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gregbensnoco
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gregbensnocoContributor
asked in Authoring
Unable to double select transformer

I can click on the desktop and add a transformer but when I double-click the title bar of the transformer, nothing happens.  I can’t click and move a transformer either.  I can edit a transformer in the left Navigator.  I can’t add connectors between transformers.Reinstalled same version (2023.1.1.1) because that’s the version we use.  Still same problem.  I can run an existing workspace but the transformers seem to be unselectable.I don't have this problem when FME Workbench is on my laptop screen and not my external monitor.  I've built dozens of workspaces on this external monitor without issue.  Problem started last week.  In Display Settings I extended the laptop display to the external monitor.

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gregbensnoco
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mattebridges
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mattebridgesParticipant
asked in Data
Creating geometry from GeoJSON text

Hi - I’m trying to create polygon geometry from the GeoJSON in the attached file. This is a string attribute returned from an API.I was thinking I could use a GeometryReplacer with the encoding set to GeoJSON. However when I do this the record is rejected with an ‘INVALID_PARAMETER_GEOMETRY_SOURCE’  message.I have passed the GeoJSON attribute through a JSONValidator and this doesn’t flag up any issues.Any suggestions for what I’m doing wrong, or alternative approaches would be very welcome.Thanks in advance.

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mattebridges
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bobw
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bobwContributor
asked in Architecture
Crawl workspaces on Flow for used connections

Our Flow instance has more web connections than it should.  That’s the result of allowing new connections without peer review.Now, one of our team members is leaving and I’m concerned his workspaces will use connections that won’t transfer.  (We use Entra)Is there a way to find all the connections used in various workspaces (scheduled and on-demand apps).  I don’t see a view for that in the individual workspaces, or I’d step through them all.Other than downloading and opening each workspace (~100), or deleting the connections to see what happens, is there a way?

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virtualcitymatt
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itay
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itaySupporter
Separate Stop and Refresh Actions in Automations to Prevent Accidental TerminationOpen

Hi, How many of us (and let’s be honest) have mistakenly pressed the stop automation while actually going for the refresh?These two are way to close to each other and with a little change some serious BS&T can be spared from us all…. Itay

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rylanatsafe
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itay
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itaySupporter
Retry Handling in Split-Merge: Suppress Failed Output MessagesOpen

Hi,This functionality is great but does not make sense (the way it is now) inside a split merge block.Let say you enable the retry in a split-merge block to try for 3 times before giving up, if it is successful the third time a feature will still come out of the failed port of the split-merge block and ruin you translation.So either disable this functionality in the split-merge block (not preferred) or make is smarter and even if 2 of the 3 retries have failed don’t let any feature go out of the failed port of the split-merge block (preferred)Let make the retry in a split-merge block usable (and great)Itay

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rylanatsafe
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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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lifalin2016
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lifalin2016Contributor
Upgrade the FME Flow interface with better sorting et.al.Archived

In the lists in FME Flow, it’s typically only possible to sort on a few items.It would be a much better interface, if sorting was available for (almost) all columns in the lists.It would also be nice, if one could open especially job logs in separate tabs in the browser.Too much time is wasted clicked back and forth and resetting various settings.Actually, the one-tab approach is in general a bad decision and a time-waster.Is this really a requirement with Java server pages ?

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mgg_beca
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mgg_becaContributor
Please provide an integrated calendar view for Schedules and Scheduled AutomationsArchived

Hi there,There are some resources in the community for visualizing schedules and automations such as:https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407600463245-Create-a-Calendar-for-FME-Server-Scheduleshttps://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407670993677-Creating-a-Visual-Calendar-of-Schedules-as-an-FME-Server-DashboardHowever these require additional effort from the end user and in some cases API’s for external services (Google Calendar).I feel like an integrated visual representation of all scheduled tasks in FME would be very valuable to users publishing workspaces, and would help to prevent resource contention and workspace conflicts.Additionally if the user wants to create their own calendar view they have to understand how to process cron job formatting, manage time zones differences, write html and javascript, etc, etc; it is quite complex.Please provide a supported workspace in the FME install that can be run regularly to write to a dashboard that allows us to visualize all

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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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mohamedalsobh
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mohamedalsobhContributor
asked in Transformers
FeatureJoiner MISSING_LEFT_KEY

I'm trying to join two Excel files that share a common column called "ID".File (A), which I consider the main file, has 7 columns. File (B) has 16 columns, but I only need one column from it, called "NON", to be added to file (A).I tried using the FeatureJoiner, but it didn’t work. I also used the AttributeKeeper to filter the data, but the result is always null.Note: The column titles in both Excel files are written in Arabic. is this could be the reason? 

