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Hi All, Does anyone have any experience and examples for calling FME server from a QGIS processing script? I have published some (data download) workspaces in FME server into workspace apps for my end users within the company. They really like this, but they would prefer not to leave QGIS. I would like the script to place the zip file returned bij FME server in a folder and unpack it. Thank you.

I’ve reached the workflow stage, but I can’t proceed further. I’m trying to extract multiple tables from a PDF file. I’ve been following https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407564475277-Extracting-Text-and-Tabular-Data-from-PDF#h_01HW3Z9Z37Q33NQQ7R0XBGEVB0, but the structure of my PDF is quite different. I only want to extract the tables—nothing else. In my case, the table has titles on the right and content on the left. I used the StringSearcher to extract the titles, since they are easier to identify (usually one word). The challenge now is that I can’t extract or separate the content, as it’s made up of long sentences that are mixed with the titles. I'm looking for a solution to: Separate the content from the titles Structure the extracted data into table as the source data

I created models in QGIS Desktop. These models repair geometries of lines and polygons. Now I want to reduce the working steps, so that the data gets directly repaired in FME. Does anyone has experience in that?

Hello, I am a newbie and want to use fmedownload api in our new webpage. what is the best way to integrate security? at the moment I would call the the get token service with user and password to get a temporary token. Then I would use this token and call fmedownload. Is that the best way? Will the token service be available in the future? thanks best regards Gerhard

Hello, I have an AGOL Hosted Feature Layer that contains Fire Hydrants. There are 5,000 points. I want to update from a File Geodatabase with new Fire Hydrants. There are 5,004 points (meaning there are 4 new hydrants that do not exist in the Hosted Feature Layer). In the AGOL Feature Service Writer (highlighted in blue in the screenshot), to update this Hosted Feature Layer, would I use INSERT in Writer Mode? I want to upload only the 4 new Fire Hydrants to the Hosted Feature Layer from the Fire Geodatabase, thus preserving the existing records in the Hosted Feature Layer. Would I use Truncate Yes or No?

I am merging incoming attributes in Aggregator. I concatenate the values from a field but I am getting duplicate values. How do I create a cleaner attribute without duplicates?

Can you help us complete this list of URLs used by FME? Some of our users work in environments with limited access to the internet and need to request access to specific URLs via a proxy . We are building a list of URLs used by FME and we are asking you for more input. Below are URLs we know FME may access in typical use. Are there other URLs you think we should add to the list? We will edit this list as answers come in. Of course, there is a multitude of web services you can connect to with FME using Web Connections and the HttpCaller transformer, and we don't want to add them all here. We are looking for URLs used by FME Workbench, standard FME readers and writers, and FME transformers. Please note: You can, of course, run FME without any internet access at all but you won't be able to use the FME Hub or access resources on the web.Workbench Startup www.safe.com/ * fmestartup.safe.com/ Help and docs: docs.safe.com/ FME Hub hub.safe.com:443** fmehubproductionopsworks-appstorage-c2mc05

Hello, Does anyone know how to create triangles between two 3D lines using FME tools? The triangles can also be vertical.

Hello,I would like to perform queries on a branched electrical network composed of sections interconnected according to the current direction. However, the "TopologyBuilder" and "NetworkTopologyCalculator" transformers facilitate this task, but have limitations regarding the manipulation of downstream sections. For example, I have the entity "i" and I want to collect and query the values ​​of the entity "i+1" (by analogy with the "for" loop in Python), then "i+2", etc.Do I have to use Python development, or are there other, simpler solutions?Thank you in advance for your valuable assistance.

I don’t know if this is a bug in build 25220, or if it’s the intended behavior. But it’s very different from past versions, and will likely cause issues in our workflows. When the ‘Merge Attributes’ option is unchecked, no Candidate attributes are carried forward in the Passed port as a shown in this screenshot. The Candidate attributes are only carried forward in the Failed port. If the ‘Merge Attributes’ is checked, the attributes are passed: However, the issue is that there is no configuration in the ‘Merge Attributes’ section that will only pass the original attributes from the Candidate. You are forced to either merge the Filter attributes, create a prefix on the Filter attributes (and likely have to remove in bulk post-SpatialFilter), or simply use the Filter attributes. No option will spatially filter the Candidates without altering the schema. I’ve found this behavior in many transformers that have the ‘Merge Attributes’ option, including SpatialFilter, SpatialRelator, PointOnA

Hi, I am getting this annoying warning - it seems to be with dynamic writer - Using SQL Server 2017 / 10.9.1 GEODATABASE_SDE Writer: Renamed user attribute 'Shape.STArea()' to 'Shape_STArea__' based on format constraints for invalid characters, length, and case GEODATABASE_SDE Writer: Renamed user attribute 'Shape.STLength()' to 'Shape_STLength__' based on format constraints for invalid characters, length, and case Normal writer works fine

