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Support panoramic / 360 degree photos (and videos). Allow clipping by view direction, conversion between cubic and equirectangular formats, etc.
Similar to uploading items on FME Hub, it would be awesome if we could specify a custom icon for anything uploaded to FME Server. This might help convey functionality to end-users.Initially this could be restricted to FME Workspaces, but maybe there is demand for other items? Comment below!
From this Q&A: How do I create a folder whose name is based on the date the Workbench is run?It would be nice if FME could create automatically a new directory which is specified via the Target File parameter in the FTPCaller.
Any plans to go non-apple and support ARCore? https://developers.google.com/ar/discover/
Not so much a format as a source/destination for data files. Idea is that FME would retrieve or push data in / out.
On FME Server - RESOURCES. Add option to right click and "Save as" or "Download to" - so you can choose where to save the files instead of the default location.
Instead of EC2-based FME Cloud, would it be possible to run FME Workspaces as a service: something like AWS Lambda and payment would be per run. This would serve cases when FME isn't used continuously / often, but needs to be available when needed.
Hey guys,I needed to install FME on Debian 9 (Stretch), and since I struggled a bit to do it, I thought someone else would appreciate to read what I've found.So the first step is to download libpng12-0 as described in this post:wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-0_1.2.50-2%2Bdeb8u3_amd64.debInstall it using dpkg:dpkg -i libpng12-0_1.2.49-1+deb7u2_amd64.debThen download the Ubuntu 16.04 version of FME:wget https://downloads.safe.com/fme/2017/fme-desktop-2017_2017.0.1.2.17292~ubuntu.16.04_amd64.debAgain, use dpkg to install it:dpkg -i fme-desktop-2017_2017.0.1.2.17292~ubuntu.16.04_amd64.debThis should end with an error message, but don't worry, everything will be fine.Use apt to fix missing dependencies:apt --fix-missing -f installIt will install a lot of missing lib to run FME.Now, if all the previous steps ended successfully, you should be able to launch the engine:/opt/fme-desktop-2017/fmeYou should get this result:FME license system failure: FME is not licensed for this machine. Contact your Distributor. Your registration key is XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX. Program Terminating Translation FAILED.then you only need to setup your license and you're good to go!Edit : new link for libpng12-0
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Remove duplicate and nearly duplicate coordinates in sequence using a tolerance in the GeometryValidator Add the ability to the GeometryValidator to remove duplicates coordinates that are within a set tolerance of each other. @oliwerurban
Add a reader/writer for Bentley ProjectWise
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Non-spatial formats. "projectwise" , "Sharepoint" , "Other document management systems.
This transformer could:convert datetime values from one time zone into another;set time zone;reset time zone;remove time zone.The time zone can be provided as UTC offset, <utc> (for +00:00), or <local> (for system local time zone).Please vote this idea if this transformer would be helpful.
***Note from Migration:*** Original Title was: Update New Zealand Datum Transformation Grid (NTv2) to account for plate movement A new grid has been issued to account for major movement of parts of New Zealand after the Kaikoura Earthquakes. Some areas have moved by as much as 6 metres. Using the old grid will give significant errors and will not align with the cadastral layers provided by LINZ.Replacing the grid can be a user operation, but it would need to be done every time a new FME version is downloaded. https://www.linz.govt.nz/data/geodetic-system/datums-projections-and-heights/geodetic-datums/new-zealand-geodetic-datum-2000-nzgd2000/nzgd2000-deformation-model
Allow ability to selectively 'Ignore Failed Transformers'. This would be very useful with notifier-type transformers such as Emailer or SlackConnector when a web connection cannot be made and their actions/output are not crucial to the workspace. If some transformers can be selectively ignored, then simultaneous workspaces processes that are important to the user will not be stopped.
As with the AreaBuilder, the LineCombiner is used a lot in combination with snapping.Adding a snapping tolerance to the LineCombiner would allow to handle the features just once and could improve performance.And it would be consistent with the AreaBuilder.
Include an additional option to show the total number of characters (including spaces) for an attribute. This would be in addition to the word wrapping, line number, invisible characters, and other options available when viewing a specific attribute. This would be helpful for a general idea of assigning a character width to an attribute in the writer.