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mohamedalsobh
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tva
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tvaContributor
asked in Data
FME Form (desktop) best practices and style

Hi,I was wondering if there are some best practices and or style guides / examples on for workspaces. Some questions that I have about this (besides the obvious: avoid crossing as much as possible, annotation, clear transformer names etc) Like is there an agreed style for public and private parameters (casing, under scores, ...)Is there an advise on how many transformers can be put in the main part and how many in a custom transformer?How many custom transformers can be nested into each other or is it advised to not do this to deep (performance impact)Any other good to implement styles?

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bobw
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1spatialmary
ArcGIS Feature Service Reader/Writer: add true curve supportOpen

Make FME a supported true curve client, thus enabling better support for ESRI Utility Network.ESRI ArcGIS Portal Feature Services have a configuration setting to allow true curve updates by true curve clients only - this needs to be on/live to support features and analysis in Utility Network.FME Feature Service writer is not a supported client, so updates to curves fail/are not permitted - limiting FMEs capability to support UN.

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andreaatsafe
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asweeney
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asweeneyParticipant
ArcGIS Online Feature Service Reader - Support for True CurvesArchived

True curves are now supported in ArcGIS Online! Yay! Does SafeFME plan on updating the AGOL feature service reader to work with true curves in the near future? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!

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andreaatsafe
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fei2000
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fei2000Contributor
asked in Deployment
FME From 2024.2.1 failed to connect to FME Flow 2024.2.1

When I tried to connect to FME Flow from FME Form, it failed and got following logs:Starting connection to 'Prod FME Flow' Connecting to 'https://fmeflow.xxxx.xxxx.nsw.gov.au' (web connection, authenticated login)... Successfully connected to FME Flow 2024.2.1 - Build 24801 - win64. Register client failed - FME Flow encountered an error and reported the following message. Internal Server Error Request to https://fmeflow.xxxx.xxxx.nsw.gov.au/fmeapiv4/transmission/registration/eb34e62a-ebe9-4ec8-9d4c-fbbf3cc5a38a/enabled?machineCode=3705524670 returned status code 500.Can someone help me out? Thanks. 

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skyleratsafe
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galigis
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galigisEnthusiast
asked in Transformers
AzureBlobStorageConnector / Clip LAS file without Download

Hi All,I’m working on a workflow that reads a LAS file storage as blob in a Azure database. I need to clip the LAS file with a polygon (AOI) and then exports the result as LAS file (or other format).After doing some research, the community suggests to set the My AzureBlobStorageConnector settings to download the LAS file and then process the data. My current LAS file is around 10GB and downloading it every time that needs to be clipped is not very good! The total time of downloading the LAS, clip it and re-export it can be crazy!here are my settings: Is there any way to read the LAS file as blob and clip it directly without download it? 

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crutledge
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t1
Download Database Connection Settings from ServerReleased

When publishing a workspace to Server, you have the option of pushing up your database connections. My idea is to be able to download these to be added to your Workbench database connections. This could be helpful to editors who do not have the connections settings, and would also help rebuild your desktop environment (i.e. if you have a new computer or your system crashes.)I suppose this could be a security issue, but my assumption is that if I gave you sufficient privileges to download/publish then you should also be granted access to the db connections. It may also help that the password characters are not displayed on the connection properties dialogs. I also assume these are not stored in plain text.

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bobw
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gisbradokla
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gisbradoklaEnthusiast
asked in General
DatabaseUpdater match column

I have always tried to use the databaseupdater but have always had issues with it.Why if i have a unique column with GFID values and i want to match that it gives the error.Microsoft SQL Server Non-Spatial Writer: Failed to write a feature of type `dbo.COGO_23' to the database. Provider error `(-2147217900) The data types text and text are incompatible in the equal to operator.'. SQL Command `UPDATE [dbo].[COGO_23] SET [GFID]=?, BLAHBLAHBLAHWHERE [GFID]=?'this is a flat mssql table with no geometry. 

