Waits until submitted FME jobs are started or finished by an FME Server. The list of jobs to wait for is identified by the job IDs of the input features. When a job that the transformer is waiting for starts or completes, it outputs the corresponding feature immediately.
This transformer requires an FME Server connection.
The initiating feature is output via the Output port if the job successfully ran to completion, and will have these attributes added to it:
All times are in YYYYMMDDhhmmss format.
The feature will be output via the <Rejected> port if the job either did not run to completion, or the server could not be contacted, and will have these attributes added to it:
All times are in YYYYMMDDhhmmss format.
You can connect to an FME Server in one of the following ways:
Specify a web connection to an FME Server. Web connections can be reused in multiple workspaces, and connection parameters are hidden in the workspace. For more information, see Using Web Connections.
When checked, you must specify the connection parameters to the FME Server manually. The connection parameters are visible in the workspace. To connect, specify:
Enter a URL to access FME Server. You may need to contact your System Administrator for the URL.
Provide your FME Server credentials.
Note: You can click the Status hyperlink to ensure that the FME Server connection has been successfully established.
Specifies whether to wait for a job to Complete or Start.
The list of jobs to wait for is identified by the job IDs of the input features. When a job that it is waiting for starts or completes, it outputs the corresponding feature immediately.
The time interval for this transformer to wait between inquiries into the status of each job is specified by the Polling Interval. This is measured in seconds and can be entered as an integer value or an integer attribute.
Note: You should use as large value as possible for this parameter. If it is set too small, it not only impacts the resources on the client, but also on the FME Server responding to each query. For example, if the job is expected to take about 20 minutes, then it is not efficient to set the Polling Interval to a few seconds.
Using a set of menu options, transformer parameters can be assigned by referencing other elements in the workspace. More advanced functions, such as an advanced editor and an arithmetic editor, are also available in some transformers. To access a menu of these options, click beside the applicable parameter. For more information, see Transformer Parameter Menu Options.
FME Professional edition and above
This transformer was previously named the ServerJobWaiter.
Associated FME function or factory: ServerJobWaitingFactory
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Keywords: ServerJobWaiter