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Greetings all!I searched for similar questions but wasn’t able to find any pertaining to this, so apologies if I missed them. I’m using the NeighborFinder transformer to locate points along measure-aware polylines to acquire the Measure value of all lines within 5 meters and merging all attributes and generating a list when multiple candidates are found. When there are multiple candidates, it’s assigning the Measure value of the point from one of the lines at random (possible the closest?). However, when I use the ListExploder transformer to create features from all elements in the list, while all other attributes appear to be specific per feature, the Measure values are the same for all features spawning from the same feature. Hopefully this make sense. I assume I have a parameter set incorrectly or something, but how do I ensure each feature has the measure value specific to the line it was matched to?

I have a FME workbench that is scheduled to run late in the evening, and it is a lengthy process, so it can sometimes run over midnight.Is there a way I can capture the date of the day that the workbench started to run and to store that date in a parameter?I tried DateTimeStamper but it re-captures the date for every single feature, so if the process runs over midnight, the date changes

Hello All,  We use FME server 2021.2 as an integration platform and it is not configured for HTTPS. Organization internal systems call our FME workbenches via webhook. ArcGIS Portal Feature Service Reader fetches data from ArcGIS portal feature service. It executes successfully most of the time but fails very intermittently causing data discrepancy between different systems. The failure message is: ArcGIS Portal Feature Service Reader: SSL certificate verification failed for host 'xxxx.xxx.com'. HTTPS connections may not be secure. Disabling verification of SSL certificates. Message: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='vgggg', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /portal/sharing/rest/generateToken (Caused by SSLError(SSLError("bad handshake: Error([('SSL routines', 'tls_process_server_certificate', 'certificate verify failed')])")))2025-03-05 11:15:58|   0.1|  0.0|INFORM|ArcGIS Portal Feature Service Reader: Getting item with ID 'c505638a9b

Hello all,At a client I often fail to connect to their ESRI Portal, due to failing to verify SSL (see loggin below) on both FME Server and desktop.Proxy settings in FME don't change the behaviour (always uses proxy). The Chrome browser thinks the certificate is o.k. I can't disable ssl-verification in the Portal Reader, as suggested in the log, like it is possible to do in the HTTPCaller.. (see my idea for that). Inspired by this reported problem I exported the certificate from Chrome, and imported it in $FME_HOME\jre\lib\security\cacerts on desktop.. (analogue to 

I know I can restart a map service in ArcGIS Server Manager. Is it possible to restart a map service in ArcGIS Server using FME? if yes, how is this done?

Im trying to work with the Cityworks API to create Work Orders using FME desktop.I used the http caller to create the Work order and populate the necessary fields. However, my next challenge is to upload an attachment to the Work Order that comes from the attachment in the AGOL feature Layer created from Survey123. To do that I have used another HTTP caller set to POST with the URL.../services/Ams/Attachments/AddWorkOrderAttachment? I know I have the Query string correct but I'm doing something wrong in the Multipart Upload section. Also, Do I need to use a token if I'm using a web connection for Authentication?       

I’m exporting LoD 3 models from FME to CityGML and the files blow up in size. FME writes every Appearance on each triangle and also makes a separate position list for each triangle, everything becomes separate XML elements, so the markup absolutely dominates the file. I think CityGML should be able to store things more compactly at the object level, but I don’t see a way to make FME do that automatically. Every triangle whould not need its own position list right? I have thome different thoughts on the matter: Can FME group or merge geometries/appearances to cut down the markup? Can ImplicitGeometry be used effectively without creating a complex monster workspace? Is CityJSON fundamentally a better route? (I’ve heard numbers around ≈ 1/6 of the file size.) Are there external tools that post-optimize a CityGML without losing semantics? Concrete tips, transformer setups, or

Hello,I've got a really challenging question received from a customer !The domain is Heritage buildings protection.An architect/historian evaluates the value of buildings and gives them a mark.He then presents his proposal in a PowerPoint :Identification infoDescriptionMarkLabeletc. PicturesThe proposal is reviewed in several sessions, with different people. The mark may be upgraded or downgraded, the label changed, etc. Once validated, the data is to be captured in an SDE geodatabase. Presently, this is done in two different ways :ManuallyManually copying the data to Excel and it is imported in GDB with FMEBut in both cases, there is a non profit-adding step, which is to manually copy the data.Does anyone out there have an idea how to skip this step ?Could the PowerPoint presentation be structured in such a way (with key

