A Step-By-Step Guide to Building Codeless Web Apps
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The document is a step-by-step guide for building codeless web apps using FME Server, aimed at helping users locate dog parks in their area. It covers tasks such as authoring, publishing, and embedding apps while providing resources and support for those unfamiliar with coding. The guide emphasizes creating a self-serve portal for end users to access data without manual intervention from the support team.
A Step-By-Step Guide to Building Codeless Web Apps
- 2. Meet the Presenters Holly Coxon Technical Support Team Lead, FME Server Richard Mosley Technical Support Specialist, FME Server
- 3. Today’s Agenda: ● The Task ● The Solution ● Step 1: Author the workspace ● Step 2: Publish the workspace ● Step 3: Build the Workspace App ● Step 4: Build the Gallery App ● Step 5: Embed App into existing page ● Resources & Support
- 4. The Task Provide a service that enables the Community to locate Dog Parks in their area.
- 5. The Solution The Goal Reduce demand on our team to manually process data requests. The Obstacles The team does not have coding knowledge to build a customised web solution. The Result A self-serve portal for end users to download data whenever they need it, without any involvement from our team. The Solution Build an FME Server Workspace App that runs a workspace on demand, processing user specified input. And for our demo, happy dogs visiting dog parks!
- 6. Poll: What is your experience with FME? A. I am new to the entire FME Platform B. I use FME Desktop, but I have never used FME Server C. I use FME Server, but I have never created a Workspace App D. I use FME Server and I have built my own Workspace App
- 8. What we are working towards:
- 9. Step 1 Authoring a workspace for use on FME Server
- 10. Key Considerations The end user isn’t going to be able to see or modify the workspace. User Parameters enable the end user to input values into the workspace and control what transformation will take place.
- 11. What are FME Server Parameters? ● FME Server parameters reference FME Server system settings ● When running a workspace in FME Desktop, you must set dummy values for FME Server parameters, these values are overwritten once on FME Server.
- 12. Step 2 Publishing a workspace to FME Server
- 13. Remember to... ● Publish your workspace to different Transformation Services to present your result in a specific way to the end user. ● Make sure FME Server has access to the source data and connections used in the workspace. ● Always verify your workspace runs successfully before incorporating it into any automated workflow!
- 14. Step 3 Build a Workspace App
- 15. Workspace App Security An API Token is generated for every Workspace App created. The API Token is used to authorize the job submission request and is granted permissions to whatever items are used in the App e.g. ● Workspace Repository ● Transformation Service ● Data in Resources ● Web/Data Connections If a dependency is not automatically detected, you can manage tokens to update the permissions.
- 16. Job Prioritization After Jobs are submitted they can only run immediately if there is an available engine. To ensure there is minimal wait time for the end user set up Queue Control. ● Dedicate specific engines to process jobs from Workspace Apps. ● If the Queue is shared with other jobs, workspaces in app can be prioritized so they will run on engines first.
- 17. Step 4 Build a Gallery App
- 18. Authentication Options Workspace Apps and Gallery Apps both have the option to ‘Require Authentication’, if enabled users must log in to view these Apps. If a user has access to a Gallery App, but not the Workspace App listed within the Gallery, this App will not be visible to them.
- 19. Step 5 Embed App into Web Application
- 20. What is an iFrame? An iFrame is a tag in HTML. This allows you to embed a URL within an existing web page making your app more accessible.
- 21. Some tips we learned: ● When authoring workspaces for use in FME Server remember to think about the workspace input and output. ● Workspace Apps provide a self-service portal to return data to an end user. They can be built effortlessly with no code, and provide options for customization. ● Gallery Apps provide a home page to share all your apps in one place, users are granted access to each app based on their permissions.
- 22. Resources ● Tutorial: Getting Started with FME Server Workspace Apps ● Tutorial: Getting Started with Gallery Apps ● Tutorial: Using the Geometry Picker in FME Server ● Webinar: Creating No Code Web Apps with FME Server ● See more Server App Demos: Interactive FME Demos
- 23. Try it yourself! Download FME 2021.0 Download the workspace from this webinar Edit the workspace to use your own data, and customise the app for your own organization Free Trial | Upgrade
- 24. Thank you! Get started with FME Server today by downloading a free trial. Questions? Please type them in.