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How can we handle Symbology (or preserve Symbology) in FME while reading data from ArcGIS online feature layer?

Hi Community, I have created an FME workflow to complete a RAG analysis (Red, Amber, Green) and need help to automate the very last step of the workbench which uses a ExpressionEvaluator transformer. For now I have included 14 different ExpressionEvaluator transformer to calculate the average value of the 14 RAG guidelines, here is an screenshot of the 14 transformers: ...but what I want to improve is the way of each of these 14 guidelines are being calculated as the ExpressionEvaluator transofrmer uses an expression that manually needs to be updated each time a new dataset is added into the analysis, here is an example of the expression:  If an additional dataset needs to be included then I manually need to change the expression from 5 to 6 as divider...and trying to avoid this. Is there any way I can tell FME to update the divider if new dataset is added? Ultimately I want to make the average calculation as a Custom transformer.   

Currently I have few AttributeCreator to do the following: Insert numbers into table if no matches found (Attribute Value=INSERT) Replace number into table if matches found (Attribute Value=UPSERT)However there's a need to add numbers to existing values. Do not see any APPEND or ADD attribute value from the dropdown.  Any help would be appreciated!

I am trying to publish a new Web Connection to FME Hub that uses OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Flow. My test workspace fails when FME Hub tries to run the test workspace. I suspect it is because the Authorization Code flow requires user interaction. Is there any way to successfully test this workspace that calls the Web Connection I am trying to test?

To get the number of features from a FeatureClass in a File Geodatabase you can use arcpy's GetCount.arcpy.management.GetCount(<featureclasspath>)So I tried and got this working.import fmeimport fmeobjectsimport arcpy class FeatureProcessor(object):     def __init__(self):        pass     def input(self, feature):        arcpy.env.workspace = feature.getAttribute('path_windows')         feature_classes = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()                fc_list = []         for fc in feature_classes:            count = arcpy.GetCount_management(fc)            fc_list.append((fc, int(count[0])))            print(fc_list)         self.pyoutput(feature)    def close(self):        pass     def process_group(self):        passBut no matter what I tried, I could not get the list to the feature. I expected it to be something like:feature.setAttribute("fc_list",fc_list)The log keeps reporting the error:Python Exception <TypeError>: Could not convert attribute value to a supported attribute

I have a File geodatabase with field aliases that are in the correct case that I wish to preserve, however, I need the field names to be in uppercase.  I have tried to do this using the AttributeExposer, followed by a Tester:with the values that end with _alias being passed directly to the writer while the values that fail i pass to a BulkAttributeRenamer to convert them to uppercase before passing them to the writer.  - but i don't think the aliases are being passed to the writer properly because everything ends up in uppercase. How can i correct this, preferably while still using the Tester transformer?

Hello,I'm relatively new to using FME and have been tasked with synchronizing a local folder and it's subfolders with Sharepoint. I have installed and configured the FME SharepointOnlineConnector and it is successfully synchronizing the contents of the folder and it's subfolders to Sharepoint in its default configuration. The only issue I'm having is there are some .xml files that are present in these folders that I do not want to synchronize. Does the connector provide any means of white or blacklisting specific file types from being uploaded? If not, does anyone have any suggestions on how this would be best accomplished? The section titled "Clean up your SharePoint Documents" in the following link would allow me to delete the unneeded files after the load, however this is not ideal as it would mean the files are unnecessarily created and deleted on every load.https://community.safe.com/s/article/Reading-and-Writing-SharePoint-Libraries-with-FME Ideally I wo

In FME flow if I had a process which downloaded physical files to resources folder but as part of the data workflow, these files will need be deleted once files are utilised, what is the best way to go?

Hi, I have las files to process and update the SDE as contours. One of the attributes which I need to include is a creation date. Unfortunately, when I try to use Attribute Manager to create the new column 'DATE' the value based on 'las_file_creation_date' is added as a new row and doesn't update the whole column as the attached print screen. Does anyone come across similar problem? Thanks

Hi, I would like to merge the two lines below into a single line, since they have the same ID field number, and the other information is the same, except VARIED, which can be any value, either BBC2 or BBC4. How can I do that? Thank´s 

Hello,I have numerous las v1.4 pdrf 7 tiles from a dual channel airborne lidar sensor - there are multiple source ids (flightlines) in each tile, and most have the scanner channels coded correctly as 1 and 2.  One line however has the scanner channels coded as 0 and 1. Is there a way in FME to go through all of the tiles and only change the scanner_channel for a particular source_id?  I would envision a script running through all of the files, then at any instance where the source_id matches a user defined value (the flightline with the problem), then it would change then scanner channel from 1->2 or from 0->1 while retaining all the other non-matching points, and all other parameters such as classifications. Thank you for any tips or suggestions,Ben

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I have a power shell script, which retrieves data and saves it to a Jason file. I can run this with a Windows schedule task. I have successfully created a FME project which retrieves that data and populates a database table. Now we want to look at the possibility of executing the power shell script, within the FME project. I have tried this with a SystemCaller but it does not work. Therefore I tried to simplify it. I have created a batch file that appends the current date time to a text file. I have tried using this instead, but when I run the workspace, the text file is now updated scratch that is not updated.Note, I have tried it with the full path as well as just the name of the batch file. Can anyone advise? Thanks 

