After making a change to a transformer in the middle of a workspace, which partial-run option should you use to rewrite the output data downstream from that transformer?

After making a change to a transformer in the middle of a workspace, which partial-run option should you use to rewrite the output data downstream from that transformer?

• A. Run To This
• B. Run From This
• C. Just This Run
• D. Between Selected

Answer: (B)

Partial runs in FME Workbench let you reprocess only a portion of a workspace, which is helpful after you’ve changed something in the middle. When you modify a transformer, you want that change to affect everything that comes after it, so you rewrite the data downstream from that point. The option that does exactly this starts execution at the chosen transformer and continues to the end, rewriting all downstream data. That’s why this is the best choice. Other options don’t fit the goal as neatly: running from the start up to the transformer only reprocesses upstream, not the outputs downstream; running just the current transformer isolates it but doesn’t propagate changes through downstream steps; and running between two selected points would only reprocess a specific segment, which isn’t needed when you want to update everything downstream from the modified transformer.

Partial runs in FME Workbench let you reprocess only a portion of a workspace, which is helpful after you’ve changed something in the middle. When you modify a transformer, you want that change to affect everything that comes after it, so you rewrite the data downstream from that point. The option that does exactly this starts execution at the chosen transformer and continues to the end, rewriting all downstream data. That’s why this is the best choice.

Other options don’t fit the goal as neatly: running from the start up to the transformer only reprocesses upstream, not the outputs downstream; running just the current transformer isolates it but doesn’t propagate changes through downstream steps; and running between two selected points would only reprocess a specific segment, which isn’t needed when you want to update everything downstream from the modified transformer.