Questions tagged [fme]

FME (Feature Manipulating Engine) is an ETL (Extract Transform Load) tool by Safe Software. It is able to read and write a wide range of dataformats and services (+400). Loaded with tools for manipulation of vector- and rasterdata but also tabular and code (XML).

FME (Feature Manipulating Engine) is an ETL (Extract Transform Load) tool by Safe Software. It is able to read and write a wide range of dataformats and services (+400). Loaded with tools for manipulation of vector- and rasterdata but also tabular and code (XML).

The suite has two products:

  • FME Desktop

Build workbenches (models) to run the data through.

Sample workflow

  • FME Server (local) / FME Cloud (saas)

Upload workbenches and run them as a service.

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How to call a async function from a synchronized code Python

So I'm locked to a python 3.6.2 interpreter that follows my desktop application. What I want is to call an async function from a synchronized method or function. When calling the python function from the desktop application it has to be a normal…
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Getting "No SCHEMA dataset name was specified" while running FME script

While running the FME script I am encountering the following error message : No SCHEMA dataset name was specified (couldn't find a value for SCHEMA_2_DATASET' or SCHEMA_DATASET') I have upgraded to the new FME version 2021.2 from the old FME version…
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How to convert from IFC file to indoorGML?

I have 3D building model in IFC format with LOD2. I'm trying to covert that model into indoorGML format using FME Desktop,it's exported empty XML. Please if any have the template share with me as well idea or suggestions also......
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FME Server fails some jobs due to not being able to read SDE file but others succeed

looking for some FME help if anyone can. I am having a bit of an issue where I am running a workspace through FME server to turn GML into single line sql using a GEODATABASE_SDE writer. Have a few other workbenches doing same thing for different…
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How to alter Header Colour based on JavaScript conditions

I'm new to JavaScript/HTML. I am comparing two dates: Current Date (d1) Date FME Workbench was run (d2) If d1 = 2 the Header Shows the (d2) in green - this works. If d1 != d2 an alert is created (works) and the (d2) date at the top of the page…
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Migrating Several Excel Files to SQL Server Using FME or Something Else

I have several Excel Files which I want to migrate to SQL Server 2017. I tried using SSIS 2017 (ForEachLoop) but I cannot get it to work (and I saw a previous answer referring me to an older version of SSIS). A work around for me is to convert the…
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How to Obtain SQL Statement generated by FME?

I have an FME workbench that has started performing poorly. My hunch is that it's DB related. How can I determine exactly the SQL that FME is sending to the DB? I can get with the DBA's and perform a trace; however it may not give me the complete…
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Programmatically set transformer parameters in FME2015

I am trying to upgrade my application from FME2009 to FME2015. The problem I'm running into is it seems like the parameters I set are not being used in the actual transformer. Instead, the default values from the transformer definition are being…
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Exposing the IfcPresentationLayerAssignment from an Ifc file using Python

I need to expose the IfcPresentationLayerAssignment entity from my IFC file where autocad layer information is stored. I need to do this in FME, however FME currently doesn't have the capability to expose this information even though I see the…
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FME change data format from string to numeric

Struggling with a really simple problem; I need to convert attribute from string to numeric in FME. have tried using the arithmetic editor, but every time I export to GIS I get string. It seems when one uses the statistics calculator you get…
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Any way to force a workspace run only once

I have a legacy FME script written a long back but now I got a scenario to add a new workspace and call it only once. If I am running this script manually then it triggers only once but the moment I run all workspace together then running…
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Complete novice question: I want to delete a table via command prompt (postgis)

I am a regular FME user and I know how to create a postgis database to be used in FME (using PGadmin). I now want to use FME to backup and then delete a generated table. I use the 'systemcaller' transformer for this, the systemcaller basically opens…
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Error with set serveroutput on, PL/SQL script fails to execute in FME?

I am running a script in FME SQL Creator reader. Script looks like, set serveroutput on declare var1 a; BEGIN dbms_output.enable(); dbms_output.put_line ('TEST LINE'); END; Script runs successfully in Oracle SQL Developer. But If I run from FME, it…
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When we clip a shapefile , how to get both inside and outside clipped output in arcpy?

I have tried the same scenario in FME and I am able to get both inside and outside features ,can I get the same functionality in arcpy ?
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Python script to run FME workbench

I have more than 500 xml files and each xml file should processed on FME workbench individually (iteration of FME workbench for each xml file). For such a propose i have to run a python file (loop.py) to iterate FME workbench for each xml file. The…
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