Transformers

How can I automatically add all attributes in AttributeExposer after AttributeTransposer without having to manually select each one?

One of the greatest new features of the IFC4x3 schema is that we can write 2D lines to IFC, which was not supported in IFC2x3. Why does the new IFC writer support only 3D surfaces and solids and not 2D line geometries?

Hi there, This is a follow up question to one I asked last year around the FTPCaller transformer: Our security team granted a 12 month exemption to our FME workspace and have asked for an update on the issue. Is there any change in the ability of the FTPCaller transformer to be able to view or configuring the cryptographic algorithms used? Thank you,Jonathan

I recently upgraded to version 2025.1.0.1 and am seeing an odd error with the H3HexagonalIndexer, as follows: H3HexagonalIndexer (H3IndexerFactory): The clause 'GEOMETRY_HANDLING_Filling_Indexes Replace' within 'FACTORY_DEF {*} H3IndexerFactory FACTORY_NAME { H3HexagonalIndexer } INPUT FEATURE_TYPE Creator_CREATED INDEX_OPERATION { Index } DST_ATTR { _h3index } GEOMETRY_HANDLING { Replace } H3_RESOLUTION { 15 } GEOMETRY_HANDLING_Filling_Indexes { Replace } DST_ATTR_Index { _h3index } OUTPUT { OUTPUT FEATURE_TYPE H3HexagonalIndexer_OUTPUT } OUTPUT { <REJECTED> FEATURE_TYPE H3HexagonalIndexer_<REJECTED> }' is not recognized by the factory 'H3IndexerFactory' Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Hi all, I’m trying to figure out how to use the CodedDomainGDB custom transformer in FME to create domains in an Esri Geodatabase dynamically from an Excel input. I understand that FME does allow creating domains, but it’s generally a manual process—similar to what you’d do in ArcGIS Pro—and Safe Software doesn’t recommend creating domain in FME. However, I’d like to automate this process as much as possible. The situation: Input: An Excel file containing coded domain values and descriptions. Goal: Take those Excel values and feed them into the CodedDomainGDB transformer to create or update coded value domains in an EGDB or FGDB. I’m not fully clear on how to structure the input features for the transformer so it produces the correct output. These are the references I’ve found: CodedDomainGDB documentation: https://hub.safe.com/publishers/spatialexjames/transformers/codeddomaingdb Example workflow blog: https://www.spatialex.co.uk/blog/automating-coded-domains-geodatabase/ If anyone ha

Hi I have recently upgraded the OS of the machine FME Form runs on to Win Server 2022 and upgraded to FME 2025.1.1 Since this, I have been unable to connect to amazon s3 and get the following message: S3Connector: The specified AWS connection does not have permission to perform the requested action (Key: '', Bucket: ''). Please check the connection parameters and the relevant AWS security settings Does anyone know what the issue may be? Thanks

I have a workspace runner that runs a process to do a rough geo-referencing of multiple CAD drawings using a base polygon layer where each polygon matches each drawing. At the end of each drawing, I want to create a simple report with a bunch of attributes and a map / image of the CAD drawing overlayed on my reference polygon to visually see how close it is. I have hundreds of these drawings and don’t want hundreds of reports / images. Is it possible to append a page to a PDF or HTML report after each iteration of the process?

I am upgrading a workbench from 2022 to 2025, this is updating the Schema mapper from 2 to 3, but SchemaMapper version 3 does not appear to have Microsoft SQL Server as a format type. Am i missing something? SchemaMapper Version 3 SchemaMapper Version 2

Hello, I’m new to this forum and have been working with ETL and FME Workbench for a short time. I’m facing an issue with my XML output: the header and footer formatting come out messed up. This formatting problem does not appear inside the XMLFormatter transformer, but after saving the physical file, the formatting issue becomes clear. Has anyone experienced this or knows how to fix it?