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gisbradokla
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germang
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germangContributor
PointOnPointOverlayer with option for multiple input portsNew

It would be great to have an option to add one more input port to this transformer.In some scenarios, it's useful to differentiate between two input datasets—so that the transformer can overlay one dataset against the other, without comparing a dataset against itself.

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germang
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fmelizard
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fmelizardContributor
asked in Blog Alerts
Automating Transportation Data: Real-World Solutions Using FME

Blogger Tiana Warner just posted a new article to the FME Blog.Title: Automating Transportation Data: Real-World Solutions Using FMESummary: Discover how real transportation agencies use FME to automate data workflows, improve accuracy, and streamline infrastructure management.Introduction: In the transportation sector, decisions are only as good as the data behind them. Whether you’re managing transit schedules, monitoring infrastructure, or optimizing road safety, having accurate, real-time data is critical.Would you like to know more? Click here to read this new article!

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fmelizard
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p_c_20
Contributor
p_c_20Contributor
Format (especially re-size) bookmark title textNew

On complex workbenches with multiple bookmarks, it can be difficult to read the bookmark titles. I think it would be good to be able to adjust the bookmark title text size and colour, to enhance readability and improve presentation. I appreciate this would potentially have complications for bookmark spacing, etc. 

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p_c_20
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afackler_napsg
asked in Data
Updating AGOL Feature Layer - No ObjectID?

I am trying to create a workflow that will update a feature layer on ArcGIS Online that is powering a dashboard but keep running into several roadblocks regarding updating the layer. The points themselves are being updated from two sources (other AGOL feature layers) and I am using FME to combine them. First they go through an attribute manager to get the schema matching (They are similar, but different attribute names and one is significantly longer because it just has more data. This longer one is the base for the "master layer"), then those two go through an Update Detector transformer with both of those being compared to the "mater" feature layer. That update detector finds which existing records have been updated (I hope) and then those updated or new records are linked to the master feature layer writer in Update mode. The problem I am running into is when I hit run, an error occurs and says "your layer is missing the ID attribute 'OBJECTID' neede

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birgit
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oskar
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oskarContributor
asked in Data
Reading multiple WFS with FeatureReader issue

I have a list containing 93 different WFS URLs, my goal is to be able to read these in one workbench without clutter and for the workflow to handle changes in the URLs for example, a new WFS is released and gets added to the list, I want it to work without having to change or add more to the workbench.Im using FeatureReader to read the format OGC WFS (Web Feature Service) but it wont accept an attribute value as the Dataset, I mean I can put one in there put it does not know what to do with it. If I put the URL directly as the Dataset it knows exactly what to do and I can use the Feature Types to Read and select all an they end up as text separated by a space between each Feature Type. This theoretically means that I could just write a list of every Feature Type I need, use the Attribute Value as Dataset and get results. However, what I really need now is a way to get every Feature Type from the WFS List so that I can ad it in place of Feature Types to Read.Dataset = Attribute ValueFea

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nielsgerrits
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gogopotter90
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gogopotter90Contributor
asked in Transformers
How to split strings then concatenate them ?

Hello ,I have four tables. Each table includes an attribute called result, which contains fields value  string string number. (Hello Community 30 ) ,all tables share a common attribute id I would like to combine the output from all four tables into a single attribute called result  String                String                    String             StringString number  String number   String number.  String no.  I would like the first string from each table to always appear above and the second string  and number written on the next line and All values should be combined into the same field.Thanks on advance 

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takashi
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ck_2023
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ck_2023Participant
dynamic login connection on AGOL and Enterprise connectorOpen

Need a enhancement on AGOL and Enterprise connection to read credentials from secret manager using script and supply it has parameters at run time. This will help save efforts to update password manually.

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rylanatsafe
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alexander.hall
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alexander.hallContributor
asked in Automation
ArcGIS Online Webhooks - FME Flow Automation

Hopefully someone can offer some advice on using ArcGIS Online hosted feature service webhooks and FME Flow.I have set up webhooks on a test hosted feature service, derived from a survey123 form. When implementing a webhook directly via Survey123, I successfully receive a response in the FME Flow log. However, when implementing a webhook on the feature service, there is no response in the log.I’ve done some checks using https://webhook.site/ and I can see that ArcGIS Online is sending data when using that URL, so it’s not a problem with the feature service webhook, but appears to be an issue with FME Flow.I should add, FME Flow is HTTPS enabled. All feature service settings look to be correct and I have default Admin rights on AGOL.Has anyone encountered a similar problem?  

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