The FeatureReader / FeatureWriter Revolution

Agenda

• FeatureReader and FeatureWriter overview

• What can you do with the FeatureReader?

• What can you do with the FeatureWriter?• Easy wins• Automation workflows• Integrating 3rd-party

command-line tools

Why did we add the FeatureReader and

FeatureWriter?

Workflow automatio

n

A Powerful Pair

Read data mid-

workspace.

Write data mid-

workspace.

FeatureReader Examples• Read data within a boundary• Read data within a user-drawn

area• Read back the data FME has

written in the same workspace(est. 2011)

Example: Read from a user-defined boundary

New: FeatureWriterDo things AFTER the data is written and in FME Workbench.Before:• Shutdown Python / TCL

scripts• Chain workspaces together

with FMEServerJobSubmitter or WorkspaceRunner

Less Coding

More Workbench

Easy Wins!• Copy data after

writing• Send results to FTP• Email an attachment• Load into Dropbox

Automation Workflows• Quality checking• Database validation• FME Server

Notification• What else?

3rd-Party Integrations• Read, write, or

transform beyond what FME already supports.

• Wrap a command-line tool in a custom transformer.

3rd-Party Integrations• LASTools• Orfeo ToolBox• ImageMagick• What else?

Post-processing demo: Emailing a raster

Demo: Data validation in a single workflow

3rd-party tool example: Calling LAStools

● The FeatureReader and FeatureWriter mean concise FME Workspaces, and less work for you.

● Maybe we won’t even need Readers and Writers anymore?

More Information● knowledge.safe.com

○ articles and examples

● fme.ly/3rdparty○ 3rd party integrations

examples

● safe.com/transformers○ FME transformer gallery

*More examples of 3rd-Party Tool IntegrationsIn Transforming Rasters and Point Clouds World Tour Presentation

Thank you!Questions?