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way in which it is possible to differentiate between an Empty String and a <null> value when using (XQuery in) the XMLTemplator. As an example I created 4 features. The first having a regular string value, and the latter 3 having 'no value', but each a different type of 'no value' (empty string, <null>, <missing>); When creating a dummyXML, I would like to be able to be able to handle/create a different 'b' element, based on the value of the attribute b. Let's say I have two fixed elements 'a' and 'c', and I want my dynamic 'b' element to be placed in between these two, then iterating over the different 4 features I would like to obtain the following result; <dummyXML xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <a>value_a</a> <b>value_b</b> <c>value_c</c></dummyXML> <dummyXML xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <a>value_a</a> <b/> <c>value_c</c></dummyXML> <dummyXML xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <a

I’m trying to make use of the JSONUpdater transformer since it seems more clear than doing a search & replace. My issue is I just can’t understand the JSONiq enough to know what I need to do to always find the right JSON Path. I’m reading in a JSON template and in this template are 3 objects at json[“flowcontents”][“processors”]. The problem is the order can change for the processors. I might want 0, 1, or 2. The key is the object # I want always has “name : Build-Parameters”. I’m thinking I have two options. Is there a way with JSONiq to always specify the correct JSON Path in the JSONUpdater, based on the name of each object. Maybe I sort the processors objects in the JSON prior to the JSONUpdater transformer. Then I always specify the correct one to find path. (Thankfully the order doesn’t matter when I push the results back.) I went ahead and made a very simple Workbench which demonstrates my JSON and the problem. Could someone help with either solution or maybe something else I di

Hi all, I’m encountering an issue with the InlineQuerier transformer in FME Form 2024.2.1 (pre-production environment) that seems to differ from previous behavior.(FME Form 2024.1.3 in developement environment) 🔧 Workspace Setup: The InlineQuerier has two input ports: tubes (can sometimes receive no features) parametre_generique (always receives data) I’m using this request : ❗ Problem: When no data arrives at the tube input port, the transformer throws the following errors: InlineQuerier_2 (InlineQueryFactory): Generating output 'tubes_statuts_inactifs' using query 'SELECT * FROM "tubes" WHERE ( UPPER("statut_administratif") NOT IN ( SELECT TRIM(UPPER(value)) FROM "parametre_generique", json_each( '["' || REPLACE("valeur_parametre_text", '|', '","') || '"]' ) WHERE code_parametre = 'STATUT_ADMINISTRATIF_RETENU_TUBES' ) OR UPPER("statut_operationnel") NOT IN ( SELECT TRIM(UPPER(value)) FROM "parametre_generique", json_each( '["' || REPLACE("valeur_parametre_text", '|', '","') || '"]'

I am using FME Workbench 2022.1 along with ArcGIS Pro 3.0. I recently noted an issue when copying data from an AGOL MapService to a local GDB - if the feature class does not exist in the GDB, the Workbench will fail, only reporting "Error running the translation" and no further details in the log file. However, if I create a feature class in the GDB, even without any attributes, and change the writer to "Drop and Create" from "Create If Needed," the Workbench runs. Any Ideas? Log File attached

I have a workspace created in 2023.2 that reads an Excel workbook from a SharePoint library. It is working perfectly. I have upgraded to 2024.1 and the reader no longer works as expected. If I use the 2024 Data Inspector I can connect to the workbook and see the data. The FeatureReader obtains the schema and the number of records in each sheet and gives a “Translation was SUCCESSFUL” in the log. The issue happens after that - I get some sort of (possibly) Python related error. Log file of messages after the successful log entry is attached. I have tried changing the Python version but it didn’t make any difference. Has anyone had the same issue or any ideas what I could try to get it working again.

In ArcGIS Pro, I have a published a map service as a feature layer service to our ArcGIS Portal. I have published it as the owner and Admin with enable editing permissions etc. The layer source comes from an SDE with SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE privileges. In FME Desktop 2025.1, I have a FeatureWriter using the new Esri ArcGIS Feature Service format. I have it successfully connected to our Portal via OAuth (safe.esri-agol) and with the the writer settings for Feature Operation set to Insert and feature type handling set to Truncate Existing. See image below. When I run the workbench, after a period of time, it outputs back an error: ArcGISFeatureServiceWriter: Feature Service 'Sample Layer(7ea7230cca1f4aeb9316ed1735cca5c2)' does not support feature operation 'INSERT'. Its owner may have disabled inserting or editing features. Writes may fail if the current user is not the owner or administrator. This process used to work at some point when it was using the old format Esri ArcGIS Por

