The New Workspace
A new workspace reads from left to right, from the source (Reader) feature types, through to the destination (Writer) feature types. Arrows denote the direction of data flow:
In the above screenshot, eight feature types are being read from one format and written to another.
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| In most cases FME uses the terms 'Reader' and 'Writer' instead of 'Source’ and ‘Destination.' So a Reader reads datasets and a Writer writes datasets, in terms analogous to source/destination and input/output. |
Saving the Workspace
Workspaces can be saved to a file so that they can be reused at a later date. The save button on the toolbar is one way to do this:
There are also menu options to do the same thing, in this case, File > Save (shortcut = Ctrl+S) or File > Save As. The default file extension is .fmw.
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There are several intuitive, but less obvious, features of the FME Workbench interface.
For example, select File > Open Recent on the menu bar to reveal a list of previously used workspaces. This list can show up to a huge 15 entries. |