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Hi All Currently we are facing some weird issue We have a FME workspace which is running fine in FME Form (2024.2.3 - 64 bit), we have published to FME Flow (2024.2.3) and when we ran the workspace from FME Flow, it started throwing below Ora error (changed ServerName & UserName values to XXX to hide)- “ Error connecting to Oracle database: message was `ORA-12154: TNS:could not resolve the connect identifier specified'. (serverType=`ORACLE8I', serverName=`XXX', userName=`XXX', password=`***', dbname=`') “ I have cross verified the below from my side on FME Flow (Windows Server) and I’m not sure what I’m missing, please suggest how can I overcome this issue in FME Flow. We are not connecting to Oracle using local naming (tnsnames.ora file) instead using LDAP TNSPING ServiceName - resulted correct response Ensured both Oracle Client 32 bit and Oracle Client 64 bit paths are part of ‘Path’ environment variable under system variables FME Flow windows services (Application, Core, Database,

Hi All, I have set up my tool tip to tell me the version number of a particular Transformer in my workbench. Is there a way of relating the version number of a Transformer to the version number of my software? Can I find out which version of the software that a particular Transformer has an upgrade? For any particular software version, is there a list of the version numbers of the Transformers? Thanks, Nick

Hi everyone, I have a question: how can I use FME to create a series of equally spaced points along a 3D polyline provided as input from a DXF file?

I don’t have an programming background, so please bear with me. I need to find out the circular standard deviation of the rotation attributes from a set of features in degrees. The built in AI in the PythonCaller has taken me as far as the code below. I have tried many different prompts, they use somewhat different methods to do the calculations, but all throw errors about missing methods or incorrect classes. It seems that the AI is unable to initialize the script “The FME way”, or I have not figured out the correct prompt. What do I need to ad to the script in order to get the below working? My desired output is the circular_standard_deviation as a new attribute. Another nooby question, what should I write in the box: Class to process features? import mathimport numpy as np # Function to calculate circular standard deviationdef circular_standard_deviation(angles_deg): angles_rad = np.deg2rad(angles_deg) sin_sum = np.sum(np.sin(angles_rad)) cos_sum = np.sum(np.cos(angles_rad)) mean_an

I have installed a FME Form server 2025 on Windows Server 2022 and having troubles in getting OSGeo supplied plugin files for FDO / SDF to work. When running the job it fails with really no good error message in the job log, but when looking in the server’s event viewer this error occurs: Application: FMEEngine.exeFramework Version: v4.0.30319Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.Exception Info: exception code c06d007e, exception address 00007FFE2A20F47CStack: Faulting application name: FMEEngine.exe, version: 2025.7.52.25208, time stamp: 0x67c2777bFaulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.20348.3451, time stamp: 0x11df78b1Exception code: 0xc06d007eFault offset: 0x000000000003f47cFaulting process id: 0x1958Faulting application start time: 0x01dbc0def35d329dFaulting application path: D:\Program Files\FMEFlow\Server\fme\FMEEngine.exeFaulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\KERNELBASE.dllReport Id: 4d6be8b7-3bc4-4041-b7ba-99637ee48fc7Faulting pac

Have a DTM. Am creating contour lines. Are there any tools in FME that can be used to identify any Depression Contours in the data?

Hi All, How can I add a conditional parameter (visibility) in FME 2022? I know it’s possible for 2023 but can’t find it for 2022. I have created a workflow that allows the user to export data into different formats (E57, CAD, LAS, XYZ) and I want to offer the option to export the data as DWG or DXF if the user picks CAD, some images below: ...then the user only has the ‘Choose the output CAD format’ enable if CAD was chosen in the first parameter. I’m on FME(R) 2022.2.5.0 (20230329 - Build 22795 - WIN64)

Hello, I am using FME Flow 2021. I have an Automation that uses Directory Watch. When a file is added to the “Directory to Watch,” the Automation should run. But it does not run when a new file is added. I can run it manually, and it works as expected. In my screen capture below, it seems I need to add something to “Events to Watch for” to trigger. What am I missing?

