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sunnywaygis

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Launching ArcGIS API for Python Script form FME.

Hello, I am trying to figure out a way to schedule an ArcGIS API for Python Script form FME environment. I want to be able to use FME environment as a replacement of Windows Scheduler. Appreciate any feedback. Thanks

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2 years ago

mark2atsafeSafer

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What's Up Wednesday (20-July-2022): Accelerating your FME, Co-Founder in the News, Conference Updates, and UV Maps

Hello and welcome to What's Up Wednesday,Here are some stories about FME news for this week. Accelerating your FMEI've seen a few training courses recently labelled "accelerators", and obviously, the aim is to bring users up to speed with key technology in a short time. So did you know that there is an FME Accelerator training course? If you're a long-term FME user, who's already taken several training courses, then this might not be for you. But... it would be very useful for that colleague of yours who has used FME a little bit, yet isn't aware of the full potential of FME. It's 90 minutes of pure inspiration to bring you up to speed with FME potential and functionality. Anyway, I mention this because we have some upcoming Accelerator courses and because our New Zealand/Australian partner, Locus, is now also offering the FME Accelerator. That's great news for all your FME beginners outside of the Vancouver timezone limits. So check it out, and

2 years ago

rishi1804Contributor

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Why CoordinateExtractor is generating error. What does this error mean? I am attaching the screenshot of the translationlog for FeatureReader as well as CoordinateExtractor

I am working with FBX files but this is the error I am getting when I am trying to extract the coordinates x, y, z. Because of this issue eventually I fail to create tileset. @kailinatsafe @chrisatsafe

2 years ago

lmawhinney7175

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Getting a permission error when using window task scheduler, but not when running FME desktop manually.

Hello,Ourorganization has a server specifically set up to run FME desktop workbenches. Wehave made the GIS connections public and have made every effort to have thesame user that saved the workbench also be the user that is triggering thewindows task scheduler. There is an excel file that is located on anotherserver that FME can access when the workbench is run manually. However, when itis run with window task scheduler there are two errors. 2021-07-3012:01:24| 7.9| 0.0|ERROR |Excel Reader: Failed to open thedataset '\\\\vmcognos\\GIS\\COT Inter Department Meters Consumption Accts-en-us.xlsx'. Errormessage was 'Permission denied.' 2021-07-3012:01:24| 7.9| 0.0|STATS |Stored 1007 feature(s) to FME featurestore file`C:\\Users\\COTAGS~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\CIS_GIS_Bridge_EDITSDE_GISFCTableCreation_PROD_120104\\inspector.ffs'2021-07-3012:01:24| 7.9| 0.0|INFORM|Saving spatial index into file'C:\\Users\\COTAGS~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\CIS_GIS_Bridge_EDITSDE_GISFC

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2 years ago

fme_can_do_itSupporter

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Filter Date columns in file geodatabase

I am reading data from a file geodatabase in my workspace. The data is huge and takes time to process data. I have set up a query to only filter data that ends with .2022 but the workspaces are still slow. Therefore, I intend to set up a query on a Date Modified column and a Create date column in the file geodatabase. This will filter only data modified and created within the last seven days. I can't figure out how to set up a query and filter data from the last seven days in FME. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

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2 years ago

takashiContributor

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Can you use win32com with the Python interpreter in FME Desktop?

FME 2021.2.2 on Windows 11 To use the win32com module with a PythonCaller, I have installed the module with this command.fme.exe python -m pip install pywin32 --target C:\\Users\\<user>\\Documents\\FME\\Plugins\\Python cf. Installing Python Packages to FME Desktop In the PythonCaller script, use the module with this code.from win32com.client import Dispatch This error message appears when run the workspace.Python Exception <ModuleNotFoundError>: No module named 'win32api' I believe that the script is not wrong, since the workspace can be run if I install the module into an external Python interpreter and use it as Custom Python Interpreter for FME. Can you use win32com into with the Python interpreter bundled in FME Desktop?

Is there a way to set-up an email notification if our FME engines have been running a job longer than 24 hours? All of our other FME jobs have not run since 7-11 due to our 2 Engines being clogged up by 2 hanging jobs (I cancelled these just now).

BLOCKS 3D WITHOUT 3D INFORMATION

Hey community! I made a script that creates 3D DWG blocks for me but the elevation information does not match the 3D position of the blocks, why? Look at the picture!

