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Is there a transformer that dynamically identifies features where all attribute columns are empty? This could be done with a Tester, but that requires the attributes to be known, and a new setup for each dataset. I was curious if it can be done “on the fly”.

Hi everyone,I have a feature class in a File Geodatabase that I need to update. I have two sources for these updates: a CSV file with codes of the changed features, which I should use to remove those features from the main dataset, and separate shapefiles for each changed feature that needs to be added back to the main dataset. (I shouldn’t delete and update the whole dataset, I should update the changed features only.)What is the best way to approach this in FME?Thank u in advance for your time. 

I have a FME workspace reader that reads in the various attributes of a particular workbench and want to send the results to an excel spreadsheet with one sheet per feature. Each feature has a different set of attributes and can’t figure out how to get each sheet to be only the attributes of that feature.  Do I just need to have a separate reader for each feature_type or is there a way to channel all features into a single reader?

Hi,I am trying to trigger an action on FME Flow when a new file geodatabase is added to my network. So I set up a Network or Resource directory trigger to monitor for CREATE events, but when I test it it fires once for each of the files contained in my geodatabase, or about 70 times.Ultimately I want to receive the path to the geodatabase in the File Path automation attribute, in just one trigger. Any suggestions are appreciated, thanks. 

I have a large number of points, which I would like to join by simple lines (point-to-point), minimizing the overall summed length of the generated lines. There's no preferred path, but all points must be connected to each other by a single network of lines.My output just needs to be a set of simple lines.Do anyone have an idea on how to accomplish that, other than grinding it out in a PythonCaller ?CheersLars I

Hello, we have inherited a range of very large workbenches and was wondering if there is a way to get a summary report of the major components like parameters, database connections,  inputs,  outputs and names of bookmarks. 

Has anyone else noticed when creating a list using the AttributeExploder it truncates the last two characters of the list name, resulting in complications when using a ListExploder downstream because the list doesn’t exist.Using the default settings:Default List Settings in the AttributeExploder Transfomer The resulting list:List Name Is Truncated In Feature Information This broke a workspace that was previously working. It was a niggly one to catch as the only thing that had changed was the FME version.As a workaround, we created a user parameter which had the default value “_attr_li{}” and used that in the ListExploder which worked. FME Form version:FME(R) 2024.1.1.0 (20240729 - Build 24619 - WIN64)

I am able to read a Oracle Spatial geometry using FME "Oracle Spatial Object" reader. However when I am trying to read a SDO_GEOMTERY using SQL_Executor, I am not able to expose the geometry attribute. How do I read a SDO_GEOMTERY in FME in between the flow?  Regards, Ananda

I had a pair of coordinates stored in a single column named "geometry." I used the Attribute Splitter to separate these coordinates and then exploded the list. Now, I have each latitude and longitude in the same column. Is there a way to copy these latitude and longitude values into separate columns labeled "Latitude" and "Longitude" while maintaining the same order?

Hello everyone, I have an XML file containing the registered real-estate data and want to export it as an IFC file. What is the procedure to get the geometries and their atributes out of that file. As I have read, the first step is to use the XMLFlattener. But I do not know on which level do I have to flatten it (Elements to match). There are a lot of nested paths. If I select one path, do I have to select the paths under it? And this flattening process takes a really long time! What is the solution? I would appreciate your help.   

In the ‘Run Workspace Dialog, there is a ‘Log Debug’ option under ‘Advanced’ settings here:  Why isn’t there an option to enable this ‘Log Debug’ in Automations when configuring the ‘Action>Run Workspace’ interface? I need debug logging details to run my automation in ‘production’ mode. It’s not honoring the logging setting when I published from FME Form. Shouldn’t the option be here:  My ultimate goal is to have log files from workspaces ran within Automation have full debug logging enabled.Is there some setting in a config file I can change?Version: FME Form/Flow 2024.1.1.0 (Build 24619)

Hi, I used an AttributeFilter transformer to split attributes. I want to write each of them as a feature class in a new file geodatabase. What is the best way to do that?Thank you for your assistance.

Hello,I would like to test a variable before running a workspaceRunner or not.if attribute ‘recetteCouche’ = 1 then running workspaceRunner ‘000_recetteCouche..’0’ else if attribute ‘ecritureLivrable’ = 1 then running workspace ‘0000_ecritureLivra...’, etcmy configuration for each  WSR is : ‘wait job job to complete = YES’Please, someone have an idea ?Olivier.

