Transformers

I have a workflow that: Takes a feature class from an ESRI Geodatabase (ArcSDE) Removes some attributes via AttributeRemover Writes to several different formats I want to change Step 2 to use an external list (for example, a TXT file or CSV - the format is flexible), because other users will be regularly updating the list of attributes to remove. It seems like AttributeRemover only takes a single string or manual selection of attributes, so I decided to try BulkAttributeRemover, since it can take an attribute value. However, I ran into this problem: Let’s say I want to remove all attributes that contain the string PRIVATE. When I type the string PRIVATE into BulkAttributeRemover: Expression to Remove, the transformer functions as expected. It removes all attributes that contain the string PRIVATE. However, if I create an attribute called “regex” and set its value to PRIVATE, and then use the attribute “regex” as the Expression to Remove in BulkAttributeRemover, the transformer removes

I’m connecting a Sharepoint dataset to a portal dataset, with the intention of creating geospatial data in portal, each record having an object-id along with geometry. The Sharepoint record would be manually linked via this object-id, and then FME would sync changes of related columns. My question is which transform (there are so many!) makes the most sense, and how can I limit the updates to only those records that have a matching object-id? In my writer, the upsert action exposes a match column config, but the update action doesn’t. I feel like I’m missing something, as an update statement still needs something to match on.

I have an attribute called “month” from an imported CSV. I’ve formatted the value to be in the format “September 1 2024”. Now I want to convert the “month” attribute to a usable date format such as ISO YYYY-MM-DD. If I use the dropdown to select the attribute, the value of the DateTime Attributes becomes “@Value(month)”. When run, the workspace sends all rows to the Rejected port with fme_rejection_code. = MISSING_ATTRIBUTE_DATETIME and fme_rejection_message = Null, empty, or missing datetime was found. Enable the passthrough parameter to disable this However, if I manually type in “month” into Datetime Attributes: I get the expected results: Version: FME(R) 2024.2.1.0 (20241202 - Build 24801 - macosx-aarch64) I’ve tested it on FME(R) 2025.0.2.0 (20250512 - Build 25237 - macosx-aarch64) with the same result.

I am trying to concatenate 6-7 fields to create single field with spaces in-between different field values to create a address like string, no commas needed. Can I do it in text editor? Field1 Field2 Field3 original: 123 ABC Street Filed Combined Target: 123 ABC Street

I just returned to work from the Peak Of Data and AI in Seattle and am trying new things. In existing workspaces, I have added two creators to my workspace where I am adding a DateTimeStamp >DateTimeConverter - then writing to a new tab (Information) in my excel worksheetthe Second creator I am utilizing a FilePathExtractor and writing to the same new tab in excel. Essentially I am creating metadata to make my job easier to rerun projects year after year. The question I have is : is there an easier way to extract the File Path of where I have the .fmw saved without needing to navigate to it within the FilePathExtractor? My ultimate goal is to create a custom transformer that I can share with co-workers that can help them add the date created and the fmw’s file path to their excel writers.

Hello everyone I’m very new FME but I have been using chatGPT to guide me through to achieve the outcomes of my goals so my apologies if I have done something or missed something very simple. What I am trying to achieve in the graph I have attached is to convert 2D mapping data which is in EPSG 27700 into a 3D Object in EPSG 3978 so that it will align with mapping data in Unreal engine from the Cesium plug-in. As you can see from the graph I am adding height data from a point cloud then reprojecting to 4326 and then to 4978 (I don’t think the double reprojection does anything but chatGPT said to give it a go), after this I then shift the map based on a georeferenced point that I have centred my Unreal project around. Most of this all works perfectly fine and expected (this is a great piece of software!) but the result has the reprojected map not perfectly flat on ground and facing the wrong direction. This makes me think I am missing something obvious or simple. I really appreciate any

Hello, I am aiming to customise the FME Flow map interface by integrating a bespoke ArcGIS Online (AGOL) web map. The objective is to allow users to delineate an Area of Interest (AOI) and subsequently export relevant data directly from the application. The intended FME Flow map should utilise a basic AGOL web map that includes basic features layers (e.g. polygon) which are intended to assist users in understanding the extends of the dataset. I attempted to modify the basemap URL (Map Configuration) by embedding the public AGOL web map URL; however, this approach was unsuccessful. Would you happen to have any guidance or suggestions on how to properly embed an AGOL web map into the FME Flow ‘Draw an Area of Interest’ interface? Thanks :)

I'm working with FME 2021 and have run into a challenge regarding dynamic GeoJSON handling. I use the HTTPCaller to retrieve GeoJSON from several hundred different services. Each service returns features with different attribute schemas. My goal is to dynamically expose all attributes and the geometry from each GeoJSON response and write them to various formats (e.g., GDB, Shapefile, etc.). I've tested workflows using JSONFragmenter and manually selected attributes, but this approach doesn't scale—it’s not feasible to manually configure the schema for hundreds of unique GeoJSON sources. Is there a robust and dynamic way in FME 2021 to automatically expose all properties (attributes) in each feature, regardless of schema, along with the geometry? Appreciate any guidance or best practices for handling this kind of dynamic schema in FME 2021.

