FME Server: problems when reading multiple shapefiles with generic reader.

Are you uploading all parts of the shapefile/zip file or just the *.shp file?

Maybe any suggestion from @lauraatsafe​ ?

Thank you in advance, Laura!

Hi @davtorgh​, Right, the combination of using the Generic reader with a format like shapefile that requires sidecar files in addition to the main .shp file can get a little awkward to work with when uploading the files to process on FME Server. When uploading the shapefile, you need to make sure to include all the additional files as well (.dbf, .prj, .shx, etc). However, if all the uploaded files are selected in the source dataset parameter (like this image):

you'll likely see warning messages about the Generic reader not being able to find a reader to read each individual sidecar file as if they were separate files.

To avoid that, you need to only select the .shp file(s) for the datasets you are working with, but uploading only the .shp files will cause the error you are seeing where it complains about the missing .dbf etc. The easiest way to handle this is to upload all the files for each shapefile, then only select the .shp files in the upload dialog in FME Server. The end result might look something like this, with all the files shown as uploaded on the left part of the dialog and only the .shp files shown under selected:

Does that help? If that doesn't match the behaviour you're seeing, could you please upload a full copy of the log file from when you run this? I can help take a closer look into what might be going wrong.

Hi @davtorgh​, Right, the combination of using the Generic reader with a format like shapefile that requires sidecar files in addition to the main .shp file can get a little awkward to work with when uploading the files to process on FME Server. When uploading the shapefile, you need to make sure to include all the additional files as well (.dbf, .prj, .shx, etc). However, if all the uploaded files are selected in the source dataset parameter (like this image):

you'll likely see warning messages about the Generic reader not being able to find a reader to read each individual sidecar file as if they were separate files.

To avoid that, you need to only select the .shp file(s) for the datasets you are working with, but uploading only the .shp files will cause the error you are seeing where it complains about the missing .dbf etc. The easiest way to handle this is to upload all the files for each shapefile, then only select the .shp files in the upload dialog in FME Server. The end result might look something like this, with all the files shown as uploaded on the left part of the dialog and only the .shp files shown under selected:

Does that help? If that doesn't match the behaviour you're seeing, could you please upload a full copy of the log file from when you run this? I can help take a closer look into what might be going wrong.

Hi @davtorgh​, Right, the combination of using the Generic reader with a format like shapefile that requires sidecar files in addition to the main .shp file can get a little awkward to work with when uploading the files to process on FME Server. When uploading the shapefile, you need to make sure to include all the additional files as well (.dbf, .prj, .shx, etc). However, if all the uploaded files are selected in the source dataset parameter (like this image):

you'll likely see warning messages about the Generic reader not being able to find a reader to read each individual sidecar file as if they were separate files.

To avoid that, you need to only select the .shp file(s) for the datasets you are working with, but uploading only the .shp files will cause the error you are seeing where it complains about the missing .dbf etc. The easiest way to handle this is to upload all the files for each shapefile, then only select the .shp files in the upload dialog in FME Server. The end result might look something like this, with all the files shown as uploaded on the left part of the dialog and only the .shp files shown under selected:

Does that help? If that doesn't match the behaviour you're seeing, could you please upload a full copy of the log file from when you run this? I can help take a closer look into what might be going wrong.

Hi @davtorgh​, Right, the combination of using the Generic reader with a format like shapefile that requires sidecar files in addition to the main .shp file can get a little awkward to work with when uploading the files to process on FME Server. When uploading the shapefile, you need to make sure to include all the additional files as well (.dbf, .prj, .shx, etc). However, if all the uploaded files are selected in the source dataset parameter (like this image):

you'll likely see warning messages about the Generic reader not being able to find a reader to read each individual sidecar file as if they were separate files.

To avoid that, you need to only select the .shp file(s) for the datasets you are working with, but uploading only the .shp files will cause the error you are seeing where it complains about the missing .dbf etc. The easiest way to handle this is to upload all the files for each shapefile, then only select the .shp files in the upload dialog in FME Server. The end result might look something like this, with all the files shown as uploaded on the left part of the dialog and only the .shp files shown under selected:

Does that help? If that doesn't match the behaviour you're seeing, could you please upload a full copy of the log file from when you run this? I can help take a closer look into what might be going wrong.