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I am trying to generate a point coordinate at the midpoint of Arcs. These Arcs have a very large radius and a tiny sweep, so they look like lines, but they are parts of a larger Arc. Whether I try the arc.GetMidPoint() method, or use Intersector with a crossing line, the point is always off. When I run the features through the SpatialRelator, it returns 0 _related_suppliers. It looks fine at first glance, but zooming in reveals that the intersection point really is NOT intersecting. My hunch is that this is due to the Point being calculated as a float. When using the Intersector or PointOnLineOverlayer, it actually changes the shape of the Arc! Here are some pics to illustrate:Midpoint of Arc at a distance Intersection point at a distance."Intersected" Point from Intersector lines (purple), with actual Arc (grey) close up. It intersects with the Intersector-created Arc, but not with the input Arc:Here is what I am running the features through to verify. Note: If I

I have a linear network that I have processed with the TopologyBuilder. I have a second linear network that I defines the from-to lines for the ShortestPathFinder. My concern is that the polylines in the two linear networks are segmented differently, for example, the Topology Edges are segmented at intersections and the From-To lines are segmented at mile markers.  Is it necessary that the segmentation of the two networks aligns or just that the From-To vertices correspond to points on the Topology_Edges?

QUESTION: Is there anyway to adjust the login timeout for MS SQL connections? Periodically, I've been logging an error from the SQLExecutor transformer which appears to be related to timeout issues when connecting to a MS SQL database. The error below seems to occur at random and is hard to replicate on demand.  'Provider error (-247467259) Unable to complete login process due to delay in opening server connection' I suspect that the connection, periodically, is talking longer then the timeout configured in FME. I know of the 'Command Timeout' parameter but as I understand it this is only applicable to the query length timeout, not the login connection timeout

Hi all,Please help!  From January to April 2023 I worked through most of the FME Desktop/Form Advanced and Server/Flow advanced course. Now, December 2023, it seems my account and the progress is lost. All the badges I gained etc. In addition, some of the trailmixes I followed seem to not exist anymore. Anyone had a similar experience? Or know how this could be solved. Kind regards,Peter Goedbloed

Is there any easy way to add a date stamp to output file names when using the FeatureWriter? I am outputting Excel files that have multiple tabs with multiple separate inputs, from multiple data sources. The only way I could figure out how to do this without the FeatureWriter splitting up the different feature types into separate files is to add the DateTimeStamper to each data source, make sure it is kept all through the Workspace, and then take off the _timestamp attribute from each Feature Type in the Attribute list on the FeatureWriter. What a pain! Surely there is a better way? I tried to create a User Parameter, but it did not work. Any hints on this?  Thanks, -L

What Parameter should we use to connect to .sde(s) file uploaded  to File & Connections-> Database Connections, on Flow?$(FME_MF_DIR)part_etl_server.sdeUsing above parameter we are able to connect the part_etl_server.sde which we attached into script publishing from Form but we need to connect into what we already have on server? Thanks

I have what I hope is a simple question. I'm using a Where clause in my Esri Geodatabase (SDE) Writer. One of the criteria I'm using in my Where clause is that a jurisdiction matches a value being passed in using a User Parameter. This value "jurisdiction" parameter has a comma in it (which I think is the problem). When I manually type the Where Clause in as Jurisdiction = 'SomeName County,St' it works no problem. When I pass the parameter (I.E. "Jurisdiction = '$(parJurisdiction)') with parJurisdiction set to the exact same value I get:  "Unclosed quotation mark after the character string 'SomeName County))' Any suggestions as to how to solve this problem would be appreciated.  Thank you.K

For example:  I have an external table that has regions for column headings (North, South, East, West) and part numbers for row headings (Part#001, Part#002, Part#003, Part #004,...). A part number in a specific region has a cost as shown in the in the image.  Also, I have another table with the attributes Region and Part Number in FME.  I want to make a new attribute that searches the external table based on the two attributes in my FME table: region and part number and returns the cost. How can I do this?    

