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danilo_fme
Evangelist
danilo_fmeEvangelist

Insert Image in AnnotationsOpen

Possibility of including images inside Annotation . Is better when we want to document our Workspace with images.

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danilo_fme
11 hours ago
thdrg
Contributor
thdrgContributor

Enhancing Connectivity Between FME Form and FME FlowOpen

To strengthen the integration between FME Form and FME Flow, it would be beneficial to improve access to FME Flow's shared resources directly from FME Form. Currently, we know that it is possible to access files stored in Shared Resources via a reader in "Select Files from the Web" mode, but it would be much more convenient if this capability were natively built into FME Form. Proposed Enhancements Direct Navigation in FME Flow Resources (from FME Form) Enable browsing Shared Resources or Network Resources directly from FME Form, without having to copy-paste paths or manually modify macros. Deployment parameters & Automatic Resolution of Macros and UNC Paths Currently, if an FME Flow Network Resource (ex: $(SDEconnection)) points to a network drive, users must manually specify the UNC path in FME Form because the macro does not resolve automatically. It would also be useful if Deployment Parameters could include connections to FME Flow resources (Shared Resources, Network Resources). Pre-population of FME Flow User Parameters in FME Form When connected to an FME Flow instance, global parameters like FME_FLOW_WEB_URL could be automatically populated in FME Form. Access Alignment with FME Flow User Permissions Access to files and resources from FME Form should respect the permissions defined in FME Flow, ensuring users only access the resources they are authorized to use.

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LizAtSafe
1 day ago
N
namanpatel

FME Server - Allow User to sort by any visible column or multiple columnsOpen

All the grids in FME servers are not sortable by users, sorting is the very basic function expected by all users from any software these days. Please allow users to click on any column header to sort ascending/descending/removing sort for a given column. The user should be able to hold the shift or control key to choose multiple columns to sort. The sort function should work for all supported data types in the column, e.g. Number, text, date, user, etc.

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bruran
1 day ago
ponceta
Contributor
poncetaContributor

Button to open workbench folderOpen

It would be nice to be able on one click to open the folder in which the workbench is stored. This is very simple but could be very useful. Actually the shortest way that I find to do that is : CTRL + SHIFT + S Copy paste the suggested path Windows + E Paste the path and Enter The path is visible in the header but not queryable This is very linked to https://community.safe.com/s/idea/0874Q000000TlPhQAK/detail But in a more general way (not only log oriented)

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geomancer
1 day ago
milo89
Enthusiast
milo89Enthusiast

Provide users with theme options - Allowing for a return to a pre-2024 theme and icons.Open

FME24 provides an overly simplified and bland user interface and experience. Even as a long time FME user I find it difficult to use and even train new users. Personally, I’m yet to find a single benefit of the change. E.g. Simple icon colours which categorise items in the navigator (Purple = Parameters) are gone. Similar to being able to select dark mode, I think it would be extremely helpful to enable users to select the theme and icon styles that improve their user experience.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
T
treborq

Disable feature caching on specific output portsOpen

Allow certain output ports to have their feature caching disabled to improve performance. As an example, I quite often use the FeatureMerger. With Feature Caching turned on it will cache all the output ports, as described here under the 'Unconnected Output Ports' heading - https://knowledge.safe.com/articles/79739/feature-caching-and-performance.html - I often don't care about the UnusedSupplier and UsedSupplier, but they tend to be the largest datasets and add significant time on first run/uncached runs. What would be ideal is an option to turn off the feature caching for certain output ports, perhaps under the right click menu of the output port itself. Admittedly this right click menu only appears once the feature caching is done, but you get the idea. This is similar to this proposal - https://knowledge.safe.com/content/idea/77431/feature-caching-woes-reuse-large-attributesturn-so.html - But a bit more granular, whereas that proposal suggests allowing feature caches to be turned off for entire transformers, this one proposes only turning them off for certain output ports.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
T
tmoulder_okc

Add a calendar view to FME Server Schedule sectionOpen

Add to the scheduling screen the ability to view schedules in a calendar view. It would be nice to be able to format it daily/weekly/work week/monthly. It would also be nice to be able to click on an opening in the calendar to start scheduling a new job. Merged Ideas: FME Server Schedule - Ability to identify the schedule(s) that gets executed on by atiul on August 8, 2018 ***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: FME Server Schedule - Ability to identify the schedule(s) that gets executed on a give time range (future date/time range) It would be great, if FME Server provides an interface that can list out the schedules that get executed during a give time range (future date/time range). This would be helpful to disable the affected schedule(s) during outages (server maintenance activities).

