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I thought I would check here first to see if anyone has seen this issue - before I log it with support.The Column Aligned Text (CAT) reader embedded in a Feature Reader is missing the fme_dataset and fme_basename attributes - even though they are specifically exposed. I am using FME Desktop version 2019.2 (build 19801 – WIN32).This was working fine in the last version of 2018.Thanks in advance.Mike B.

During runtime, I wanted to read the log file for messages that contain 'START - ProcessID, 'FME Session Duration', END - ProcessID' and a few other messages (in the red boxes) into my workspace so I can include each message as a feature in my translation.I can get most of this information from a shutdown script like below. However, I need the information back into my translation so I can write it to a database table that records translation metadata.# Import modulesimport fme, datetimefrom os import path# Get current date and timedateToday = datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y/%m/%d')timeNow = datetime.datetime.now().time().strftime('%H.%M.%S')print(dateToday)print(timeNow)print(fme.processID)print(fme.status)print(fme.elapsedRunTime)print(fme.totalFeaturesRead)print(fme.totalFeaturesWritten) 

IM trying to read a lmgrd9.log file, i can see most of what i need, but need to group the time stamps into 24 hour blocks and the assign the correct date to that to give a date/timestamp - Then i wish to join the OUT and IN with the user name to give a duration - this will end up in a powerbi report so can do some there.

Hi all,I have a list of POI names that I'd like to abbreviate using an a Excel file that contains the keywords. I only like to abbreviate the words found in the string that match with the keywords - not the whole string.Basically what a StringReplacer does, but in bulk.Thanks, Eduard  

Anyone who has an idiotproof guide to how I change the default port numbers for FME server docker install into else than 80 or 443? I plan to run this on a linux server with loads of other stuff, including a web server on port 80. Lots of other stuff that breaks if I put FME server on port 80. I'm fairly certain I'm not the only one with this use case... I am quite baffled that port number this isn't a parameter in the installation script.

Hi there, I have two attributes (i.e. date and a field called wastage). Wastage is numeric field. I want to calculate the Running total of field wastage. I am using statisticsCalculator. I have attached the configuration of the statisticcalculator. Date is organised w.r.t. date. The problem is that calculated running total is the same for all dates (i.e. sum of all values of wastage). I mean it just calculate sum, its not the cumulative sum. Could anyone guide me where am I making the mistake? 

Hi,I want to reproject a raster but I'm not sure which reprojector transformer to use: Reprojector or CsmapReprojector??Can someone please tell me the difference and which is better for rasters?Thank you

I have several FGDBs with same feature class and fields and I want to merge them into one FGDB, so I set Single Merged Feature Type at reader and Dynamic at writer. By setting Feature Read Mode as Metadata I can keep field alias, but I can't keep allow null values as NO, is there way to make it work?Figs below show that field properties before and after running workspaces.Before:After:

Hello, I have a polygon geometry in that format:[[[(6.240171999999999, 50.590275999999996), (6.239148999999999, 50.5886), (6.238637, 50.58772), (6.238766999999999, 50.587680999999996), (6.239457, 50.587494) ]]](This is only a short extraction, I have around 10000 points for one polygon)What is the easiest to build the geometry and display it in the inspector? As I have around 10 000 vertices I don't want to do a split, create a list and vertices. Is there a shorter way?

Dear FME community. I try to merge multiple lines attributes for use an Emailer at the end (like an object) like that :I tried aggregator, HTMLextractor, AttributeCreator but the result is not good.Have you got any idea ?Thanks.

Hi,Il have to migrate several tables from a mysql database to a postgres database.This seems quit simple but the main difficulty is that the table list to migrate is defined in a specific table and the schema (structure) of all tables to migrate is not known and has to be dynamic.I tried the following:- read the table list with a mysql reader- for each entry in the table list, read the concerned table with a featurereader- send (write) the concerned table in Postgres with a dynamic schema.But this doesn't work, I always have errors:Failed to obtain any schemas from reader 'MYSQL_DB' from 1 datasets. This may be due to invalid datasets or format accessibility issues due to licensing, dependencies, or module loading. See logfile for more information.  I tried to change many parameters but never achieve to make it work.I would really appreciate any help.Thanks,Christian.

I have a workspace that has a Workspacerunner transformer. I find that the 'append to logfile option' works for this workspace, but not for the workspace defined in the workspacerunner. The logfile of the workspace in the workspacerunner contains only the last run, where I hoped the logfile would contain accumulative messages from all previous runs.Am I right about this and is there a workaround?Thanx again for any response!Regards,Pim

Hi,I have a database with 160 featureclasses(tables) and a total of 170.000.000 tecords. It takes a very long time to read all te data (almost 2 days). Is it possible to use multiple readers and writers who will read/write at the same time. (for example: 4 readers and writers that handles 40 featureclasses each). Or do i have to make multiple workspaces? Kind regards kees

In the process of migrating a number of SDE databases to SQL Server 2017.... will my current FME Server 2018.1 play along? I've tried to find a simple technical specifications document online but wasn't successful. Thanks. (In other words: is FME2018.1 compatible with SQL 2017?)

