Hello FME friends,
Server Apps Troubleshooting
As I mentioned previously, I'm getting a weekly report of new and updated knowledgebase articles, and the one that stood out this week is FME Server Troubleshooting: Server Apps.
Besides simple troubleshooting steps, there are a number of FAQ-type issues, such as "Why don't users have the ability to upload files to my app?" Solution: Ensure the "User Can Upload" setting is enabled.
Also, there's an interesting issue where the OK button doesn't work (answer: there's a user parameter that's hidden, but is required and has no default value). I think that's definitely worth knowing about.
Also on my list this week:
- Known issue launching FME Server 2022 on a Cloud Starter instance (new)
- How to make a Minecraft world with FME (updated)
Server Automations Demo
Something I tried for the first time last week was FME Server Automations. I only made a simple two-workspace chain, started by a schedule, but the recording might be a useful introduction if you, too, are new to the functionality:
When I have time, my next step is to add an alert as a final action in the process. Right now, I'm thinking of Twitter. I'm not sure if I can tweet directly as an action or whether I'll need to create a workspace. Either way, I'm sure I'll need to use keys to pass information from the final workspace, and that will be another new technology for me.
Speaking of Twitter, a user (I think it was Donegal Maps) asked recently if it is possible to attach multiple images to a tweet. At the time, it wasn't, but I see that capability is being added to FME 2022.2 (build 22727).
Even before the beta is available, my "Bothan spies" at Safe have secured a screenshot of the new functionality:
I believe that 2022.2 is about 6 weeks away from being released.
New Training Dates
On our website, we have some new training dates for Safe-hosted courses.
- Integrate Data with the FME Platform: Oct 18-19th, 9 am - 1 pm
- Getting Started with the FME Platform: Nov 15th, 9 am - 1 pm
- FME Desktop Advanced: Dec 5-9th, 9 am - 1 pm
And FME Accelerator courses:
- FME Accelerator: Oct 12th, 10-11:30 am
- FME Accelerator: Nov 3rd, 9-10:30 am
- FME Accelerator: Nov 30th, 9-10:30 am
- FME Accelerator Dec 13th
Don't forget, of course, that the course page also lists courses by partners in various locations and languages, and that there are many self-serve courses available on the FME Academy as well.
User Story: The HALO Trust
A new #FMEforGood story concerns the HALO trust, the largest landmine clearance charity in the world.
To enable operations in an active war zone, HALO started leveraging open source data, collecting incident data from various sources, and processing it with FME for publishing to their Esri ArcGIS web maps.
You can see the results of their labour in this live incident map.
General News
con terra's latest FME zum Kaffee video is all about workspace comparison.
The IMGS "FME Intelligence 2022" event has Don Murray confirmed as a presenter. Click here to register.
Andrew Drinkwater explains why FME is a wonderful tool to support colleges and universities in their digital transformation journey.
Martin Ekstrand shares a Python script that calls the FME Server API as an automated way to "watch the watcher".
Bo Guo condenses his FME User Conference presentation to discuss quality-assured Street Address Parsing using MLOps with FME.
And Safe Software reminds you that next week we'll be at Autodesk University in Louisiana.
Congratulations to Mark Mclean (Certified Professional Renewal), and to Thiago Lúcio Brigagão (Certified Server Professional and Business Professional). And while Loïc Guenin Randelli might not have a new certification, he certainly has the best FME training view that I've ever seen!
