list of task names and custom field names, but I have been unsuccessful in using the JSONFormatter, JSONFlattener, and the JSONExtractor tools to create a list of tasks and their corresponding custom field values for a specific Asana project. If anyone is experienced in working with the Asana API to collect this kind of data from a particular Asana project, I’d be really appreciative of any helpful tips to create a final output of a project’s tasks and their custom fields. Thank you so much!https://hub.safe.com/publishers/safe-sandbox/web-connections/asana)

I know I that you cannot delete feature under DWG, but what if you want seleteed a few because one of them is bad.  I am GIS Specialist and I have the DWG files here… The DWG I have is a campgound that somebody worked on it and gave it to use and as I prepare to make a map for that campground and discovered that one of the entity I think “X” is out of  place.What I was trying to open the 2024.1 Data Inspector and bring that Dataset into the View to see it andI use the X to turn it off and use the Save As as a new Dataset without the  “X” layer . When I save it and it still  comes with it every time. I tried to use different method.here is the screen shot I have here.  The one I want to remove this X layer under the DWG Layer is “X” . The Red line I drew is that one that I want to delete it. I don’t ha

HiI am doing a comparison of multiple AGOL feature services and am using a workspace runner to iterated through the feature services. I have created a published user parameter for the feature service name, which is populated by the workbench with the workspace runner. This appears to work fine but the problem is I cannot seem to make the layer name a parameter so it keeps reading the layer name from the feature service that the agol reader was set up with originally.Does anyone know a way round this please? Or perhaps it is resolved in a newer version of FME desktop (Im currently using 2023.1)?

Hello, I'm currently working with FME 2022.1 on NETCDF files from https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=1851 The files are .nc4 and when I try to open them on FME Workbench I have this warning. (on picture) It seems that FME can't link the dimensions defined in the file with its own "lat/lon and time functions" I tried opening these files on ArcMap 10.8.1 and the dimensions are immediately recognized correctly.  How can I make FME understand that lat = lat, lon = lon and time = time ? Or how can I set it when reading the nc4 file ?  

 Hi, Screenshot sample of data above: Essentially I have a csv with several sites (columns C-G), to import this data into the software I use, I need to import one site at a time, so i’m looking to split this csv into several csvs which contain the date time columns and then one site column per csv. I can do this in a convoluted way, using multiple attributekeepers to split the data, is there any quicker way to automate this? Thanks