Working with FME Flow

Note  You must have an FME Flow configured with your system in order to take advantage of its features and benefits. Contact Safe Software for details.

FME Flow is a networked data transformation application that uses the same underlying technology as FME Form. It can operate on a local-area network or over the Internet.

FME Flow has the following advantages:

  • FME Form users can share translation resources through a repository mechanism.
  • FME Form users can run resource intensive translations on a dedicated server.
  • Non-FME users can run translations on demand.
  • Translation output can be streamed directly to a chosen spatial application.

FME Flow allows users to easily share spatial data. It is scalable, so it can easily grow as demands on the system increase.

FME Flow is also a Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) meaning it processes data using predefined workflows. These workflows are defined using FME Form, making it simple to convert a desktop process to one usable by a client anywhere.

Getting Started

From FME Workbench, you communicate directly with an FME Flow by publishing and downloading workspaces. This allows you to manage and share workspaces, data and published parameters, and create services from FME's powerful data translation and transformation tools.

See Publishing to an FME Flow and Downloading from an FME Flow.