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Where can I download FME Desktop 2013 SP1 specifically?

Hi,I have to maintain a large number of workbenches that run on FME Server 2013 SP1 (Build 13450). There are external dependencies and third party plugins that make upgrading to newer versions of FME Server not an easy task done in a swift.But after updating one of the workspaces, I now get this error:The clause 'REFERENCE_INFO ATTRIBUTES REFERENCE_TABLE Value_ortofoto_jpg_fil Valuepath_windows' within 'FACTORY_DEF * ReferenceFactory FACTORY_NAME FeatureMerger INPUT REFERENCER FEATURE_TYPE StringConcatenator_2_OUTPUT_1 INPUT REFERENCER FEATURE_TYPE Sampler_SAMPLED INPUT REFERENCEE FEATURE_TYPE AttributeKeeper_OUTPUT REFERENCE_INFO ATTRIBUTES REFERENCE_TABLE Value_ortofoto_jpg_fil Valuepath_windows MERGE_ATTRIBUTES Yes MANAGE_FME_TYPE Yes MODE COMPLETE PROCESS_DUPLICATE_REFERENCEES No OUTPUT COMPLETE FEATURE_TYPE FeatureMerger_MERGED' is incorrect. Only one value can follow REFERENCE_INFOBasically, "The clause [...] is incorrect. Only one value can follow REFERENCE_INFO".After googling

Looking for the best way to calculate distances between 2 points of non-spatial data

HiI am still new to FME and would like to find out the best/easiest/quickest way to calculate lengths of pipe sections. In this case the distance between S01 and F01 (3.8-0.6 = 3.2). The tricky bit is that there are sometimes more than 1 pipe section per Inspec_ID which need calculating, ie S02/F02, S03/F03 etc.Thanks in advanceJ

7 years ago

holysimpsons

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Can I let FME Desktop use Resources over Hadoop?

Hello everybody! I'm asking, if it is possible to use a Hadoop Distribution on FME Desktop's work. On one side, for storing input and output files but more importantly for sharing the cpu-usage of a translation into multiple Hadoop tasks on multiple Computers. I'm working on a project right now where the tranlation with 100.000 lines takes about 45 minutes. I can only imagine the time it will need on about 1.200.000.000 lines if I'm computing it on a single computer. Thanks for reading! PS So far I'm only working on FME Desktop, I watched some Youtube Videos about FME Server and could imagine that it could work with Hadoop quiet well.

7 years ago

mark2atsafeSafer

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Word Frequency Challenge

Following on from this idea...It was suggested that I throw this out as a challenge, and so here it is.We would like to see your solutions for providing a word count for a set of text. The count should provide a list of words and their frequency.To make it fair, everyone should use this Wikipedia page on the Inuit language as their source. I chose this because it includes a number of non-standard words and characters that you will probably all be equally unfamiliar with. For example: ???????????????? or qangatasuukkuvimmuuriaqalaaqtunga (meaning "I'll have to go to the airport"). You obviously don't have to translate the words, but they should be included in the frequency count. I wouldn't worry about numbers or tables either. You can ignore those if you wish.Bonus points to be awarded for:A solution that can be published to the FME HubA solution that reads directly from the web site (otherwise just paste the content into a text file)A solution that is generic and

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7 years ago

mygisContributor

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opening an old workspace saved in a version of FME prior to 2012

Hi, I received an old workspace which was created with FME 2008. I receive a warning message box stating that "Missing attribute reference detected in pre-2012 workspace". Is there an easy workaround to use it on 2017.1?1. I have opened the file in FME 2010 then saved it, a few issues where resolved but not all.2. I was thinking of opening the workspaces in each version of FME from 2009 to 2012, not sure if this would make sense. In my point of view I would ask the creator of the workspace to re-design it as many new/existing transformers can do the job much better now than before. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Thanks. Lyes

Change the width or appearence of lines in the Inspector

Dear FME community,is there a way to change the line width in the Inspector? I assume that there isn't currently such function, because it was suggested here as well:https://knowledge.safe.com/content/idea/28191/inspector-transformer-parameters-for-line-width-an.htmlHowever, perhaps somebody has an idea how to "style" the lines in the workbench, so that they are displayed differently in the inspector. I want to change for example the line width and the appearence, e.g. to have continious or dotted lines. There is for example the MapInfoStyler which we use for MapInfo data sets, but the style is only displayed in MapInfo itself, not in the FME Inspector. Our purpose is the distinguish the original lines of the former dataset and the transformed lines, which are displayed on top of each other in the Inspector. The only way I know is to buffer them, to make the one data set wider, but then they are no longer lines which is not suitable for us.Perhaps somebody has an idea of

