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nickblakenburg
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nickblakenburgContributor
asked in General
HTTP/FTP transfer error: 'SSL connect error'

Hello, I want to access an api (not open to public but from one of our suppliers) using the HttpCaller .Connecting to the API with postman works fine. Connecting from the same server with FME gives the error: HTTPCaller (HTTPFactory): HTTP/FTP transfer error: 'SSL connect error'HTTPCaller (HTTPFactory): Please ensure that your network connection is properly set upHTTPCaller (HTTPFactory): No proxy settings have been entered. If you require a proxy to access external URLs, please ensure the appropriate information has been entered Connecting with FME from another environment works fine. We dont use a proxy.I have changed the option: Verify SSL certificates to NO Any ideas on what could be the problem?

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todd_davis
Supporter
10 days ago
pgammie
Contributor
pgammieContributor
asked in Transformers
Schema Scanner Date/Time Detection

I am using the Schema Scanner with a dynamic writer in my workspace and it is awesome except that it often incorrectly identifies some of my integer fields as date/time fields. If I turn off the date/time detection then my actual date/time fields get written as strings or integers. Right now I am running it with date/time detection on and then I put an attribute manager on the schema and find the ones it has incorrectly identified and manually adjust them but I feel this kind of takes away from the dynamic nature of the schema scanner. Is there a better way to do this? I wish I could tell it to ignore certain fields or specify the fields that it should look for date/time in but again that is taking away from the dynamic nature of the bench. 

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bwn
Evangelist
10 days ago
carmijo
Contributor
carmijoContributor
asked in Data
Reading ArcGIS Online Feature Service shared with the organization - not owned by the user or shared with a group.

Using an Esri ArcGIS Online connection and the Esri ArcGIS Online (AGOL) Feature Service reader, I'm unable to read a feature service that has been shared to our organization.When looking at the select form, i’m only provided my user folder and a groups folder. The feature service i’d like to read isn’t owned by me or shared with a group. Is this as-designed or is there another way to read it? Thank you  

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todd_davis
Supporter
10 days ago
fmelizard
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fmelizardContributor
asked in GIS-StackExchange Alerts
Write to a gdb in FME using a template but creating a new gdb

GIS (StackExchange) user ynxblx just made a new post with the tags: fme-form, esri-geodatabase, featurewriter.Would you like to know more? Click here to find out more details!StackExchange content licensed as: CC BY-SA 4.0

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fmelizard
Contributor
12 days ago
aron
Contributor
aronContributor
asked in Transformers
ERROR |Cannot have multiple factories with the same name?

Ran into an error that I don't know how to approach. The full report line is: ERROR |Cannot have multiple factories with the same name. Multiple factories were assigned the name 'blablabla Output Collector' What does this mean and where should I start looking to solve this? I might ad that this error showed up suddenly. I tried to remove the most recent changes but it persists.

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sleclair_cyme
Participant
12 days ago
raymondbrunner
Contributor
raymondbrunnerContributor
asked in Community Q+A
Dynamic Email Distribution List in FME Flow

We have an FME Flow automation that monitors a network directory for new files.  Once new files arrive, they are emailed as attachments using an FME Flow Email (send) Action.Is there a way to make the “Email To” distribution list somewhat dynamic?We have an FME Workspace that generates a text file of the desired distribution list.  Currently when it is determined a change might have occurred in the list, we open the text file and manually copy & paste the contents into the “Email To” of the FME Automation monitoring the network directory. Is there a means to have the Automation’s “Email To” parameter just use the text file directly?Or perhaps to have the workspace that generates the text file be included in the automation and provide the current distribution list once the automation is triggered?  

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redgeographics
Celebrity
13 days ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor
asked in FME Hub Alerts
ImageWatermarker

FME Hub user donalmateer just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub.The ImageWatermarker allows you to add Watermark images, such as photographs, scanned maps, CAD blueprints, and rasterized PDFs.This transformer combines two image files (one base image, one watermark image) and overlays the Watermark onto the base image, allowing the user to choose the opaqueness, frequency, angle and scale of the Watermark.Created in FME Form 2024.1 build 24612.Would you like to know more? Click here to find out more details!

