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Hello FME Community! This week’s Question of the Week comes straight from our product team: If FME were available in your preferred language, which one would make the biggest difference for you or your team?Please share your answer in the comments below.New to the Question of the Week? Every week, we’ll post a simple but thought-provoking question that could be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or the future of FME.Each weekly question you answer earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag ($50 value) and points toward badges! Answer our October Questions of the Week by October 31, 2025 at 5:00 pm PDT to be entered in this month’s draw.Answer your first question and you’ll get the Socializer (Ice Breaker) badge. Answer five questions and you’ll get the Socializer (Talker) badge.

Introducing... Your Data at Work.Here at Safe, we’ve personified FME’s Data Types as characters in the workplace - each with their own quirks, strengths, and styles - and shown how their manager, FME, brings them all together.👉 Take the Data Type Personality Quiz to discover which of the data types you are!Then, share your result in the comments: Which type did you get? Were you surprised?Want a sneak peek of the personalities in action? Check out the first two videos in the series: Break Room and Open to Change.

What a month it’s been - thank you to everyone who played along with FME Community Bingo! You showed up with energy, creativity, and a whole lot of community spirit. Here’s how it all shook out…Contest Winners First Place ($250 Everything Gift Card): ​@joellejansen  Second Place ($100 Everything Gift Card): ​@xabi  Third Place ($100 Everything Gift Card): ​@brittzucchetto  A big congrats - you’ll be hearing from us soon with your prizes! By the Numbers 411 participants 4,493 total completed tasks 10.9 average tasks completed per participant 179.7 average completions per task Community squares: 4/4 completed (just in time!) Task Highlights Social Media Shares: 75 Question of the Week Replies: 236 Webinar Codes Redeemed: 89 Creative Submissions: 130 Profile Updates: 164 Puzzle Solutions: 305 Upvotes: 241 Quiz Takers: 116 Community Reach New signups: 27  Top country domains: Germany (.de → 29), Sweden (.se → 19), Canada (.ca → 19), Netherlands (.nl → 13), Austr

We’ve had some new personalities hanging around the Safe Software offices lately… Their workspaces speak volumes! We can’t wait to introduce them to you next week.Based on their workspaces, any guesses on which new ‘personalities’ are about to make their debut in the FME office? Share your guesses in the comments below.New to the Question of the Week? Every week, we’ll post a simple but thought-provoking question that could be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or the future of FME.Each weekly question you answer earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag ($50 value) and points toward badges! Answer our September Questions of the Week by September 30, 2025 at 5:00 pm PDT to be entered in this month’s draw.Answer your first question and you’ll get the Socializer (Ice Breaker) badge. Answer five questions and you’ll get the Socializer (Talker) badge.

Yesterday, after completing a first draft workspace, I showed my canvas to a colleague and they commented on how bizarre 🤢 my transformers appeared.I’d been painstakingly aligning my transformers by port - so that the output of a transformer would lead directly into the input of the following transformer. This creates flat, linear connections … but the transformers themselves don’t necessarily align. What’s your preference?  Check out your options here:  Arranging Objects on the Canvas

Welcome to our September FME Community User Spotlight! Every month, we’ll be spotlighting a user in the community whose active participation and helpful contributions have been invaluable to the community. We’re excited to highlight their experiences and insights!User Spotlight: Marc Graham ​@mgg_beca What company do you currently work for? Beca Ltd., one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design and engineering consultancies.What’s your current job role and title? Spatial Application SpecialistTell us more about what you do and how you use FME? I manage our FME Flow and ArcGIS Enterprise deployments, while assisting with licensing, R&D, technical questions, integration challenges, and staff mentoring.We use FME for all types of ETL workflows, with an increasing focus on 3D/BIM integration challenges between different systems. The improvements in BIM-focused data types such as Revit, Navisworks, and IFC are highly appreciated in an AEC context. Moving data between syst

I have noticed some folks including “FMEP” after their name on LinkedIn. I assume this is a designation that they passed the FME Certified Professional exam.Is this a generally accepted way of indicating this certification? Does Safe have guidelines about using this abbreviation? 

