Special Characters & FME Server

Article Number: 000001140 - Last Modified: Nov 3, 2011

Explores considerations you should take into account when using special characters with FME Server.

Question

Are there any considerations which should be taken into account when using special characters and FME Server?

Answer

There definitely are yes, here are several points to be aware of:

When publishing a workspace to FME Server it is best if the Workspace name contains no spaces or special characters (PR 24663 and PR24664) .
Always use a lower case file extension e.g. .fmw not .FMW (PR26894).
It is best practice to also not include special characters or spaces in the repository names .
Special characters such as commas and umlauts should be avoided at all costs. This is due to the fact the workspace and repository names make up the URL which is sent to the server. FME Server's services cannot decode these special characters so the representation passed through to the FME Server core ends up being invalid as the special characters are stripped out.