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Is it necessary to use FME desktop to publish modified FMWs up to the Server repository, or can I simply use a file a manager to over-write the existing server workspaces with updated versions off my desktop?

Dear FME community.I've to use the dynamoDB connector with a partition key like a specific date (for example : today - 5 days).For that I only can using a published parameter :But in this case I don't have access to the date function :Do you know how can I do that ?For information, I've FME Server.Thank you for your help.

Hello, I am currently trying to open a MRF file with FeatureReader. Usually, when i use FeatureReader, there is a particular output port created on the transformer.In this case, I only have the following output ports :SchemaGenericInitiator.Those outputs do not contain any geometry. When configuring the transformer, I do the following actions :I set the format to "Meta Raster Format (MRF)"I set the dataset I go into "Parameters...", and I set the Feature Type Name to "From format name"I set "Feature Types to read" to "mrf"I set "Features to read" to "Schema and data features"I set "Accumulation mode" to "Only use result".If I run this transformer, it does not fail, but there is no geometry output. If I use a MRF reader it works fine : when opening the inspector, I can see my data and click it. Sadly, this is not the process logic, I must use a FeatureReader. Did I forget to set some parameter ? Ho

I want to read different csv files that includes coordinates and do some calculation with this coordinates. The attribute names differer from file to file: x, y or a, b or lon, lat ... The calculation is the same for all input files. I have created internal names for the coordinates like wgs84_lon and wgs84_lat. I want to create parameters to let the user assign which attributes in the source csv includes the values for wgs84_lon and wgs84_lat like x >>> wgs84_lony >>> wgs84_latI have used an dynamic csv reader and tried to use the AttributeCreator and publish some of its parameters but this did not work for me :-(I am looking for a solution that works with FME Desktop and FME Server.Can anybody help me?

I have a folder of pdf files. I would like to extract the names of the files and put them into a separate rows into a column. Attached is a screen shot that shows examples of the files.  

I would like export from file e57, rotation (e57_rotation_w, e57_rotation_x, e57_rotation_y and e57_rotation_z) and translation (e57_translation_x, e57_translation_y, e57_translation_z) for the six images in the file. I can see this information in FME Data inspector but I can't see this information in FME Workbench.Thank

When using the GUID generator i would like to assign that column as a primary key without opening the writer and assigning it? Is there a transformer i can use for this? (Would be a great addition to that transformer.)

I have this Geometry and these Numbers:I want in my Attributes:ID | Right | Left | Up | Down13 | 14 | | | 1914 | 15 | 13 | | 20 How can i get the neighbors?

I can't drape features from the BGT-downloader on a surface. When I inspect the features z-coordinate I can see he drape the features, but when I see the dwg-output not all the features are draped.Who can help me?I've attached the workbench and files.Thanks!

Hi,Is it possible to see the table name of a SourceDataset geopackage in the command-line ?I have a geopackage 'biotopes.gpkg' containing several biotopes tables.The command-line only indicates the geopackage as source :--SourceDataset_OGCGEOPACKAGE "E:\\biotopes.gpkg"I would like to see something like--SourceDataset_OGCGEOPACKAGE "E:\\biotopes.gpkg\\biotope1"so I could choose the table of the geopackage in order to do some batch proccessing with a loop on the biotopes.Any idea ? Thanks.

I'm going from ESRI Shape Files to PostGIS and trying to add a primary key to all my tables so that Mapserver and other queries are happier with the unique Primary Key. I see from https://knowledge.safe.com/idea/74374/postgres-writer-add-unique-primary-option-for-inde.html that I can add a Serial and that works well but I'd like to add that to 20, 30, or even 50 shape files at a time. Is it possible to do this as a batch?Thanks!

Hi guys.I would like to know if anyone has used FME on Debian 10? It was indicated to me that there is a problem with a library on Debian 10, but was not told what library it was, or if there is a workaround.I was told "You may be able to deploy it but may encounter an issue with running workspaces " Anyone know if this has been resolved? 

Hi all, We have a FGDB that contains domain values and we are using the FGDB Open API Reader to read in the data. We have examples where a field has a modeled domain but a value is not a valid coded value. In this situation we are seeing that the value is being read into FME as an empty text string. I am guessing that FME has trying to get the description of the value, and because it does not exist it is returning an empty text string.I'm just checking to see whether anyone else has seen this and whether this is expected behavior?We are using FME to validate these values but by bring in a blank it does not really help. We tested using FME 2018.1 and 2020.0.If we use the arc-object FGDB reader we can resolve the domain and see the bad value. Unfortunately using this reader is not an option due to licensing. CheersAdie