Background: We have an almost complete library of Vietnam-war era topographic maps in CADRG format. There are some "holes" in the coverage that I am trying to fill. We use these maps as a background for creating tactical overlays of battlefield information, unit locations, prominent terrain features, etc. I am a Vietnam Vet (USMC), and these maps/overlays/annotation are provided to other vets and researchers at no cost. Up until now, I've use an assortment of other programs to covert both geo and non-geo map imagery into CADRG files (gdal, QGIS, GeoRect, CadrgConvertor, Open Map, Gimp, etc), and as "viewers" and overlay editors of the CADRG use primarily FalconView and Open Map. I'd like to learn how to use FME to do this end-to-end if possible. I've tried a few basic conversions in Workbench with varying degrees of success...mostly trying learn by and adapt work by other users. I'm a very basic user. Much of the source material for the map i

Hello Forum, I looking into using FME Desktop to connet to an API using the HTTPCaller.  HTTPCaller requires a selected authentication method. The options are: Basic, Digest, NTLM, Web Connection, Single Sign-On. However the API owner has said that their authentication method is "Bearer Token (with an API key provided)". Is this compatible with any other the existing authentication methods available in HTTPcaller? Thanks,Stuart  

Hello ,How to convert multi line strings in cell into one line at the same cell ?I have many cells that include the strings in two lines at specific cell includes building CR LFone side i want to change the two lines into one line to be building one side in one line at the same cell CR LF : created from Fme ,I am not sure what does it mean ?fme 2021  

Hello how to find which value closet to another value ? i have 4 id id -value 1 - 152 - 403 - 704 10how could I find which value of id closet to another value of another id more than others .As example , my target to know that id 1 and id 4 are close to each other and id 2 and id 3 ,close to each other fme 2021

Hello I have several point data sets (different Excel files) that I would like to clean up. I would like to delete points with the same position (X,Y) and only keep the point with the highest height (Z).I am currently deleting points with the same position with the Matcher Transformer. This works wonderfully. Now I have not yet found a way to say that the highest point at the location cannot be deleted. Is there a way in FME to influence the selection of the points to be deleted when cleaning different data sets? The height of the objects is available both as attributes and as 3D coordinates.Thanks a lot

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Getting this error message : "Unable to perform any licensing related tasks. Please check your Esri ArcGIS Compatibility setting. This 64-bit version of FME requires ArcGIS Desktop along with 64-bit Background Geoprocessing; ArcGIS Pro; or ArcGIS Enterprise. Refer to this this article http://fme.ly/qua for more details FME version installed : 2021.2.6ArcGIS Pro installed 2.9.0 Triggering using the command as shown in the screenshot, but it fails with above error message. Any ideas pls? 

I have used FME 2022.2.5 to write datetimes with millisecond accuracy to a Geopackage. But when I try to use the same FME and a FeatureReader to read the datetimes from the Geopackage I get truncated datetimes with second accuracy.  When I use the SQLite format in the FeatureReader when reading the features, the datetimes include millisecond accuracy.  I have inspected the Geopackage using DBeaver and there I can see the datetimes with milliseconds and the type is DATETIME. I would expect FME to be able to read DATETIME's from a Geopackage file with millisecond accuracy, but that might not be the case? Regards, Casper  

So, in the "List" table, I have, as far as I've seen, some duplicate entries. For example, in this image, rows with ID 2404 and 2405 are duplicates of IDs 1 and 2. I believe I have duplicate entries for all lists like that. Could someone help with how to solve this, or rather, how to delete duplicate entries?In the "RecordBoundaries" table, I must not have records with the same ID. I should do the following only for duplicate IDs because they belong to the same document: for example, let ID_Record 357 be one record, and the "creation date" is always an older date (January 1, 1861), while for the "confirmation date," the attribute from the duplicate record should be used (January 1, 1863). So, the process should be done only for duplicate IDs because there must be one record each for themselves.P.S. I have attached both files, "Popis" and "ZapisnikOmedjivanja," so you can immediately try with them and send back the edited f

I am working as a consultant for Consortech Solutions and I have a client who is trying to make his G3 Smallworld connection work in FME using the SBS Plugin for Smallworld. Unfortunately, the reader in FME doesn't work all the time. When it fails to show the table to choose from for reading data using the SBS plugin for Smallworld reader, the error message returned is "Bad or Invalid License for feature: spatialbiz_read [-12]". What's weird is that sometimes he is able to read his data in FME using that same reader but sometimes it fails to read the data.  Is that something people have experienced in the past and if so, is there a way to solve this issue?

I have 200+ shapefiles I would like to read in and merge into a single fgdb feature class. Some of the shapefiles have slightly varying schemas. Is there an efficient way to read them all in at once and validate if the schema is the correct format I would like? Rather than going through them one-by-one?