Which term best describes the grouping of datasets such as tables and sheets in FME?

• A. Feature Types
• B. Data Types
• C. Object Types
• D. Record Types

Answer: (A)

In FME, the grouping of datasets such as tables and sheets is called a feature type. A feature type represents a stream of features that share a defined schema (attributes and geometry) and is the unit you connect through in a workspace—from readers to writers. You can have multiple feature types in a project, each one corresponding to a different data source, like a table or a sheet, and each with its own set of attributes. This naming emphasizes the flowing data entities—the features—rather than just generic data categories. Data types refer to the types of individual fields, not to the grouping of datasets. Record types are a database concept about rows within a table, and object types isn’t the standard term used in FME for this grouping.