2 years ago

fungergis

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Trying to retrieve files via SharePoint Online (safe.microsoft-sharepoint) always results in an access token expiration on FME server

Hi When my published workspace on the FME Server makes a call against Sharepoint (graph.microsoft.com...) in order to download or upload files, it always results into a SharepointRESTAPIException and needs to republish the workspace with a reauthenticated web connection again and again and again in order to make it work: 2022-7-12 16:17:49 | Python Exception <SharepointRESTAPIException>: SharepointOnlineConnector: Error making request to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/sites/[TENANT].sharepoint.com,[MYSHAREPOINTSITE] Access token has expired or is not yet valid. This way, an automation is absolutely impossible since manual actions are required. Our admins tell that the registered app on the Azure AD cannot be changed regarding the refresh token timeout:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/refresh-tokens#refresh-token-lifetime The request parameters in the web connection definition looks like this:client_id=[CLIENT_ID]&client_secret=[CLIENT_SECRET]&

Automate Download, Extract and Prep as .csv for FME Job

I have a process I need to automate.Let me describe what is usually done manually 1) I go to this website. I download a zip file. This is not a true FTP as it was suggested to be. So the automated download does not work. What is the way to figure out the javascript behind this? Or is there any other way to do this?2) I extract the zip file, but it's in the .tsv format. All I do is rename it to .csv The job cannot read that .tsv file. Perhaps it's not a good representation of the .tsv file. It's very clunky .csv, however usually works3) Once it's ready for csv the FME job updates the parcel data based on this csv Where to start with this? I was suggested to look into selenium, but I am open to anything

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2 years ago

townestContributor

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Writer only in Navigator Pane

Hello, It seems this has happened more than once, so I feel like I'm missing something. I will create a Writer and it will show up in the Navigator Pane but not the workspace, which begs a couple of questions. 1) What did I do wrong or what should I do to avoid the ghost creation? and 2) How can I add the Writer to the Workspace from the Navigator Pane. Any pointers? Thank you. TylerFME WorkBench 2021.0

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2 years ago

franco69Contributor

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Delete files from sourcefolders after writing and copying

Hi guys......i have a workflow where i source .xls files out from 3 different folders e.g. C:\\temp\\PA8\\Lists, C:\\temp\\PA9\\Lists, C:\\temp\\PA7\\Lists and split them (about an specified attribute) into many .xls files into another foldere.g C:\\temp\\PA8\\splits, C:\\temp\\PA9\\splits, C:\\temp\\PA9\\splits and additionaly i copy the source files with the filecopy writer into another foldere.g C:\\temp\\PA8\\done, C:\\temp\\PA9\\done, C:\\temp\\PA9\\done all that is working well!!! BUT i want to empty the source folder after this processing in the same workflow......is this possible.....i have tried the Custom transformer File Deleter but i didnt get it how it works....any solutions or workarounds? Cheers and GreetzFranco

How to get a reader to read a file name with a Brace { character in it?

Folks, I have a huge number of access databases the include the '{' character. FME is clearly trying to treat this as a wild card character instead of a part of the file name. Is there a way to get FME to READ them as names not wild cards from the reader? Otherwise im going to have to bulk rename a lot of files... thanks.

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2 years ago

johnkContributor

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How to stop StatisticsCalculator from converting a summed value to scientific format?

I'm trying to sum a series of values by an ID in the StatisticsCalculator (using the group by function) and the summed values keep returning as scientific format (5.9e-6) but I want the decimal number (0.00000599). How do I do this? P.s it only seems to happen when I set to group by.

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2 years ago

epro_adminContributor

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FME Server - How to upload a folder (unzipped) with shapefiles or gpx data in it

Hi there, Thanks in advance for your help. It's my first time using FME server and setting up an app. I want the end user to be able to upload a folder full of shapefiles or gpx files. In Desktop, I have the parameters set up so the user can upload folders and the subfolders within it. I can't find this option in server. I see I can upload one file at a time, but that's not what I want. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I want to capture all this info in the folder structure:OperationName>Fieldworkername1>All the gpx and shapefilesOperationName>Fieldworkername2>All the gpx and shapefilesOperationName>Fieldworkername3>All the gpx and shapefiles

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2 years ago

mark2atsafeSafer

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What's Up Wednesday (13-July-2022): Voting for Webinars, FME at the Esri UC, Hub Updates, Customer Stories, Data Validation for Road Inventories

