The functionality works in workbench but not when creating a server app on FME Flow. The goal is to have the user select the file path to the file geodatabase and enter/select the feature class name. The schema will remain the same but the file geodatabase and the feature class name are unknown. In workbench, I can click on the three ellipses and the feature types to read pop up and I can select one. Then the process runs as expected. New feature classes will be added over time so being able to select the one you want is important. Workbench - clicking the ellipses to then select the feature type/feature class to read In the server app I am not able to click on the ellipses to select the feature class I want but instead need to type the feature class name in. When doing that, the process completes but doesn’t actually run the process because it “can’t find a feature class named that” in the file geodatabase. Even though there is a feature class with that name and there is no typo. Server app - entering the feature types to read manuallyServer log file showing the warning Any ideas on how to create the functionality I want? What am I doing wrong? I’ve googled/researched this and can’t seem to find my issue specifically. FME form and FME flow version 2023.2.3 Thanks,Trevor

Trouble parameterizing file geodatabase and feature types to read on FME Flow

The functionality works in workbench but not when creating a server app on FME Flow. The goal is to have the user select the file path to the file geodatabase and enter/select the feature class name. The schema will remain the same but the file geodatabase and the feature class name are unknown.

In workbench, I can click on the three ellipses and the feature types to read pop up and I can select one. Then the process runs as expected. New feature classes will be added over time so being able to select the one you want is important.

Workbench - clicking the ellipses to then select the feature type/feature class to read

In the server app I am not able to click on the ellipses to select the feature class I want but instead need to type the feature class name in. When doing that, the process completes but doesn’t actually run the process because it “can’t find a feature class named that” in the file geodatabase. Even though there is a feature class with that name and there is no typo.

Server app - entering the feature types to read manually

Any ideas on how to create the functionality I want? What am I doing wrong? I’ve googled/researched this and can’t seem to find my issue specifically.

FME form and FME flow version 2023.2.3

Thanks,

Trevor

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Hi trevorb,

I believe what you are doing should work. However, I’m curious what happens if you try using a feature reader like Mark Stoakes describes here:

Sometimes the internal FME encoding can be a little finicky and I find it’s easier to pass in an attribute to the feature reader than use the parameter itself. Please try that out and let me know if that works for you.

Thanks for the reply, @siennaatsafe.

I tried the way you/Mark Stoakes suggested and get the same message as above saying “can’t find a feature class named that”. This way worked successfully in FME form though just like the other way. I also tried the user parameter directly in the Feature Types to Read field within the FeatureReader and see the same behavior.

Any other ideas? I am at a loss.

Thanks,

Trevor

Hi Trevor,

Is it possible for you to attach a desktop job log and a server job log? If you can’t attach a full log, can you create a support case to do so?

Kind regards,
Sienna

Sienna,

I created a support case and included the two log files.

Thanks,

Trevor

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