Publications
A Publication is an FME Server component that receives incoming notifications from a client.
To receive a notification in FME Server, a workspace author (or administrator) must create a new Publication. A Publication is created in the FME Server web interface on the Notifications page:
Subscriptions
A Subscription is an FME Server component that sends outgoing notifications to a client.
To send a notification in FME Server, a workspace author (or administrator) must create a new Subscription. A Subscription is created in the FME Server web interface on the Notifications page:
FME automatically creates some Subscriptions on installation, e.g. to alert clients to the success or failure of jobs that have been run.
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Although the actions may seem odd in regard to the name – Publications receive messages, Subscriptions send them – it is correct. They are named in relation to how they interact with Topics. So, a Publication publishes data to a topic (i.e. it sends data to a topic) and a Subscription subscribes to a topic (i.e. it receives data from the topic). |