Pre-Linked Parameters

In some scenarios, user parameters are created automatically and linked to an FME parameter, without any manual action by the workspace author.

For example, any time a reader or writer is added to a workspace, their source/destination dataset parameters are automatically turned into user parameters.

Here, a Source MapInfo TAB parameter is linked automatically to a user parameter called SourceDataset_MITAB:

There is also a parameter for DestDataset_GML, that maps to the output GML parameter.

Automatic linking occurs for parameters that are important to the end-user, and that appear in nearly all workspaces. This includes readers and writers, plus (for example) the Feature Types to Read parameter.