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Q&A: What is a Dynamic Schema?

Article Number: 000001283 - Last Modified: Jul 11, 2011

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Question

What is a dynamic schema?

Answer

A Dynamic Schema is when a destination writer creates the output schema on an ad-hoc (on-the-fly) basis. This means the output can reflect any source dataset schema, regardless of the schema by which the workspace was defined.

Dynamic schema examples for FME 2010:

http://www.fmepedia.com/index.php/Dynamic_Schema_Examples

Dynamic schema examples for FME 2011:

http://www.fmepedia.com/index.php/Dynamic_Schema_Examples_%28FME2011%29

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