Hi, I am trying to replicate the V-Lookup formulas in FME that I currently have in my excel. Also the current excel formulas refers to a different sheet named Limits and I am looking to create the same sheet in the FME and finally when the writer generates the output the file should have 2 sheets - 1st one where the data is written and the 2nd will be Limits. Writing to the existing template is not an option due to complexities involved

Hi list. I have a local FME Flow development setup using 2024.2.3 Originally all of its 4 services ran as Local System, but the workspaces need to access files on a file share on another server, and so I tried changing the services (except database) to Local Network Service without much success. Our production servers (2022) do run with an AD account, so I have som experience with this approach. I therefore changed the development Flow to run under my AD account. The interface seems to be working ok, but now whenever I try to run a workspace, it errs with “There was an error submitting the job”. Why is this different ? What am I missing here ? Any insight is appriciated. Cheers

FME Hub user abizien just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub. TimeSeriesGenerator The TimeSeriesGenerator is a custom FME transformer designed to generate a sequence of timestamped features between a specified start and end date, at user-defined intervals. It outputs each timestamp in three formats: FME Date Format: Suitable for internal FME date operations. ISO 8601 Format: Human-readable format. Epoch Time: Unix timestamp in seconds, ideal for sorting and time-based calculations. Parameters Start Date Type: Date Description: Defines the beginning of the time series. Accepts direct date input or attribute references. End Date Type: Date Description: Defines the end of the time series. Accepts direct date input or attribute references. Time Lapse (seconds) Type: Numeric Description: Specifies the interval between consecutive timestamps, in seconds. Obvious Cheat Sheet To assist in determining appropriate time lapse values: 1 min = 60 sec 5 min = 300 sec 10 min = 600 sec 30 min =

Hello, I am using LineOnLineOverlay to detect intersections within a polyline dataset. I am only interested in intersection points that involve more than one feature, and would therefore like to exclude any intersection points where a feature is intersecting against itself. Using the attached image as an example; I wish to ignore the intersection where line A is intersecting itself, but need to record where lines A and B intersect, and where line C crosses over line B. TIA, RB

Up until 4/12, my workspace was writing to a SP list normally. It reads data from SQL and updates the SP list to match any changes. After someone changed the name of a SP column on the 12th, the workflow errored - but after the change was reverted, it still errored. The first line with the Python Exception was not in the original error when the column name was changed: Python Exception <TypeError>: unhashable type: 'dict'SHAREPOINT writer: A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsFeatureJoiner_2_JOINED_-1_35_Player (RecorderFactory): SHAREPOINT writer: A fatal error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details First photo is an overview of the workspace - everything runs fine up until the SharePoint Writer labeled "TOPS Project List". No problems with the SharePoint Reader. Second photo is settings for the Writer (which worked fine last week!).

FME Hub user abizien just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub. Overview The DataVirtualizationResponseSetter custom transformer is designed to assist in the configuration of HTTP responses within the context of FME's Data Virtualization functionality. This transformer allows users to construct and populate the required HTTP response attributes by providing a simplified user interface for specifying standard response values. It is particularly useful when simulating or defining API response outputs for virtualized data services. Input Ports Input: Accepts any feature. Only attribute values are used by this transformer; geometry is ignored. Output Ports Output: Passes through the input feature, augmented with the specified http_response attributes. Generated Attributes This transformer adds the following attributes to the feature under the http_response group: http_response.response.status_code: The HTTP response code (e.g., 200, 404). http_response.response.body.content: The body

Hallo there, I have a big collection of 3D-lines and a big collection of 3D-Triangles/Surfaces that I need to intersect with each other (I only need to know whether there is an intersection not length, position or number of intersections). Performance is somewhat important due to the size of the dataset. I tried extruding the triangles to a short height to get a solid and this works but is super slow. Surely there must be a better/more efficient way to calculate the intersection between a 3D-line and a 3D-triangle? Many thanks in advance.

Hello everyone, I hope you are well, I am new to FME, I have a .dae file (Collada) that refers to a 3D model of a tree. I also have a layer of points with coordinates in shapefile format of an inventory of trees. Is it possible to integrate the 3D geometry of the .dae file in each of the points of my inventory?. to finally export it in a 3D viewable Kml file.

