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annetdeboer
annetdeboer
asked in Data
Bring readers/writers back to Workspace from Navigation Pane

Hi, it's probably something supersilly but when I have added readers/writers to the Workspace (FME Workbench 2012), delete them, but keep them in the Navigation Pane. How can I get them back to show up in the Workspace? The solution to this probably also works for the question I have about the XML reader, when I add an XML reader it never shows up in the Workspace it only stays in the Navigation Pane.  I searched the web but I got the impression that I'm the only one with this problem (or the only one not finding the solution :S) and for some reason I keep forgetting to ask somebody else. Now finally there's a community 24/7 ;-)  Cheers, Annet

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K
11 years ago
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fmenovice
asked in Authoring
Python shutdown script

I am using FME to produce a number of .xls files and need to rename those files by adding the current date (and time hopefully) to the file name at the end of the process using a shutdown python script. I have cobbled below together from information I have found online but it won't work and I don't have python knowledge to fix it.   import os, datetime path='C:\\FME' to_ext='*.xls' for file_name in os.listdir(path):             root, ext = os.path.splitext(file_name)             t = os.path.getmtime(file_name)             v = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t)             x = v.strftime( ' %d-%m-%Y')                   os.rename(os.path.join(path, file_name), os.path.join(path, root+x+to_ext))      I would appreciate any help.    Thanks

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11 years ago
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sraza
asked in Data
PostgreSQL Scirpt (.SQL)

Instead of directly writing in it, is there any way to write an SQL script to run at an appropriate time while using PostgreSQL reader/writer?

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11 years ago
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trevor
asked in Data
I am trying to assemble three different sets of output data, adds, edits and deletes into a geodatabase

I am trying to assemble several datasets into one. I need to add the edited or added data in to our original/master/parent/production data set.  I also need to delete the data that should be deleted.  I have a separate feature class for the added, edited and deleted data.  I am not sure how to delete data from the original geodatabase.  I think that I am getting two ids for the added and edited when they are added to the output/published geodatabase. 

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
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trevor
asked in Data
How to merge or assemble similar types of data in to one large dataset? These are ESRI feature classes. I would like to use the city’s SDE geodatabase as the reader source.

I am trying to merge or assemble several feature classes of  water pipe data together, they have similar but not exactly similar schemas. They are Water, Reclaimed water and their laterals as separate feature classes.  I am working on the feature merger tool. I thought that the swizler would work, but I could not get it to run.  I also want to merge data within a feature class, deleting  several  items. 

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor
asked in Transformers
Welcome to the FME Community

Welcome everyone to the new FME Community.  The FME Community is the place to ask your burning questions on anything related to FME. Customers, partners, product specialists and Safe employees are waiting to share their best practice insight and lessons learned.  I know we already have a great community and out hope that this site will help it to contine to grow.  Thanks!   Note: This community will replace the FME Talk Google Group. The Google Group will eventually be turned read-only but the existing content will remain indefinitely.

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
fmelizard
Contributor
fmelizardContributor
asked in Data
Controlling scale in geospatial pdf

I am trying to create a series of geospatial pdf files that are at a fixed scale.  The overall map extents of my data varies and when I generate my pdf files each sizes to fit the frame which results in different scales for each file.  Is there a way to force each to be the same set scale.  I thought about creating a box that would give me the desired scale at my frame size and then centering this box over each area.  Is there another easier method for setting the scale that I am overlooking?  I have only been working with the pdf writer for a short time so I could very easily be missing something.

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
redgeographics
Evangelist
redgeographicsEvangelist
asked in Transformers
Overlapping clippers

I'm using overlapping clipping features and I'd like any clippee features that are either INSIDE or CLIPPED_INSIDE more than one clipper feature to receive the attributes from all clipper features they're affected by. I thought I'd done this succesfully before, but it looks like I can't get it to work, the clippee's get the attributes from the first clipper feature, if they're vector features. Rasters behave exactly as I want them to.

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redgeographics
Evangelist
11 years ago
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goochy
asked in Data
FME Server (2012 SP 2) - Direct Workbenches to only run on a particular Engine

G'day,  Is it possible to configure FME Server that only a certain Engine will run certain Workbenches and if so, what property within FME Workbench could be set for FME Server to detect?  Cheers,  

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
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mcodinac
asked in Transformers
Calling pl/sql procedures (Oracle)

a) A question similar to the "PostgreSQL Scirpt (.SQL)" one: is there a way of calling Oracle PL/SQL procedures inside a FMW workflow?   b) How can I call a DB procedure after the writer is completed, as a post-process item in the FMW workflow? For example, recreating the indexes after writing data.