Hi everyone,I'm working with a shapefile that contains 3D point geometries, each with several attribute fields. I would like to convert this dataset into Cesium 3D Tiles format while preserving both the 3D coordinates and the associated attributes. Has anyone successfully done this using FME? If so, could you share your workflow or recommend which transformers and settings are best suited for this task? Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Hi All, I’m having an issue writing out to GDB with a schema dataset. The workflow extracts multiple GeoJSONs from some GSI open Datasets (example path below), clips them to an AOI and extracts them to a GDB. There are around 50 datasets in total .The actual reading of the data seems fine:data features = Geojson format read through a feature reader schema reader = Schema Feature (Any Dataset) format reading the Geojson (n.b. when reading using the schema port of the feature reader, I can’t get it to read schema from multiple datasets, hence why have this separate)I am writing through a FeatureWriter - see settings in screenshot below.The annoying thing is that sometime it works, then I select a new set of features and then it doesn’t, and I can’t seem to find a pattern. However checking the input table before the Writer, everything (I think) looks ok. It feels like there must be something that is not right, but just can’t seem to pinpo

I was wondering if I can hide the input field that comes with the Geometry Parameter when creating a workspace app in FME Flow.My users are all over the place, some of them understand that they have to set a point on the map and are confused thereafter when a whole GeoJSON syntax shows up instead of coordinates they expect, others think they should write a street address in the input field (mistaking the input field for a geolocator), etc…I can leave a message for them but hey, how many will read it...

So I have a collection of excel files that I wish to write out to a single excel file. Wehn consolidating I need a seperate sheet for each excel file read, but want to use a template to style each sheet in the same way. When I do this the first sheet written is formatted correctly, but all subsequent sheets written do not have the sheet style of the first (it's just raw output). I've attached the writer parameters and properties, is there anything I should change to get this to work or is this just not an option? Oops sorry forgot to mention this is in FME Flow 2023.1.1.1 (actually it's the Data Interoperability Extension for ArcGIS, working on getting a proper licence!) in Windows 10 x64 edition.

Hi,I have two OSM datasets from which I derive what has changed between them with FME. I am using the OSM writer to output two datasets (what has changed and the original data). From that I use Osmosis to create a changeset to be used to update an OSM database. The problem is that the OSM writer doesn’t preserve my node id’s. This is crucial to be able to update the correct node in the database. There is no problem with the ways, the id’s I have before the writer are preserved in the osm-file. But nodes always gets id’s starting from “-1”. Here’s an example of a node list for one of the features before writing (this is the id I want to preserve in the osm-file).Anyone else encountered this problem and have a solution? Is it by design the writer doesn’t preserve node id’s?Thanks!

Is there any fundamental differences between the CoordinateSystemSetter in FME and defining projection i ArcGIS Pro?  I have attempted both separately in an IFC-file. ArcGIS Pro doesn’t automatically recognize the coordinate system of the file. Using the tool “Define Projection” in ArcGIS Pro manages to place the model in the correct area, while using CoordinateSystemSetter places the model approximately 30 km away. I have also tried to remove the coordinate system from the IFC-file before using CoordinateSystemSetter, but I still get the same results.  Any workarounds or tips for troubleshooting? The IFC-file is in version 2x3.

Hi All,I am trying to reproject a .tif file with the xy coordinate system NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_16Nto WGS84 and vertical coordinate sytem EGM08.I downloaded the aditional .grd files from FME and saved them under C:\Program Files\FME_2022_1\Reproject\EsriPEGridData\vertical\egm\egm2008-1.grdI created a .gcs file which is located under C:\Program Files\FME_2022_1\Reproject\GeoidHeightGrids\World\egm2008_1.gdc and looks like this: ..\..\EsriPEGridData\vertical\egm\egm2008_1.grdI always get the following error message: CsmapReprojector (TeeFactory): CsmapReprojector: Reproject: Could not reproject the geometry of the preceding feature: CS-MAP Reprojector: Unable to load geoid height grid 'C:\Program Files\FME_2022_1\Reproject\GeoidHeightGrids\World\egm2008_1.gdc'What am I doing wrong?Any help very much appreciated.