After upgrading to FME Flow and Form 2023.2 (Build 23764), I'm receiving errors publishing workspaces to FME Flow. Even when testing with the superuser credentials, I receive an error message. Has anyone else experienced this issue or have a workaround? Steps Taken to ResolveReinstall FME FormReinstall FME FlowRecreate FME Flow ConnectionsError Message2023-12-15 11:27:10|      |     |INFORM|Starting connection to '<redacted> FME Flow'2023-12-15 11:27:10|      |     |INFORM|Connecting to 'https://<redacted>' (web connection, authenticated login)...2023-12-15 11:27:10|      |     |INFORM|Successfully connected to FME Flow 2023.2 (build 23764).2023-12-15 11:27:12|      |     |INFORM|Connecting to 'https://<redacted>' (web connection, authenticated login)...2023-12-15 11:27:12|      |     |INFORM|Successfully connected to FME Flow 2023.2 (build 23764).2023-12-15 11:27:20|      |     |INFORM|Retrieving service properties...2023-12-15 11:27:20|      |     |INFORM|Successful

I'm sure this will be something really simple I am overlooking (as usual!)I have some excel data of personal information, including age.I need to:1.       group ages, 0-17, 18-25, 26-35, 36-45 and so on.2.       count how many each category / group has.3.       Display data in ExcelFor point 1, I have used the Attribute Range FilterThis gives these resultsSo far so good! For point 2, I use the statistics calculator to do the total count of each group:Then into Attribute manager to rename the columnFor point 3, I would like it to ultimately look like this desired output: However, when I use the Excel writer with these settingsI get this result, I've highlighted yellow where I have gaps that I don't like, and I can only get the age groups to appear as column headings.What do I need to do to obtain the desired output?Many thanks for any help you can give.RegardsStu

Hi,  I have a user parameter where we are entering raw text in the format of:\\gis\scripts\FME_Projects\Production\Staging Folder\bulk_geopackage.gpkg  The first time this parameter is used is in a featurewriter transformer:Then when I look at the path it is passing through the output, you will notice one of the slashes has been reversed...Any thoughts as to why this is happening at this point?

Wonder if there is a way to read  Microsoft Planner (Microsoft Task) with FME ? Yarko

When I run my spatial filter with the entire dataset the filter fails but if I run using partial data the dataset it works. Does anyone know why this would happen?Note: Spatial Realtor works but not the spatial filter.

Hi guys,im using a CSV file + feature reader to manage SDE feature classes get read into my workbench. In this csvI also have a list of filter and attribute to keep/rename for each of these layers, im wondering what's the best practice to do this - is there an easy way i can apply my csv file rather than repeating tester / attribute renamer for each layer? thanks guys as always!

in in FME Json Reader following,{"yourDateOfBirth":"15/08/1987"}become column yourDateOfBirth with a value of 15/08/1987, I need to convert to value 08/15/1987? Thanks

The netcdf format is new to me. I have created a multiband raster with 50 bands. Each band contains values for 1 day. My workflow looks like this: The sampler to the left is for testing only and lets 7 bands go through. The listbuilder creates a list of values for the 'days_since' variable. I want to use these values in the writer for the 'netcdf_band{}.coordinate_variable{}' port.How do I apply this as a list? At the moment I have to apply them individually day for day in the attribute manager before the writer.This works but is obviously not scalable. Any help in this matter would be much appreciated - I have thousands of bands to include! :)

Hi!! I've got a problem in FME Desktop 2022.2 that I did not have in FME Desktop 2021.2 I have a workflow that makes POST request to ArcGIS Print Service in order to get an image of a map. We upgraded version and this workflow it doesn't work right now. It shows the following error:  "The encoded string is not a valid fme-wwjd string" The content of this string is a JSON that I need to do my request. As I sayd, the same workflow it works on version 2021.2Does anyone has any idea what happen?

good morning fme intusiasts I need your help. I have to convert .RGB files to .ECW and unfortunately I have no possibility to install "https://gdal.org/programs/gdal_translate.html" GDAL_Translate, which would save me a lot. it is about the "Intergraph Raster Reader/Writer" (https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME-Form-Documentation/FME-ReadersWriters/ingr/ingr.htm?Highlight=intergraph) Is there a possibility to use this reader/writer ?  Kind regards Michael

I'm using the HTTPCaller to read in an MDS data feed that I would like to convert to an AGOL line feature by connecting the points together from the "route" attribute. I'm able to extract the attributes for each trip in the dataset using the JSON Fragmenter and JSON Extractor, but I'm getting stuck on creating the geometry. How can I take each point coordinate from a trip and connect them into a line and keep the trip attributes associated with it? Example of the JSON format is attached. 

