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How can I check the extension on input files for FME appsFor example a file with a DWG extension Thank you for answer

Hello Group, I'm wanting to see if I can can create lines from what may be well known binary (WKB) strings (e.g.: 0xE61000000114297C137101D7B2BFE65D8A76C0BF494030842DCBFFD3B2BF70EC7899C0BF4940). To be honest I'm not 100% certain that they are WKB. I have a csv containing these potential WKB values. The workspace is... Creator>FeatureReader (reads in the csv setting the field called 'sp_geography', which contains the WKB value to varchar>GeometryReplacer (with encoding as OGC Well Known Binary and the geometry source set to 'sp_geography'). When I run it all 171 records goi to the Rejected port. There's a curious blue message in the log:  "Invalid WKB encountered.... Last line repeated 170 times ..." This is odd as the WKD values in the csv are, as far as I can see, all unique.

Hi,Is there any way to optimize the FME Inspector?In my case, I'm opening a DWG containing approximately 600,000 features, and it takes nearly 7 minutes to open.It appears that the Inspector indexes all attribute columns when the dataset is loaded. In some cases, I don't think this is necessary, especially when working with very large datasets.It would be great to have an option to disable attribute indexing for large datasets, or even better, allow users to select which attributes should be indexed when needed. I believe this could significantly improve loading performance for large files.Is there already an option to control this behavior, or would this be a good feature request?Thanks!

In >2026 to connect to AGOL or Portal enterprise from FME, we utilise the “unified” Esri ArcGIS Enterprise OAuth (Template)(safe.esri-agol) web service   ARCGISFEATURESERVICESWorking with Esri ArcGIS Feature Services in FME – FME Support CenterThe article perhaps fails to mention how to handle the web service Loopback Interface Redirect or Proxy Redirect Strategy, as the Embedded Browser is deprecated in FME Form 2025.2The arcgis registered application needs to have http://localhost as redirect URIWhat about FME Flow redirect URI?My suggestion is in Connections & Parameters - FME Flow for any given safe.esri.agol newest Esri web service in Flow >26It needs a default Redirect URI of “ self “? 

I have a routine to be done once a quarter-year or maximun a month. There is some major file downloading and processing that was managed by parallel workspace runner in Form (Desktop). I need to deploy the same routine on FME Flow, but I need to take advantage of parallel processing. As I understood I can't process multiple simultaneous jobs with one engine.So I have tried combining it with FME Form WorkspaceRunner that actually works, but somehow can't pass the DB connection from Flow job to Form workspace. Is there a way to pass the connection from Flow job to WSRunner other than embedding the connection and so creating a workspace for every DB connection?

Basemapping available to our org is limited. Several are dark or the level of colour obfuscates point geoms in particular. Can we have a basemapping transparency/colour intensity setting?

Hello,  it is possible to see a FME workspace CPU usage at the end of a job in the logging. However, when you activate a stream it will occupy an Engine and it will not give CPU usage in the logging. Is there a way to find or register the CPU usage of a stream that runs 24/7?

Hello, I have a pointcloud scan of a underground tunnel. I would like to calculate its volume. Is this possible? I am guessing I first need to make a water tight mesh out of it. Kind regardsMathias

i have many PDF , that PDF i want to merge in single PDF  how can i do this 

Hi! I’m new with FME Workbench. I’m used to using QGIS or ArcGIS, in where you can easily find and configure a map layer for your vector layer. In this case, I found Workbench 2025 doesn’t come with background maps pre configurated, so I came up with a simpler way of having one, without the need of a token.As you may know  WMS stands for Web Map Service. It's an OGC standard for serving up map images over HTTP. Fo adding a new background map:  In this particular case I’m using Terrestris free WMS map, beacuse they offer free access (depending on the scale you need) to the WMS service. https://terrestris.de/en/products/free-osm-wms/Color: https://ows.terrestris.de/osm/service?Grayscale: https://ows.terrestris.de/osm-gray/service? You can find more free options avaliable at the following link:https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WMS#OSM_WMS_Servers   

