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mark2atsafeSafer

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What's Up Wednesday (12-October-2022): Certification Program Updates, Community Surveys, Feature Order, Raster Mosaicking, Hub Updates, Data Mining, and so much more...

Hello FME friends,After a week away, here's a very full edition of What's Up Wednesday. Certification Program UpdatesAs of this week, you'll notice major changes to our FME Certification program. Firstly, there is a new trail on the FME Academy to help you learn the required skills to pass the exam: Yes, that says 62 hours, but that's if you are starting from scratch with no FME skills. If you're considering certification, I expect that you would have completed many of these modules already, or have the equivalent amount of training and/or experience. Secondly, the FME Certification exams are now being "proctored". This means that automated software monitors your exam to ensure the right person is taking the test and does not receive outside help. It's not that we don't trust you, but we think certifications have more value when carried out under secure conditions like this. It also lets us process your applications quickly and provide interacti

How to merge two layers to create single layer

I have used text adder to create name of polygon at the middle .So i have points geometry as name of each polygon at middle of polygon and polygon borders.i would like to merge both of them and have point and borders in one layer .How could I do it ? i would like to keep only attributes and rows of polygon borders .there is id common between polygon borders and points Fme 2021 Thabks in advance

Is there a way to keep duplicate stacked points but offset only the duplicates' z-value by value of 1?

I have migrated data into Utility Network but have a large amount of duplicate stacked point features. They all need to remain but the network topology will remain dirty unless I find a way to make these duplicate XY's unique. After testing a few manually, it seems to work if I add a z value of 1 to only the duplicate points and revalidate topology. So if I could add a z-value of 1 to only the duplicates using FME, it would solve my issue. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Writing JS file with JSON writer

I am trying to read in a csv and write the contents into a javascript file. It works at least 90% of the way and looks like this when I export the features:[ { feature1: value1, feature2: value2 }, { .... } ] I would like to insert the text "var data = " at the beginning of the file, like so:var data =[ { feature1: value1, feature2: value2 }, { .... } ] Is it possible to insert this text in the file before the JSON writer writes out the contents? Another detail is that this CSV file has over 5 million rows. It is difficult to open the file and write in the text or use powershell commands. Any help is appreciated!

Hey everyone I am completely new to FME capabilties. We currently use Civil 3D 2023 and were looking for a simple way to create a geospatial PDF from a Civil 3D Drawing (DWG) file. Just wondering what solutions FME offers for this? Thanks everyone!

1 year ago

jimsco

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Has the way the vertex creator processes data changed in v2022?

Hi, we're getting an out of memory issue running a workbench in 2022.2 that runs fine on the same computer in version 2021. Has the way the vertexd creator processes data changed?

How to fefine MySql DB table as parameter

Hello I have to migrate a MySQL DB to a Postgres DB. The input DB contains about 200 different tables. Some fields of these tables contain url. Before migrating these urls, I would like to validate them. I have created a workspace which works perfectly fine using a sequence of transformers HTTPCaller transformer.Before publishing it to FME Server, I would like to define some parameters amongst which the name of the table and the name of the field containing the url to check. Is there a way to do this? I have tried to use published paramaters which is ok for the fieldname but I cannot see how to do it on reader feature type. Thanks in advance for your help.I would like to create a workspace using a MySQL DB containing about 200 tables as input to let user define the table (and the field)

1 year ago

joySupporter

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For some reason the HTTPCaller doesn't yield any output on FME Server, but does on FME desktop

