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bwhite
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Hi, I know this suggestion goes against your commercial interests and so it's unlikely to be considered, but I was wondering if you could create a workbench file that can be run without having FME installed. That sounds more like a "how do I?", or a tutorial request, but I was asking along the lines of being able to provide a workbench (akin to a self extracting zip archive) to someone who can run my workbenches without purchasing a licence.

My idea is that I can build a workbench and supply that to someone who will run the workbench, but they can only enter details into the user parameters and then see the output.

The scenario is that I perform a dozen quality control checks using FME on supplier created data. I'd like to be able to supply my QA workbench to my suppliers with the caveat that they cannot supply their data until it has passed the QA workbench. In my idea, the suppliers can run the workbench but not see how it works, or make changes to transformers, they can just change parameters like output directory. This would tackle an issue where our suppliers can't afford a full licence of FME, or don't have FME skills, but they could benefit from the automation as they often resupply data that fails a series of automatic checks that they don't possess and can't run themselves.

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Have you considered FME Server or FME Cloud? With a Server App there you can have your clients use the workspace online, without the need of an FME license. There's even a module on FME Academy that shows you how to set up a system like that: Digital Plan Submission


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  • March 9, 2023

Thanks for the feedback. No, I hadn't considered that. I'm a desktop user only, and have never used or seen FME server or FME cloud. I work in a very large organisation where FME server (and perhaps cloud) are handled by a separate department, and it can be difficult to implement change. I will look into FME server and cloud in any case, and see if it suits. Cheers.

 


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