Recently two independent installations of FME 2018.1.2 crashes at start. Has anybody had similar situations and may suggest how to identify the root cause?

Hello all, I have a FME flow web-app (image 1). I am attempting to get a message to the user in certain circumstances via HTML output (image 2), which displays a message via the browser to the user if certain conditions are met, via redirecting the web-app page, e.g. there is an issue with their edits (image 3) image 1 image 2 image 3, text printed through the browser This works, sort of. but its not good enough for end users, as the page redirects, but is blank and is stuck in a perpetual loading state. Until the user hits the ‘stop refresh’ (X) on their browser, then the message (image 3) appears. My questions are:How can I make this work without the user having to hit the stop refresh button? Will that page redirect stop the rest of the FME process from running/committing changes? Is there a way to link this to a terminator? if I can terminate the process the perpetual refresh may also stop. I have the services set up like this: Or, are there any alternative ways to get a message to

Hi everyone, I'm working in FME Form (not FME Server), and I would like to capture any error messages that occur during translation and send them via email using the Emailer transformer. I tried using the LogMessageStreamer transformer, but it seems that it doesn't capture error messages — only warnings and general log info. Is there a way to retrieve the error messages (or even the full log) during a translation, and pass them into the Emailer transformer? I'm looking for a solution that works within FME Form. Any ideas or best practices would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance,Isabelle

I think this is a simple one, but for the life of me i cant seem to figure it out. I am running a line on line overlayer and only want to compare 1 feature dataset to another (i.e. i dont want features from the same input dataset to self intersect). Thanks in advance. I am running FME2011.

I am using FME Form 2021. I have a workspace that includes a Directory and File Pathnames Reader and a File/Copy Writer. The workspace moves files from the specified Folder on one server to another Folder on a different server. It moves the files and runs no issues. But, after the files are moved to the destination folder, I need the files in the source folder deleted. Is there a way to do this with the Reader and Writer? Is there a parameter I need to change? (I know I can make a second workspace that has the FileDeleter and delete the files that way, but wondering if I there is another way) Here is a screen capture of the workspace:

Good morning, I'm trying to write some geodb_point features (cell) to a DGN using Bentley MicroStation Design Writer. The MicroStation cell library must be specified in the writer's parameters. The cells are placed in the DGN, but they appear incorrectly scaled compared to the cells in the cell library. If I refresh the cells in the DGN again from the cell library, they appear correctly scaled again. Unfortunately, I have to perform this step manually for each cell. I've tried adjusting various settings in the writer's advanced parameters. To no avail. Can anyone help me?

Hi everyone, I am new FME user and I will be grateful if i could get some tips what transformers should I use for such an analysis I need to do: I have two addresses’ database (one is reference), both contain addresses (points) and one contains buildings (polygones). i have to compare that dataset: if addresses are on the building or not and if not how distance is betwen address and builiding. If postalcodes are correct; for example if addresses on street x have all the same postalcode. if address is located on correct street and correct town/village.

Hello there, I’m currently working on a workflow for which I need a python package that is not preinstalled with FME. I tried installing the package according to this help page: https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME-Form-Documentation/FME-Form/Workbench/Installing-Python-Packages.htm Unfortunately I got a dependency collision with other packages that are already installed.So I tried setting up a virtual environment but FME doesn't seem to support custom venvs. https://community.safe.com/transformers-9/how-to-integrate-a-custom-python-environment-27779 My question is:Without uninstalling or up-/downgrading the already installed python packages,what is the official way to avoid such dependency issues? Many thanks in advance.

This article covers setting up FME Form & Flow Emailer transformers, but doesn't cover the System Email setup in FME Flow. https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407404506253-How-to-Connect-to-Microsoft-Exchange-Online-using-OAuth-2-0-Microsoft-Modern-Authentication That page has much fewer settings available than the transformers: The docs don’t mention how to use Client ID (UI notes this as Microsoft OAuth only) https://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME-Flow/WebUI/System-Email.htm What are the steps needed to set up System Email with Microsoft OAuth?Do we need to register an SMTP Account & Password rather than use Client ID / Client Secret?