

Use it to trace errors and warnings and document the execution of your spatial ETL tool. The Log pane is a text window that displays detailed information about your translation during run time. To open the Transformer Gallery window from the main menu, click View > Windows > Transformer Gallery.

To add a transformer to your workspace, double-click or drag the transformer onto the canvas. Transformer Gallery is an explorer window that enables you to browse for transformers by category or search for them by entering one or more keywords that describe a name or function.

To select multiple objects, hold the CTRL key down while clicking, or click and drag the pointer.Each menu is context sensitive and provides quick access to commands that are common to typical workflows. Use the right-click shortcut menu for datasets, transformers, and connectors.Left to right beginning with the source data objects, directing dataflow using connectors to link outputs to inputs, and terminating the flow at the destination features. The canvas displays the data sources, connections, transformers, and destination features that define your spatial ETL tool. Starting FME Workbench opens the main window and workspace canvas.

For help with a particular setting, click the context-sensitive help button-the question mark (?)-and click the setting on the dialog box.For help with a transformer, click the transformer object on the canvas and press F1.For help with a format reader or writer, click the source or destination object on the canvas and press F1.To open the ArcGIS Data Interoperability help, click Help > Windows > Workbench Help from the main menu.Double-click Add Interoperability Connection on the Catalog window and create a new custom format.Īs you work in FME Workbench, you can get help in the following ways:.Right-click an existing spatial ETL tool and click Edit from the shortcut menu.Right-click a toolbox and click New > Spatial ETL Tool.There are three ways to start FME Workbench: It cannot be started outside ArcGIS by clicking the workbench.exe Starting FME WorkbenchįME Workbench can only be used in its capacity as part of the Data InteroperabilityĮxtension. When the Data Interoperability extension is enabled, you can use it to create FME Workbench is a visual workflow editor used for developing data transformation tools.
