Question of the Week: Ask Me Anything with the FME Evangelist - 2025.0 Release

All ears for everything 2025 AMA! :D

In addition, I heard but cannot find reference to newly enabled ability to pass/handle parameters in FME Flow? I don’t know if it relates to Routing Data Between Workspaces in Automations? 
Thanks and looking forward to it!

c.

Hi folks. I made some demo videos on Compound Parameters and Heartbeat functionality, so I’m fairly confident I can answer any questions on those subjects. But I’ll do my best for any other 2025.0 functionality!

Connection Path style - What makes your workspace run faster? Curved, Squared or Straight

😁😉

Well the shortest distance between two points is a straight line….but if we are dealing with spatial data I guess that line could be curved.

Having the different connection styles result in different run times would be a funny April Fools/Easter Egg special version release. 

Hello FME Folks,
This is related to MapInfo Tab files. Since we upgraded from FME 2018 to FME 2024.2.1. The MapInfo coordinate System (Non Earth Meters) are not detected which used to happen in FME 2018. Instead it is taking wkt_auto_1 and is misaligned. 

Please let me know what changed.

Hi ​@vdeyepc - this is not the right forum for general support. I suggest that you repost your question in the FME Form > Data forum. Otherwise no-one is likely to see it.

Hi, 

Will this feature (Data Virtualization) be available in 2025 ? 

https://bluesky-safe-software.fmecloud.com/fmeserver/help/WebUI/Data-Virtualization.htm

Hi folks,

Since we had only a couple of questions, I’ll answer them here rather than in a video. 

​@crutledge : “newly enabled ability to pass/handle parameters in FME Flow”

I think you’re probably referring to dynamic parameters; the ability to redefine choice parameters on-the-fly, with improved abilities to pass values between apps.

That’s not in 2025.0, but - in as much as I can personally guarantee anything† - it will be in 2025.1

​@jdandriessen : “Will this feature (Data Virtualization) be available in 2025 ?”

Ah. I would love to be able to talk about this topic with you, but for various reasons, we’re keeping this one private for the moment. Obviously, there is such a project in development, but right now I can’t tell you what functionality it will have or when it might be available.

I’m sorry. If it’s any consolation, it really hurts me to keep secrets like this. But, if we’re both patient, it will all eventually be made public.

† I can guarantee nothing!

​@mark2atsafe Thanks Mark! I appreciate the heads up!

Well, since you asked nicely: 

• Does Connection Shape Affect Performance?

mark2atsafe wrote:

liamfez wrote:

hkingsbury wrote:

 

Having the different connection styles result in different run times would be a funny April Fools/Easter Egg special version release. 

 

Well, since you asked nicely: 

• Does Connection Shape Affect Performance?

 

A post and video evidence, amazing. I will need to save these out to my documentation for future reference.