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Hi everyone,We have floating licenses and installed FME Form in a server, and the users will login to that server to use FME. So, my question is How many users can run the same workspace using FME Form in a same server at the same time? My user has different username and password to access the server. Please advise. Thank you.  

We are running into issues with the user parameter file inputs for Automation Apps.  In this case our end user wants to upload a new csv file every time they run the automation app, and they want to upload it from their local computer/machine.  Right now the only way to accept this user input is to have the csv file uploaded to a data store in FME Server, prior to selecting it as a user parameter, and then running the automation app.  We noticed that this problem doesn't happen for workspace applications and they can upload local files directly as the end user, with no need to upload it to the data store in fme server prior.  Is it possible to have our end user run an automation app and upload the user parameter directly from their local machine?

Hi, I have a html content in _response_body. I am struggling to get only specific text from it. I would like to get only the text highlighted in red. <b>Layers: </b><ul><li><a href="/arcgis/rest/services/Imagery_Wayback_Ardstaw/MapServer/0">2014/02/20</a> (0)</li><li><a href="/arcgis/rest/services/Imagery_Wayback_Ardstaw/MapServer/1">2016/12/07</a> (1) How can I do it? I assume I should use XTMLFragmenter but I am struggling to get the result I want

Hey everyone, I’m currently trying to get a workspace on FME Flow that makes use of the AutodeskDocsConnector. This single transformer would make my worksapace a lot smaller and easier to manage. Problem is that it just won’t work FME Flow! On Form it works without a hitch. On Flow accessing the same project and folder on Autodesk Construction Cloud also works when using the HTTPCaller. It’s only the AutodeskDocsConnector on Flow combo that seems to be failing me. This is the error message I get on Flow:  Anyone have experience with this or know how to help me out on this one?

I am new to using FME and am currently facing an issue. Here's the situation: I want to use a FeatureWriter to create a new file of type Esri Geodatabase (File Geodatabase), and I want to include the value domains of certain attributes when creating the Geodatabase. Thank you!

Recently upgraded our Dev environment to FME Flow 2024.1 (in situ)Previously we were connecting to WebMethods using Software AG(Nirvana)After installation, relevant .jar files have been added to the jms directory on the serverHowever, there is no connectivity.The error received isOM.safe.fmeserver.plugin.jms.JMSClientException: javax.naming.CommunicationException: JNDI setup failed on RNAME=nsps:REDACTED [Root exception is com.pcbsys.nirvana.client.nRealmUnreachableException: Realm is currently not reachable:Realm was still unreachable after max retry count - 0]This doesn’t appear to be hugely helpful as you get the exact same error if you use an incorrect provider URL. I can’t see anything in the logs that provides any additional informationAll evidence points to the location being reachable (testnet connection in powershell from the server) @steveatsafe - any ideas?

The new Community site looks good, but I cannot find the Documentation site.Can you inform me the URL?

Hi, I cannot convert Epoch time 1717500804837 to 20241210. I have change the format using @Evaluate(@Value(_created)/1000)and run DateTimeConverter but it failed Null, empty, or missing datetime was found. Enable the passthrough parameter to disable this What am I doing wrong?

Hi Everyone,today I upgraded from FME Flow 2023.1.1.1 to 2024.2 (Express install) all went well and I do have a working environment. But I noticed something. Before the upgrade I made a screenshot of the license information and it said I had Additional Capabilities: After the upgrade (I installed a new fmelic file I received by mail from codes@safe.com ) these are missing: So, does anyone know how to fix this? If these capabilities are called upon in workbenches will they break? 

Hi all, I've got some confusing to clear, and hope to find an answer here. I have 2, completely the same datasets, uploaded to ArcGIS Online. Now, i want to update them. To test it, i took 2 completely identical layers, read them from AGOL and now, it shows differences. Can someone explain me what the problem is? If i only check on attributes, then there is nothing wrong, but if i also check on geometry, there is somewhere a change, and the Changedetector gives updates as output, but it should be unchanged. All the data is 2D, there is no 3D. In the update detection key attributes, i selected all the attributes, but left GlobalID and OBJECTID out of it. same for check attributes. Even more confusing, if i do the same process in a new workbench, with the same sources etc, i get different results. Sometimes it igeve met 900 updated, and somethimes 1322Thanks in advance!

