FME Server apps to return Errors

This would be really helpful!

great idea !

Thank you for adding this idea! This is exactly what I was going to suggest.

could you email the log or message the user? when they run a long job.... or have an option to stream the Fatal parts of the log to the browser after the app runs.

Hi @virtualcitymatt,

I struggled with the same thing. My preferred method would be to use a terminator message with a custom termination message for this. However, in the past it seemed that this termination message would only sometimes be returned to the user, and sometimes the message 'unknown error' would return.

Initially to work around the problem I would write the issues into an 'logged_items' excel and would return this to the user (using the data download service).

However it seems that the terminator issue is resolved in FME 2021.1, so maybe that could also help you out.

I would love the ability to expose logger transformers to the app user while the app is running so you can log the results of specific processes. that way the user can see progress is being made. you could easily create custom error messages and log these as well. would be so much better than just thisand then maybe something happens or doesn't.

Giving the specifics of a failure, or the output of loggers/terminators would be invaluable to users of flow apps. As opposed to a simple 'failed' message.

Often users are making simple errors with data inputs and parameters that is causing a lot of unnecessary back and forth. The majority of these issues could be self diagnosed with the ability to view these notifications. This is a significant issue for uptake of our developed apps.

This functionality would be extremely useful

for anyone looking for the workaround:
 

• FME Server App - Error message?