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Introducing Transformers

In FME Workbench, source and destination data is represented by objects in the workflow. In the same way, both geometric and attribute restructuring are depicted by objects called Transformers.

What is a Transformer?

A transformer is an FME Workbench object that carries out the restructuring of features. A number of different transformers exist to carry out different types of restructuring.

The layout of windows in Workbench may vary, but by default the Workbench navigation pane will have a tab labelled Transformers. Click this to view FME’s transformer list.

The list is segmented into descriptive category folders, but you can see the entire list by opening the All folder.