Good morning. According to this article I should be able to download resources using an URL similar to:https://fmeserver.example.com/fmerest/v3/resources/connections/FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_TEMP/filesys/testSpreadsheet.xlsxBut when I try to do so, instead of getting the file I get information about the file:http://sigdesafme.dfa.es/fmerest/v3/resources/connections/FME_SHAREDRESOURCE_DATA/filesys/GASTDM01/wrapper.logWhat I get in the web explorer is this: {"date":"2024-07-17T13:04:52+02:00","path":"/GASTDM01/","size":153839356,"name":"wrapper.log","type":"FILE"}Am I missing something?I have tried to change filesys for “download” or “downloadzip”, but the ZIP it downloads is empty.The version of FME Server is 2021.1.

Hi I am doing migration testing from 2023.1.2 and 2024.0.3. It seems to completely fails on 2024.1.I have tested it on 2023.1.2 and 2024.0.3, worked perfect - no issues.It fails on FME Flow and FME Form on the server - but works OK on my local PCon the server - oldeb 2019, clr 2019, are installed, as with .net 4.7, 4.8 andIt is just a simple sql server spatial reader - and a bit of reprojection - it fails on reading the reading the dataCheersRudy

So, our organisation has a maintenance management system for our roads, which now for some reason, no longer works with geometry which has duplicate nodes within the same polyline. I’ve been able to narrow this down to two cases where our road polylines layer violates this rule:Some roads have duplicate consecutive nodes due to mapping mistakes, which I’ve fixed with GeometryValidator. Some roads (such as roundabouts and parking area outlines) have the same start and end node. This is where I’m getting stuck.The potential solution that I’m looking for is something that can determine the polylines with the same start and end point with a small tolerance (0.1m would do the trick) as I could only get GeometryValidator to work as expected with this tolerance, then offset the end node by a small figure (perhaps 0.5m) back toward the penultimate node. This way, the polyline still keeps enough of the line to be usable, but will work with the management system. But, I’m happy to note any other

I am trying to read an ALKIS data file coming as XML file. I have two files, the first one come with version 6.0 and FME opens this file without any problem (xmlns="http://www.adv-online.de/namespaces/adv/gid/6.0"). However, when i try to read the version 7.1 (xmlns="http://www.adv-online.de/namespaces/adv/gid/7.1") I got an error as following:XML Parser error: 'Error at file: 'K:\……..line: 1 column: 1 message: invalid document structure'An error occurred while attempting to parse the XML Schema document 'file:///K:/Geodaten/Projekte/ALKIS/2411_ALKIS_NAS/NAS-Operationen.xsd'The XML Module halted on error, see the logfile for detailsA fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsFailed to specify the feature index as constraints on the readerFailed to obtain any schemas from reader 'NAS' 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 do you have any so

I am trying to use the duckdb summarize commandhttps://duckdb.org/docs/archive/0.9/guides/meta/summarizein an in memory duckdb using the sqlexecutor:SUMMARIZE SELECT * FROM read_parquet('/Users/x/Downloads/Address.parquet');This doesn’t return any results/attributes but ‘runs’ successfully in FME. In DBeaver it runs no issues.Any idea is there is a trick to get this working?Many ThanksQ!

Hello FME Community,We are currently using the following software versions:FME Desktop: 2021.1.0.0 (20210630 - Build 21607 - WIN64, Python 3.6-3.9) FME Server: 2021.1 (Build 21607 - win64, Python 3.6-3.9) ArcGIS Enterprise: 10.9.1 (Python 3.7.11/2.7.18) ArcGIS Pro: 2.7 (Python 3.7.9)And we did not encounter any compatibility issues with our current setup regarding Python versions (as expected).Now, we have a scheduled plan to upgrade our ArcGIS software to ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 and ArcGIS Pro 3.1 this year, followed by an upgrade to our FME software next year.Since ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 uses Python 3.11 and ArcGIS Pro 3.1 uses Python 3.9.16, could anyone please share if you have noticed any concerns or compatibility issues when using FME Desktop and Server 2021.1 with ArcGIS Enterprise 11.3 and ArcGIS Pro 3.1? Do we need to upgrade FME  before ArcGIS, from a technical performance and issues standpoint (please disregard tech support concerns for the purpose of this post)?

