FME Workbench Performance Tips

& Tricks

Double, Double Less Toil, Less Trouble GIS professionals are finding themselves tasked with doing double the work in half the time!

Luckily, FME is designed to magically ease that burden.

Problem: The Deadline Dragon

Only FME stands between you and being roasted by your clients …

Solution: The Performance Pixies

… FME 2017 boasts the best pixie powers yet

Performance Goals

ü  Create an FME solution faster than ever.

ü  Execute it faster

than ever.

Performance Highlights for FME 2017

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A Quick List ●  Remodeled CSV Reading ●  Improved Attribute Management ●  Better List Handling ●  Enhanced Polygon Dissolving ●  Faster FeatureReader

Workflows ●  Empowered Reading

of Data From Web Sources

In Action

“It’s still magic, even if you know how it’s done”

Goal: Add geographical information to the list of FME World Tour stops.

Steps 1.  Read a Geographical Names CSV Dataset

2.  Filter the Geographical Names Data for a List of Cities Only

3.  Read the Current List of FME World Tour Events

4.  Merge the FMEWT Event with its Country Code

5.  Match the FMEWT Event to its Host City

6.  Ensure the Correct Location is chosen for each Event

Here’s the workspace to solve that problem.

2016

•  Read Data: 1 minute 35 seconds •  Read/Filter: 1 minute 36 seconds

2017

•  Read Data: 8.3 seconds •  Read/Filter: 14.1 seconds

Processing Times

Summary Performance in Creation

•  Attributes to Read •  List Element Selection •  HTML Table Reader •  Select Source from Web •  Modeless Parameter Dialogs •  Quick Add Readers/Writers •  User Parameter Copy/Paste •  Open Containing Folder

Performance in Execution

•  Attributes to Read •  List Element Selection •  Feature Table Formats •  Feature Table Transformers •  Faster Polygon Dissolving •  Faster FeatureReader

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