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We have a c-tree database we are currently pulling data out of via daily file reports, but we are looking for a way to query it directly. FairCom's site has an ODBC driver download, but we don't have any developers in-house to integrate this sort of thing.
With the CoordinateSystemExtractor, only a description of the coordinatesystem is given. It would be great to have the EPSG code as well.For example:_coordsys : _Netherlands-RDNew-2008_0_epsg: 28992So I can use the 28992 code to extract more details from this coordinatesystem by building this URL, for example: https://epsg.io/28992.gml
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Ability to turn off outputs on line/ point on area/ line overlayer to improve performance Currently on the line on area overlayer/ point on area overlayer you are required to process both outputs for the transformer but in most cases you only need one output. Could you have the ability to chose to turn off the processing for the output not required?
It would be great if column settings can be saved and re-applied when a workspace is run and data visualized in a table within FME Data Inspector. When building a workspace, I find myself constantly re-running to test and look at the output, but sometimes I want to focus on specific columns, yet have other columns accessible if needed without having to re-run the workspace. I would like an option where we can save various configurations, or at least have Inspector remember the column settings when a workspace is re-run and use the same column order and visibility instead.
It would be helpful if the COLLADA reader would support reading Geometry definitions stored in the DAE as definitions so we could use the Shared Item tools. Currently the COLLADA writer supports this - I can create a COLLADA file with a single model but unfortunately it seems when reading that these definitions are read as aggregated mesh objects. When writing the same file back out to COLLADA the size blows up because a new geometry definition is created. When working with a file with 1000 of such geometries it blows up from about 1 MB to over 250 MB...
Surface Weather and Marine Observation Markup Language (SWOB-ML) is an XML format based on the OGC Observations and Measurements standard.This format is used by Environment Canada to publish detailed and highly-frequent weather station information from both EC and third-party sources across Canada.Documentation for the format is available here:https://dd.weather.gc.ca/observations/doc/ And sample data by date and station (CVOO has good info) is available here:https://dd.weather.gc.ca/observations/swob-ml/
I love the glTF writer and we have been using it a lot in conjunction with our Cesium based applications to help bring customer data into their interactive 3DCityModels.glTF is awesome because it supports both vector (lines/points) and True 3D surfaces. One issue we're running into, however, is that I'm unable to style the vector features in the output. The fme_color attribute appears to be ignored and the GeometryColorSetter/AppearanceSetter rejects it because it is InvalidGeometry...This means we're unable to bring in colors from CAD drawings which makes it lose some of its valueI would love if the gltf Writer would recognise the fme_color attributes.
In the Navigation tree, we can click on a Bookmark and the canvas is centered in its content.It would be also useful (at least for me) if in an Annotation we could create a link to a bookmark.In my case, I tend to create individual bookmarks for the SQL sentences used in Readers and Writers or for code samples of the PythonCaller or SystemCaller... The idea is adding an Annotation to the Reader/Writer/Transformer with a short sentence about what they do and a link to the bookmark where extended information can be found.
When pushing the refresh button in the Inspector, it refreshes all data sets. Sometimes, you want to refresh one data set only. The idea is to add 'Refresh Dataset' when you right-click on it. Similar where you find the possibility to 'Remove Dataset'.
Could you make the icons for transformers that have more than one input have a visible difference to those with only one (a small number, different colour or input lines on the left).Often times I don't really know what to search for to achieve a goal, but I will know that I need two inputs not just one, so if I can visibly see the difference when searching for a transformer it will make narrowing it down much easier.
Currently on FME Cloud when you launch an instance you have no control about the virtual private cloud (VPC) it is launched into (we actually launch it into our own VPC). I am interested in soliciting feedback on whether adding support to launch into your own AWS VPC would be beneficial. We have already had quite a few users request this, as for a lot of customers their first step in moving to the cloud is the hybrid cloud. Just to propose some ideas. Allow you to launch into your own VPC in FME Cloud and then allow you to link to your VPC to ours via VPC Peering.We could allow you to launch directly into your VPC but this is likely to bring with it some limitations and additioanl configurations.