I would like to manage my output. Before i connect to a featurewriter.In my latest case I wan't my output to look like an excel file I already have. So I wan't to import de column-headers of this Excel file into my attribute manager. This way i have controle over the output order and naming of my columns.Then I wan't to connect something to my input, so i see which attributes I already have.Then I wan't to connect the input attributes to the output attributes with lines. Like connecting one transformer to another. So a attribute will be renamed when connected to another named column. Will be deleted when not connected. And will be added when not connected as column.I ones used this functionality with Talend Open Studio. And you have this kind of functionality when using a writer. Is it possible to introduce this connection style to the AttributeManager.
FME now have support for Tableau, i think that many companies also using other BI softwares like QlikView. I think that specification for QVX format is open and support for that would be very useful for many FME users.
From this Q&A: Comments in END_SQL statements ?FME ignores errors that occurred while executing a SQL statement if you added a single hyphen preceding the statement. As far as I know, this FME specific SQL syntax can be used anywhere you can set SQL statements in a workspace, but I'm afraid that many users don't know the syntax since it is documented only in the help on the SQLExecutor. It would be good if the Workbench Help would contain a section commonly describing how FME handles SQL statements set in a parameter, including the behavior on the hyphen.In addition, it would be better that FME could treat a line starting with two consecutive hyphens in a SQL script as a comment statement (see the question above).
Logging into server has got to be improved.When I save credentials, the server login page doesn't recognize it, so I have to modify the saved credentials before getting in. It seemed to work better on 2016 than 2017, so it appears something changed.
Sorting by column name in Data Inspector, the NULL values are ignored, what ever sorting algorithm you choose and is displayes at top. Pleace include the NULL values in the sorting, or add a choice to include them or how to deal with them.
A lot of my projects include reading layer names from DWG-files and check if they are consistent with a layer standard or if they are empty. As I'm both interested in the data features (for other tests) and the schema I need to retrieve both from the DWG files. There are various ways of doing this and the different techniques varying in speed pretty dramatically.For my test purpose I created a DWG-file (Release2013) with 500 point features, each on an unique layer (so the DWG-file has 501 layers with layer 0). Using FME 2017.1.2.0. Win 64.Reading the Schema with a FeatureReader transformer, Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF-reader, just reading the Schema Features. Group Entities By "Layer name": 5 minutes 21.6 secondsReading the Schema with a FeatureReader transformer, Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF-reader, just reading the Schema Features. Group Entities By "Attribute Schema": 35.5 seconds (this options is useless for me as the Schema reader just read layers that holds entities and I need to check which layers that are empty)Reading the Schema with a FeatureReader transformer, Schema (Any Format)-reader, choosing Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF as input format: 3.1. secondsReading the Schema with a Schema (Any Format)-reader, choosing Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF as input format: 3.2 seconds (one interesting thing here is that the reader says Successfully opened the 'Release2018' AutoCAD file even if the file is a Release2013 file)(there were no major time differences when choosing the RealDWG-reader/format instead)This means that the most efficient way of reading the Schema is by using the Schema (Any Format)-reader stand alone or inside a FeatureReader transformer. This means that I need two Readers/FeatureReaders in my workspace as I'm also interested in the data features. This seams a bit unnecessarily as the FeatureReader can read the Schema while I'm reading the data.Is there any chance of tweaking the Schema reading inside the FeatureReader transformer while reading the data with the Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF-reader so it gets a big faster?(the test dataset has 500 layers but the real files I verify right now has over 1700 layers...)
@akoning,Do you think it would be possible to add filtering to the completed jobs by repository? You can currently filter by user and the webinar for 2018 showed filtering by status. It would be nice to see the jobs within a repository that succeeded or failed.Thanks, Tyson
Currently the JSON writer (or via the FeatureWriter) writes an array. It would be nice to have the option to not assume you want an array. As an example I was working through something where I would use an HTTPcaller to get a token from a REST API of a particular service. Since this token doesn't expire for about 24 hours, I don't need to keep requesting a new token, so I wanted to write this info. to a JSON and then use that file as the Upload Body for another HTTPcaller. However the [square brackets] were getting in the way! I can hack my way around it by using the CSV or Text File writer to write the .json file in the correct syntax, but that just sounds so wrong :) I can also read the JSON file and clean up those brackets before sending the data, but again...just trying to cut down on unnecessary steps.
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