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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!

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?

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?

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

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. 

 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 

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

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!

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!

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? 

I have a fileGDB with a single feature class, and that feature class has metadata.How do I export that metadata to an XML file?I am using FME Desktop (FME Form) 2022.1

Hello every oneI have workspace to read many files in SharePoint just to know which folder has updated with new dataAnd it’s taken to much time to read all files in SharePointMy question is : is there is any way to let SharePoint connecter read folders only without reading all file inside or read one file from every folder just to decries the time and speed the workspaceThanks for all your support

I have a dataset stored in Oracle Spatial, and I have metadata stored as an xml file (the xml is generated by ESRI software).I want to Write a fileGDB where the metadata is added to the feature layer.How do I accomplish this?

Hi,I haven’t been able to find this question asked anywhere, but I’m sure it has been. I’m at a lost though. I have a unique attribute in a group of features. I wish to find unique combinations of all possible pairs in my group of features.For example, if I have three features. Their ID’s are 1, 2, and 3. The result I want to find is a feature with a new ID of: 1-2, 1-3, and 2-3In reality my groups can be up to 20 features in size.I can’t work out how to accomplish this in FME. Though I’m sure its very easy.Does anyone know how I would do this?

A month ago, I generated an fmw (Build 24202) that read from Esri ArcGIS Server Feature Service, (url, user, pwd) correctly.today when opening the fmw gives error and is not able to read, I do not know why it can be, if everything is the same as a month ago.Thank you so much!  

Hello, I have recently upgraded FME Form 2024.1. I tried to run a project, but I immediately got the following error message: “FME failed to restore the process locale to UTF-8. A non-UTF-8 process locale may cause undefined behavior.” Is there any quic fix for this issue?

Hi, Is it possible to rollback all the inserts been made to database through multiple writers(Oracle/Esri) if one of the writers fail?

I'm bringing in several multidimensional GRIB files with which I would like to separate out each band for subsequent analysis. The GRIB file has several bands with inconsistent resolutions (i.e. 2880x1441 or 1440x721). When I run the GRIB file through a RasterBandSeparator, I see the following warning in the log file:|WARN |GRIB reader: Band 17 of GRIB dataset is 1440x721, while the first band and dataset is 2880x1441. Georeferencing of band 17 may be incorrect, and data access may be incomplete.The inconsistency in resolution results in incorrect georeferencing of the grids, in which the bands that have a resolution that differs from the first band are truncated and stretched. Is there a way to prevent the system from using the resolution of the first band for georeferencing all other bands? Is there a known workflow for rectifying this behavior?

Posting these Custom Transformers that may be of use or further developed:FeatureCreator FeatureExecutor One thing that is tedious in FME is actually creating data within the workspace itself.  FME’s use case is mainly aimed at transforming external data and so is not natively setup towards actually creating new rows of data from scratch within the workspace itself.Wouldn’t it be nice if instead, users could just copy/paste a table of values into tje workspace and it automatically convert these to Features for you?  ie. Easily store a “table” of data within the Workspace?   This is essentially what these Custom Transformers aim to do (and partially inspired by Eg. Power BI with its similar “Transfomer” / Power Query that gives an interface to just copy/paste a table of data from the Clipboard into the query definition)Probably most of us currently use any number of Creators, Cloners, AttributeCreators (often with Conditional Values), Testers etc. for what is a lot of effort just to cre

Hi all,Using FME(R) 2023.2.1.0 (20240104 - Build 23774 - WIN64) and tested in 2024 also.When I write a KML that includes multipolygons (aka nested donuts, aka inner rings) the records display correctly in FME Inspector (correct outline and fill) but when opened in Google Earth the fill is missing for records that have polygons within polygons (ie a donut hole has polygons within it). Simple polygons and simple donuts have correct fill.I’ve tried reversing the orientation with Orientor.Also tried playing around with the DonutHoleExtractor without luck.Any good ideas for a fix?

Hello FME Community,I'm relatively new to FME and encountering some challenges with my current project.I’m working with a road centreline network where the road segments have varying lengths. Each segment includes start and end chainage attributes. A road may be made up multiple segments so chainages need to be sequential and based on the prior segments end chainage for the next segments start chainage. I'm also generating M-values for these segments. Following the linear referencing guide, I’ve managed to retrieve all necessary values. However, the process required me to use a LineCombiner to combine the segments and a PathSplitter to split them back into individual segments.The issue arises when I attempt to split the lines back into their original segments. Instead of restoring the original segments, the process results in an explosion of segments, increasing the count to around 16,000.I’m unsure how to maintain the integrity of the original segments while still achieving the desire

Hi All,I have a json templater which i’m using to create a json that has ‘firstname’ and ‘lastname’ - there’s 3 rows of data.I created the following in the root template but it outputs the 3 separately:{       "firstName" : fme:get-attribute("first_name"),       "lastName" : fme:get-attribute("last_name")} I then tried creating a sub template -with the following settings: Here is the output I get:{ "firstName" : "first2", "lastName" : "Last1" }{ "firstName" : "first2", "lastName" : "Last2" }{ "firstName" : "first3", "lastName" : "Last3" } I can see that it’s missing an extra set of curly brackets, and when trying to run this result through a JSON validator it fails and gives this message:  “Unexpected non-whitespace characters were found after the JSON text” I’ve looked at the JSON templater documentation and the exercise but I can’t seem to get this working.Any help would be greatly appreciated Many thanks, Sam

So this is going to be a dumb (yes, really their are dumb questions) but I can't for the life of me find a way to simply "print" or export my workspace to PDF for documentation purposes.   Sure, there are screenshots but a screenshot of a massive workbench is illegible.  When I go to "print" it will let me choose a paper size... but all I want is the ability to a) choose a custom size  or b) "print" or export the entire workbench at (say 300 dpi) or something of that nature.  Currently the "best" I can do when using Adobe to "print to PDF" is 47 ANSI E sized pages on export! Seriously, there has to be a better way????  Any ideas or suggestions? Note, I've tried programs like "snagit" to do a rolling screencapture but that doesn't work either.     Matt

Hello guys,i am a little desperate in my attempt to write data from our oracle spatial database to AIXM gml. I already watched the  Overcoming the Complexities of AIXM with Model Based Data Integration - FME by Safe Software webinar and also read  this artical https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407686750477-AIXM-4-5-and-5-1-Reading-Writing-and-Validation-EU-Airports-Demo. discussing the matter. I even downloaded the demo workspaces to try to figure out why exactly mine is not working but without any result yet. I will attach my workspace , a log-file of a successful translation and the resulting gml file to this post and i hope that someone can make out the issues.Dont wonder about the Geometry-Extracter and Geometry-Replacer transformer i use in the workspace, i have already tried it without them and thought they could help, but also with no result.Thank you guys for reading this and helping me out in advance, it is very much appreciated! 

Hello , I would like to understand more about shortest path finderi know ,it requires start and end node  As picture :I have start point and end point ,several lines .i need it  (start from right of picture (start point) to left crossing all lines ,not only from start to end ,continue to the lines of square area  and force the lines to order the direction from right to left Is there a good idea here to let the fme set the direction from right to left and implement it for all lines (lines crossing from start to end and also the lines of square area till end )