Hi everyone, I have struck a roadblock in the creation of a particular FME Workbench that I now require help with. I appreciate your time in advance. I have multiple csv files that contains a table of data that I would like to process into a single csv file table. Lines 1-26 of these files contains general informationLine 27 contains headers for a table belowLine 28 onwards contains the data for the table. In Line 2 Row 2 there is a “cell” (B2) which contains text which I would like to add into a new column in the table repeatedly. I have done and been able to do the following:- Used 2 x CSV Readers- 1st CSV Reader data is transformed down to just cell B1 and B2, with B1 text being replaced with a header name 'Sensor_ID' and B2 simply being the original data in B2 eg. SN_ABC123- 2nd CSV Reader data is transformed to Line 27 onwards (i.e. just showing the table), plus a few other modifications using AttributeRenamer, AttributeRemover etc.- Tried using both FeatureMerger and FeatureJoine

Hello FME community, I would like to identify all locations that are within a 300m-perimeter around a polygon, taking into account barriers (large roads, rivers etc.). In ArcGIS there is a tool called “Distance Accumulation” that does just this, but I don’t want to depend on it. Thanks!

Hello everyone, This might be a simple question, but for some reason I can't figure out how to remove rows with only Null Values (Of course I can useTestFiler or Tester, but would be cumbersome work, since I have a lot of columns and I don't want to go into that rabbit hole) These rows with Null values came into existence, since I read in an excel file with two worksheets with two different schemas. So the column names in worksheet 1, is different compared to the column names in worksheet 2. Therefore all the values from worksheet 2 have null values. I actually don't need worksheet 2, so I was thinking there might be 2 solutions. 1) don't read in worksheet 2 or 2) remove the null values For both of them I don't know the answer.....dramatic sound effects.. So if someone knows the answer, that would be very nice.

I have an excel file where i have 2 limits stated under single column and I want to split them as per table B where the Type = C Limit Type $30,000 per claim / $50,000 aggregate N $50,000 per claim / $70,000 aggregate C Table B Limit Type Per claim Limit Aggregate Limit $50,000 per claim / $70,000 aggregate C $50,000 $70,000

As mentioned in another post, I'm currently upgrading a bunch of workbenches to run on FME Flow 2024, some of them many years old. Typically, for anupgrade, I will go through each workbench, upgrade all transformers, readers, and writers, then run it in test desktop (workbench) environment, then publish to and test in a test server (flow) environment. In, FME 2024 the Vertex Extractor gives me bogus results, even after upgrading all the constituent transformers in this custom transformer. It looks like X and Y, or Lat and Lon, are reversed. When I open the CoordinateConcatenator (arrow above), I see this: Default setting While I haven’t dug through the rest of the custom transformer, this - frankly - looks counter-intuitive. When I change that to “XYZ”, everything runs just fine and results are as expected. My tweak I have tried to compare my version (I’m assuming that upgrading all components makes it uptodate) to older versions to see whether upgrading might have introduced this prob

I hope I got the title prepositions correct… I want to break apart lake data in order to generalize each category individually. The DonutHoleExtractor will “only” break apart “one level”. That is, independent-lakes and island-in-lakes-on-islands get sent one way and islands-in-independent-lakes and lakes-on-independent-islands get sent the other. Last option is to use an AreaOnAreaOverlayer or similar to sort everything correctly. But I would rather save that computing time since this is a huge dataset. Unfortunately the DonutHoleExtractor does not have an option for lists, or that would have been my chosen route, me thinks. Once generalized the geometries will be reassembled into donuts. Q: Is there a way to deduct the relations between different types of polygons within the donuts without doing a load of spatial analysis? I would expect there to be some sort of relation info within the geometry type itself? edit: Rephrased the question for clarity Pic for illustrative purposes

Hi Team, I was wondering if there was an ETA as to when a permanent solution for fixing FME Form (and Flow) will be available, as we're still experiencing issues with reprojecting data in GDA 2020. The work around at the moment that we have been given is; - Open up the following file in Notepad (open as administrator) :"C:\Program Files\FME\Reproject\CsmapTransformationExceptions\TransformationExceptions.db" - Find the Australia section and add the following line : GDA2020-7P|GDA2020|XFORM|FWD|NULL_FME - Save! Cheers