Mark your calendar and get ready for a great morning with the FME community in Toronto!Join Safe Software and fellow data professionals on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 8:30-11:30 am for FME Breakfast of Champions at the Old Mill Hotel in Etobicoke.Whether you're a longtime user or just getting started, this is your chance to connect with peers, hear real stories from local users, and enjoy a great breakfast on us. What to Expect:Breakfast & Networking: Meet and chat with data professionals, and connect directly with the Safe team. Get the Latest on FME: Hear about recent updates, tips, and insights from Safe Software CEO Don Murray. Knowledge Sharing: Exchange ideas and insights with other attendees and Safe Software staff. Customer Stories: Hear from local users and see how they use FME to drive their business forward. Plus, you’ll get a look into our Winner's Circle, featuring customer success stories. FME Swag: Walk away with some exclusive goodies!Register Now.If you have any

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We’re celebrating summer with a fun surprise - FME Community Bingo kicks off today!Starting Monday, August 11, 2025, we’re inviting all FME users to join in on a fun and interactive way to connect with fellow members of the FME Community.Whether you’re answering a question, uploading an image, or participating in a team challenge, each completed task earns you a square on the Bingo board - and every square is a chance to win exciting prizes! Here’s how it works:Complete tasks across the FME Community (click a square to reveal the task) Earn squares on your Bingo board (red = incomplete, green = complete, blue = community task) Each square equals 1 entry into our end-of-event prize draw Bonus entries for completing rows or forming the X patternThe more squares you complete, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be chosen by random draw.Play to win: First place: $250 Everything Gift Card Second place: $100 gift card Third place: $100 gift card Plus four virtual badge awardsLogin

What’s your favourite way to take a break when you’re deep in a tough FME project? Share your answer in the comments below.Earn Square 14 in FME Community Bingo!We’re celebrating summer with a fun surprise - FME Community Bingo kicks off today!Starting Monday, August 11, 2025, we’re inviting all FME users to join in on a fun and interactive way to connect with fellow members of the FME Community.Whether you’re answering a question, uploading an image, or participating in a team challenge, each completed task earns you a square on the Bingo board - and every square is a chance to win exciting prizes! Answer this Question of the Week to cross off Square 14 on the Bingo board.

Happy National Dog Day 🐶At Safe Software, we know data isn’t dry - and today we’re proving it with a little fun! To celebrate, we paired some of our favourite data types with their perfect canine counterpart, based on the personality traits they share.Think: Golden Retriever = Relational Data ➡️ friendly, trusting, and always ready to share! 🐕✨Watch the video here. Then tell us in the comments below: what’s your dog data type?  Earn Square 23 in FME Community Bingo!We’re celebrating summer with a fun surprise - FME Community Bingo!From August 11 to August 31, 2025, we’re inviting all FME users to join in on a fun and interactive way to connect with fellow members of the FME Community.Whether you’re answering a question, uploading an image, or participating in a team challenge, each completed task earns you a square on the Bingo board - and every square is a chance to win exciting prizes! Answer this Question of the Week to cross off Square 23 on the Bingo board.

What’s the funniest (or most unexpected) response you’ve gotten from FME’s AI Assist? Share your answer in the comments below. Maybe you’ve asked it to reply in Shakespearean verse like ​@mark2atsafe (a description of what Mark’s SlackConnector did in his workspace, as a Shakespeare sonnet):Earn Square 5 in FME Community Bingo!We’re celebrating summer with a fun surprise - FME Community Bingo!From August 11 to August 31, 2025, we’re inviting all FME users to join in on a fun and interactive way to connect with fellow members of the FME Community.Whether you’re answering a question, uploading an image, or participating in a team challenge, each completed task earns you a square on the Bingo board - and every square is a chance to win exciting prizes! Answer this Question of the Week to cross off Square 5 on the Bingo board.

Hi All,I hope FME will clean up posts after this…In Australia and tried posting on the 26th, 27th and 28th(today).I struck out on the ‘Are you smarter than ChatGPT’ quiz… the timed aspect was a killer. 

Hi All,Just after the August Calendar Badge in Bingo.“Did you know that each month has a specific date on which posting earns you a special community badge? To complete this square, simply earn the badge for August.” Does anyone know if it is timezone specific?

Probably splitting hairs here but I’m wondering what peoples preferences are for Tester vs TestFilterI have a Tester where I’m testing for someAttribute = someValue. this is case one. case two is where is fails the test.As it is on it’s own it’s not clear at all why or what the point of the test is. Using a TestFilter would let me define the output port names making it much clearer as to the purpose of the test without needing an annotation.Thoughts? Does anyone do this for the sake of clarity in a workspace? 