Hello,I am hoping to get a little guidance on how to properly extract m-values from a ESRI line feature class. In ArcGIS Pro, I can confirm that my feature class is m-value enabled. I need to extract the m-value locations in FME, convert all the vertex locations (with associated m-value) to points, then use the neighbor finder transformer to join the m-value to my point data.I’m having trouble isolating and exposing the m-values from my source line data. In the Feature Information for the line data, I can see a “Measure (1)” value under Geometry > Line (screenshot below). Under Coordinates, if I click into an individual coordinate the value is displayed as: -11697066.4549, 4955884.293300003Measures:<default_measure> = 0.035799999997834675 How can use an AttributeExposer (or other transformer) to properly isolated the coordinate and associated m-value data into a list? Once it’s in the

FME 2025.0.2.0I’ve built an embedded custom transformer which uses a web connection as a parameter.When I initially use the custom transformer in my workspace I’m able to specify a deployment parameter for the value of the web connection.e.g.  However, as soon as I close and re-open the transformer properties the connection becomes invalid and the OK button is disabled: It’s not possible to re-assign the deployment parameter as the connection value unless I first clear it, then re-add it.I’ve tried various workarounds (e.g. creating a standard published parameter to hold the deployment parameter value) but I can’t get this to behave like I think i

Hi,I would like to save a copy of Map Image Layer from Esri Portal into gdb. Esri ArcGIS Portal Feature Service does not recognise raster layers and ArcGISOnlineConnector does not recognise geomety. What is the way around?

Hi there,I am trying to calculate a rolling average across a dynamic number of features for a certain attribute. I saw this post here explaining that you can do it using the adjacent features parameter in the attribute creator:Calculating moving average (3 rolling points) in FME. | CommunityHowever my issue is that the number of features that the rolling average needs to be calculated over is dynamic, it could change depending on the requirement of the incoming data. This number of features required is stored in an attribute called ‘consec_avg_requirement’. I therefore need to be able to set the number of prior features to use in the rolling average to be whatever the value is in that field -1. The only option shown here is to use a user parameter… but is it possible to assign an attribute to

Occasionally the upstream service from external provider might not retuning any features, in those cases, there will be 0 features going to the “Revised” stream. How do I stop ChangeDectector instead of keep running and delete existing features.   

Hi, I’ve got two polygon datasets A and B, and I’d like to identify which polygons from dataset B that touch polygons from dataset A, but only edge to edge contact count as touch. How can I get the ideal result or exclude vertex touches?

Dear all, I am trying to do something that seems very simple :I have a table that has 3 columns “id”, “category”, “value”  and I would like to reshape it in wide format “id”, “category.A”, “category.B”, etc. (in R, it would be reshape(dt, direction=”wide”, idvar=”id”, timevar=”category”)I have tried the AttributePivoter with the settings : Group rows=id, group columns =category, attribute to analyze = valuebut it does not work, in the output I still get the 3 columns id, category, value with missing values everywhere in the category and value columns what am I doing wrong ? would another transformer do the job ? thanks in advance 

How to trace downstream in the network with multiple sources and accumulate the value from the intersected nodes of each trace? To Illustrate please see below. Black circles are the starting points.  Appreciate your help.

Is there any way to get the “path” of a transformer so that it can be reported for a custom error logging solution. The standard FME log file has this information but I can’t find any way of getting at it inside a workspace.For example, in the image below we can see log lines being reported from a ParameterFetcher transformer which is inside the Log_Error custom transformer.  If I could even just get the name/instance of the custom transformer that would be helpful but something really useful would be to have access to the <prior> transformer.I’ve seen some other posts on this topic which talk about hard-coding log messages but it would be nice to have a more automated approach and those posts are all from before Safe changed the way log files work to include the links to the transformers….I gue

I’m creating an automatic process to read in data in a feature reader and then output same attributes in the same order that they were read in, to an oracle spatial writer.I have set up user parameters in the FeatureReader for both the data to be read in and attributes to expose(.csv) however the order of attributes is not retained and neither is the data type. Currently, the attributes are alphabetised and they are all given the same data type of “varchar2”.Any suggestions on this would be appreciated.