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Question of the WeekThis question was asked in Live Chat this week, but to be fair it has come up several times from various users...Q) I've forgotten the password to the admin account on our FME Server. Is there a way to recover it? A) In short, no! But because the FME Server Support team has seen an increasing number of cases recently where a customer is unable to log in because of a forgotten password, I think it's worth outlining what the options are at this point, and how to avoid getting here in the first place!What's the Default Admin Password?Up until recent FMEs, the default administrator account used to be admin/admin. You can see why we felt that wasn't a good choice, because it's so easy to guess.So now - although the default is still admin/admin - you are forced to change it when logging in for the first time. The username remains admin, but the password becomes one of your own devising.I've Forgotten the Ad

I tried the FMEFeature.reproject(coordSys) method but it can do only 2D reprojection. I want to do reprojection using Python only not with any transformer like EsriReprojector or CSmap.

Since updating our server to the newest version of FME Flow, the "Browse Resources" button is broken on workspace apps. Users can only upload their own temporary files. Uploading files is a functional workaround, but it is much slower than selecting a file from the network drive mounted on the server. I have verified that both my user account and the app have permission on the resource. For the app I have given List and View permissions to the folder.  Any recommendations?

I have a batch workspace that spawns multiple child workspaces using four separate FMEServerJobsubmitters. I have two engines in FME FLow but the other engine is occupied with other processes so I'm able to use only one engine. As i understood, if i set Wait for jobs to complete to "Yes" and Submit Jobs "In Sequence", FME Flow should spawn a sub-engine that will run the child workflows and once they are ready it will continue the parent process. This is the behaviour that I would need because I only want to continue parent workflow when all the child processes are successful. However, with this setup the first child process enters queue and never starts. It also shows in the parent log file that the submit was successful, but it ends up into queue. I have separate queues for the two engines and both the parent process and the child process are tied to engine2 running in queue2 so it should interfere with the other engine and queue.

Hello,​I need to print my workbench on size A0. It works fine for size A2 and smaller but for size A0 or A1 the workbench freezes or crashes. I tried with different workbenches , different Pc's and different PDF-creators but no success. I use FME 2019.1.Maybe someone has an idea to solve the problem?​

It may be beneficial to have some sort of limitation stopping brand new members from including external weblinks in their first post/ within the first day that the account is created. If the advertisement/bots become more of an issue, then something like that may help mitigate the problem without being overly limiting on legitimate users.

FME(R) 2021.1.0.0 (20210630 - Build 21607 - WIN64) I run 3 readers all with sql statements, the output writes to Oracle in 1 table. Ik never had problems (fme 2020) but with version 2021 I get an error : 2021-07-27 11:33:03| 142.5| 0.0|FATAL |An error occurred. Here is the information that FME was able to find on the error2021-07-27 11:33:03| 142.5| 0.0|FATAL |bad variant access If I run them individually there is no problem. When I run 2 of them at the same time thies error occurs. Why? How to prevent? 

Hi,I am using:FME2021.1 32-bitArcSDE Geodb writer, truncating the SQL Server table in 10.x geodatabaseVersioned Edit Session to feature class that is registered as versionedFME log claims success and that all writes were saved. No errors, warnings or anything indicating an issue in the log at all. The problem:Only even 1000 are written. For example, 9454 features result in that FME log displays all written successfully, but only 9000 features exist in the geodatabase. If i use cloner and increase the feature count to even 10 000 all features are saved. Any suggestions? 

You are trying to parse the IFC file into Obj and metadata through your company's FME Desktop.​I don't know why, but there is a problem that materials are not added to some objs. Please help in this regard.​The attached file is the workbench file used at this time.​​Regards,Bongsup Kim​​

I have workspace that's using Creator, Workspace Runner and Emailer to run a parent workspace. I would like to attach the log file to both the Successful and Failure emails?

Hi... I seek your assistance, sir/ma'am.I am currently trying to convert IFC to CityGML 3.0. In FME, only version CityGML 2.0 is available. I have found an example on GitHub that includes XSD files for each CityGML 3.0 feature (although it is still in draft phase). My question is, how do I incorporate these files into the FME write library? Your help is appreciated. Here is the GitHub link that contains the XSD files: https://github.com/tum-gis/ifc-to-citygml3/tree/master/xsds

We are getting an error while running FFS writer: Failed to write to file 'C:\\Users\\use\\AppData\\Local\\Temp "Please ensure that you have sufficient privileges to write this file, and that sufficient disk space is available" This should be a simple merging of .SHP file (3221) into a single FeatureClass in a GDB. The Reader set to read .shp in Single Merged Feature Type. Got a GeometryValidator set to degenerate or Corrupt geometry "Edit". A Tester to get the read shapes and then the GDB Writer. We have and checked that the user is admin on the box and folders, so Think the issue room for the temp file. this is running on a Server where c:\\ only has OS on it and not much space left after that. So can we run in a way that clears the Temp location after so many record run, or can we move the Temp to a larger drive??