Mark your calendar and get ready for a great morning with the FME community in Kansas City!Join Safe Software and fellow data professionals on November 6, 2025 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am for FME Breakfast of Champions at the Burns & McDonnell offices (9450 Ward Parkway). Whether you're a longtime user or just getting started, this is your chance to connect with peers, hear real stories from local users, and enjoy a great breakfast on us. What to Expect:Breakfast & Networking: Meet and chat with data professionals, and connect directly with Safe Software. Get the Latest on FME: Hear about recent updates, tips, and insights from the Safe team. Knowledge Sharing: Exchange ideas and insights with other attendees and Safe Software staff. Customer Stories: Hear from a local user and see how they use FME to drive their business forward. Plus, you’ll get a look into our Winner's Circle, featuring customer success stories. FME Swag: Walk away with some exclusive goodies!Register now.If yo

Hello. We’ve released two new FME Flow learning paths: Deploy Workflows with FME Flow Automate Workflows with FME FlowThese free learning paths are available as instructor-led live courses or on demand via the FME Academy. Complete all the quizzes in the learning path to earn a certificate and a Community badge.These learning paths are updated and revised versions of the FME Flow Authoring learning path. We are slightly changing how we deliver that course live, now delivering it as three separate, shorter courses and the occasional five-day course (one is coming up Sept 22-26th). These are the first two courses; we plan to release the third course, focused on FME Flow Apps, in late October. Once all three are released, we’ll update the FME Flow Authoring learning path to point to this content.Please let me know if you have any questions.

Hello, I find FME forums very helpful for problem solving and rectification of technical issues. I was wonderingif there is a space less about technical issues and inquiries, and more about tips, tricks, and generally fun/informative FME information folks might want to share.

If you had to describe your FME journey as a movie title, what would it be? Share your movie title below! We can’t wait to see the creativity (and humour) this sparks.New to the Question of the Week? Every week, we’ll post a simple but thought-provoking question that could be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or the future of FME.Each weekly question you answer earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag ($50 value) and points toward badges! Answer our July Questions of the Week by July 31, 2025 at 5:00 pm PDT to be entered in this month’s draw.Answer your first question and you’ll get the Socializer (Ice Breaker) badge. Answer five questions and you’ll get the Socializer (Talker) badge.!-->

The FME Community is often the first stop for new users who are just beginning their journey with FME. Whether you remember your first workspace or the “aha!” moment when FME finally clicked - we want to hear from you!What advice would you give a new FME user just starting out? What do you wish someone had told you when you were just getting started with FME? Drop your best advice below!New to the Question of the Week? Every week, we’ll post a simple but thought-provoking question that could be about your FME journey, the power of spatial data, FME innovation, or the future of FME.Each weekly question you answer earns you an entry in our monthly draw for exclusive Safe swag ($50 value) and points toward badges!Answer your first question and you’ll get the Socializer (Ice Breaker) badge. Answer five questions and you’ll get the Socializer (Talker) badge.

In case you missed it:At the end of June, we released all the on-demand content from the Peak of Data & AI 2025 conference that took place in May in Seattle, WA!It was a standout event for Safe Software, featuring over 160 sessions from employees, customers, and partners around the world. These sessions showcased the transformative power of FME across a variety of industries and addressed unique data challenges across different sectors.Sign up to watch select session recordings and access slide decks, including breakout and plenary session content from the conference - available on-demand at your own pace.Did you have a favourite session from the Peak? Tell us in the comments below!

(Just 5 minutes to share your thoughts)Your feedback shapes the future of the FME Community. This is your chance to tell us what’s working, what’s missing, and how we can make the Community even more valuable for you.By taking the survey, you’ll help us:Make it easier to find solutions to your FME challenges Create more ways for you to connect with other FME users and experts - and have fun!  Keep you in the loop on the latest FME tips, trends, and updatesComplete the survey by September 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm PST to be entered to win one of three $50 Safe Software swag prize packs.Complete the survey by August 31 and you will help earn square 2 on the FME Community Bingo card.You’ll also earn the 2025 User Survey Badge and five reputation points just for participating.[Take the Survey]Thanks for helping us make the FME Community the place where FME users come together, learn, and grow.

Mark your calendar and get ready for a great morning with the FME community in Calgary!Join Safe Software and fellow data professionals on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 8:30-11:30 MDT for FME Breakfast of Champions at the Sandman Signature Calgary Downtown Hotel. Whether you're a longtime user or just getting started, this is your chance to connect with peers, hear real stories from local users, and enjoy a great breakfast on us. What to Expect:Breakfast & Networking: Meet and chat with data professionals, and connect directly with the Safe team. Get the Latest on FME: Hear about recent updates, tips, and insights from the Safe team. Knowledge Sharing: Exchange ideas and insights with other attendees and Safe Software staff. Customer Stories: Hear from local users and see how they use FME to drive their business forward. Plus, you’ll get a look into our Winner's Circle, featuring customer success stories. FME Swag: Walk away with some exclusive goodies!Register Now.If you have an