Transformers

Hi, I know this has been partially answered here but it doesn't quite answer my exact issue.I'm trying to use FTPCaller to download a file from an SFTP site but get the error 'Failed Initialisation'. FME will create the target file fine but with no data in it, and with the above error.I have tested FTPCaller on other SFTP sites and it works fine. I can download the file using Filezilla and I can also get the file download to work using the SystemCaller transformer to run a batch file which runs PuTTY (using a PSCP comand line). All with the same credentials.All file permissions appear to be setup fine and I've tried changing every parameter in the FTPCaller with the exception of SSH-agent/Pageant authentication. Having already got it to run with PuTTY I didn't see any advantage to going down this route.I'd really like to be able to do this directly with FME and not involve a third party package such as Pageant or PuTTY. Is this possible?Thanks in advance,J

Hi everyone, I'm trying to set up a model that will allow the user to select from a list of feature services to read from. I've got a Choice user parameter set up but whenever I try to run the workspace I get this error:I'm very confused since the service connection is working just fine and the feature reader will read in normally when I directly reference a specific service. Help a noob out?Thanks, Brian

How to create an exact copy of an column in FME? Which transformer?

I am trying to do vertical transformation using EsriReprojector, I have installed additional grid files from the FME downloads sections and pasted them into the installation folder. But I am not getting the desired result. Height is unaffected. I have read some other questions but not able to understand what should I provide in vertical transformation field. Right now it's set to None.

hi guys there must be a trick I'm missing. I've set kml_id and kml_parent also set kml_name (different to the id) however the folders don't seem to get created correctly. elements get one level of folders. and the folders get the kml_id not the kml_name as their heading. I'm sure that the id's are the same as the parent but only get one level of folders. yes I've set fme_feature_type to "Folder" - Using 2022.2.4.0 Build 22792 - Win64. I've also tried many variations - setting "Create folder for Feature Type" to yes and to know... spent over a day on something that should be simple. Many thanks.Leon

Hello, I have a dwg file as attached, for some reason when import to FME form/workbench, it shows some hidden objects where I couldn't find at all in the DWG file. I also loaded the same file to ArcGIS Pro which didn't show these hidden objects and matches what the dwg looks in AutoCAD. The only way I could fix it is exploding the whole dwg file which will get rid of the mystic hidden objects from the dwg. I'm anyone has seen this before and also if FME developers could enhance the software to simply ignore these hidden objects like how it does in ArcGIS Pro. thank you.

I am trying to do a transformation basically summarizing the area of vegetation polygons within parcels of land. This involves a number of filters before the "Clipper" is used to 'cut' the vegetation polygons to the shape of the land parcels. Due to the complexity and number of polygons in each dataset this is run sheet-by-sheet. I have this working on my own PC using the WorkspaceRunner. The vegetation polygon sheets are stored as Feature Classes in an Arc Geodatabase and the WorkspaceRunner uses an Excel with a list of the vegetation polygon sheet numbers allowing them to run through the "Child" workspace one sheet at a time.The problems come when I try to replicate this with the ServerJobSubmitter. I can successfully connect to flow and have set up the workspace parameters similarly to those of the WorkspaceRunner above, however when I try to run this 'Parent' workspace I get the following error message.This error repeats for each of the individu

I read the line from a DXF reader, generate measure using the measuregenerator and then write it to a GML. The line including the curve end up perfectly in the GML, but I do not see any measure.Any suggestions?

Hello everyone, happy monday to you all, I have a dataset of points on a road network which I am trying to assign to groups of max 300 points. There are two attributes which must be the same for all the points in a certain group.  Also, to make the work of our editing team easier, the groups should be sorted by location. For this I am using the SpatialSorter (Hilbert sort in 2D). I am however getting some unexpected results. In the screenshot below I have selected all points in group 1100, also note the scale below to get a rough idea of this dataset:These points seem grouped correctly but they are not all grouped together. These are the points in group 1101:There is a large gap between these points (about 25km). Group 1102 (and a lot more groups for that matter) show the same gap:I guess there is some spatial relationship between these points, since they seem to be on roughly the same vertical axis, but it's not as accurate as I would have expected. Any explanation for this? This

Here is my scenario: I need to very roughly georeference thousands of scanned air photos that are tracked in a file geodatabase. Oversimplifying things considerably, my fields look like: Filename (which contains location of the raster tif on disk)Center_X (map coordinate)Center_Y Rotation (always zero for my simple exercise)ground_resolution (in map coordinate units) I want to feed each "filename" to the rastergeoreferencer, using Center_X, Center_Y, rotation, and ground resolution. But I'm conceptually stuck... rastergeoreferencer obviously wants input from a raster reader, not a text string with the path to the raster. See the rub? Can somebody give me a push in the right direction? Thanks!!

I have been getting this error a lot: Excel Writer: Failed to open the dataset 'FILEPATH\\FILENAME.xlsx'. Error message was 'No such file or directory.'XLSXW writer: An error has occurred. Check the logfile above for detailsExcel Writer: Dataset 'FILEPATH\\FILENAME.xlsx' contains no data and is therefore not a valid Excel file. No file will be createdXLSXW writer: An error has occurred. Check the logfile above for details It will happen a few times and then the workspace will run as normal. This occurs in any Workspace I use that has an Excel Writer. In the Task Manager, if there was a process I could end, I would do that. It still happens.  Any Ideas?Thanks,-Loren  

Hi guys a silly question here, is there a way i can expose the attributes before use dynamic schema to write them out? I'm using feature reader to read a list of sde feature class from csv file but hope i can expose their attributes for further processing before write to the destination.. Thanks!

