Module Review

This module introduced you to FME Server’s Automations.

What You Should Have Learned from this Module

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

Theory

• Real-time systems are message-driven and involve small amounts of information.
• Automations handle individual messages.
• Topics are keywords that define a notification subject.
• Triggers are FME Server objects that listen for and respond to notifications from clients
• Actions are FME Server objects that push notifications to FME Server or external clients
• Incoming Notification messages are received from triggers, and outgoing messages are sent to actions
• Protocols are the method of communication (for example, email, FTP, Amazon S3, etc.)
• Workspaces can be run in a series of translations using a technique called chaining within Automations

FME Skills

• The ability to create an Automation, with Triggers, Internal and External Actions
• The ability to use the Directory Watch protocol as a trigger
• The ability to use the Email protocol as a trigger and an action
• The ability to use workspaces to process incoming notification messages
• The ability to chain jobs using Automations

Further Reading

For further reading why not check out...

• This article on Getting Started with Automations which includes a series of example automations.