Devart Excel Add-ins vs. Xactly Connect

Devart Excel Add-ins is really good for data comparison of one database table against another database table. There are plenty of times where the business users need help understanding with their Power BI data models are not connecting correctly and I use this tool to break down the differences between the tables they are trying to connect.

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When the client has source data in Salesforce, Workday or flat files, it works really well. If the client has too much data, it can be really slow or require lots of preprocessing. It's often better to do as much of the calculations as you can in the configuration rather than on the Xactly Connect side. So that regular comp admins with Incent Connect training but no Xactly Connect are able to make changes.

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• Devart Excel Add-in supports connectivity with various databases - which really helps to customize and massage data.
• Since data is available in cloud, it is easily accessible everywhere.
• It can also be integrated with SSIS components making it possible to resolve complex problems.

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• Flawless data integration
• Helpful data checkpoints

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• The data pump feature breaks sometimes
• The profile usage monitoring is slow
• The event profiler is delayed

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• SQL isn't the same syntax in Connect as it is in Sequal Server Management Studio, making it difficult for communities outside of Xactly to help with certain issues.
• Sometimes the scheduling part of the tool does not work as expected, but over all it is consistent.

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Very user-friendly for a programming tool.

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Xactly is a very helpful tool ensuring appropriate and correct data is used when calculating commissions. The interface loads timely, but it is not intuitive to use. The learning curve to be proficient in Xactly takes a significant amount of time.

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Devart Excel stacks up very well against its alternatives. It has significant advantages as it keeps getting an update. Features are very much suitable for smaller organizations. For larger organizations the features cannot be used directly because of the size of the company and more native requirements of IT software requirements.

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I have not used another product like Xactly Connect.

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• The data compare option saves our dev team a lot of time
• The documenter feature is nice to use for explaining table definitions
• The event profiler is great for usage metrics

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• Saves us 10+ hours of work on a weekly basis.
• Ensures that the results are consistent without manual intervention.

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