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  • June 30, 2023
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I have created a workspace, successfully ran it in FME Desktop. I published it to FME Server. I built the schedule.

 

I have admin rights to all the servers.

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The workspace reads from a File GDB on another server and writes to a File GDB on a different server. In FME Desktop I am able to make connections to the folders which these GDBs reside. All paths are UNC paths.

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When I run the workspace on FME Server, I receive these errors:

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632023-6-30 16:27:10 | Geodatabase Error (-2147024891): Access denied.642023-6-30 16:27:10 | Could not open File Geodatabase dataset `\\\\myserverBob\\folder5\\thtestfmeserver\\test2.gdb' for writing

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The Reader reads from this File Geodatabase:

\\\\myserverAnn\\folder1\\folder2\\Staff Folders\\folder3\\th_fmeservertest1.gdb

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The Writer writes to this File Geodatabase:

\\\\myserverBob\\folder5\\thtestfmeserver\\test2.gdb

 

The Workspace I published from FME Desktop is for testing (since I am new to FME Server), it includes a single reader, TimeStamper Transformer, and a single writer.

 

I was able to add \\\\myserverAnn\\folder1\\folder2\\Staff Folders\\folder3\\th_fmeservertest1.gdb as Network Based Resource in Resources. This works with no problem.

 

However, I receive this error when I try to do the same with

\\\\myserverBob\\folder5\\thtestfmeserver\\test2.gdb

 

I checked my FME Desktop workspace and it does connect to this File GDB using the above path, but it cannot connect to same in FME Server

 

Here is a screenshot of the error message, you can see that I cannot even connect to it; What do I need to do in order get \\\\myserverBob\\folder5\\thtestfmeserver\\test2.gdb working as a Network Resource in Resources?

 

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Best answer by nielsgerrits

This is probably a permissions issue. The account FME server uses might not have the correct permissions to write to folders like you can, using desktop.

 

I also think you only need to add a folder as resource, like \\\\myserverAnn\\folder1\\ and not the complete path to the gdb.

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This is probably a permissions issue. The account FME server uses might not have the correct permissions to write to folders like you can, using desktop.

 

I also think you only need to add a folder as resource, like \\\\myserverAnn\\folder1\\ and not the complete path to the gdb.

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