Join us for a look at what's new in FME 2019, including FME Server Automations, FME Workbench Visual Preview, new machine learning transformers, exciting new formats, and more.

1. Unveiling
FME 2019

2. Release Plan
● FME 2019.0 released - Early April
● FME 2019.1 released by July
○ (Refinements, new
formats/transformers,
minor interface changes)
● FME 2019.2 released by Nov
○ (Refinements, new
formats/transformers)

3. START YOUR ENGINES
● FME Workbench interface enhancements
● FME Packages
● New Formats
○ Unreal Engine and more!
● Performance tune-ups
● New and updated transformers
○ Machine learning and more!
● Automations
● FME Server Workspace Viewer
● Kubernetes
● FME Server System Events, Projects, and more
● FME Workspaces as Apps

4. Vision: FME for the Enterprise
• Automations in FME Server
• System Events to monitor instances
• Workspaces as Apps
– Credential-free web apps
– Mobile Apps via FME Data Express
• Support Azure services and offerings
FME is a enterprise data integration platform.

5. Drum roll ...

6. FME 2019
INTRODUCING

7. FME Workbench
interface
enhancements
Experience a cleaner, more
customizable interface.

8. Visual Preview
Inspect your data in a
dockable pane inside
FME Workbench.

9. FME Data Inspector Animate Mode
When inspecting data, view it on a timeline.

10. Dark Mode

11. More cosmetic updates
● Improved dockable windows
● Automatic transformer resizing
● Bookmark color palettes
● Annotation improvements

12. Transformer
Presets

13. New (and Improved)
Formats

14. Native Revit Reading

15. Esri i3s

16. DGN Meshes

17. Medical Imaging (DICOM Format)

18. New Formats
• TopoJSON
• Socrata (New API)
• Digital Weather Markup Language
(DWML) Reader
•
• OGC WCS Reader
• Garmin POI Binary
• FME AR Reader

19. Gaming Engine
support

20. Don’t just inspect your data …

21. … experience it.

22. Unreal Engine
Experience your data in the
Unreal gaming environment.

23. Automatic
Decompression

25. Performance
improvements

26. Dissolver
PERFORMANCE

27. Dissolver
*2 to 76 times faster* depending on the input data.
Example: dissolve.fmw
2018.1: 3 hours, 14 minutes, 58 seconds
2019.0: 2 minutes 34 seconds
Another sample:
QGIS 3.4.4 Madeira Dissolver -- 4495 seconds
FME 2019.0 -- 90 seconds -- 50 times faster!!!! PERFORMANCE

28. New Reader
Bulk Mode
PERFORMANCE

29. Machine
Learning

30. Computer Vision
Train FME to recognize objects in images with a new family of
RasterObjectDetector transformers. [Blog]

31. Natural Language Processing
New transformers for training FME
and executing natural language
processing, NLPTrainer and
NLPClassifier. [Blog]

32. New Transformers
• RasterObjectDetector
• RasterObjectDetectorTrainer
• NaturalLanguageProcessor

33. Transformer
updates

34. Tester Updates

35. ChangeDetector

36. New Transformers
● EsriReprojector
○ Not new, but rewritten to
not use ArcObjects
○ Bundled on all platforms
○ Does not need ArcGIS
installed

37. Transformer Updates
● ChangeDetector enhanced to include update
detection. [Blog]
● Datetime fields (AttributeValidator, Tester,
database formats).
● CenterLineReplacer has “Approximate Center
Line” mode.
● Group-by overhaul.
● Parallel processing now restricted to custom
transformers to yield better performance.
[Blog]

38. FME Packages
Start using new FME transformers
and formats more quickly.

39. Packages: Keeping FME Agile
● Transformers, reader/writers, and web connections now made available via .fpkg.
● Find on FME Hub:
○ S3Connector
○ CesiumIonConnector
○ RasterObjectDetector transformers
○ Natural Language Processing (NLP) transformers
● Released independently of the FME release cycle.
● Contribute your own content to FME Hub!
Packages enable continuous deployment
and out of step upgrades!

40. New Connectors
• AzureBlobStorageConnector
• AzureFileStorageConnector
• CesiumIonConnector
• CityworksConnector
• GoogleCloudStorageConnector
• S3Connector
• AzureQueueStorageConnector (coming soon)
• KafkaConnector (coming soon)
• TrelloConnector (coming soon)

41. Connect. Transform. Automate.

42. ENTERPRISE
FME for the

43. Easy event-based workflows:
FME Server
Automations
A simple concept
consisting of
Triggers and Actions

46. When
Trigger Occurs
then
Perform Action
Every Automation
has the same pattern:

47. Automations: Simple Workflow

48. Automations: Workflow Orchestration

49. Automations: Workflow Orchestration

50. Automations: Workflow Orchestration
1 2

52. Automations: Workflow Orchestration

53. System events

54. Triggers
about activities and
health on your FME
Server.
Security
Account Activity:
User create, update, delete
System Info
Warnings and errors
License expiry
Server Status
Server startup
Backup, restore
Server Activity
Repositories and Items:
Create, update, delete
Project export/import

55. FME Server
projects
Projects can now be shared
and downloaded on FME Hub.

56. Security
improvements
We are always auditing and
improving the security of FME
Server and FME Cloud.

58. Workspaces As
Apps

59. FME Data Express
and Workspaces
as Apps
Run workspaces on your
mobile device with our new
FME Express app and by
deploying FME Workspaces
as apps via FME Server.
● Leverage device info
like location and
camera.
● Control permissions
with tokens.

60. Workspaces
As
Mobile Apps

61. Workspaces As Mobile Apps

62. Workspaces As Web Apps

63. Kubernetes
Support

64. Kubernetes Support
FME Server 2019.0 can be deployed across
a Kubernetes Cluster.
Great for deployments on cloud or
on-premise by deploying FME Server with
Kubernetes.
Forms the foundation for future Cloud
Deployments.
See the Blog >

65. FME Server 2019.0
Summary
Automations
Build multi-step workflows to connect
applications with triggers and actions.
System Events
Monitor FME Server events generated
based on system activities.
FME Server Apps
Share FME workflows with anyone – no
FME Server account required.

66. Job Log Filtering
Filter out warnings, errors, and info.
Token Management
Share exactly what you want with support
for multiple tokens.
FME Server Projects on FME Hub
Load and share projects on FME Hub.
Password Security Rules
Specify password complexity.
User Preferences
Experience the same user preferences from
browser to browser.

67. The adventure
continues ...
Help the FME Lizard and
Zipster defeat bad data at
the FME World Tour 2019!
safe.com/worldtour

68. Thank you!
Race to safe.com/beta to download FME 2019

69. Questions?
Can we answer any