The Ideas Board is where you can shape the future of FME by suggesting improvements, new formats, transformers, and integrations for FME and Safe Software websites. You can also vote and comment on others’ ideas to help shape the product roadmap.
How to Use the Ideas Board in 3 Steps:
- Search
- Create
- Engage
1. Search
Before creating a new idea, search the FME Community to see if a similar suggestion already exists. If you find a matching idea or discussion, upvote it and add your use case in the comments, instead of creating a new idea.
2. Create
If you have a new idea, create a new post with the Idea topic type.
The idea should have:
- Clear Title: Make it easy to find and vote on.
- Detailed Description: Explain what you need, why, and how it would help. Mention transformers, formats, or features involved.
- Include Screenshots or Workspaces: Help illustrate your idea.
- Add Tags and Product Area: Ensure it’s categorized correctly. See below for an explanation of Product Areas.
One Idea per Post – Each idea submission should focus on a single, specific suggestion. If you have multiple improvements or requests, please create separate posts. The moderation team may merge similar ideas if the Product Team considers them closely related, but combining too many distinct ideas into one post makes it difficult to evaluate and may result in rejection.
3. Engage
Stay involved by responding to comments and developer feedback. The more engagement your idea receives, the better its chances of gaining traction.
What Happens Next? (Statuses)
Once the idea has been posted, FME Community users will add their votes and comments. With enough votes, the Product team will review the idea and consider it for development.
- New: Just submitted, awaiting review
- Open: Reviewed by our Customer Success team, available for voting and comments
- Gathering Interest: Under active consideration by the Product team, still open for voting and comments to influence their development
- In Development: Being worked on by the Development team, your ongoing comments and votes can still shape their evolution
- Released: Fully developed and integrated into the product
- Archived: Not moving forward (e.g., duplicate, outdated, or misaligned with the product roadmap)
Where Does Your Idea Fit? (Product Areas)
- FME Form
- Includes user interface (UI) elements in FME Data Inspector, FME Quick Translator, FME Workbench, and FME Transformer Designer
- Integrations
- Covers FME’s connections with external systems and platforms, including:
- New format requests
- Enhancements to existing readers/writers
- Custom connectors (e.g., Slack, HubSpot)
- Covers FME’s connections with external systems and platforms, including:
- Transformers
- New transformer requests (e.g., built-in time zone converter)
- Enhancements to existing transformers (e.g., new parameters)
- FME Flow
- Web UI elements
- CLI and deployment configurations
- Flow REST API
- Role and permission management
- Action and trigger integrations
- FME Flow Hosted
- Instance management
- FME Flow Hosted dashboard and account management
- Website
- FME Community, FME Support Center (Knowledge Base), Documentation, Safe.com, FME Hub
Bug or Support Request?
If you suspect your idea may be related to a bug, please open a Support Case for further investigation.
Looking for Help?
If you need guidance on how to accomplish something or want to check if a feature already exists, post a Question in our Forums instead.
Have Feedback on an Idea Status Change?
If an idea is archived or merged as a duplicate and you disagree, open a Support Case with the idea name, URL, and your reasoning.