FME Hub user andreas_h just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub. AttributeTableFlightSimulator Custom Transformer Transform your attribute tables into an interactive HTML-based flight simulator game! This custom transformer takes your FME attribute table and converts it into a dynamic gaming experience where you pilot the table itself. Input: * An attribute table. Tip for Optimal Gameplay: * The flight simulation will run smoother and be easier to win with fewer attribute fields and rows in your input table. Use for example a Sampler and a AttributeKeeper to make your attribute table manageable. Output: * HTML content ready to be written out using an FME HTML writer, creating your playable attribute table flight simulator. Use With: * HTML Writer Gameplay: How to Soar! Objective: Fly your attribute table through a series of glowing hoops to accumulate points. Key Rules: Ranking Up: Gather points by successfully navigating through hoops. Achieving higher scores will allow you to a

FME Hub user andreas_h just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub. AttributeTableFlightSimulator Custom Transformer Transform your attribute tables into an interactive HTML-based flight simulator game! This custom transformer takes your FME attribute table and converts it into a dynamic gaming experience where you pilot the table itself. Input: * An attribute table. Tip for Optimal Gameplay: * The flight simulation will run smoother and be easier to win with fewer attribute fields and rows in your input table. Use for example a Sampler and a AttributeKeeper to make your attribute table manageable. Output: * HTML content ready to be written out using an FME HTML writer, creating your playable attribute table flight simulator. Use With: * HTML Writer Gameplay: How to Soar! Objective: Fly your attribute table through a series of glowing hoops to accumulate points. Key Rules: Ranking Up: Gather points by successfully navigating through hoops. Achieving higher scores will allow you to a

Hi all, I’m trying to create clean cutouts (like donut shapes) from overlapping polygons in FME. For example, lets say I have four geometries A, B, C, and D, with each progressively larger and fully containing/overlapping the smaller ones. I want to subtract the inner shapes from the outer ones (e.g. D minus C, B, A; C minus B, A; etc.) so that only the ring-like areas remain. I’ve previously used the AreaOnAreaOverlayer with overlap counts to determine hierarchy (e.g. a shape with 1 overlap is the largest, and one with 3 overlaps is the smallest, so I can then figure out what is what).However, this approach breaks when some of the smaller shapes are missing. I still need the output features to retain their original attributes (e.g. A, B, C, etc.), regardless of which shapes are present. For example, shape A might be missing, or both A and B but you’d never have A and C without B. So I need a method that can still produce correct results even when some of the smaller shapes aren’t ther

Hi, I’m running into an issue with FME Workbench 2021. When I run the workspace locally, all expected files are generated correctly. The same workspace also works when published to our older FME Server (same version, 2021.0). However, after publishing it to a new FME Server environment (also 2021.0), some of the output files are missing. No errors are reported in the log, but certain files simply don't get written. The log even says they have created the files. Nothing has changed in terms of file paths or logic – they still use dynamic paths (e.g., FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_TEMP). The only major change is that we replaced FeatureReader with HTTPCaller to avoid a bug with esri_OID in high availability setups. I’m running the exakt same job but still I get this issue. I’ve already: Verified that the paths are correct Checked resource locations Tried republishing and updating the “download data” edit. Still, the problem remains in the new server setup. What could be causing this?

After the update to version 2025.0.2, the writer is very very slow. Am i the only one who noticed it?

In the stand-alone FME Form my FME script works well. However, using the same script in ArcGIS Pro faced error saying Esri Geodatabase Writer: Feature Type Definition … was requested, but not defined. A possible reason is that you may not have permission to create the Geodatabase. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147467259'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {} FeatureWriter or classical Writer, there is no difference. With other FME scripts (created by others) a fgdb can be created. Why not the mine?

Hi community! Can someone tell me how I can add a basemap in FME in the Graphics Viewer?(Stamen Maps, MapBox, Microsoft bings maps..) TNKX EVERYBODY!

Good day Safers, I’m cutting my teeth on the new DocumentPDF Writer in FME 2025.1 Trying to set up a “Ledger” (17x11 inches) page in the styler https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME-Form-Documentation/FME-Transformers/Transformers/documentpdfstyler-pkg.htm Not really clear how to do this with the Page Properties. I know this is a work in progress so hopefully this can be worked out. Please advise. Best, Reed

I thought I had a good idea to simplify our in-house processes by using FME Form startup python script to use subprocess.run to run external python files. That way we wouldn’t need to copy all the python code into the startup script and could easily make changes to it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to work. subprocess.run FME Form runs the python script, but errors with “ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘boto3’. The python script itself works fine when run manually. It also works when copied into the FME startup section (in other words, boto3 runs successfully in both). But for some reason, running subprocess.run within FME Form will not find boto3 in the external python file (even though it works if the python code in is the startup script section of FME Form). I hope that description made sense. Is there a parameter for subprocess.run that I’m missing? Is there another way to run an external python file from FME startup? Software and Settings: FME Form version 2023.2.3.0 (202403

I am creating a PDF report in a PythonCaller and currently I am writing it into a subfolder of FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_TEMP. I would like to know where I have to write the file to be able to generate a download link for it.When I use normal writers than I reference the writer in the Download Service… but with a PythonCaller?