SAP Data Intelligence vs. Xactly Connect

It helps our BUs analyze data and create dashboards they can understand. While slowing down with a large database, it becomes less helpful. In my experience, it is excellent in consolidating information from several sources for analysis, decision-making, and knowledge gaps. Excellent at managing information access.

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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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• It integrates well with our current ecosystem of SAP products, like HANA.
• It provides end-to-end machine learning operations, with tools for the complete model life cycle.
• It has a simple user interface for novice users, with complex tools also available for power users.
• It builds on SAP Data Hub, providing all the ETL functions of that tool with additional machine learning functionality.
• It can run in the cloud, no on-premise software management needed.
• Many programming languages are supported, it provides a sandbox environment for the user to develop in whichever style they prefer.
• SAP is very actively developing and improving it.

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• Flawless data integration
• Helpful data checkpoints

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• Data transfer speed tends to be slow when there is poor internet connection since SAP Data Intelligence don’t synchronize data while offline. However, this is not vendor fault, that’s why we have implemented robust wireless technology internet connection in our organization.

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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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Allow collaborations among various personas
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Good tool with lots of potential, but I still see a lot of room for improvement, e.g. when it comes to debugging functionality to understand exactly where pipelines fail and what the data at that point looks like (similar to BW debugging). Also, I am missing SAPs standard machine learning libraries (Python) to be pre-installed, among some other general usability improvements.

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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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Initially we struggle to get help from SAP but then dedicated Dev angel was assigned to us and that simplify the overall support scenario. There is still room of improvement in documentation around SAP Data intelligence. We struggle a lot to initially understand the feature and required help around performance improvement area,

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One of the reasons to pick SAP Data Intelligence is the speed and security it provides, in addition to the excellent support it provides. It is also compatible with all popular databases, which is another reason to choose it.

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I have not used another product like Xactly Connect.

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• Automation of data management slashed tasks by over 60% in most departments for the first 8 months.
• Metadata catalogs have enabled us to categorize data from disjointed sources in one place.
• It runs multiple ML models which enhances flexibility when managing data.

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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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