Looking to create a csv output as a 'dat' file for import to another system. basically rows of text with the fields essentially defined by the number of characters they occupy in the row, padded as necessary. So, i need the output row length to be fixed for each field, and yet I only have the otpion of vchar.In online documentation I can see reference to a datatype of char, but this is not exposed in the fme writer.Why is it missing? / Why have I missed it?Help appreciated.Using FME Desktop 2022.1.2.0

I am trying to tint some terrain shadows (raster) with overlaying polygons of different colours (RGB). Thing is that the polygons are larger than the shadings so VectorOnRasterOverlayer colours a larger area than I wish. I only want to tint the "black/greys" in the raster, not the white areas. I have tried to filter out the unwanted areas using a RasterExpressionEvaluator, setting everything beyond break point to white. Unfortunately I have not been able to figure out a syntax that does not also change the hues. Any ideas on how to approach this? Looking at the example below I would like to keep the darker/shaded areas and shift the flat ones to white.  

Hi,When i insert with the jsontemplater a date in the mongodb writer the type of date is always string even i choose isodate, fmedate......etc. Can i have a type date in mongodb via the jsontemplater ? Thanks a lot

When I specify an HTTPCaller with a defined header, then everything works as desired. However, as soon as I want to enter a conditional value (the same values that work alone), I get an error message: This FME edition does not recognize the `' function. Please ensure that the current platform supports this function, the function name is spelled correctly, and that you have installed all required plug-ins. Unfortunately it's the same behavior when I define conditional User Parameters and use them as HTTPCaller headers. Is there a way you can use conditional "header" values in a HTTPCaller or is this a bug? Best regards

Hi, I am struggling to put a simple Python script in gdb Reader/Scripted Parameter Value that will allow me to read only polyline. Could someone please push me in the right direction?

I have a dataset of curves (lines) automatically generated from the DTM. I have some topological issues that I want to detect automatically ( photo). I used the geometryvalidator transformer, but I can't seem to detect them. How should I proceed? Thank you for your help

Hi all, we have just updated from FME Desktop 2021 to FME Form 2023.1.1.2. I want to create a mapping file .fme, but the option .fme is missing in the Save As- dropdown menu. Has this option been removed by Safe Software? Or has this functionality been transferred to another menu? Does a workaround exist? Thanks for your help!

In the atrributes below I want to specifiy the usage of each building, for example building (_gebaeude) 504. Is there a way to do this in FME using the createAtrribute Transformer? There are over 40 buildings each with a specific usage and name

Hi All, I'm working on a workflow to bring the information from 3 separate layers into my analysis output. SpatialRelator would do the work but also want to create the lists in order to concatenate values into the same cell. I need to concatenate different fields but ListConcatenator only allows one at time, Screenshot below shows the fields I want to concatenate with the following structure: ListConcatenation A = GM_SiteRef + GM_TypeListConcatenation B = LandOwner + LandOwnership_Status + LandOwnership_TITLE_NOListConcatenation C = LEP_Site How can I make it to work and have multiple ListConcatenators? I'm trying to avoid any filter or tester as won't work.... PD: I would also need to add a ListDuplicateRemover before the concatenator to avoid duplicates in the same cell. Thanks in advanced 🙂

Hi there, I have a workspace that fills out an excel spreadsheet and then pushes this into Sharepoint. I want to hide the first five columns in the spreadsheet (so I can unhide them when I need to check, but the user doesn't have to see it). How do I do that? I tried hiding them in the spreadsheet in Microsoft 365/Excel Online, but they revert to showing every time the process runs. I tried in the FeatureWriter Paramaters> Edit Column Formatting> Cell Protection> Hidden in the first five columns, but that didn't work.Thanks in advance for any guidance you can provide.

A workflow we use at work is as follows: Geometry data is stored in SQL Database (attached screenshot - SQL Geometry.png). It is a multi-part polygon and looks to be correct.I use a SQL Creator in an FME job to get the data from the SQL Database. We call a stored procedure to get this data but no transformations are performed in this GET.I use a Geometry Replacer in the FME job with the following settings:Geometry Encoding: Microsoft SQL Server BinaryMS SQL Server Format: GeometryAfter this Geometry Replacer the shape looks correct in FME Inspector, but the Type looks incorrect (attached screenshot FME Data Inspector.png)The shape looks rightIt is classed at the top level as an IFMEMultiArea type of 1 part which is not right. It seems to have classed it as a shape with 1 part (a donut) with an outer boundary and 2 inner boundaries.I'm pretty sure the data conversion into the SQL format is correct but I can't get access to that right now to double check.Has anybody got any ad

I want to create a PDF report like this , where i have HEADER and the value below   In this yellow boxes 'PDMS' column could go in this attribute values  this is my FME workflow to insert HEADER but , the values / attributes are coming from Excel output , so i need to insert them in this boxes like sum / average , total count etc.