I have a workspace that works without issues in FME 2024.2.1. We are planning to upgrade to FME 2025, but I am facing issues. When riunning the workspace in FME 2025, it seems to work fine, but after a while I get lots of a recurring message like this one:2025-06-02 11:38:25| 119.2|  0.2|ERROR |FFS reader: Failed to open file 'D:\FMETemp\wbrun_1748852462857_30000\fmetmp_0\FMETable_1748853274266_18156\FTShim_1019.fts' for reading.  Please ensure that the file exists and you have sufficient privileges to read itThese messages DO NOT appear when running the workspace in FME Form/Flow 2024.2.1I have tried FME Form/Flow 2025.0.2 and FME Form 2025.1 (beta) and all of these fails.I have set my FME_TMP environment variable to D:\FMETempDoes anyone have an idea?

hi All, i am currently using FME2015, May i check if we are able to use openJDK to replace JRE so that we do not need to use Java Oracle license? Thank you.

It seems that any file with a # in the filename won't download when using the SharePoint online connector transformer. I want to download using the _fullpath method.  Simply --> if the filename is FOO_1 it works. If it's FOO#1 it doesn't. The rejection code is SHAREPOINT_ERROR , the URL it's trying to DL is:SharepointOnlineConnector: Error making request to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0//sites/ac[HIDDEN]%20November%20#4.jpg: The resource could not be found.Is there any way to get around this? I have tried the URL ENCODER and STRING REPLACER transformers to try and manually encode the # symbol but it doesn't like this. Presumably because it's trying to encode it "again" I can tell my users to stop using a # symbol in the filename but would rather solve it more elegantly and retain the original name.  Link to transformer:https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Transformers/Transformers/sharepointonlineconnector-pkg.htm

Hi,We see that AI is gradually being integrated directly into ArcGIS workflows — and increasingly into other GIS platforms as well. I’m therefore curious about the status and direction regarding AI within FME.Are we likely to see developments such as: Natural language interaction with FME (describing what you want to achieve rather than manually navigating specific transformers) Built-in dataset analysis with automatic detection of inconsistencies and suggested corrections AI-assisted workspace generation based on existing patterns and usage — for example, proposing or automatically building new workbenches based on previously created workflows when you need it More generally: How does SAFE see the role of AI evolving within FME? When can we expect more visible AI-driven functionality in FME Form and Flow? Are there upcoming releases, beta programs, or public roadmap information related to this? FME is deeply integrated into our infrastructure and data management workflows, and

Hello,I have an editable view in PostGIS (PostgreSQL) and I'm trying to write in it with FME.For that, I've:Added my view from a PostGIS reader (to have its structure - and confirm it exists)Duplicated this view in a new PostGIS writer (to keep its structure)Set the table handling as `Use existing`Connected a worflow to end in my viewBut when I run the workspace, I'm facing this error:POSTGIS Writer: Table 'xxx.yyy' does not exist. Please check the Table Name specified, or modify the Table Handling value under Format ParametersSo my question is: is it possible to write in an editable view?For the record, I can write in my view with another client (QGIS) with the same credentials.Thanks for any input.Rémi

I export a shape file, the prj file includes only this: PROJCS [ "MAGNA-SIRGAS / Origen-National" which is the name of my cs. What I have to do to have a correct prj file?

Hi,Is anyone else having issues with Form not starting after the recent Windows update? A repair did not help, and even a fresh installation of version 2025.2.3 will not start.

Hi.I just had a job on our FME server 2022.2.2 go haywire.When reading from one or more database tables, it suddenly spews out a _lot_ of error messages, repeating the same two lines from line 319 to line 865997 (on page 1734):Microsoft SQL Server Spatial Reader: An internal error has occurred. Please visit http://www.safe.com/supportMicrosoft SQL Server Spatial Reader: Failed to parse datetime, attribute set as nullWhat gives ? Should I be concerned ?I've occasionally encountered huge log files before, but haven't had any idea why. Next time I'll see if it's the same issue.The job took several minutes (as opposed to normally a handful of seconds) to finish, which is not good.Cheers.

