Module Review

This module introduced you to FME and investigated the basics of FME data translations.

What You Should Have Learned from this Module

The following are key points to be learned from this session:

FME is a tool to translate and transform spatial data. Quick Translation is the technique of carrying out a translation with minimum user intervention. The semantic nature of FME is the means by which this is permitted.
FME Workbench is an application to graphically define a translation and the flow of data within it. This definition is known as a workspace and can be saved to a file for later use.
The Generate Workspace dialog is the main method by which a Quick Translation can be set up in FME Workbench.
Data Inspection is a technique for checking and verifying data before, during, and after a translation. The FME Data Inspector is a tool for inspecting data. Multiple datasets – including data from different formats – can be opened within the same view window.

The ability to start FME Workbench, set up a Quick Translation, and run it
The ability to start the FME Data Inspector, open a dataset in a new view, and add a dataset to an existing view
The ability to navigate a dataset and to query features within it
The ability to control minor FME Data Inspector functionality for debugging data and translations
The ability to inspect data by redirecting it from FME Workbench to the FME Data Inspector