I have a workspace that runs in Workbench, but has issues in Server. I have tried reading both:Private data (via the Esri ArcGIS Online (AGOL) Feature Service Reader), as well as Publicly available Living Atlas data (via the Esri ArcGIS Server Feature Service Reader) The error messages differ slightly but are largely the same. The full text of the error message (for the publicly available Living Atlas data) is:ArcGIS Feature Service Reader: Could not connect to server. Check that you are connected to the internet and that no firewall is blocking outbound connections. The error was 'HTTPSConnectionPool(host='services5.arcgis.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /4LKAHwqnBooVDUlX/arcgis/rest/services/ParkBoundaries/FeatureServer?f=json (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x050672B0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refus

On FME Server I am not able to obtain a zipped output file within the data download url. In the log it does show that the file is created, but it doesn't return in the download url. So to clarify, say I create a couple of files in my workbench:1. file1.csv2. file2.zip (directly containing e.g. file1.csv)3. file3.txt When I run the workspace locally, all of the files are created and placed in the specified outputfolder. If however I publish the workspace to FME Server I obtain a download link to a zipfile that only contains file1.csv and file3.txtAny ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Or is it maybe just not possible to use the data download service in combination with zipped output files?N.b. From browsing the forum, maybe the issue is related to: https://safesoftware.cloud.answerhub.com/questions/93696/fme-datastreaming-not-returning-zip-file.html 

Hello!How can I zip shape files separately in FME server? In my FME I use FeatureWriter to do this and it works great. But when I publish my workspace to FME server it does not work anymore. I have 2 separate shape file types (points and polylines) and I want them to be zipped separately (for example point.zip and line.zip). Afterwards I want to download these zip files from FME server.

I have a workbench that has two ESRI Reprojectors that work fine when run in FME Desktop.The first ESRI Reprojector projects from NAD_1983_CSRS_Teranet_Ontario_Lambert to NAD_1983_Teranet_Ontario_Lambert and uses a custom transformation that I created using documentation from our parcel supplier (Teranet). The second ESRI Reprojector reprojects from NAD_1983_Teranet_Ontario_Lambert to NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_17 and does not require a datum transformation.I have copied the transformation file I created on my desktop pc to the server and put it in the same location:C:\\Users\\Administrator\\AppData\\Roaming\\ESRI\\Desktop10.4\\ArcToolbox\\CustomTransformationsAs well, I copied the grid shift file to C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.4\\pedata\\ntv2\\canada as per the instructions provided by our parcel supplier (Teranet).When I upload the workbench to FME Server and attempt to run the job in FME Server it stops almost immediately with the following error EsriReprojector: Reproject: C

Hi there, I am writing data through excel writer. One of the attributes has got decimal numbers (such as 3.127). However, due to missing type of real32 data type, this attribute is treating as string. I tried to change it to the number but still it write as string. Any suggestions to overcome the issue.P.S. I couldnt use csv writer as few attrbutes has datatype date which I couldnt assign in csv writer.

In my FME2018,I defined some coordinate systems,and it works well.In FME2019.1.3 or FME2020 ,I use the same MyCoordSysDefs by copying the file to the relevant directory.But the reprojection failed.  My customed coordinate definition like this:It works well with FME2018.When I use it in FME2019,the log show:  Coordinate system named WGS84.TM-121SE does not exist.Coordinate system named WGS84.TM-121SE does not exist.Unknown coordinate system 'WGS84.TM-121SE' specified - abortingReprojector: Could not create reprojection engineStoring feature(s) to FME feature store file `C:\\Users\\msipc\\Desktop\\esrishape2none_log.ffs'+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Feature Type: `Reprojector_REPROJECTED'Attribute(string) : `Id' has value `0'Attribute(string) : `SHAPE_GEOMETRY' has value `shape_point'Attribute(string) : `fme_feature_type' has value `test'Attribute(string) : `fme_ge

When I use the EsriReprojector converter, FME can't recognize my custom Esir geographical conversion method. How can I solve this problem?

For some reason my "Translation log" view is floating instead of fixed. Don't know how to "fix" it again (FME2018).

Hi, has anyone looked at categorising streets in terms of effort to sweep? We're a UK based Local Authority looking to focus resource and want to establish streets within "blowing distance" of trees. Some sort of high, medium, low categories.We believe we could purchase / produce a tree map (IR/DTM/DSM) but does anyone have any experience of then relating that back to streets other than a simple distance to/from the street lines?Interesting to hear anything from you all. Thanks 

I am trying to figure out how to create map tiles along a route where the tiles have a certain amount of overlap, something similar to strip map index but not with rotating map view.