Finding and understanding content in ArcGIS doesn’t have to be tedious. In this webinar, guest speaker Kieran O'Donnell from Ripple shares his team’s creative use of FME to build a powerful, yet lightweight web app that transforms the way organizations manage their ArcGIS ecosystems. Deployed entirely with FME and leveraging the ArcGIS REST API, this intuitive dashboard automates content discovery, relationship mapping, and instant reporting - without any additional infrastructure. Learn how FME Flow Projects and webhooks work together to generate on-demand visual reports, simplify maintenance, and reduce the risk of human error. You’ll walk away with insights into: -Building centralized ArcGIS content dashboards using FME -Automating relationship mapping across content, users, and groups -Generating real-time reports with webhooks, D3, and HTML outputs -Using FME Flow Projects for deploying reusable content to FME Flow See the full potential of FME in action and learn how practical automation can free up your team and support smarter, data-driven decisions.

1. Automating ArcGIS Content
Discovery with FME: A Real
World Use Case

2. Kieran
O'Donnell
Founder
Ripple
Meet the Presenters
Don
Murray
CEO
Safe Software

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4. Agenda
1 Introduction
2 The problem
3 The Idea
4 The Solution
5 Who Benefits
6 Resources & Next Steps
9 Q&A
Agenda

5. 1
Introduction

6. Discover how to automate
ArcGIS content discovery,
reporting, and relationship
mapping using FME.

7. The only All-Data, Any-AI Platform.
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Experience data in real world
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8. With 500+ supported data types in FME.
Unrivalled Data Support
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9. 2
The Challenge

10. ArcGIS is an excellent tool for
building and sharing content.
However, its ease of use can lead
to content sprawl - an ongoing
challenge for administrators.

17. The reality for GIS professionals:
More time spent managing content
than building solutions.

18. Pain points:
● Manual, time-consuming, and prone to error
● Dependencies aren’t always clear
● No quick way to assess impact
The challenge:
Discovering Content
relationships

19. Understanding content relationships

20. Upstream relationship visibility

21. Downstream relationship visibility

22. 3
The Idea

23. The idea:
Born from a sprint
planning observation
Understanding content relationships is critical
before making any changes to GIS systems.
● The most time consuming task is discovery
● Interconnectedness is endemic in GIS
● Minor changes can have significant impact

24. 80% of time per developer,
per sprint was spent searching
for content relationships

25. There had to be a way to
automate this process, saving
time and improving accuracy

26. 4
The Solution

27. Building the solution:
The process
● Authoring an FME Workspace that
uses the ArcGIS REST API to
discover content

28. Building the solution:
The process
● Authoring an FME Workspace that uses the
ArcGIS REST API to discover content
● Creating the relationships between the
content - linking apps to maps, maps to
services etc.

29. Building the solution:
The process
● Authoring an FME Workspace that uses the
ArcGIS REST API to discover content
● Creating the relationships between the content -
linking apps to maps, maps to services etc.
● Using the HTMLReportGenerator Transformer
to generate reports

30. Demo

31. Pros
✅ Unified view – See all content
dependencies in a single interface
✅ Exportable reports – Easily download
and share findings
✅ Saves time – Automates relationship
discovery, eliminating manual effort

32. Cons
❌ Report complexity – Relationships could be
clearer for easier interpretation
❌ Limited scope – No cross-domain support
❌ Performance improvements needed –
Processing and analysis still take time

33. The next challenge?
Translating this information
into a user-friendly format.

34. Refining the solution:
Creating a dashboard
● The dashboard was built using
ArcGIS Experience Builder

35. Refining the solution:
Creating a dashboard
● The dashboard was built using
ArcGIS Experience Builder
● It provides a view of multiple
environments (eg. AGOL and Portal)

36. Refining the solution:
Creating a dashboard
● The dashboard was built using ArcGIS
Experience Builder
● It provides a view of multiple environments
(eg. AGOL and Portal)
● Delivers quick insights on content, users
and groups

37. Demo

38. Key highlights:
Single Centralised View
● All content discovery in one view,
streamlining workflows
● Built within ArcGIS, leveraging existing
infrastructure - no extra servers or software
needed
● Supports multiple environments (ArcGIS
Online & Enterprise in a single interface)

39. Key highlights:
Automated Deployment
● Minimal user input - only requires an Excel
sheet with 15 configured cells
● Fully automated setup using FME Form
● Application deployed in under 30 seconds

40. Demo

41. Key highlights:
One-click reporting
● Instant content relationship discovery -
eliminates manual searching
● Clear, easy-to-understand visual insights
for both technical and non-technical users
● Reports are interactive, downloadable, and
shareable

42. Demo

43. Key highlights:
FME CPU-Usage Engines
● CPU-Usage Engines provide a great
flexible alternative to standard engines
● Unlimited engine numbers means FME
scales to meet demand
● Excellent choice when you have
short-sharp workflows, where you don’t
want to keep users waiting for results

44. 5
Who Benefits

45. Built with many roles in mind

46. Built with many roles in mind

47. Built with many roles in mind

48. Built with many roles in mind

49. Built with many roles in mind

50. Built with many roles in mind

51. Automate, automate, automate!
If it can be done manually, it can be done
automatically.
Key lessons:
Work smarter, not harder.

52. Data is only valuable if it’s understandable.
Even the most detailed data has limited impact if
users can’t make sense of it quickly.
Key lessons:
Make the data engaging.

53. Thank you
Kieran O’Donnell
Founder
Ripple
hello@ripple.uno
Reseller Partner
Ruby Donaldson
Locus Australia
ruby.donaldson@locusau.com

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200K+
users worldwide
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56. 6
Resources

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58. 7
Next Steps

59. We’d love to help you get
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