Module Review

This module introduced you to FME Server’s Automation Functionality.

What You Should Have Learned from this Module

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

Theory

• Automation is the ability for FME Server to run a workspace without any user intervention or initiation.

• Scheduling is the ability to program FME Server to run a workspace in a repository, at a specific time in the future.

• Automated Data Processing is when a workspace is run in response to an event, rather than on a schedule.

• Workflow Management is a technique where a set of workspaces can be run in a particular sequence, and where branching can take place to run one workspace or another depending on the result of a set of pre-defined decisions.

FME Skills

• The ability to schedule a workspace to run at a particular time or date, either once or on a repeating schedule.

• The ability to start a workspace automatically with either a Notification or through the REST API

• The ability to create a parent workspace to control and execute a set of child processes