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7 years ago

danilo_fmeEvangelist

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Workspace using FeatureReader

Hi User's,I have a Workspace that needs to search in ( Folder and Subfolders ) the files in shapefiles Polygon01.shp and Polygon02.shp. Two differents Folders:C:\\SAFE_Base_Conhecimento\\ZIP_Procura_arquivo\\Files\\Folder_01C:\\SAFE_Base_Conhecimento\\ZIP_Procura_arquivo\\Files\\Folder_02The Folder_02 doens't has any files, the folder is empty.When the Wokspace is run a error happened after the transformer FeatureReader. The reason is because didn't find any SHP files in Folder_02.My question: Its possible to configure the FeatureReader to run and search SHP files without this error? Or has another option before to configure and check if the Folder has any SHP files?I'm use FME Desktop 2016.Thanks in Advance,

7 years ago

ningfc

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Is there any why to upgrade version of old translator to new(current version)?

Is there any why to upgrade version of old translator to new(current version)? not by delete and re insert new one.I have some workspace writen by old version of FME, so I want use them in new version of fme, but I found some times can not work fine, so I want find a way to upgrade to these workspace to new version quick and easy.

7 years ago

gis2020

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Feature division/Split

Hi All,I have a DBF table/geodatabase table wherein for each feature there is 7 entry. there are two ID fields one is the feature ID and There is another field where some ID's are given called IN_GRP these are given by source provider. I want to create files from this which has 60 feature each with same IN_Grp and with all the 7 entries of that feature.

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7 years ago

mark2atsafeSafer

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FME Challenge: Transformer Naming Part II

Hey FME'ers,It's been a while since we had an online challenge, so I thought I would throw out something to test you - especially now that we have FME home licenses available!If you remember, in a previous challenge I gave some names (Alf, Max, Ben, Ann, etc) and challenged you to find the transformer that they represented. The solution is that Alf is the SpatialFilter (because it is the only transformer containing that name), Max is the RasterBandMinMaxExtractor, and so on.Type Alf into the FME Workbench Quick Add to prove it:See? There can be only one!Well, today I was helping out on transformer documentation and wondered how many transformers in FME could be identified by a unique three-letter string in Quick Add. Not necessarily names, but any three-letter string; for example the Clipper could be "CLI" and the AttributeFileWriter could be AFW (because the search dialog allows Camel-Case entries).But you can't have "EME" for the ListElementCounter, be

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7 years ago

danilo_fmeEvangelist

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Generic attribute from FeatureReader

Hello User's,I have a folder with two differents schema Shapefiles. My Workflow has a transformer Creator and FeatureReader, and i would like to extract the attributes through the transformer FeatureReader.Has the configuration inside transformer FeatureReader the Generic Port:I can't configurate manually the attributes from the source datas because on this folder will have a differents datas with differents schemas.My question: how can i configurate to be dynamic?Attached my template file.Thanks in Advance,Danilo de Lima

FME Data Interoperability does not show in the extension list after installed by an administrator

My desktop administrator has installed the FME on the PC with Esri ArcGIS desktop. I'm not the administrator of the PC. After FME desktop installed, the FME Data Interoperability is listed in the Esri ArcGIS desktop extension for the administrator. When I login, my ArcGIS extension list doesn't include the FME data Interoperability. I'm not the administrator on the PC. Thus I don't have right to install any software. How can I use the FME Data Interoperability installed by the administrator in the ArcGIS desktop? Thanks in advance.Helen

7 years ago

parashari

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Extract Polygons as per Grid

I am sing FME 2016 and have polygons dataset that are spread in an irregular fashion. I want to create a fishnet(grid) wherein the geometry is as per the density of the polygons. So, first of all, I have to convert the polygons to points, so that the original polygon file is not occupied by 2 different grids and then create the tiles thing and save the output in multiple polygon gdbs (outputs as per the tile). it would be really amazing if the number of polygons in one grid could be controlled.Thanks.

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7 years ago

oscardInfluencer

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Use SDE Writer in FME Server

Hi.I have a workspace that uses the ArcSDE Writer. It works perfectly in my FME Desktop, because I have ArcGIS installed in the same machine.But now I have to upload it to a FME Server. In that machine, there is not any ArcGIS installation and I've been told that there is no plan of installing one. So... my workspace won't work.I'm aware of the ArcGIS Legacy writer, but it's an option that they don't want to use due to its lack of maintenance.So... is there any other solution? I've been searching in this forum and I haven't found anything else.Thanks for any help provided!