Hi Guys, I am reading in JPG's and writing to a TAB file with attributes.I want to convert the EXIFF date format to DD/MM/YYYY with time if possible.The format EXIFF provides is YYYY:MM:DD HH:MM:SS eg 2020:06:03 08:55:21Can this be done in the feature writer? eg changing the value with a @Value(jpeg_exif_datetime,%d/%m/%Y) command is this the right approach?Dave      

FME Server 2019.2.1 any antivirus or windows defender exclusion needed for FME Server/Desktop versions

HelloI want to write Lines (with 2 points) instead of Polylines, so i use a Chopper to create Lines with 2 Points. But if i use a DWGStyler to set the Linetype all those Lines are written to DWG as Polylines. If i do not use the DWG Styler everything is like i need it. I'm not sure if the DWGStyler is the main reason for this.So i would like to know, is it possible to force the Writer to create Autocad Lines instead of Polylines? The writers Autodesk AutoCAD DWG/DXF and Autodesk AutoCAD RealDWG DWG/DXF create the same result. Thanks

Hey,So I have the below workflow, where the map_portal_request ArcGIS Online Feature Layer is updated, now I want the string "user already exists" written into a column called alburycity_comments if the update comes through stream A, but I want nothing written to this column the data comes through stream labelled B.I know I can do this, but cant work out the simple way to do it!The way I am thinking of doing it is adding an attribute manager at A, adding an attribute of TRUE, and then doing a Conditional Value in the User Attributes, as it will only be TRUE if it comes through stream A.Is this the most efficient way you can think of?

I have a text file that contains an AutoCAD pathname on each line, e.g., D:\\project4033\\dwg\\p1234.dwg D:\\project515\\dwg\\p642.dwg X:\\dwg\\a556.dwgHow can I set up a Reader to process each file (the output format will be Adobe GeospatialPDF)? I see answers like a "TextFileReader", but on my 2020.1 system there is no such transformer.

I'm looking at starting to publish some of the custom transformers I've been putting together and it occurs to me that while I want to publish them on the FME Hub under an open source license (like MIT, requiring only attribution and nothing else to use), that perhaps I'm not able to as FME itself is proprietary. So I was wondering if I can get some guidance on what I can open source and what I cannot?For example, if I create my own Python code, that is mine, but if I'm importing fmeobjects, then technically I'm bound by the license for that as my code depends on it.Similarly, if my transformer just uses the .fmx format, then it heavily depends on the FME internal factories and functions. This would be especially true if my transformer was based on an existing transformer first.As I'm looking at open source, I'm not looking to get any money out of this. It's just nice to get recognition in the long run. Particularly if Safe one day likes my idea and want

Hello!I am working with polyline data that have known z-values derived from as-builts and inputted into a spreadsheet that was then used to plot the x, y, and z values. The vertical datum on these values were in NGVD29 but we need to convert the elevation values to NAVD88. However, the horizontal coordinate system is already in NAD83, so CsmapReprojector using the "NAD27 heights in NGVD29; NAD83 heights in NAVD88" has no impact. Are there any alternative solutions that can be explored? I would really appreciate the help!

Hello,  I run free FME desktop 2020.0 (free home edition) on Linux Mint 19.3. The upgrade check for LM 20 warns me that FME will be removed. Would I be able then to install FME 2020.1 using the same licence code I was given or do I need to request a new one ? 

Hi I have been working on a workspace the pat few weeks. Before I know it is now looking quite hard to read. I have considered including junctions, create tunnels, using custom transformers if possible,I have a number of lines crossing across (see attached). Any suggestions what are the best practices?

Hi,I was formating big date numbers and I encountered a strange rounding effect when evaluating a big float number (see screenshot below). It can lead to issues when formating a datetime as FME needs seconds to be within 0 and 59 (60 not allowed). As a workaround, I do the flooring using attributesplitter on strings (separator .). However I wanted to ask whether this behavior is correct? I believe this is due to the size of the number.Thanks for your answer

Hi, I am using the websocketSender transformer to stream some data; when I am using the template in the data to transmit as below:  {  "ws_op" : "send",  "ws_msg" : "FME Rocks" } I have no issues; however when replacing the "FME Rocks" with the attribute name, nothing happens. For example, if I have an attribute named "id", here is what I do:{  "ws_op" : "send",  "ws_msg" : fme_get_attribute("id") }I don't get any errorr, it is just that data is not transmitted compared to the first case.Any pointers would be much appreciated.Thanks.Lyes   

I have a line starting at (A) and ending at (B), consider it's a 50m distanceI may be at either (A) or (B). Using a nieghbourfinder , I know this line is there. How do I know at which end I am.Please advise. Expect your feedback  Gosh, my professor always used to say to me, it all depends on which end of the stick you are in :). Now I am still trying to figure it out.