Module Review

This module introduced you to FME Server’s Self-Serve Services and related functionality in FME Workbench

What You Should Have Learned from this Module

The following are key points to be learned from this module.

Theory

• Services handle communication between FME Server and its clients. Each workspace published to FME Server can be registered with any number of services.
• The Data Download service overrides the destination dataset parameter and presents data to the end-user as a link to a zip file
• Parameters control the different actions of a Data Download system, including the output coordinate system.
• The Generic Writer is a writer whose format is only defined at run time. This can be provided by the user through a published parameter.
• Selection of source data by layer is achieved using the Feature Types to Read parameter
• Selection of source data by area can be achieved using Bounding Box parameters, or a transformer such as the Clipper or FeatureReader
• Other FME Services allow data to be streamed live into a suitable application

FME Skills

• The ability to publish a workspace and register it to the FME Server Data Download service
• The ability to create and use published parameters
• The ability to give the end-user control over format, coordinate system, layers, and area of interest
• The ability to use Data Streaming and KML Network Link services

Further Reading

For further reading why not check out this guide to sharing open data using FME Server, or this fine blog article that explores how to implement an open-data portal using FME, Amazon S3, Leaflet, JQuery, and a whole lot more!