We have a PythonCaller which uses the psycopg2 import statement and then uses the pgsql server parameters to connect to a pgsql server and create database ((eg: https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Using_psycopg2_with_PostgreSQL). This works fine in FME Desktop 2021.1 and FME Server 2021.1 Currently we are migrating to FME Flow 2025.1 and this caller fails when run in Flow (server) and local desktop in Form, both in 2025.1. The location of the psycopg2 package is in \Documents\FME\Plugins\Python folder in the local desktop. With same setting, it works in 2021.1, but not in 2025.1 Have I missed anything? The specifc error is: No module named psycopg2._psycopg

Hello, I am looking for additional insights on File Copy Is it possible to copy folder structure without copying files inside ? How do I set the writer ? What is the filecopy_type parameter ? and what are it’s possible values ? The parameter exists on the writer but I can’t find any information. Thank you

I have an emailer in a routine which has html content and it has been working fine for years. I have just updated the emailer package and it is now emailing all the html code to the recipient rather than rendering the email using the code. I noticed in the change log that this version has “Improve detection of HTML content in message body. (FMEENGINE-86584)” but it looks like it has less detection of HTML. has anyone else come across this issue and how to resolve it. There doesn't appear to be any guidance on how to manage this change in the package / transformer.

Hi All, I’m not able to transpose rows to column and complete a count in the end of the workflow, I have followed the technical article but couldn’t make it to work: https://support.safe.com/hc/en-us/articles/25407761369741-Transpose-a-Table-Using-FME Also below an screenshot of the requested output which a excel pivot table: Attached a sample of the raw table that needs to be transposed (or pivoted!) Can I achieve this with the AttributePivoter? Thanks

Hi, How can we set the set the limit for max features to write in the feature writer? I have set the limit of 10,000 in max features to read in the feature reader; will that automatically imply to write 10,000 to the feature writer

Bonjour, Je souhaite calculer une statistique zonale afin d’obtenir la moyenne des valeurs de pixels d’un raster, sur une couche polygone (vecteur), comme on a l’habitude de le faire dans un logiciel SIG (voir capture ci-dessous). Merci pour votre aide.

Hi. I built a workspace in 2024.1, that fetches a number of files from a customer Sharepoint site. It works (in 2024.1) without problems. I just installed 2024.2, and ran the workspace (with no changes). Now it issues an error with a SyntaxWarning from the package “safe.microsoft-sharepoint”: C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Safe Software\FME\Packages\24783-win64\python\safe.microsoft-sharepoint\stringcase.py:247: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\W' return re.sub("\W+", "", string) Is this something that I should worry about ? SharepointOnlineConnector is not listed as an upgradable transformer in 2024.2 Cheers.

SOLVED - I found the error Hello! I've been working on a script that has 56 columns (client needs all the fields of information), and now I need to write it using an Esri File Geodatabase writer. I have double- and triplechecked whether there is an invalid character (since gdbs are quite strict with field names) or a duplicate of one of the fields, but I cannot find it. Is there a tool in FME that let's you identify a duplicate of a whole column in the attribute table? Or a duplicate field name? Or does anyone know if there is another common solution to this error? This is the error code: ERROR |An error occurred while attempting to create the feature class 'Test'. The error number from ArcObjects is: '-2147220649'. The error message from ArcObjects is: {Cannot create a table with a duplicate column. [Test]} I am using FME form 2024.1. Thank you in advance!

I am using a python caller to read paths for files from my Input folder. Files in the input folder are ordered in a ClassName and AssetName folders. There is a variable number of AssetName folders under each class name folder. I am transforming data and using a schema mapper to read transformed schema A series of shapefiles is written with a dynamic writer. How can I copy the input ClassName and Asset Name folder structure when writing the output ? I tried using shp dataset fanout but I can’t get the configuration right.

Hello! Is there a way to change the displayed date in a datetime userparameter as DD-MM-YYYY? The chooser interface is helpful to check if it is the right date, but it can still be quite confusing, especially in Flow, when not every user knows about the picker and just enters the date. Is there an option I am missing or is a text-field instead my only alternative? Many thanks in advance!