For some reason the .fmw script does work on FME desktop ( 2021.2.3) and does yield an output (in my case a geojson). When I import the script on FME Server (version 2021.2.4) then the script is completed without raising any error, but doesn't write the file on a map. I am quite sure that the Published parameter "Destination JSON file" is correctly written. When I look at the view details tab after the script has been completed, I see a lot of statements with Nuke or TeeFactory. I read on the following link in the answer of merlingeorge: https://community.safe.com/s/question/0D54Q00009fDZGRSA4/disabled-nuker-1-50-teefactory- that it might have to do with version incompatibility. Might that also be the case in my situation? I would assume there wouldn't be much differences between FME desktop 2021.2.3 en 2021.2.4. By the way, some lines below have been omitted due to security concerns. 40 2022-12-1 15:38:40 | Creating writer for format:41 2022-12-1 15:38:40 | Creating reader for format

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1 year ago

mattwilkieContributor

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Auth error with Reader/Writer to Portal but Web Connection test succeeds

Whenever we try to use a Reader or Writer to connect to ArcGIS Portal we're getting the error "Type 3, Number 1, Message: Failed to get authorization header" when using the [...] file browser button in the Service Parameters dialog.(Workbench >> Add Reader >> Esri ArcGIS Portal Feature Service >> {add portal url} >> Parameters >> {select auth type: Web Service} >> {select portal web connection} >> [...] file browser >> >>> ERROR)We've verified the portal Web Connection works (Tools >> FME Options >> Web Connections >> Manage Services >> {select portal connection} >> Test). How to troubleshoot this further? FME Workbench v2020.2. I'm not sure of the ArcGIS Portal version. I think 10.8.1.

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1 year ago

vxn43Supporter

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Select Records in single table and add value to other field

I have a single table, TABLE1. I have a field named STE. I would like to select the values of STE that are NOT NULL, then add the selected values in STE to the ADDR field in same table. What is the most suitable transformer(s) to go about doing this?

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1 year ago

vxn43Supporter

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Relate Records and update a field

I have two Geodatabase Feature Classes, FC1 and FC2. I want to relate the GIS_ADDR field in FC1 to the ADDR_BASE field in FC2. Once the relate is established, for the matching (selected) records in GIS_ADDR in FC1, I will then update the ADDR_SRCE field which is currently empty with the value "ADS"; for the records that do not match I will add the value "Res". I know how to do this in ArcGIS Pro. What is the best approach to do this in FME?

1 year ago

phillip_bowman

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Is there an attribute that can read labels, ie. I have some pipe geography with labels allocated from the search engine. They are clunky and are not well placed. I was wondering if its possible to read these and redistribute?

1 year ago

phillip_bowman

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Read text in FME from Spatial data

Is it possible to read text that has been written on the geodata and has not been tabulated? for example a box representing a building with a label in the middle displaying building number 4.

How does a single-fixed license work?

We want to purchase a single-fixed license for one of our virtual machines and we were wondering what that is linked to? What if we have to destroy the virtual machine, then we can't reuse it?Thanks in advance!

1 year ago

mtung

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Editing value in published parameter but getting an error when saving file.

I would like to update an email address within a published parameter. I am able to edit the value but when I hit the Save button it gives me an error and says it cannot save and save to another location. What am I not doing?

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1 year ago

fme_can_do_itSupporter

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Can the FME workspace be published on the FME server when the build is different?

I am currently running FME Server 2022.0.0.2 Build 22343 and FME Desktop 2022.0.1.0 Build 22346. My question is whether it is safe to keep the FME server at its current build version. Would it be better to upgrade the FME server to the same version as the FME desktop? It would be greatly appreciated if you could assist with this.

1 year ago

aintgotnosoul

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I installed FME Desktop on a PC & chose the one seat that avail. to me (FME Desktop Edition as floating license type). So far so good. It shows 1 seat "In Use" This app FME Desktop got uninstalled, it still shows 1 seat "In Use" How to release this

I did go into C:\\ProgramData\\Safe Software\\FME and deleted the License folder within, but that won't refresh anything that shown in FME Desktop Licensing Assistant. I am looking to see 0 under "In Use" column shown in the Licensing Assistant little window.1) How do I refresh the license server (? I do know its name -- hostname of my floating license server-- if that what it takes to see the 0 under "In Use" column?2) I need to release the seat so I can reuse it to license the FME Desktop again after I'm done with re-installing the app (Currently it keeps saying the one seat is still "In Use." Is it because I didn't not release it properly by just doing an 'accidental' uninstallation of my FME Desktop prior?3) Do I need to do anything with the register key it gave me?Thanks.