Possible bug in FME 2017 RC on OS/X

Hello, please see https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/40453/invalid-scale-reduction-specified-error-when-openi.html?

7 years ago

khalid_omer

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Unable to check out an Esri license. Please ensure ArcGIS is correctly licensed and that there are available licenses

Dear all , We are unable to connect FME desktop 32 Bit on windows server 2012 to SQL SDE or geodatabase , we are using arcgis desktop 10.5 but it works fine on PC , Any Idea have to investigate the issue . Thanks ,

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7 years ago

mark2atsafeSafer

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FME World Tour and FME User Conference Presentations

Hello FME'ers,I just wanted to give you a quick reminder about submitting a presentation for inclusion in either the FME World Tour or FME User Conference.FME World Tour: https://www.safe.com/call-for-presentations/FME User Conference: https://fmeuc.com/call-for-presentations/Both events are a great opportunity to showcase your talents to the FME community. For the World Tour you can attend any of our events without having to travel far, if at all, and show off your skills to local FME users. For the FME International User Conference, come to Vancouver and present your project to FME users from around the world.You can present on a project that you've used FME for, or just a small task that FME helped you with. Or you could even present some tips and tricks on a particular part of FME that is close to your heart. We're open to any proposals you have. If you're unsure, then suggest an idea and we can help you decide how best to create a presentation from it.Just click on

8 years ago

danilo_fmeEvangelist

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Problem with transformer AttributeDecompressor

Hello Team.I have a first Workspace that create a json file after i compressed my Attribute.When i read the json created on first workspace and try to descompresse , i receive this message: attribute could not be decompressed.What is wrong?Attached my templates files.

8 years ago

mark2atsafeSafer

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FME Golf: Round 2 - The Log Files

Previously I'd challenged users to a game of FME Golf. The idea was to take an FME workspace and reduce it to the smallest file size possible. The winner was Todd Davis, who took a workspace 75,835 bytes in size and reduced it to 35,229 bytes, while still producing the same result.So, let's call this new challenge FME Golf Round 2!I wanted to make this a little different than before, so here is the twist. What I want you to do is not reduce the size of the workspace, but the size of the log file!If you download and run you get a log file of 42,472 bytes (45,056 bytes on disk) - or that's the size of the log file I get. The challenge is to edit the FME workspace in such a way as to reduce the size of that log file!The rules:The log file must be produced by running the workspace in WorkbenchEditing of the log - whether manual or with a script - is not permitted. For example, you can't just run a shutdown script to empty the file!The workspace can be edited in any way you

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8 years ago

hlouieContributor

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Excel hyperlink to KML file and Zoom to kml_id Name Tag within Navigation Tree

I have an Excel file, a cell with a hyperlink to "Filename.KML" which does open the Google Earth.But I'm looking for a way to have the hyperlink to open the KML and auto select the kml_id (Name Tag) within the Navigation Tree which in return will zoom to the location.

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8 years ago

jelleContributor

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EPSG value for WMS IGN France

Hi, in the Inspector, I am trying to connect to http://wxs.ign.fr/geoportail/r/wms. I have tried with several EPSG values, but none work. Does anyone have experience with connecting to the IGN France API? Is it possible to use the topographic maps or orthophotos as a background? There are many layers available.

8 years ago

ian2016

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I run all the 3 models Basic, Int and adv. When I try to open any gml in Inspector, nothing is read in. When I attach an inspector in Workbench I can output and view results in Inspector. Also, what is the best available GML viewer?, Thanks. Ian

8 years ago

fmelizardContributor

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A Workspace no longer produces the expected output

I have a workspace in FME Workbench that was previously working correctly. Now when I run it I see that features are being read in but are not properly interacting with the transformers. For example, features are no longer being merged by the FeatureMerger. The workspace has not changed at all and still completes but the results are incomplete. Are there any things that I should look for?

8 years ago

qaisarz

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update ArcSDE Geodatabase Attributes Only

hi,I have FME 2015.1 Desktop, I try to update attributes of some geodatabse feature class, (only attributes not the geometry) However FME updates is Very slow, may be 1 record in 2 or 3 seconds. I made a Non Spatial connection to the same geodatabase then the whole update process finished in few seconds. Please let me know what can I do to improve the speed using the ArcSDE connection because I want the version editing and not non spatial connection. Please note that my geodatabase has geometric network in it and it is ArcFM geodatabase. Thanks

.obj files and fme - accessing the points

HiFirst time using .obj files and i can build the mesh as a single item. How would i go about access each individual point geometry? I have tried a few things i could think of but nothing worked.Anyone know much about obj files?thanks

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8 years ago

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