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
jelle
Contributor
jelleContributor

add ISO-8601 standard for Week Numbers as Date FunctionOpen

The ISO-8601 standard for week numbers in the DateTimeConverter is missing the Week 01 - 53 implementation, where week 01 is the one with the first Thursday of the year. This is referred to as %V in other scripting languages. Can this be added as a DateTime function?

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
paalpedersen
Contributor
paalpedersenContributor

Enhanchment of FeatureReaderOpen

It would be nice if there was a link between initiator and schema. let say you read a folder containing XXX amount of datafiles and you are only interested in the ones that contain a specific schema. the you could read the folder, only read schema, test for the schema you want then merge that schema with the link to initiator. schema has the primary key, and initiator has the foregin key, with a 1:many relation.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
hkingsbury
Celebrity
hkingsburyCelebrity

Custom Transformers support the "Connect Input" functionalityOpen

Similar to how the InlineQuerier and FeatureWriter work, have the ability for custom transformers to support the “Connect Input” functionality where new input ports are made Specifically thought around Marks creation of the DataLogicController https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-up-wednesday-26th-june-2024-routing-features-logic-mark-ireland-r84oc/

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
jeroen
Contributor
jeroenContributor

Ability to import and export Transformer presets and/or use 'linked' presetsOpen

It is really handy to set multiple presets in 2019 and this makes life a lot easier but i'm missing the ability to share these settings/presets with my colleagues. I would really love to see an export/import button or even a linked button so when changing some of the settings in the given preset it also changes everywhere else.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
virtualcitymatt
Celebrity
virtualcitymattCelebrity

FME Data Inspector: Highlight all selected items in viewerOpen

Highlight all selected features in the data inspector - There is a method to Save Selected features from within the data inspector, however, sometimes it's not clear what is selected. In the table view the selected features are highlighted, however, in the Map view only the feature which is seen in the Feature Informantin window is highlighted. It would be really nice is all selected features were automatically styled in such a way so see what is selected.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
M
marcel_conterra

Making Transformer version history availableOpen

It would be nice to get the Transformer version history as a default option in the context menu. If you update a Transformer in FME 2016 you get to see the changes between the different versions that are used but you have to go via the update option and you aren’t able to see all changes. So in case you just want to see what changes occurred to a transformer, you have to find an old version of it to see the changes.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor

Restoring FME Server Version Control After UpgradeOpen

Please make the restoration of FME Server Version Control after upgrade more intuitive. This could be done by: 1) Prompting to fetch from remote immediately after a restore, or2) Silently fetching from remote after a restore. Currently the back/restore tool will restore FME Server Version Control settings, but you have to fetch from remote before making any commits in FME Server to avoid remote ref and local ref errors (ie a sync to remote is needed before making changes in FME Server).

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
todd_davis
Supporter
todd_davisSupporter

FME Server Automation templatesOpen

Currently in the FME Server 2019 beta, when users create automations they will be required to enter the full configurations for the action and trigger. For the likes of sending an email, this will involve the host, ports, security, from emails etc. It would be great in existing triggers/actions could be templated or shared?

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
mark2atsafe
Safer
mark2atsafeSafer

Add a Sampler option to drop unsampled dataOpen

I wondered, maybe Safe could add an option to the Sampler to drop unsampled data, instead of sending it out of the unsampled port. Why? Because when I run a workspace with caching turned on, it’s using up resources caching unsampled data that I don’t need. This is especially true since I was set up to sample only the first feature. Having obtained that single feature, I really don’t need the Sampler to carry on storing other data. In fact, I don’t really need it to carry on processing at all!

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
tim_wood
Contributor
tim_woodContributor

Add option/ports to LineExtender to enable extending line in one direction onlyOpen

Is the LineExtender mis-named? I have a set of lines starting from the centre of a buffer polygon and ending at the edge of the polygon. I want to extend the line from the start point to the other side of the polygon. So LineExtender seems to be the perfect choice. However, if I use the Beginning port, I just get a line going from the centre of the buffer the other way. If I use the End port, I get a line outside the buffer, starting from the end point of the original line. I expected the Beginning and End ports to output the original feature with the original line extended in one direction. But only the Stretched port outputs the original line actually extended, but it's in both directions which is not what I want. I can work round this by aggregating the original line with the output from the Beginning port (and using Group By in the Aggregator), or using the LineCombiner (again with Group By), but that seems like a long way round when LineExtender should be able to extend the line in one direction. Original line: LineExtender Beginning port: LineExtender End port: LineExtender Stretched port: What I want - LineExtender beginning port + original line + Aggregator:

