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Hi everyone! A new job. A promotion. A project that changed everything. Sometimes a tool does more than the work. It changes the trajectory. 🚀  How has FME shaped your career path and did it open doors you didn't expect? Drop your FME career story in the comments below! 📢 P.S. The Talent Exchange just got some big updates. Safe Software will now post open roles there, it's open to any organization hiring for FME work (not just partners), and freelancers can now post their availability for contract work. Whether you're hiring or looking, check it out! 💡 New to the Question of the Week? Each week, we post a simple but thought-provoking question. It might be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or even a little something personal like this one.Every answer you share earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag (a $50 value) — plus points toward community badges!🗓️ Answer all of this month's Questions of the Week by June 30th at 5:00 PM P

I’m considering moving my FME workspaces to a git workflow.  So far I’ve not used official version control, but I’ve noted that FME seems to be improving in this area.  Any tips or advice from those of you who have done this succesfully? 

Good afternoon all, Rather embarrassing first post but after many years of workspace creation I seem to have locked myself out of my own work. A few weeks ago I had added a workspace parameter password to a locally stored workspace, wrote down said password and now that I have come back to this work, it doesn’t appear to like the password I saved off. Is it possible to recover this access or is it a goner that I will need to rebuild?  Many thanks, Sarah Jane 

Just wondered if anyone else is having trouble registering for this event - when I get to the public registration page what I assume is supposed to be the register button does not seem to have any text or action when I click on it 

Save the date! The Peak of Data & AI Conference is officially returning on March 9-11, 2027 in London, UKWe’re taking over the iconic QEII Centre in Westminster for three days of expert insights, real-world solutions, and meaningful connections shaping the future of data and AI.Registration LaunchWe’re excited to share that registration for the Peak 2027 will open August 11, 2026. Super Early Bird pricing will be in effect from launch until September 29.Join the mailing list to receive important Peak updates: https://peakofdataandai.com/Call for presentations is now open!Every great breakthrough starts with a challenge. At the Peak of Data and AI, the most impactful sessions come from our community of FME users. We invite you to share your real-world successes, technical deep-dives, or innovative AI applications on a global stage.Apply to present.

We’d love to invite you to share your experience on G2!G2 is a trusted software review platform used by over 100 million professionals annually to make smarter software decisions based on trusted peer reviews. By sharing how you use FME and the value it brings to your work, you’re helping others discover what’s possible.How to participate: Leave your review on G2 here. It only takes about 5 minutes, and your feedback makes a big difference.  When asked, “For which purposes do you use FME Platform?”, be sure to select all applicable categories (e.g. On-Premise Data Integration, ETL Tools, Data Virtualization) to ensure your review captures every part of your FME experience. As a thank-you for your time, you’ll receive a $25 gift card from us! Thanks for helping others discover what FME can do, and for being a part of our FME community!

I get this error message in the system events log:Event Description: Triggered whenever a warning message is logged to fmeserver.log.Event Title: Warning Message LoggedMessage: Parameter STREAM_JOB_KEY_TTL missing from config file. Using default value of: 60FME Flow 2026.2 Build 26333Any hint where i can set the parameter? 

Hi all! Welcome to our July FME Community User Spotlight. Every month, we spotlight a user in the community whose active participation and helpful contributions have been invaluable. We’re excited to highlight their experiences and insights! ⭐User Spotlight: Fon Punnakanta | ​@panda What company do you currently work for?Bowman ConsultingWhat's your current job role and title?Data EngineerTell us more about what you do and how you use FME?I design and develop FME workspaces to streamline data extraction and transformation, enabling seamless integration across industry-leading platforms such as Trimble, Esri, and Autodesk products. By building end-to-end automation pipelines, I connect field data collection directly to final reports, producing submission-ready outputs with minimal manual intervention. I also develop self-service tools through FME Flow Apps and configure webhooks and automated workflows that empower teams to work more efficiently, reducing bottlenecks and increasing over

Hi,I'm passing multiple shapefile paths from Directory and File Pathnames to a FeatureReader. The FeatureReader reads all shapefiles together, but I need it to process one shapefile at a time before moving to the next shapefile.How can I make FeatureReader read and process each shapefile sequentially instead of combining all inputs?Thanks. 

I have a polygon with the 100m buffer along a linear infrastructure. I want to devide the polygon in segments of max. 1200m length. I have used the chopper but in the results were longer than 1200m.Do you have an idea how to solve the problem?  