Hello, I have a problem with INSPIRE validator. I created a ETL schema in my FME Desktop environment according to INSPIRE theme of Protected Sites. So I've done it by applying all the technical guides from INSPIRE, and solved all my previous validation errors except this one: The dataset has 1 file(s) with errors for this assertion.XML document 'ProtectedSites ETRS89_jasmin.gml': The file has 1 schema validation error(s).XML document 'ProtectedSites ETRS89_jasmin.gml': 1:729: cvc-elt.1.a: Cannot find the declaration of element 'gml:FeatureCollection'.When I use the Hale studio for transformation and get my GML, validation process goes smoothly, but with FME I have a problem. During my analysis I saw that in Hale Studio GML I have a longer <gml: FeatureCollection > tag in the xxsi:schemaLocation part. Here is the Hale xsi: schemaLocation: xsi:schemaLocation="

Hello, I have just updated FME: 2022 -> 2023 (2023.0.2 (20230727 - Build 23338 - WIN64). Checking that this upgrade doesn't cause errors when running several important processes, I see this warning message in the log of one of them: POSTGRES Writer: Renamed user attribute 'attribute{0}.fme_data_type' to 'attribute{0}_fme_data_type' based on format constraints for invalid characters, length, and casePOSTGRES Writer: Renamed user attribute 'attribute{0}.name' to 'attribute{0}_name' based on format constraints for invalid characters, length, and case This message was absent with the previous version. The transformer concerned is a FeatureWriter whose parameters are shown below. It has two upstream branches: one for table schemas, the other for features. Adding all these entries to the log file slows down processing considerably and, when many features are processed, the f

Hi Support, Just wondering when the official FME 2024 version is expected to be released. Thank you

Hi there, Just wondering if anyone else is getting locked out of Sharepoint with the connector transformer....it seems to have started last week when MS further eroded support for IE but we dont know if it related...basically, we have been using the SharePointOnlineConnector for months without issues...but now all of our workbenches are failing with the attached error message. --We can/have re-authenticated the connection with no problems, but it just keeps throwing this error...any thoughts anybody? Thanks very much!

Hi There,After a recent upgrade of ArcPro (to v 3.1.0) I am now seeing this notation in FME Desktop and FME Server logs....Current installed ArcGISPro version '3.1.0' is unsupported. Minimum supported version is '2.3.0', and maximum supported version is '3.0.0'....what does this mean exactly?...do I need to upgrade FME?...on Desktop it doesnt seem to make a difference (I can still successfully run operations), but now some Scheduled Services are failing in FME Server and I am wondering if this is the reason. Thank you 

I am running a translation in batch and it is failing when it attempts to cleanup temporary files. Is there a setting that will allow it to continue when this is encountered? ERROR |Failed to delete the following files: 'D:\\Projects\\temp\\fctspatrel1688832115746_12608_1'. Please ensure that the files are not in use and that you have sufficient privileges to delete them. ERROR |Failed to delete the following files: '%0'. Please ensure that the files are not in use and that you have sufficient privileges to delete them.

I have installed FME form (2023.0.0.3) and am trying to run workbench or licensing assistant or any of the suite but I run up against the Qt6Gui crash. The articles in the FME community forum have mentioned that this has been a known issue and have suggested upgrading to the latest version to resolve this.Unfortunately at this time there is not a later version. After several reinstalls and deleting every FME folder I can find I still get the same error.To get around this I have reinstalled FME 2022.2.3 and workbench works as normal. Is anyone running into this issue with the latest version?Do I need to wait for the next release to resolve this?Has anyone had luck with replacing the dll to get around this? The below is a screenshot is what I am seeing:The only thing I can

Hi all, We are trying to configure Azure AD SAML authentication for FME Server 2022.2 . We have used the express installation and then configured an IIS reverse proxy. We are getting the error in the attached image. Is Azure AD SAML authentication with an IIS reverse proxy supported? https://community.safe.com/s/article/Configuring-FME-Server-for-Azure-AD-SAML-authenticationhttps://community.safe.com/s/article/using-iis-and-arr-as-a-reverse-proxy

Today I cover a frequent issue: how to run FME from the command line, specifically with Windows Scheduler. Question of the WeekThis question was asked in Live Chat by a user with a problem with database connections and Windows Scheduler. Q) In my workspace I use a writer that connects to SQL Server via a SQL Server account. In Workbench, the workspace runs and data is inserted. But run through Windows Task Scheduler, it fails with SQL Server issues. I've set the username and password in the writer, but in the log file it appears to be not set! A) This type of issue appears quite often. In short: if a workspace works in Workbench, but fails in a different environment, it's 95% likely to be a permissions issue. Let's look at a few sticking points and - in particular - this scenario, which is harder because there's a database connection involved. 

I recently upgraded to FME Server 2022. As I'm creating new workbenches for publishing or modify existing workbenches, I'm transitioning to Desktop 2022 as well.I have a process with three (3) identically configured Feature Writers (ESRI SDE/SQL Server) that first truncate three (3) tables and then insert into those tables. I have updated and republished this in 2022. When I try to run it in my new environment, it stalls at TRUNCATING one of the tables... literally sits there for almost 2 hours, then resumes. I should add that this is not a super large table - 150K records maybe. My understanding of TRUNCATE does not suggest this size would have an impact, nor have I seen this before.  Nothing has changed about the database/table. Nor the Writer configurations or workbench "logic". What could be causing this hang-up? Has my Writer gone south? 

Hi there, I wonder anyone can help me to resolve the issue I am having with FME 2023.2.1 installation on Windows 2012 R 2 Server. I have the following error opening FME.

This is how the initial output from my ftpcaller looks like ( calling a csv to attribute)and this is how it looks like when i sort it by file contents.Any transformer that i use after calling the data uses the first screenshot, thereby inhibiting me from automating any process.I have to download to file, open and save it and then re add it to a second script to manipulate it and push it to AGOL ( which is my end goal)

HelloI would like to create 3D objects, I have footprints, DEM, LAS file of building. Roof of the buildings are pretty unique, so It's hard to use Extruder on it, do you have any idea to create 3D objects with unique roof? And then I would like to separate roof and the body. Could you help me?