Hello all,
I have 2,450 ESRI ArcGIS Binary grids, and I want to convert all of them to ESRI Ascii Grids. That is; one binary grid becomes one ascii grid.
I am trying and failing to use Workspace Runner to do this process.
I have successfully made a workbench to convert one binary grid to an ascii grid.
But I have failed to configure the Workspace Runner to run the first workbench
In your place, I use model builder in Arcmap (add dataset iterator and select recursive, then add raster to other format, and for output name use %Name%.
That will export every Binary grids to Ascii Grids with the same name.
Hi @nicholas
What errors are you getting for the 'failed' runs?
In addition, how are you setting up the workspace with the WorkspaceRunner? Are you using the Path and Directory reader as shown in this Batch Processing Using the WorkspaceRunner article?
Hi @nicholas
What errors are you getting for the 'failed' runs?
In addition, how are you setting up the workspace with the WorkspaceRunner? Are you using the Path and Directory reader as shown in this Batch Processing Using the WorkspaceRunner article?
That was the exact article I followed to set up my workspace.
The error from the log is;
WorkspaceRunner: Failed to run workspace `E:/2019/05/adf2asc_1.fmw' -- Trace was:
FME 2018.1.0.0 Beta (20180516 - Build 18479 - WIN64)
FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)
Permanent License.
Machine host name is: TM10328902
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Copyright (c) 1994 - 2018, Safe Software Inc.
Safe Software Inc.
Expected an even number of command line arguments, instead got 5 for command line: >> `--SourceDataset_ARCVIEWGRID' `\\\\podcisilon\\Groups\\Geospatial_GIS\\ALS\\2018\\LGA_SunshineCoast\\Products\\DEM1m\\ESRI_GRID\\Tiles_1mX1m\\' `--FEATURE_TYPES' `--DestDataset_ESRIASCIIGRID' `E:\\2019\\05/asc' <<
An error occurred during the batch file execution, 1 translation failed. The following error message was raised:
#2 : Expected an even number of command line arguments, instead got 5 for command line: >> `--SourceDataset_ARCVIEWGRID' `\\\\podcisilon\\Groups\\Geospatial_GIS\\ALS\\2018\\LGA_SunshineCoast\\Products\\DEM1m\\ESRI_GRID\\Tiles_1mX1m\\' `--FEATURE_TYPES' `--DestDataset_ESRIASCIIGRID' `E:\\2019\\05/asc' <<
Program Terminating
Translation FAILED.
That was the exact article I followed to set up my workspace.
The error from the log is;
WorkspaceRunner: Failed to run workspace `E:/2019/05/adf2asc_1.fmw' -- Trace was:
FME 2018.1.0.0 Beta (20180516 - Build 18479 - WIN64)
FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)
Permanent License.
Machine host name is: TM10328902
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Copyright (c) 1994 - 2018, Safe Software Inc.
Safe Software Inc.
Expected an even number of command line arguments, instead got 5 for command line: >> `--SourceDataset_ARCVIEWGRID' `\\\\podcisilon\\Groups\\Geospatial_GIS\\ALS\\2018\\LGA_SunshineCoast\\Products\\DEM1m\\ESRI_GRID\\Tiles_1mX1m\\' `--FEATURE_TYPES' `--DestDataset_ESRIASCIIGRID' `E:\\2019\\05/asc' <<
An error occurred during the batch file execution, 1 translation failed. The following error message was raised:
#2 : Expected an even number of command line arguments, instead got 5 for command line: >> `--SourceDataset_ARCVIEWGRID' `\\\\podcisilon\\Groups\\Geospatial_GIS\\ALS\\2018\\LGA_SunshineCoast\\Products\\DEM1m\\ESRI_GRID\\Tiles_1mX1m\\' `--FEATURE_TYPES' `--DestDataset_ESRIASCIIGRID' `E:\\2019\\05/asc' <<
Program Terminating
Translation FAILED.
That sounds like there is an issue with one of the published parameters. I suspect that there is a <space> Character somewhere which isn't properly being escaped although from the log I can't see where this would be. You could try and delete the "FEATURE_TYPES" published parameter to see if it has any effect.
That was the exact article I followed to set up my workspace.
The error from the log is;
WorkspaceRunner: Failed to run workspace `E:/2019/05/adf2asc_1.fmw' -- Trace was:
FME 2018.1.0.0 Beta (20180516 - Build 18479 - WIN64)
FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)
Permanent License.
Machine host name is: TM10328902
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
Copyright (c) 1994 - 2018, Safe Software Inc.
Safe Software Inc.
Expected an even number of command line arguments, instead got 5 for command line: >> `--SourceDataset_ARCVIEWGRID' `\\\\podcisilon\\Groups\\Geospatial_GIS\\ALS\\2018\\LGA_SunshineCoast\\Products\\DEM1m\\ESRI_GRID\\Tiles_1mX1m\\' `--FEATURE_TYPES' `--DestDataset_ESRIASCIIGRID' `E:\\2019\\05/asc' <<
An error occurred during the batch file execution, 1 translation failed. The following error message was raised:
#2 : Expected an even number of command line arguments, instead got 5 for command line: >> `--SourceDataset_ARCVIEWGRID' `\\\\podcisilon\\Groups\\Geospatial_GIS\\ALS\\2018\\LGA_SunshineCoast\\Products\\DEM1m\\ESRI_GRID\\Tiles_1mX1m\\' `--FEATURE_TYPES' `--DestDataset_ESRIASCIIGRID' `E:\\2019\\05/asc' <<
Program Terminating
Translation FAILED.
Hi @nicholas
Thank you for the information.Based on the log snippet, I believe you're using an older beta build of 2018.1. The build you're using is affected by a WorkspaceRunner bug where empty parameters will cause the transformer to fail (same issue mentioned in this Q&A post).
Would you be able to try using to a newer version of 2018.1 (build 18510 and higher) or 2019.0 to run your workspaces? Alternatively, you can try @virtualcitymatt's suggestion of deleting the 'FEATURE_TYPES' parameter from your child workspace.Hi @nicholas
Thank you for the information.Based on the log snippet, I believe you're using an older beta build of 2018.1. The build you're using is affected by a WorkspaceRunner bug where empty parameters will cause the transformer to fail (same issue mentioned in this Q&A post).
Would you be able to try using to a newer version of 2018.1 (build 18510 and higher) or 2019.0 to run your workspaces? Alternatively, you can try @virtualcitymatt's suggestion of deleting the 'FEATURE_TYPES' parameter from your child workspace.My version of FME is;
FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)
FME(R) 2018.1.0.0 (20180516 - Build 18479 - WIN64)
My version of FME is;
FME Desktop Oracle Edition (floating)
FME(R) 2018.1.0.0 (20180516 - Build 18479 - WIN64)
I deleted the FEATURE_TYPES parameter from the child workspace as you suggested, but this did not fix it
I deleted the FEATURE_TYPES parameter from the child workspace as you suggested, but this did not fix it
Is the error still the same?