Module Review

This chapter looked at User Parameters and some of the more advanced techniques involved in their use.

What You Should Have Learned from this Module

The following are key points to be learned from this session:

FME is used by both workspace authors and end-users. In general, authors make use of FME Parameters; end-users make use of User Parameters.
User parameters accept user input that can be used within a workspace
User parameters can be linked to FME parameters as an indirect form of control
Many types of user parameters exist to allow the user to enter different types of information in a controlled way
Parameters can be shared to reuse their content in multiple places
Parameters can be embedded or scripted to construct complex values from a simple input
Parameters can be made to accept fixed values, attribute values, or both

The ability to use FME parameters and to create user parameters
The ability to extract information from user parameters and/or link user parameters to FME parameters
The ability to use complex parameter types such as Choice with Alias, or Attribute Name.
The ability to use shared, embedded, and private parameters
The ability to accept fixed values only, or attribute values only