We require support to establish a structured version management and governance process for FME workspaces (.fmw files) using Azure DevOps (ADO).Currently, FME files are updated manually, which creates challenges around version control, traceability, rollback, and collaborative development. We would like guidance and support on leveraging ADO repositories and pipelines to manage FME files effectively.The objective is to: Maintain version history of FME workspaces Enable controlled check-in/check-out and collaboration Support rollback and auditability Align with enterprise DevOps and SDLC standards Please advise on best practices, recommended repository structure, branching strategy, and CI/CD considerations (if applicable) for managing FME files in ADO.

On FME Flow we added a Network Based Resource. In FME Flow, I can see that the system path of this Network Based Resource is characterized with a parameter, e.g. '$(My_Network_Based_Resource)'. I had some trouble on using that parameter in a workspace with FME Form Workbench. FME Form is not aware that this parameter exists, and upon using it in e.g. a path reader.Is there any way that you can expose additional FME Flow parameters to FME Form Workbench? As a workaround I was able to use a ParameterFetcher, and then feeding in the attribute value of the Network Based Resource into the FeatureReader, but that seems not ideal. Also, the ParameterFetcher does show a Red Cogwheel, because it is not aware of the parameter. Another alternative is probably to create an additional 'FileURL' type of parameter, and set the (default) value for that parameter to '$(My_Network_Based_Resource)'. However, also here it seems that you are then forced to make the FileURL parameter

Hi,As Safe people do some fun projects with AI like https://hub.safe.com/publishers/safe-sandbox/templates/agentic-ai-spatial-schema-mapping-template-gemini, would it be possible to do one preparing one or multile schema mapping file(s) instead of mapping all data through AI? You could just send a sample to Gemini/OpenAI (you name it), with the associated schema and restructure the output into something accepted by SchemaMapper. This would be better for performance, safety and the planet 😊. Quite many transformers could be adapted to digest an input like schemamapper so that they can be configured by AI agents in a nicer way. Thanks! 

I followed the procedure for silent installation of FME Form 2023.2, but without succcess. Here is the command I write in the console, with Admin rights :fme-form-2023.2-b23764-win-x64.exe -d"C:\\FME\\installer" -s -sp"/qn /norestart" The fme-form Logfile which is created notes a successful installation in the end:Product: FME Form 2023.2 (Build 23764 - win64) -- Installation completed successfully. However, I cannot find the software installed... No shortcut and no program in the default C:\\Programs\\FME.Could you explain why the installation is not finished?

As the question title states, I would like to use the SharePoint Online Connector to download files from SharePoint to my local computer's drive. I was able to set up the connector using a web service and it says "translation successful" when I run the SharePoint Online Connector on it's own but I'm not sure what readers and/or writers to add, or is there something wrong in the parameters? The files on SharePoint vary from .docx, .xlsx, and .pdf formats If someone has a basic template to show that would be great. Thanks!

Is it possible to map an AUTOCAD Attribute prompt rather than the AUTOCAD attribute Tag to the FME Input Attribute for the purpose of extracting AutoCAD block data. I am trying to gab the following data from AutoCAD. All the properties have a tag name of - so only the last one (SCALE) is able to be mapped currently. Can this be done please? Thanks.

My current FME Server setup includes a CORE/2 Engines set up on one machine with another Engine-Only Host running remotely on another machine. Recently, I noticed jobs on the remote machine queuing up and never processing. Restarting the FME Server Engines Windows service temporarily fixed the problem. But only for a few hours. I don't see any errors in logs. But I've just switched to debug level logging for more info and hope to capture some. What I do notice is that in FME Server web console, under licensing & engines, the remote engine just won't show up. Once I restart the service, I see it under both the Engines tab and the Deployment Status tab, until it disappears again. Unlikely this is service account related (as other similar post/solutions suggest) since I can restart service and then it runs for a bit. I did make a change regarding domain controller/Active Directory recently but rolled that back and it didn't solve the issue. I am not aware of any other