@tmoreland I thought I might try and summarize some of options you have for connecting to a enterprise databases such as an EIS or CMS.
- Direct connect to the Oracle.As@SteveAt亚搏在线Safementions,once you get the connection,you're then looking at the raw database tables and you'll have to join the appropriate tables using FME transformers such FeatureJoiner or SQLExecutor.Your DBA is unlikely to favour this approach.
- Convince your DBA to create a materialized view of the report that you want.Then you can connect to that view directly with FME.
- investigate whether your EiS offers an API (RESTorSOAP).FME's HTTPCaller can then be used to retrieve the data you need.
- In some cases you might be able to automate the creation of the reports through FME.Often these reports are created through a web page,and it is sometimes possible to use the HTTPCaller to generate the reports,which you can then automate.