Hi FME world, I have two tables in a database (ArcGIS SDE). They are effectively a 1:1 match, linked via a common ID. Table 1 features are always present in the flow (filtered prior) and I want to read in ONLY the features from table 2, where match with the Table 1 filtered features (because there are 1m+). I’ve tried options like aggregating the Table 1 features and concatenating the ID, passing into Table 2 feature reader with a where clause. However, there is a maximum limit of queries the database can do (somewhere between 10,000-15,000 - and often I will need to read in more than this. My next thought is to create a looping transformer where I sample the T1 features into groups of 10k, aggregate, pass to FeatureReader, reads in associated 10k T2 features, then loop back to read in the next 10k, until there are no more features to be read (using a NoFeaturesTester to exit the loop. I’m a bit stuck on how to actually implement this though. Any ideas/thoughts much appreciated! Or if

Hey, I have a question about the HTTP Caller. Is there a way to have the workspace it is in still continue even if one of the records fails to upload? The reason I ask is because there are some interesting errors I have ran into when uploading records to Cityworks, where something fails and then I have to re-run the entire workspace, after first deleting all of the inspections/work orders that were created. The error involves an encoded string not being compatible with FME. I would just like a way to run the entire workspace for all features and not have it cancel out on a failure. Any tips?

With the CKANConnector able to list Datasets and Resources without any issue, so I know CKAN Connection is good. If I try to add and update a resource I receive the “upload error HTTP 400: "Bad request - JSON Error: Invalid request. Please use POST method for your request” I’m pulling the Dataset and Resource for the update resource from the dropdown. Acts like a permission issue but I’m connecting as an Admin on the openGov side.

Huge thanks to ​@mark2atsafe for granting me a shiny FME Star badge! It really gave me the push to finally share some of the custom tools I’ve built, starting with this one: the TimeSeriesGenerator. The idea came up when I needed to build a time‑series dataset to plot user activity over time. My end goal was to generate an HTML report showing how users interacted with an application. I was starting from a log file of user requests, but if no one made a request during a given period, I’d have gaps in my data and nothing to show in the report. This issue is a common one. Even FME Flow with his analytics page doesn’t handle time period with no data. This FME Flow is idling most of the time, but the Analytics page doesn’t report that. That’s where the TimeSeriesGenerator comes in ! It creates a continuous series of timestamps between a start date and an end date, at a specified interval in seconds. You can then join your actual log data to those timestamps and be sure you’ll see a value (e

I'm working with an electrical network with feeders and branches. I'd like to add the coordinates of the intersection points with the feeders as attributes in the branches. I managed to do this in the first segment using the Intersector and SpatialFilter transformers, but I had trouble adding them to the downstream segments.I have a common field for each branch that can be obtained using networkTopology.So, my question is how to create conditional queries to add the coordinate values ​​of the intersection points with the downstream branches (see attached diagram). Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm trying to access the property sets within the Extended data from dwg file, the property sets are attached to block reference objects, quite similar to the case of this post. Attached below are two snapshots from how the property sets look like in Autocad and FME workbench featuring the two attributes that I was trying to expose with no success can someone guide me through the detailed workflow, please? I'm using FME workbench 2024.2 Thanks,

Hello, I am currently working with some database PostGIS rasters and wanted to import some into FME 2024.1, using a filter to only select 2 out of 11030.To do so, I tried both a SQL Executor and a FeatureReader (as both enables PostGIS raster reading).The SQL Executor filters the rasters correctly but doesn’t create the geometry and returns an error in the log file.The FeatureReader loads the 11030 rasters without filtering, suggesting a problem with the “WHERE clause”. I tried the same thing using FME 2023.1 and the SQL Executor is working under this version. I am wondering if there is a bug in the FME 2024.1 version.The problem was the same for the Feature Reader.A colleague said that the Feature Reader outputs everything as well in previous versions of FME (2022.2 and 2021.1). Do you know when the FME 2024.1 bug will be corrected?We are linking our work with ArcPro and we know we will have to use FME 2024. I am enclosing a share folder with the different logs (as txt) and the 2 work

Hi everyone, quick question: how can I remove the rows from my Excel file where the ID number is duplicated, so that only one record per ID is kept?

Hello I am trying to figure out if it is possible to read Levels from a .dgn files, and rename them according to a Table given to the script. I work at a public contracting authority where we receive “As-Built” .dgn documentation from our consultants, structured according to industry standards regarding level naming, and it would be a huge help if we could rename them to a human readable name which our maintenance employees can understand. I guess I’ve found a way to “read” levels in Microstation files, but I cannot seem to find something that can write Levels. Is that possible with FME? Any help would be appreciated. Cheers Ioannis

Dear FME Community, I need to calculate measure PK from an object, modify them and apply to another object for cut it to elements. I try to explain all steps with this schema : I’m at the STEP 4 but I’m blocked when I want to apply my Measure PK to another objet. For that I’ve a FMWT in ZIP join to this subject. Thank you for your attention and your help. Geo-x