Why does featurewriter hang when I import featuretype from dataset? Is this a bug?  FME Flow Version: FME(R) 2023.1.1.0 (20230928 - Build 23631 - WIN64)Windows Version: Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (Build 19045.3693) I add a FeatureWriter to the canvas.I open its configuration dialog.I set the format as Microsoft SQL Server Non-SpatialI set the connection one of the Database Connections I have saved in FME.I click the drop down menu below the Feature Types input port list and select Import from Dataset...I select the table from the dialogs.The table attributes are loaded and the table shows up in the Feature Types input port list.I close the dialog and the FeatureWriter transform is now not accessible and immovable. I am able add other transformers, readers, and writers, but if I resize the Flow window, the window panes do not resize with the window.

I've always had a hard time with XMLUpdater, but it usually ends up working. This time I just can't make sense of the errors and how to solve it. I have two XML, I want to take elements from one of them and use those elements to replace the elements in the other XML.  If I take the exact text from the XML-fragmenter at create an attribute containing just that, the XMLUpdater accepts it and produces the expected result.If the XMLUpdater is part of the same flowpath as the XMLFragmenter the XMLUpdater will throw an error.I even tried putting it into a new attribute with different datatype. Can that be right?? The attached workspace is made in FME 2023.2 but the error is the same in FME 2022.2.Any help or ideas is appreciated.

Hi.I haven't really used XML Updater before, but is now tasked with trying to update certain sub-elements i a large hierarchy. I'm trying to update QGIS project files (QGS).I've extracted the needed replacement tag with content, and routes them in via the "update" connector. But I'm stumped wrt. how it's set up correctly.My XPath is set to be this: //field[@name=fme:get-attribute("fieldname")]/editWidgetThis is the location of the tags I want to update (replace) in the source XML file.But it doesn't replace anything, and it errs with this somewhat cryptic message in the log:XMLUpdater(XQueryFactory2): The following error occurred while executing query number 1:XMLUpdater(XQueryFactory2): The following error occurred near line 2, column 26 of the query:XMLUpdater(XQueryFactory2): invalid expression: syntax error, unexpected "type"My replacement XML tag looks like this (example):<editWidget type="TextEdit">            <config>              <Option type="Map">           

I'm have the following error:An error occurred while attempting to open an insert cursor on the table 'SurveyedGeneralLawn'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147216556'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {Objects in this class cannot be updated outside an edit session [GisGeoDbMaint.ASSET.SurveyedGeneralLawn]}It seems to be with a relationship class with attachment TABLE. When i remove the relationship it work fine. I only want to insert records into the feature class and the attachment table. I using an Arcpy truncate function as a startup script.I've looked at previous post regarding this matter, but it don't seem to work for me.Using FME 2014 - SP4Rudy

I have two seperate features classes - holes and polygons. I simply want to merge them with disolve by grouping by a certain id. However output has lines at the border of the holes. How can i get rid of them? Holes are brown and Polygons are pink in the picsAfter dissolve This is before dissolve

I am sending this date, Oct-23, through the DateTimeConverter. I have set t he input format as %b-%y2099. The DateTimeConverter is failing to parse the date with the message "Attribute(string: UTF-8)         : `fme_expression_warnings{0}.message' has value `Failed to evaluate expression '@DateTimeParse(Oct-23,%b-%y2099,repair)'. Result is set to null'". What am I doing wrong? I have attached a sample project that demonstrates the failure.My FME Form version is FME(R) 2023.1.1.0 (20230928 - Build 23631 - WIN64). https://docs.safe.com/fme/2023.1/html/FME-Form-Documentation/FME-Transformers/!Transformer_Parameters/Date-Time-Functions.htm#Format