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
tim.albert.vaa
Contributor
tim.albert.vaaContributor

Apply Style Changes to More than One Annotation, Connection or Bookmark at a TimeOpen

***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Apply Style Changes to More than One Annotation, Connection or Bookmark at a Time The ability to style connectors, annotations and book marks by assigning background colours or styles is very useful in visually organizing a workspace. But right now changes can only be applied to single item at a time, even if multiple items are selected. The ability to apply a colour, font or even a style to all the selected connectors, annotations or bookmarks would make it easier to provide a consistent look to a workspace.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
mmccart
Contributor
mmccartContributor

Expose ArcGIS Online/Portal Atttachments thru FeatureReaderOpen

Currently, access to AGOL/Portal photo attachment information is available only thru a true reader when the option is enabled. It would be nice to have that option available when using FeatureReader transformers as well. I'm currently using Build 20264 (FME 2020) maybe this has already been released. Thanks!

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
scyphers
Participant
scyphersParticipant

UI change for Blocking transformers (colours)Open

I would like the canvas UI to tell me if a transformer being used is a Blocking Transformer (or has blocking/feature holding tendencies), Red always blocking, or Pink when transformers have GroupBy tendencies which can be or have been enabled (change Pink to Red when in blocking mode). The visual queue will tell me where I may have to control my flow of feature and runtime orders; or when I am about to create a loop which will trigger a linked transformer. Added benefit it will visually tell me of aggregation points of data, and likely memory intensive operations, in my script.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
sbissonnette
Participant
sbissonnetteParticipant

Allow Customization of the Style for Disabled ConnectionsOpen

We already have the ability to set up and modify default connection styles and set unique styles for individual connections when they are enabled but, particularly in complex workspaces, it can be hard to identify connections that have been turned off. It would be a huge help in some cases to be able to set our disabled connections to be a different color so they stand out the same way that we can with active connections.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
worjak
Contributor
worjakContributor

Personalized FME Flow HomeOpen

I would like to costumize the content of the six tiles for the FME Flow Home page for my own use. I’d like to add tiles with “recent failed jobs”, “Queued jobs”, “running jobs” and maybe other filteres in the tiles of the home. I am aware that this UI is worked on in a FME Flow release that is comming soon, but the preview that I’ve seen recently didn’t seem to include the posibility to costumize the FME Flow home page.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
lee.powell.miso
Participant
lee.powell.misoParticipant

Improve Customize Options for FME Flow AppsOpen

The current customization options for FME Flow Apps is quite poor. FME Flow Apps have the potential to be a centralised focal point/application for organisational/enterprise level ETL; however, they currently allow for minimal flexibility and design when it comes to styling. The lack of flexibility and options for design improvements mean that even with greatest graphics/design eye in the world, FME Flow Apps are often left looking nothing more than a data dropzone, workspace runner or ‘Click to Download’ link. Expanding the options for image customization and editing, greater flexibility in text design, or incorporating HTML would greatly enhance the visual appeal of FME Flow Apps. This would increase visibility and improve perceptions to none FME users who are given access to a Flow App. Documentation could also be created in the form of a technical article on ‘Designing and Styling an FME Flow App for your Organization’ to support this process.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
langdonms
Contributor
langdonmsContributor

Secure Data Download LinksOpen

Presently Data Download result links while temporarily available are accessible without authentication. Propose honoring user authentication for accessing the result links or generating a longer token based URL that would be hard to brute force generate. Per this thread, https://community.safe.com/s/question/0D54Q00008Kq1hiSAB/security-of-fme-server-results-download-link

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago
jdh
Contributor
jdhContributor

Feature caching and custom transformersOpen

It would be nice if there was some sort of toggle option when running with feature caching as to whether a custom transformer produced a single output cache (like a collapsed bookmark) or if every transformer within it had a cache (current behaviour). I can see the latter being useful when actual developing the custom transformer, but in most cases I don't care about the interim portions of the custom transformer, when developing a workspace that uses one. I could put a bookmark around each custom transformer and collapse it, but that becomes tedious when there are several (dozens) of custom transformers.

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LizAtSafe
3 days ago

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