FME requires a licensed ArcGIS installation to support Geodatabase formats.
File and Personal Geodatabase (GDB and MDB)
- Reading: Basic (ArcView) or ArcEngine level or higher
- Writing: Basic (ArcView) or ArcEngine level or higher
ArcSDE Geodatabase
- Reading: Basic (ArcView) or ArcEngine level or higher
- Writing: Standard (ArcEditor) or Advanced (ArcInfo) level, or ArcEngine with the Geodatabase Update Extension
According to the Esri ArcEngine Licensing page, an ArcEngine license cannot be deployed on a Server machine.
File Geodatabase Open API
Reading: No additional licensing required
Writing: No additional licensing required
See FME cannot read or write to Esri Geodatabase - license error messages if you need to select a specific Esri license type from a pool of Esri licenses
Esri ArcGIS Licensing
This ArcGIS help page outlines what geodatabase functionality is available at the various Esri ArcGIS license levels.
I have just installed ArcGis 10.8 and now FME tries to select an 'Advanced' license. As I only have a Standard licence I get an error. I'm confused now, why does FME try to select an 'advanced' license when according to the above it should even be possible with a Basic license.
Hi @eldertt,
It could be caused by installing a newer version of ArcGIS without first uninstalling an older version of background geoprocessing, or an older licensing manager. Please see this question for a better explanation. If that doesn't solve your issue, please submit a case.
-Liz