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fmelizard
Contributor
13 days ago
alfasud
Contributor
alfasudContributor
asked in Community Q+A
Installing on Ubuntu 24.10

Hi there, I am a new user so this may be a newbie error. I have just tried to install FME on my Ubuntu Workstation. It is running the latest version, 24.10.  The latest version that FME lists has isfme-form-2024_2024.1.3.24627~ubuntu.22.04_amd64.debso I downloaded that.  It fails to install with a long list of failed dependencies. Is this install going to be possible?  TIA.Kerry

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DanAtSafe
Safer
13 days ago
fme
Contributor
fmeContributor
asked in Authoring
Generate measures on polylines with no measures attached in either coordinates or attribute table.

I tried generating measures on street segments but the measuregenerator is not calculating it right. It starts every segment  from 0 instead of calculating from the end log. Any ideas how to resolve or calculate measures on segments with no measures? Thanks in advance!

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bwn
Evangelist
13 days ago
vimva679
Supporter
vimva679Supporter
asked in Transformers
How to convert 3D Room / Model to 2D in FME

Hello I need help to get it right , i would like to convert 3D Room model into 2D (like how it looks from top).  I am using 2D Forcer and outputting IFC , i could see the output in FME Inspector but, when i open the same file in Navisworks etc. it does not get opened...not sure what is wrong.   

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vimva679
Supporter
13 days ago
sel
Contributor
selContributor
asked in Community Q+A
Integration of QGIS Model (py) in FME

I created models in QGIS Desktop. These models repair geometries of lines and polygons. Now I want to reduce the working steps, so that the data gets directly repaired in FME. Does anyone has experience in that?

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sel
Contributor
13 days ago
bruno
Contributor
brunoContributor
asked in Transformers
How to automatically expose all attributes with pythoncaller ?

Hello,I use PythonCaller to create dynamically seveval attributes. But how can I get them outside the pythonCaller because I can’t described them in advance in the following area : Thank in advanceBest regardsBruno

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jkr_wrk
Influencer
13 days ago
tono
Contributor
tonoContributor
asked in Data
Destination Feature Type Routing Correlator

Hi,When running a workspace with cache mode activated i can see in the Translation log that fme form writes ffs, and writes and index and so starts it with a process i am not familiar with: “Destination Feature Type Routing Correlator” and it takes so long to go through.What is this process about? is it possible to avoid?Thanks in advance!

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redgeographics
Celebrity
13 days ago
fikusas
Contributor
fikusasContributor
asked in Transformers
PythonCaller: download from FTP to specific folder

How can I download file from ftpes:// to specified folder? I’m using the script below.import fmeobjectsimport osfrom ftplib import FTP_TLSimport ssldef processFeature(feature): path = '/lsms/' filename = 'apples.zip' ftp = FTP_TLS('FTP-SERVER') ftp.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS ftp.login('name', 'pass') ftp.prot_p() ftp.cwd(path) ftp.retrbinary("RETR " + filename, open(filename, 'wb').write) ftp.quit() feature.setAttribute('name', filename) 

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fikusas
Contributor
14 days ago
R
rwachend
asked in Transformers
For speed of running the statistical calculator, is it possible to skip the "Complete" and "Cumulative" outputs when using Statistics Calculator?

For speed of running the statistical calculator, is it possible to skip the Complete and Cumulative outputs and only output the Summary ?

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jackyd
Contributor
14 days ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor
asked in FME Hub Alerts
ImageryHalor

FME Hub user kailinatsafe just uploaded a new transformer to the FME Hub.This transformer creates a halo around an image – a gradual blend into the surrounding user-selected color, to create smooth effects and transitions from imagery to a background. To generate the halo, the transformer creates concentric buffers around the image area. Each buffer receives the same RGB value. Once buffers are rasterized, the transformer copies color values to the alpha band where they will represent the amount of transparency rather than colors. The higher the value, the more transparent a pixel will be moving outward of the project area. Created in FME Form 2024.1 build 24612. Requires MultiBufferer to be installed. Would you like to know more? Click here to find out more details!

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fmelizard
Contributor
14 days ago
fme_can_do_it
Supporter
fme_can_do_itSupporter
asked in Authoring
Copy coordinates from a list in a Lat/Long column

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?

