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Lost in Transformation
(managing the workspace jungle)

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Henning Lackenberg
Team lead – Data Integration Sales Services,

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Have you ever gotten lost in the
workspace jungle of your organization?

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Typical Questions
• Where is my workspace?
• Which workspaces write into a particular
database?
• What „Published Parameters“ do we have in use?
• Who can I ask about a specific workspace?
• …

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We have complex workspaces and directories

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From project to product
Together with the city of Zurich con terra developed a
solution to answer the questions above by accessing
metadata.
 Best practice document for:
Naming convention, workspace author, …
 FME Workspace search
Fast and efficient tool to search all of the extracted metadata

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Metadata

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UI Elements

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Workspaces
Index Service
Workspace Search
Website
Architecture

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Quantitative Analysis
How many workspaces have been generated with FME 2022?
Which is our most commenly used Writer?
Which workspace doesn´t have an author assigned to it?

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Quantitative Analysis

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Use metadate to manage
your workspace jungle!
FME workspace search is
an efficient tool to easily
access all the information

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Thank You!
h.lackenberg@conterra.de