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11 years ago
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susmita
asked in Authoring
FME Server Data Download configuration

In FME Server 2011 SP2, how do I configure the data download URL sent to the requester in the email, to show/use a preconfigured name in the URL versus the actual server name and port? For instance the download URL may look like this: http://myrealservername:80/fmedatadownloadresults/FME_7F685958_1352851611722_5036.zip. How do I configure it so that I can alias the server name and port for something other than the actual server name? Also is there a way to allow the user to name their FME results so it's not a long list of numbers/characters for their zip file (which would also make it easier to find specific log files when debugging workspace results)?  Thanks!

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M
11 years ago
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guni
asked in Transformers
loading electronic navigation chart

It is very useful to load charts through FME, but failed to load a chart which has the size of 28MB. Do you have an experience to load a chart with a big size ? How big is acceptable in FME ?

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11 years ago
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insomniak
asked in Authoring
FME Training in the U.S.?

Is there any class based FME training in the U.S.? More specifically in the west coast?

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srg
11 years ago
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michelle
asked in Authoring
FME Training

Is there anyone interested in doing FME Desktop training in New Plymouth /  Taranaki at some stage?

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11 years ago
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guidos
asked in Transformers
Some raster questions...

Hi all,  just started using fme to do my raster processing and am thrilled with the quality and speed of the output. That said I can't seem to figure out a couple of things. Perhaps you all might be able to assist.  1) When I mosaic images and push into jp2, the empty areas end up black, is there a way to make the empty areas transparent?  2) Is there a way to produce prj files for my output images based on the output projection?

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B
11 years ago
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russell
asked in Authoring
Tkinter in the included Python

Does anyone know if Tkinter will be wholly included in the included version of Python for FME? Currently I can import the module, but I get an error saying that TCL might not be installed properly. In the past Tkinter has been excluded from FME's Python, but I think the ability to be able to present a form to the user in the startup script would be useful

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11 years ago
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kees_v
asked in Integration
ESRI task in FME

With Arcmap you have the function "select by location" How can i reproduce that function in FME? Thank you  Gretings Kees

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jlmiserez
Contributor
11 years ago
jakethepainter
Contributor
jakethepainterContributor
asked in Transformers
Getting a geodb_type of geodb_polygon for point features

This is both a question and an answer, in case it helps anyone else out.  If you take point features from an SDE featureclass and put them through the PointOnAreaOverlayer, features coming out of the Point port can have the geodb_type set to geodb_polygon.  This is because the original features did not have that attribute, so they inherit the attribute from the area.  Then when you write them to a geodatabase, like a personal gdb, they get dropped because they have the wrong type to be written into a point featureclass.  You get a "WARN | Came across an invalid polygon with fewer than 3 vertices.  Skipping the polygon ...."  Confusingly, the number of features that show they are written are the total number, not the actual number, so if you don't examine your output, you may not realize you're losing features.  The workaround is to place an AttributeRenamer on the point features with geodb_type set to geodb_point  This is PR#37731 but I haven't seen anything that

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jakethepainter
Contributor
11 years ago
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gary
asked in Authoring
Batch files not completing

I have FME batch files that will run manually, but when started by the Windows scheduler they get hung when attempting to open a geodatabase.  I suspect this is a Window scheduler problem, but I will glady accept any suggestions/thoughts.  Below is the last couple of lines of the log file.   |INFORM|Loaded module 'GEODATABASE_FILE' from file 'C:\\app\\FME\\GEODATABASE9.dll' 0|INFORM|FME API version of module 'GEODATABASE_FILE' matches current internal version (3.7 20111219) |INFORM|Opening the Geodatabase reader    Have any of you out there in FME Land experienced a similar problem?

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11 years ago
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ulf
asked in Data
DWG Writer

Hi, I write DWG Autocad Files 2004. If I open the DWG File with the Autocad DWG TrueView I didn't find the graphic, because the zoom window is far away. It's difficult to find the graphic. What can I do? Thanks a lot Ulf

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11 years ago
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jeff_konnen
asked in Data
Is there a possibility to read text files structured in columns rather than separated with commas with FME ?

Is there a possibility to read text files structured in columns rather than separated with commas with FME ?

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J
12 years ago

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