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todd_davis
Supporter
14 days ago
jae
Participant
jaeParticipant
asked in Transformers
iOS18 and HEIC files - are they supported in any version of FME?

It seems that in the iOS18 update Apple made changes to the HEIC file container that means the FME Feature Reader using HEIF (High Efficiency Image File Format) now fails to read the HEIC files.We are currently using FME 2022.2.Is there a later update that will support iOS18 images? Is there an alternative way to read in these images successfully? 

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kailinatsafe
Safer
14 days ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor
asked in GIS-StackExchange Alerts
Extract Polygon from IFME Face with donut from ifc file

GIS (StackExchange) user Mario just made a new post with the tags: postgis, fme-form, transform, ifc.Would you like to know more? Click here to find out more details!StackExchange content licensed as: CC BY-SA 4.0

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fmelizard
Contributor
14 days ago
a_ericsson
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a_ericssonContributor
asked in Transformers
Column names to several different rows

Hey! I’m trying to do something that in my mind is very tricky, mainly because I don’t know how to do this. I have a table with bird “routes”. For some reason, each bird species is in a separate column, with a value for the number of individuals in that column. It can look something like this:  In row 2, at one given location, 1 “Stare” and 1 “Grönfink” have been spotted. There are around 190 columns, making this table a bit odd to work with. To work with this data in a different project, I would like the table structured differently. What i would like as an output is a seperate row for each observation, with number of individuals as a seperate column. So, in this case, row 2 would be 2 rows, one for the “Stare”-observation and one for the “Grönfink”-observation. Basically, turning the column names into attribute values.  Does anyone on this forum have any experience from this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Cheers!/Alex

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a_ericsson
Contributor
14 days ago
gboquin
Contributor
gboquinContributor
asked in Data
SQL Server failing in SQL Executor in FME Form

Hi, I have a SQL Executor calling a stored procedure.  I am running FME Form FME(R) 2023.2.1.0 (20240104 - Build 23774 - WIN64) and am getting this issue:Microsoft SQL Server Non-Spatial Reader: Failed to connect using Microsoft OLE DB Driver 19 for SQL Server. Provider error '(-2146824582) Provider cannot be found. It may not be properly installed.'The transformer is not failing, but its not producing a result either. Not sure how to move forward with this one. Any thoughts?Thanks 

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gboquin
Contributor
14 days ago
ebygomm
Contributor
ebygommContributor
asked in Authoring
Directory and File Pathnames - Path Filter now case sensitive?

In 2024.1 it appears that a Directory and File Pathnames reader with a Path Filter set to *.tab only reads tab files with a lowercase extension.In 2021.2 both .tab and .TAB files are readA MapInfo TAB file reader pointing at a folder path such as "E:\Mapinfo\**\*.tab" still reads both .TAB and .tab filesIs this expected behaviour?

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ebygomm
Contributor
15 days ago
bmwhbmwh
Contributor
bmwhbmwhContributor
asked in Transformers
How can i simply split a pointcloud. 

I have around 340 .las files and im just truing to split them. As you see in the picture i have a fair amount of distance between these files 

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bmwhbmwh
Contributor
15 days ago
daniel.m.getz
Contributor
daniel.m.getzContributor
asked in General
Can I display features on the map based AOI selector in an FME server app?

I have a workflow that allows the user to select their desired market as an AOI for a server app. See this example for what I'm referring to and how this is deployed. https://engage.safe.com/demos/map-based-data-distribution-fme-server-apps/ The workflow works just fine, but does FME server have the functionality to display features on the map when the user selects the AOI? This would help when defining the area somewhat and give the user more context to what they are selecting.

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sheree
Contributor
15 days ago
A
ashhart
asked in Data
Writing to existing SQL Server table

Hello. I have a workbench that reads an XML and splits it into attributes with their values (with one spatial attribute). I am trying to write this data to an existing, empty SQL Server table. If I set the writer to create a new table, it runs fine, but I can't seem to get it to populate my existing table. The workspace runs, and passes with warnings, but when I go to my SQL Server table it is still empty. Any ideas?  My writer is configured as follows: Feature operation: Insert Table Handling: Use existing  The translation log claims that all of my features have been written, and the data inspector shows them fine, but it just won't populate my table.  Thanks! 

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bo
Contributor
15 days ago

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