Compared to FME Workbench, FME Flow is limited in source data options.

Compared to FME Workbench, FME Flow is limited in source data options.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. It depends
• D. Not sure

Answer: (B)

The ability to read from many data sources comes from the Readers in FME, and Flow uses the same underlying Readers as Workbench. Because of that, the range of source data options available in Flow is not inherently reduced compared with Workbench. Flow operates in the cloud and accesses data through cloud connectors, cloud storage, databases, and services, and you can still work with many of the same formats you use in Workbench by configuring those connections. The practical difference is that Flow cannot directly access your local desktop files; you’d upload or point Flow to cloud/shared data instead. So the statement is not correct—Flow isn’t limited in source data options relative to Workbench.

The ability to read from many data sources comes from the Readers in FME, and Flow uses the same underlying Readers as Workbench. Because of that, the range of source data options available in Flow is not inherently reduced compared with Workbench. Flow operates in the cloud and accesses data through cloud connectors, cloud storage, databases, and services, and you can still work with many of the same formats you use in Workbench by configuring those connections. The practical difference is that Flow cannot directly access your local desktop files; you’d upload or point Flow to cloud/shared data instead. So the statement is not correct—Flow isn’t limited in source data options relative to Workbench.