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Possible solution for: "Geodatabase Error (-2147024893): The system cannot find the path specified." Not sure if this is the right space to post this but here goes:I just spent most of the morning trying to automate my data workflow using FME, .bat files and Windows Task Scheduler.The logic is:Task Scheduler runs a workbench .bat fileThe .bat file executes an FME workbenchDetailed Errors: 2019-07-09 11:52:00| 0.6| 0.0|ERROR |Geodatabase Error (-2147024893): The system cannot find the path specified.2019-07-09 11:52:00| 0.6| 0.0|ERROR |Could not open File Geodatabase dataset `geodb path' for readingMy troubleshooting:The translation is successful when running from within FMEThe translation is successful when running directly from the .bat fileThe translation is NOT successful when using Task Scheduler to run the .bat fileSolution(?)I changed the following setting in Task Scheduler:My translation is now successful using Task Scheduler.I'm writing this post to help others who are having similar issues.I would appreciate if anyone can explain the difference between the two settings... I must have misinterpreted what they actually do.
It would be great to be able to test an external database connection from within FME Cloud to ensure it is set up correctly before having to run a published job.
I would love the ability to push one update to FME server that would automatically sync with all my workbenches saving the time and hassle of opening each one up and making changes. The best way I can think of for doing this is to make the workbenches into a series of modules, which could be custom transformers or something new. If I open and change that module and then save up to the server it should copy this change to a number of workbenches on the server - or better still give me a choice. That way I can keep on top of tweaks and updates that I need to do and ensure that all the workbenches are working in the same way. For instance I could have a back ground mapping module, a PDF export module etc. All the workbenches would basically be an amlagation of several modules and same stand alone tranformers.
It seems that the FeatureColorSetter blocks features always even if you set Fixed to the Color Schema parameter.It would be better if the transformer won't block features when setting a fixed color.
I attended the Partner Summit 2019, which was fantastic! Only thing I was missing was specific, advanced training sessions to the partners. We should know new functionalities of FME very well, and of course we study by ourselves, but it would be a great opportunity to learn e.g. IFC writing from Safe experts or how to write IMDF and other indoor mapping formats. The sessions don't have to be long; just 1 to 2h would be enough. I suggest that in upcoming partner events, some of the tech sessions and roundtables could be changed to training sessions.
Esri has support for writing the layerType 'Building' in i3s. However currently it only is possible to write those from Revit. Options such as IFC are not yet possible. It would be great if Safe can support the 'Building Scene Layer' to be able to built those from IFC files.
As far as I can see in FME 2018.1 there is no option to 'Auto-connect Attributes' when relating to a Feature Writer Transformer.This would be really helpful I think.
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Option to give FME Data inspector to show results in web page as alternative to data download Sorry for the long title, but I think it would be really powerful to let users explore fme server result data online instead of downloading it. How cool would it be to have an interface like desktop's data inspector appear once the translation is complete?Thanks, Andy
Please please please :-) do some work to improve processing speed in FME of JSON.Using the JSON fragmentor I'm processing a JSON document with 20k simple records. FME processes each record in ~2-3 seconds. Unusably slow.Using Python I can process to document is ~5 seconds.A sample document is available here and I'm interested in the attributes of the feature array.
When using the File Geodatabase Open API Reader, any domains are automatically resolved to their values. Please can an option be added to the Reader so we have a choice about whether this happens, as we do with the ArcGIS version of the Reader.See...https://knowledge.safe.com/questions/73616/resolve-domains-in-file-open-api-geodatabase.htmlhttps://knowledge.safe.com/questions/72775/is-the-fgdb-open-api-reader-able-to-read-fgdb-doma.htmlIt appears that a few people would find this useful.
I'd like to see a transformer that replicates the Fanout function for writers. I.e. I want to be able to filter a feature by an attribute(s)
Hi,I know that FME has WebMapTiler as one of transformer utilities and it's good for creating image tiles in 2d web map applications.However, as 3d web gis is evolving and as there is more possibilities to build nice 3d web gis applications using libraries like CesiumJS and similair, i wonder if there is any plan in near future to enable tiling of 3d datasets using FME.For example, that you have 3d mesh and you want to create quantized-mesh tiles using some FME Transformer ? I know it's probably not so easy to implement at the moment but I would like to know if it's something that is on TODO list or not?Thank you and kind regardsIvan
Currently the following header information is not updated when writing to a LAS file:system identifiergenerating softwarefile creation day/yearIt would be more appropriate to have these fields populated with the details of the creation of the new LAS file by the FME writer. At present it is retaining data from original LAS read into the workspace.
improve sorter => consider accented words ! Ex : Zoo, École, Auto FME sorter ASC : Auto, Zoo, École.
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