This course provides an introduction to FME Flow and teaches attendees how to elevate their workflows with the power of this Web Platform Solution. Attendees will learn how to navigate the client-server relationship between FME Form and FME Flow, manage their data through FME Flow, automate workflows with schedules and event-based triggers and create self-service portals.
Recommended Prerequisites: FME Form – Beginner
Course Delivery Time: 2 Days
This course is broken into the following chapters:
Introduction to FME Flow
This chapter provides an introduction to FME Flow and its capabilities. Attendees will learn about the components that comprise the software, how to navigate the web interface and start publishing and running workspaces:
- What is FME Flow?
- FME Flow Roles
- FME Flow Components
- FME Form and FME Flow
- Publishing Workspaces
- Connecting to FME Flow
- Web Interface Basics
- Running a Workspace
- Jobs
- Version Control
- Item Sharing
Data Management in FME Flow
An important part of your workflow is the source data required to run it. In this chapter, attendees will learn how make the required resources for their workflows available to FME Flow:
- Publishing Data
- Web Connections
- Database Connections
- Temporary Uploads
- Resource Filesystem
- Resource Filesystem Parameters
- Projects
- Deployment Parameters
Automation with FME Flow
The most powerful aspect of FME Flow is the ability to automate and chain workflows as required. In this chapter, attendees will learn how to schedule workflows, define event-based triggers and configure actions in response to events.
- Schedules
- Automations
- Automation Triggers
- Automation Actions (Internal/External)
- Protocols
- JSON Message Handling
- Automations Writer
- Automation Logs
- Topic Notification System
- Streams
- Workspace Design
- Steam Configuration
Self-Serve with FME Flow
Putting the power in the users’ hands to specify and request their own data is an increasingly popular practice. This chapter teaches attendees how to configure their workflows for optimal use with self-service portals, and how to configure FME Flow to provide easy to access flows for users.
- What is Self Service?
- Parameters for Self Service
- How to Structure the User Choice
- Popular Self-Serve Parameters
- FME Job Services
- Job Submitter
- Data Download
- Data Streaming
- FME Flow Apps