Hey Community! Got questions about automations and event-driven workflows? This is your chance to ask them—live.Join us for another Ask Me Anything webinar where your questions drive the conversation. Drop your questions in the comments by Monday, July 6, and our team will answer them live!Webinar DetailsJuly 8, 2026 8:00am–9:00am PDT REGISTER HEREWhat we'll coverAn automation that ran perfectly yesterday can break this morning, and the answer is rarely in the workspace itself. It's in a token that expired, an SMTP port that closed, a webhook that fired twice, or an IT policy that changed overnight. Whether the workflow is a scheduled feature service refresh, a webhook from a field-collection app, or an event-driven model run on FME Flow Hosted, the failure modes look the same once production starts.Our presenters ​@carlw, ​@kate-safe, ​@desiree_at_safe & ​@markwatsafe are ready to dive in to:Authentication Automation best practices Automation resilience and troubleshooting And mor

I have very big IFC file in GB, what i  would like to do is just keep Attributes and export it as IFC file without loosing any order or level etc.  Only remove Geometry , below is what i am doing but not getting it right . Any support would be highly appreciated.   

Hello Y’all.Im checking out this guide here in regards of how to create a WMS on Flow by ​@LizAtSafe:How to Create a WMS Service Using FME Flow – FME Support CenterAnd its quite good.But in my case I need to create a WMS service on our Flow that is straight up harvesting an external WMS (a classic GeoServer). As in that our WMS just fetches a pre-defined layer from the external WMS service and then returns that to our users. Our users being Enterprise Portal users seeing this as a WMS in a webmap.I’ve kind of figured out that the main step here that is different is boycutting the “Create Image from source data” in the GetPNG one, but I am still bumping into problems.Anyone having an experience about doing this here that is eager to contribute?With regards, Hlynur.

Hello,I have a mesh model in 3D Tiles (JSON tileset) format. I can open it in Bentley Descartes, but the performance is very slow due to the model size. I would like to use the JSON Fragmenter transformer in FME to split the mesh according to polygons/areas that I have created. After splitting, I want to export each clipped section again as a separate 3D Tiles (JSON tileset) dataset.However, I have not been able to achieve this workflow successfully. Could you please help me understand the correct process for clipping and exporting a 3D Tiles mesh by predefined boundaries in FME?Any guidance, example workflow, or recommended transformers would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.

Hi everyone! The FIFA World Cup is about to kick off! ⚽🌍  In honour of the occasion, if FME had a starting lineup, which transformer would be your star player and why? Drop your pick below and don't forget to tell us who you're cheering for this tournament! 🏆💡 New to the Question of the Week? Each week, we post a simple but thought-provoking question. It might be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or even a little something personal like this one.Every answer you share earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag (a $50 value) — plus points toward community badges!🗓️ Answer all of this month's Questions of the Week by June 30th at 5:00 PM PDT to be entered into the draw.🎖️ Answer your first question to earn the Socializer (Ice Breaker) badge — and keep it up to reach the Socializer (Talker) badge after five answers!

I’m experiencing a discrepancy between LMTOOLS and the FME Form License Assistant, and I’d appreciate any insight or guidance.EnvironmentFME Form (floating license) License server managed via LMTOOLS (FlexNet)IssueLMTOOLS shows:Feature usage info: Users of FME:  (Total of 3 licenses issued;  Total of 0 licenses in use)Users of FME_GUI:  (Total of 3 licenses issued;  Total of 0 licenses in use) FME License Assistant shows: 3 total seats 1 license in use 2 licenses available What I’ve already triedRestarted the license server via LMTOOLS (Stop/Start) Confirmed via Server Status Enquiry that no users are consuming licenses Closed all FME applications Ensured no FME processes are running on client machines Despite the server reporting zero usage, the License Assistant still shows one license in use, which suggests a possible:Client-side cache issue Stale session Delay in license usage synchronizationQuestionsHas anyone encountered a mismatch like this between LMTOOLS and FME License Assi

Is there any other alternative OCR software OR workaround of TESSERACT.exe which is not allowed by my IT Department for security reason.  So if there is any alternative OCR s/w that is recommended, please let me know. Note from IT Security Team:All software, including freeware, must:• Come from a reputable source/supplier• Be supported by the supplier with vulnerability updates• Be fully licensed for enterprise use and not limited to individual use

Hi everyone,I have a JSON file that represents a line geometry containing 5 vertices (points). I would like to create a separate feature (record) for each vertex so that I can then generate vertices and rebuild the line geometry from them.I tried using the ListExplorer to extract the X and Y coordinates as attributes. However, the issue is that X and Y are only extracted for a single feature, and the other vertices are not created as separate records.Could you please take a look at the attached image for better understanding of my workflow?Any suggestions on how to correctly create a feature for each vertex would be greatly appreciated.Thank you

