Hi @abdou. Sorry to hear you are having difficulty inspecting your data. Would you be able to share your file(s) that are causing the issue with us? You could either attach in this thread, using the Upload File button, or please create a support case: https://www.safe.com/support/report-a-problem/.

What builds of FME 2019 have you tried?

Would you also please run the system_information.bat file and share the resulting file either here as an attachment or in the support case?

Thank you,

Natalie

Hi @natalieatsafe,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I launched a support case (C144062 ) and attached the system info log.

No file seems to work. For example the attached simple OBJ file would not open as well. repaired_vol.zip

I tried the following builds:

• b19222
• b19237
• b19238

Thanks again.

Abdou

My FME 2019 (FME(R) 2019.0.0.0 (20190328 - Build 19238 - WIN64) is also crashing in the workbench with any call to the Inspector. Attached is my System Information.

Looks like, at least for us, FME 2019 is not ready for prime time...sysinfo20190403.zip

My Inspector is crashing when I create a Background Map with basic authentication. Layers populate the layer list fine.

However, when I run the 2019 Data Inspector and Workbench, the hypnotizing endless flush cursor until a brash crash. So anyway there is something going on...probably with the GetMap call...

By the way, why does the Add Background Map not show the Use Network Authentication check box/parameters? You have to click several times to get to finally get to the right WMS parameters.

So if you're having problems with Inspector behaviour then check your background map settings. I'd be curious to know if this is common among those using basic network authentication.

Cheers,

Pete

@pvaziri you just pointed out the problem. I recently changed the background map to test some WMS (I tried Mundialis), and that was the reason why Data Inspector was crashing. When I remove it, it works just fine. I did not have to set network authentication though, so the problem may be more general than that. Thank you all for your help anyway. fme_map_background.PNG

Further, I can't edit the Background Map and pick other layers from the Layer List, for example, since presumably no Network Authorization happening beyond the initial Map definition. Here are the log lines, indicating that layers cannot be accessed via GetCapabilities:

BTW, Mundalis worked for me: Layer selection was "{OpenStreetMap WMS}|{OSM-WMS}"

This USGS link also works:

https://smallscale.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/NaturalEarth/MapServer/WMSServer?

So I don't know if the generalization of issues with all WMS services without basic authentication applies.

Cheers,

Pete

Hi @abdou,

I have reproduced the issue you are seeing with Data Inspector crashing due to the background maps, and have created a problem report for our development team. I will notify you as soon as this problem is fixed.

This thread saved my day!

I was just about to believe my system has become corrupted somehow but then I found this thread and the reason for FME constantly crashing.

FME Data Inspector crashed everytime I tried to inspect something - no matter what kind of file, even simple CSV files.

Even FME Workbench (2019.0.1 build 19253) crashed constantly when the visual preview tab existed. It did not even have to be visible, just be activated via menu Windows -> Visual Preview.

After simply deleting the background map that is created as a default during installation (WMS without any source parameters) there are no more crashes.

Thank you for this report!

I am using FME Desktop 2021.2

I pass my aws credentials to the s3connector through user parameters. The user parameters are all password type parameters.

I am having no issue with the Access Key ID, or Secret Access Key but I am experiencing an issue with the Session Token.

I'm finding that passing the session token as a password user parameter causes the following rejection:

`fme_rejection_message' has value `S3Connector: There was an error connecting to Amazon S3: 'An error occurred (InvalidToken) when calling the GetObject operation: The provided token is malformed or otherwise invalid.'. Confirm that your credentials and region settings are correct. Some regions are not publicly available - contact AWS for more information'

If I pass the session token as text type user parameter then I do not get this rejection and the workspace continues with the download from s3.

Hi Martyn. I looked it up in our developer database and the issues are flagged as fixed in FME2020 onwards. In fact, it should have been backported to 2019.2, so if you were using that version it ought to be OK. But definitely 2020 onwards. If not, then do let us know via the support team and we'll investigate some more.

Just as a record, the issue IDs are FMEDESKTOP-8887 and FMEDESKTOP-9645