How to check for Required Questions/Observations on a Cityworks Inspection

Hi Anita,

It sounds like you’d like to send a notification when an Inspection is marked Completed but a required field is missing, so the person in the InspectedBy field gets alerted. You could approach this in two ways:

Option A: Workspace logic

• Read the Inspection records in with the HTTPCaller
• Use a Tester to check if status = Completed and required fields are empty.
• If so, send an email with the Emailer transformer to the InspectedBy user.
• This could be initiated by a schedule or a webhook. 

Option B: Event-driven with Cityworks Webhooks (Best option)

• Configure a Cityworks webhook with conditions so it only fires when an Inspection is set to Completed and required fields are missing (tutorial here: Part 2, Step 7).

• Send the webhook into FME Flow, and handle the notification there.
• Webhooks are event-based, so the notification happens right away.

Both approaches work. The main difference is where you apply the conditional logic: in the FME workspace (Option A) or directly in Cityworks via the webhook’s Action Event (Option B).

If you are new to working with Cityworks and FME, you may also find this training course helpful: Getting Started with Trimble Unity Maintain (Cityworks).

Best, 

Sanae

Hello Sanae,

Thanks, I will try the steps in your solution. 

Best Regards,

Anita

Hello Sanae,

I am able to connect with a Webhook  (tutorial here: Part 2, Step 7) in FME Flow,  for when a Inspection has Completed Status. But, I am not able to check for missing Required Fields on an Inspection.

Can you please let me know how I can do that.

Thanks

Anita