For FME 2014 and newer
FME is able to zip outputs as a function of its Writers. This is useful when the size of the data needs to be compressed into a smaller format. When selecting where your output is going to be written, you can preface the location with the zip folder name and extension (/ZipFolder.zip/Output.ext).
For more information, please see the Writing to a Zip File documentation.
**Note: Geodatabases can be written and zipped using this process. To write to a geodatabase and zip to a compressed folder, the dataset on the Writer would look similar to this:
For FME 2013 and older
Downloads
The attached workspace has two published parameters: OutputZipFile - the name of the zip file you want to create and DirectoryToZip - a directory that will get zipped up recursively. You can add any workflow to this workspace.
The parameter DirectoryToZip can be linked to any Writer as its destination directory. What FME writes to that directory will be compressed into a zip file. The zip file is defined by the parameter OutputZipFile.
The Zipper workspace includes a Shutdown Python Script which does the actual zipping. The script can be seen or edited by going to Workspace Parameters -> Advanced -> Shutdown Python Script.