LAS file coordinate system

I'm still new and learning FME. I've added GDA2020 zone 56 (EPSG:7856) to 4 las files within FME. I've run this by add reader function of LAS files with no coordination system and using the add writers function to select the coordination system and the output file. They output the correct coordinate system but took over 3 hours to run for 4 LAS files. Is there a quicker way to added coordinate system for LAS file within FME, as I have to run over 1100 LAS files?

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1 year ago

renetschiContributor

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How can i perform a spatial join of points with many to many (m:n) relation?

Hello everyboy! I got two different point feature classes. The neighbor finder lets me do the 1:1 and 1:n relation which is fine. Now i would like to perform a spatial many to many (m:n) relation of the points of the two feature classes but i can't figure out a decent way to do this in fme. I really appreciate your help! Thanks a lot!René

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1 year ago

pcarrerabalsellContributor

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Layer of polygons from pre-existing polygons (voronoi) + buffers. problems at intersections. Holes.

Hi, I'm Pol and I'm quite new to FME. In one task I have created voronoi cells from points that share the same value of an attribute and at those points that have a unique attribute value I have created a buffer of a given radius. I did this in order to create an influence map for a certain attribute.The problem I've run into is with the overlapping buffers on the border of the voronoi cells. This is the current result: this is the desired result: How can I do it? I've tried the donut builder and the hole extractor but I can't get it to work. Any help is great, thanks in advance. Pol

1 year ago

james.kan

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How do I visualise points given two columns of lat/long?

Hi, I have three features; each feature has a lat and long column. How do I read the lat/long to visualise the features as points on a map (e.g. HTML map or in the Visual Preview within FME)?

1 year ago

vxn43Supporter

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Add hyperlink to existing field

I have an Excel spreadsheet in my Reader. I am using AttributeManager to change field names. I am writing to an ESRI Geodatabase. FieldX has values of Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3. What is the best way to add a hyperlink to this field? so that values look like Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 and when clicked the link opens. The hyperlink is the same URL for all the values. I am able to add the hyperlink URL to FieldX in AttributeManager, but the result is it shows the actual URL, not the linked value (Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3) in the field.

I have problem in running FME server on Mac. I Launched a new FME Server Stack and Start FME Server, but when I try to accessing the Web User Interface, I received "This site can’t be reached" error. Is there anyone who knows the mistake?

1 year ago

hoa_leContributor

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How to dowload image from multiple url image?

Hi all,I have an excel file. They have id, photo fields.The photo field include multiple url image. If I use ImageFetcher, I can't download the attribute include multiple link. Could you share to me how to fix it? Thank you

1 year ago

benvkContributor

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Single Workbench trying to either INSERT or UPDATE ArcGIS Online Table

EDIT:I have created a text parameter with value contractor_log and used that as the layer name in both, this seems to have fixed the problem (not fully tested yet). This seems to be more of a hack than a proper solution. Is there a 'more correct' way I should be doing this? Hey, I have a workbench that manipulates some input data, then it checks an arcgis online table (contractor_log) to see if this particular mobile number exists in the AGOL table. I need the AGOL table to be UPDATED if the mobile number exists in the table, but if it is new (non existent in the AGOL table) I need FME to INSERT a row into this AGOL table, which is a dozen field to insert. I have inserted the AGOL WRITER into my workspace, setup my UPDATE writer which works perfectly, I now wish to duplicate this writer to setup my INSERT, but when I create a copy of this it must contain a unique layer (table) name, which is not ideal, as I want both writers connecting to the same AGOL Layer/table. See this photo, it

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