Question

How do I use the fanout writer option in a workspace in FME Server?

  • 13 November 2015
  • 2 replies
  • 2 views

i am new to FME Server. I have several workspaces that uses the fanout option in the writer.

 

An very basic one is reprojecting coordinates in a excel file.

 

The current workspace takes the input filename (FME_BASENAME) and concatenates CONVERTED_ as a prefix for the new output filename.

 

when I published this to FME Server as data download service, the translation is successful the logs shows no errors, the jobs status show completed successful but I get a failure and no file for download.

 

Also no file in the RequestResults folder.

 


2 replies

Badge +22
Set the fanout folder to FME_SERVER_DEST_DIR, set the attribute to fanout on as concatenated attribute (and possibly set the fannout suffic to .xls(x) depending on whether or not it's already included in the attribute
Userlevel 3
Badge +13
Yes good answer from @jdh - and this article covers the issue as well. For FME Server 2016 we've improved Writer Fanout for the Data Download Service and this should work without the workaround.

 

Reply