Hello FME'ers,This is a slightly late and slightly shorter version of What's Up Wednesday this week. Voting for WebinarsAt Safe, we're just planning the webinar lineup for the final quarter of this year (October to December). We'd previously asked users for suggestions, which we reviewed, and now we want to put that list to a vote. The simplest way we could think of was to add them to the Ideas section of the community. So that's what we did: Please do log into the community, browse the list, and vote for your favourite webinar suggestions. Just like FME functionality, the more upvotes a webinar gets, the more we are likely to present it. If you want to isolate all the webinar ideas, then be sure to click the Webinar tag on the Ideas page: On the subject of Ideas, write down your best ones and bring them to the FME User Conference with you, where the User Experience team is waiting to discuss FME with you! Our Webinar HistoryThere was an interesting tweet from Geo

2 years ago

chris28

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Have workspace start with nothing in user parameters

I would like my workspace to start with nothing filled in the user parameters. I tried creating presets but that doesn't work as the workspace is being used in a Gallery app and there is no access to the presets there. Is there a way to have the workspace saved so it opens with no values in it whenever the user opens the form?

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2 years ago

aharportContributor

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Search for a transformer to convert text from a dgn to points or cells

Which transformer can I use to convert text from a dgn to points or cells? The origin of the coordinates should be retained and the actual text should become the new cell name. Example: Text: "House" --> cell name: "House"

How to indicated missing vertexes when two polygon geometries are either intersecting or they share common border?

During manual QC of the data I see that there are some geometries that share common border, but the vertex in that place is missing.I looked at the vertex creator and snapper as a fix, but I don't think this exactly what I'm looking for.

2 years ago

caracadrianContributor

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Set ArcGIS Server Feature Service via FeatureReader with Spatial Filter via attribute

I created a Custom transformer that contains a FeatureReader set as Esri ArcGIS Server Feature Service.I want to set Spatial Filter via an attribute. For this I created a conditional attribute (DE-9IM) with values TT*TT**** for Intersects and ********* for <No Spatial Filter>. If the case is that there is no filter, a conditional WHERE CLAUSE activates.The problem is if the case is that there is no spatial filter the FeatureReader returns no data.What is the corect DE-9IM value for <No Spatial Filter>?

Timeout error running multiple WFS readers.

I have a workbench set up with multiple WFS readers, default parameters. It will run 1 reader and complete its process. When moving to the next WFS reader it will throw a timeout error: [2]: HTTP transfer error: Timeout was reached[2]: Please ensure that your network connection is properly set up[2]: No proxy settings have been entered. If you require a proxy to access external URLs, please ensure the appropriate information has been entered<WFS> Timeout was reached- Unable to fetch the capabilities document: If I disable readers and run each individually they all work. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

Why do all my workspaces hang on 'LogCount_func'?

Hi all! I've noticed a strange issue with my workspaces, and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar. Basically, whenever I run any of my workspaces, the translation always hangs for several minutes at:FME API version of module 'LogCount_func' matches current internal version (4.0 20220317)and the next logged action (in the workspace I'm working with currently, at least) is:Loaded module 'FeatureJoinerFactory' from file 'C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Data Interoperability for ArcGIS Pro\plugins/FeatureJoinerFactory.dll'Eventually, they always move past it, but it sometimes hangs at this step for several minutes before continuing. Is this something wrong with my workspace, is it a known bug, or is this normal? I'm happy to share one of my workspaces or more details if that would help. I'm using FME(R) 2022.0.0.2 (20220518 - Build 22343 - WIN64) on Windows 10 with an Intel i5-7300U CPU and 8 GB of RAM.

Have there been changes in the way the coordinates work between FME version 2018 and 2020? I am using Smallworld 5.1 6 and upgrading FME to 2020 and noticed that the Text is translating at a different scale then FME 2018 using the same FMW file.

I am translating from Smallworld using coordinate system AZ83-C to MicroStation V8i coordinate system AZ83-CF. text size should be 8 but is scaling up to 26. it works fine when using FME 2018..

2 years ago

mr_fmeEnthusiast

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Problems with Clipper

Hi, Why my clipper don´t cut the APP shapefile? Look the fmwt attached. Thank´s

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2 years ago

kelvin.jenkinsContributor

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Polygon Buffer Avoiding Overlaps

I have polygons (closed polylines) that I want to buffer a fixed distance, removing any overlaps. Each Polygon has a unique ID and they need to remain individuals.Below and attached are starting polygonsAnd shown in red is what we want to achieve.I've tried an array of Buffer/AreaOnAreaOverlays/Dissolvers, but I cant quite get what's needed and keep ending up with holes and artifacts.Any ideas?I've attached the road strings i'm buffering towards, incase that is useful

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