Hi there - I have produced a table in a word document using the MSWordStyler and word writer. However I would now like to add a title to the word document above the table and I’m not sure how I do this. I would be grateful for some advice please. Thanks Ruth

I am trying to create a GML file that complies to the GML simple features profile (GML-SF) (http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=42729). I already created a GML application schema that complies to the GML simple features profile. It follows the pattern described in GML-SF, 8.4.2:<schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ex="urn:uuid:3c615c60-013b-4006-bf53-d0ba4fb5fc94" xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="urn:uuid:3c615c60-013b-4006-bf53-d0ba4fb5fc94" version="1.0.0"> <import namespace="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2" schemaLocation="http://schemas.opengis.net/gml/3.2.1/gml.xsd"/> <element name="FeatureCollection" type="ex:FeatureCollectionType" substitutionGroup="gml:AbstractGML"/> <complexType name="FeatureCollectionType"> <complexContent> <extension base="gml:AbstractFeatureType">

Hi All,I'm experiencing a bug in the Excel writer in the new FME 2024.0. I've made a script that outputs multiple data categories I need to process in a particular order to ensure my calculations are fed as desired. The bug causes the attribute names to not be written in the first row in Excel; it just starts with the data in the second row. Whenever I open the exact same script in FME 2023.2, the writer does write the field row names, without me changing anything in the writer settings.For now, my solution is to not use FME 2024, but since my customer does use 2024, it's not desirable. Does anyone have any ideas?Here is a preview of Excel. I can't scroll up to the first row, the data is not hidden, and the navigator also won't allow me to go to row 1. 

Hi, I’m having some problems working with the CSV Reader. I created a Reader from a CSV that has 3 fields: Address, City, and ZIP. I have ‘Case Sensitive Field Names’ and ‘Enforce Strict Schema’ set to No, but then if I modify my source CSV to have the attributes: address, city zip, and Notes, the Reader fails to read in any data.What am I doing wrong here? It seems like even though I changes some properties for the Reader, it is defaulting back to the original schema that I input when creating the Reader. Any help is greatly appreciated. 

Hi,I have one script in R running in RCaller, but the RCaller show some messages like erros but no erros, my script run properly. I would like to ignore these messages and generate one feature for the next transformer. How can I do this?  Thank´s

I have a pair of longitude latitude coordinates that I’m trying to measure the distance between in KMIf I cross-reference this “distance” result in ArcGIS Pro, I get approximately 1.44kmThis is also roughly the same result if I use a online calculator;My question, is how does the result 0.01630799258600798 translate to 1.44km? is there something I’m missing??

Hi FME ninjas.I'm trying to replicate this end result:These are city streets, they started as line objects and have been converted into polygons.I'm guessing the workflow is as follows:- Convert street lines with a buffer into a polygon- Inflate those polygons until they touch an adjacent polygon- ???- Proft! 😀But I don't have a clue how to do this or what transformers I need.Who can help me out creating this workflow?​​​​​​​Thanks.   

Hopefully easy question: what is the easiest way for me to check if a workbench is running on FME Form or on FME Flow?On Form, when testing, I want to read the source data from my C-drive. But when on Flow, I want to read the official data uploaded on the server.

Hello,How can I use the values from two fields to match against another dataset? image 1, filtered portI have a test filter, which filters out all items that contain ‘FeatureWriter’ in the transformer_parameter_value field, I now want to take the items from the unfiltered port,Image 2, Unfiltered port.and match these against the initiator_workspaceId AND transfomer_id items from the filtered port (image 1). I do not want to do a row by row comparison, I want to match all items that exist in the filtered output (image 1) against all items in the unfiltered port (image 2). If they have a matching combination of both the initiator_workspaceId AND transfomer_id.I attempted to use a featureJoiner to achieve this: image 3. failed attempt but as can be seen, there should be 3 items with transformer_id 81, but unfortunately some of the items were merged, which I do not want. I want all items from the filtered list and unfiltered list to be in the output, without any sort of merging.  How can t

Hi there,  I have connected to a Sharepoint Excel file in my workbench. I am able to read the rows and values when inspecting the Excel.  However, when I connect the Sharepoint Excel reader into any transformer, I get the error below: Exception ignored in: <finalize object at 0x13bf76a0; dead>Traceback (most recent call last):  File "weakref.py", line 590, in __call__  File "C:\Program Files\FME\python\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 1135, in _close_pool_connections    conn.close()  File "http\client.py", line 1020, in close  File "socket.py", line 505, in close  File "ssl.py", line 1311, in _real_close  File "socket.py", line 499, in _real_closeOSError: [WinError 10093] Either the application has not called WSAStartup, or WSAStartup failedException ignored in: <finalize object at 0x13bf7cc0; dead>Traceback (most recent call last):  File "weakref.py", line 590, in __call__  File "C:\Program Files\FME\python\urllib3\connectionpool.py", line 1135, in _close_pool_connections 

Hi FMErs,I have 3 rasters of equal extents and cell size (clipped to the same 2D polygon)a) representing the floor elevation of a sub-surface stratab) representing the thickness of the same sub-surface stratac) representing the roof elevation of he same sub-surface strataLooking for tips on the best / most efficient way to create a 3D polygon in FME similar to ESRI extrude between, and assuming other strata sections are available in the same raster form , iterate through each strata section to create a 3D subsurface model.Thanks in advance

Hi We have recenly started using FME Flow more. When someone runs a flow app no log file is created. However, if the admin user logs onto the web interface and they run the app again (on the same or different pc), a log file is created. Is this expected behaviour? If not, does anyone know how to get round this? Thanks