I have a harddrive full of data I need to turn into a good database, essentially.I'm starting with converting any shapefiles into feature classes. I know how to convert one shapefile into a feature class, but I'm struggling with multiples that live in multiple areas/folders.I've got two workspaces setup so far.One is a read/write on ALL information in the hardrive. It writes a CSV so I can see what data exists. You can see the PATH in the photo below to see the data this reads.The second is where my reader is set to read all .shp using the following to work through all "\\**\\*.shp" however this obviously does not read the underlying datasets that work together with a ShP to create it (.dbf .prj etc)The write is a Feature dataset and the second is just a GDB set to fanout. None seem to really do the job. Some export just a table, some just two feature classes.I'm not sure if there is more I need to do within the workspace to process Shapefiles. I can't see

I want to be able to use the feature reader transformer for scene layer packages (to combine multiple files) but the format doesn't seem to be supported at the moment. Are there any plans to include this format in the future?I have come across this request but it doesn't seem to have gained much traction:https://community.safe.com/s/idea/0874Q000000Tku4QAC/detail 

I'm having a hard time determining which version of OGCGEOPACKAGE that FME produces ? It's not in the writer doc, so I'm asking here.And subsequently, what version of SQLite is produced? (newest is 3.39.4 from Sep 29 this year)As far as I can gather, the versions has been fixed since 2020.0? Is this true?In the "gpkg_extensions" table I found a reference to "spec120", which may (or may not) indicate, that the Geopackage version is 1.2.0, a fairly old version (newest is 1.3.1).And the real question is what extensions are the SQLite database born with? Clearly not "foreign _keys".Can one update some template database if one needs a newer version/more extensions?Cheers.

Reading this: https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407546959629-Deploying-FME-Flow-on-AzureIt seems possible to deploy a finished setup on Azure using this product: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/safesoftwareinc.fme-platform?tab=OverviewMy questions are. Is there anyone that have tried this approach (only 1 review right now)? And what are the estimated costs for the Azure infrastructure per month for this setup? I understand the costs are higher for more usage etc. However ther have to be a minimum estimated  cost for a “normal” system somehow.   

I have published a workspace to FME Flow. When I run it in FME Flow, I get this error in the log file:  Path Reader: Error opening the PATH Reader on folder '\\\\myservername\\T_DFshared\\FME Workflow\\All Reports to Folder5'. Could not find folder.​I checked and the server where the folder resides can communicate with the server that FME Flow is installed on.  The folder does indeed exist and has the files used in the workspace in it.  The workspace published from FME Form starts with a Directory and Pathnames Reader and runs with no errors in FME Form. ​Could this error be caused by the spaces in the folder names in the UNC path shown above or could something else be causing this error?

Using the same polygon the Generalizer (Douglas, tolerance=0) returns different results depending on the orientation of the polygon.Any explanation?

Hello FME’ers.We recently upgraded our FME Flow and FME Form instances from 2023.1 to 2024.1 (Build 24622). FME Flow is installed as an express installation on single Windows Server 2016 and is configured to use HTTPS and Azure AD. FME Form is also installed on the server and my laptop. When testing the connection from Form to Flow on my laptop everything was fine. I way able to connect and upload/download workbenches. However, I am unable to do the same on the server itself. When connecting as Admin, I get:Login failed (Connection Error) - Unable to connect to FME Flow.When trying to connect was my user I get:Connection Storage: Request to update access token failed. (HTTP Error 'HTTP/1.1 400')I then went to refresh the Azure AD connection and got the following error:Server's certificate does not match the URL.Client does not have access to any certificates from the following issuers:Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2Go Daddy Root Certificate Authority - G2I am able to get to

It appears the LabelPointReplacer removes the z-value from 3D point features and replaces it with NaN. I’m using FME Form 2024.0.3.0 as our IT-department isn’t fast enough with the updates 😑. Does anyone know if this is fixed in a newer version? Now I 3D-force it with the old z-value.

I installed FME Flow 2024 and configured it to have Version Control on (without the GitHub option). I published a workspace from FME Form. Then, in FME Form, I altered the workspace (added a transformer) and re-published it, replacing the first version.However, when I click History, I get zero results, both at the top-Workspaces level and at the repository level.Anyone have insight to add to this?