Welcome to this week's blog spotlight: 3 Pillars of Designing FME Flow Workflows That Scale.  If you've ever watched a workspace balloon from a clean, focused tool into an unmanageable monster that takes forever to run and even longer to debug, this one is for you!Why This MattersWe've all been there: a workspace that started small and sensible, then grew one bolted-on feature at a time until it became a single massive job that blocks your queue, resists debugging, and terrifies anyone who has to open it. This blog puts a name to the problem and gives you a clear, actionable path out of it.Inside the BlogThe post breaks scalability down into three layers (workspace design, orchestration, and infrastructure) and walks through how a problem in any one of them can undermine the others. A few highlights:Large do-it-all workspaces don't just run slowly, they run sequentially. An FME engine is single-threaded, so ten readers sitting side by side on a canvas still execute one after another. B

I have a database of spatial information (points, lines and areas), this database needs to become all points, the issue is that there is a big overlap in data. What I am trying to do, is see if any lines are already matched by Project nr and location (can be not exactly the same location) to existing points. If this is the case, then I want to copy missing information to the points and disregard the line after. For the other lines I will turn them into points after. The issue is that I tried to match them using a NeighborFinder, when using the lines as base and points as candidate, I was unable to extract the points after with the missing info filled in. However when I used them with points as base and lines as candidates, I had a lot more lines left over. With a manual loop this amount decreased, so I am trying to do a loop transformer. As this is the first time I am unsure of where I am going wrong. I added a counter to see how many features are left and the tester is than to compare

I am not able to understand where and why the Output FILESIZE is NOT the SAME as Input file ? Any idea or suggestion is helpful  INPUT FILESIZEOUTPUT FILESIZE 

HI everyone! We've made some updates to the FME Talent Exchange and wanted to share what's new with the community! What's ChangedThe Talent Exchange has always been a place to connect FME talent with opportunity, and we're expanding it to make that even easier. Here's what's new:Safe Software roles are now posted here. You'll start seeing open positions from our own team listed in the Talent Exchange. Anyone can post a job, not just partners. If your organization is hiring for FME-related work, you're welcome to post regardless of whether you're an official Safe partner. Freelancers and contractors are welcome. If you're available for FME work and looking for your next contract or project, you can now post your availability directly in the Talent Exchange. Just follow the freelancer posting guidelines when you do.Whether you're hiring, job hunting, or somewhere in between, the Talent Exchange is your spot 🚀Head over to the FME Talent Exchange to browse current listings or share your o

Welcome to this week's blog spotlight: How to Validate Data at Scale: Geometry, Schema, Attributes, and AI. If you've ever had a workflow break because of bad incoming data, or worse, not break but silently pass bad data through, this one is essential reading!Why This Matters The blog opens with a striking real-world example: a mislabeled utility line contributed to an oil spill in Burnaby, BC, in 2007. It's a powerful reminder that data quality isn't just a technical concern; it has real consequences. And as more organizations lean on automation and AI, the stakes only get higher.Inside the BlogThe post walks through a practical, layered approach to data validation that covers the three most common ways data goes wrong (geometry, schema, and attributes) and then goes a step further to address AI-generated outputs too. A few highlights:Geometry validation should run in order: check for corrupt or null geometries first, then test for compliance. Don't waste time running complex checks o

We're making a small but exciting change. Our forum formerly known as "Question of the Week" is getting a new name: Community Corner!As our community has grown and evolved, so has the content being shared in this space. While Question of the Week will absolutely continue, we felt the name no longer captured everything happening right here. Community Corner better reflects the vibrant, engaging hub this forum has become.So what can you expect to see here going forward?Question of the Week — your favourite discussion prompt isn't going anywhere Fun Competitions — we have some exciting challenges in store that you won't want to miss Ask Me Anything Webinars — get your burning questions answered directly by our team and special guestsStay tuned for more fun we have planned this year! 😊

Hi all! Welcome to our June FME Community User Spotlight. Every month, we spotlight a user in the community whose active participation and helpful contributions have been invaluable. We’re excited to highlight their experiences and insights! ⭐User Spotlight: Arthur Bazin  / ​@arthur_bazin What company do you currently work for?arx iTWhat's your current job role and title?Senior GIS Expert Tell us more about what you do and how you use FME?I'm currently helping our customers improve their FME skills through training, while also developing workspaces for data integration. I particularly enjoy integrating FME with the amazing world of PostgreSQL + PostGIS. These two tools are really complementary and together can solve nearly all the data challenges I've encountered throughout my professional life.Why did you join the FME Community?Easily find the answer to all my questions. Discover new methods on how to use FME (sometimes in a weird way). Helping others.What tips do you have for users o