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October 30, 2020
We use Tibco Scribe to bring the data from our Dynamics 365 CRM Cloud environment to our on-premise data warehouse. We use this data in our BI environment, where our business users use it to create dashboards and reports. The sync is done on a daily basis using a manually selected set of Dynamics 365 CRM entities.
- The setup of both the sending as the receiving side is easy, you don't really need expert skills to set up the "technical" part.
- We don't need a complicated ETL tool to extract the data from the Cloud environment.
- The overall management of what needs to be synchronized is straight forward.
- Thanks to the specific SCRIBE fields in the receiving database we have a track of deleted records (for which we don't have anything in the CRM database).
- The synchronization is not fast and seems to do some unnecessary work.
- Selecting the entities to synchronize is quite tedious, you need to scroll through quite a big list (especially when you have a lot of custom entities) a filter would be welcome.
- You need to manually update the metadata of the sending connection to see newly created entities, it would be nice if you could schedule those tasks too.
- We already had quite some situations where MS changed things in the data model of CRM that caused issues in the sync tasks.
- Self-taught
As mentioned earlier, setting up a SCRIBE environment is extremely easy, you don't need any technical skills to setup the "technical" part of the setup. You do need some knowledge of the source environment to determine which tables or enities you need to select for the integration purpose you have in mind. But is not related to the Tibco tool.
We started using Tibco Scribe when we moved to Microsoft Dynamcis 365 CRM, we previously had no need for such a tool. But we found it extremely easy to use and setup synchronization jobs. It was a no-brainer to create and maintain the jobs and schedules to keep our on premise database in sync the our CRM production environment.
October 30, 2020
We use Scribe to transfer data between multiple systems. From our account/contract system to our CRM system, as well as from our CRM system to another database.
Scribe plays a major role in making sure we have data integrity across multiple systems. It allows to avoid manual updates of data between system, which is crucial when we have limited staff. This allows staff to focus on other job duties.
- The creation of integration maps is straightforward.
- The ability to schedule when solutions are run is of great value because we need to have systems updated in a particular order. Scheduling makes this easy.
- When errors do occur, the error messages give enough information to allow us to diagnose how we need to fix records as necessary.
- The system could be a little faster when navigating within maps. Sometimes there are delays while the page loads.
- There could be more examples of how to use Scribe in the documentation.
- I would suggest that Scribe provide suggestions when sending error messages eg Have you tried to refresh the metadata? This would save contacting support for some people.
- Self-taught
Being self-taught allowed me to focus on my particular needs when using the product. The documentation is straightforward and usually easy to understand. However, there may be cases where I did things incorrectly before learning a better way due to my lack of experience when first using Scribe to transfer data between systems.
Scribe has allowed me to focus on other duties because of the ability to successfully integrate data between multiple systems in a reliable fashion. By being able to set times for maps to run, I know that data updates between systems will be done efficiently.
The map customization is fairly straightforward, so I am able to modify maps when necessary to adapt to business needs.
The map customization is fairly straightforward, so I am able to modify maps when necessary to adapt to business needs.
We use TIBCO Cloud Integration to synchronize our ERP data with the CRM. It is used for six companies in Europe. As the ERP is the leading system, the source data always comes from Infor LN and Sage B7 ERP. This data is integrated into three different On-Premise Microsoft Dynamics CRMs. Most of the data is synchronized daily and partly every few minutes to keep the CRM data up to date.
- Easy integration, even for non-programmers
- It can connect to a lot of different systems/databases easily
- The support is helpful and questions are answered fast and professionally. And if nothing helps, you get remote live-support
- Good on-site training available
- It is fast and (the CRM module) has the ability to cache query results
- The debugger is a pain. Sometimes it is hard to find an issue
- It is not possible to split the integrations into steps. You need to copy/paste (and maintain) integration-steps that are used in multiple integrations
- In-person training
- Self-taught
We have had an 2-day on-site basic training before we started building our integrations. After that we were able to build the first integrations very fast. I would strongly recommend a personal training to get a basic understanding how it works and what are common mistakes.
We set up the integration and did not need to change it for more than a year now. It's stable and fast. I can focus on other work now.
Yes - We did not register any downtime
October 28, 2020
We currently use Scribe for data integration between our CRM (Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement) and our ERP (an old AS400) as well as our CRM and our external website (HubSpot). We are also migrating to a new ERP (Dynamics 365 Business Central) and Scribe continues to play a roll in keeping our data integrated. Besides "near real-time" updates for data used is both systems, we also use Scribe for massive data uploads and edits (such as with our new ERP), as well as transferring data from our ERP into line-of-business model-driven PowerApps using the Common Data Service. Obviously, being connected so much with our CRM, much of the usage is for Sales and Marketing. But Finance, Purchasing, and our Creative Labs and Quality Control Labs also benefit.
- Near-real time integration of multiple systems along with data validation and translation in the integration maps.
- Integration Events have also been used in the past to display related data from a different system on-load, rather than always copying data and storing it in multiple places.
- Massive data uploads are useful, for example, when adding a new field to records and loading correct data on all the records as a starting place.
- TIBCO Scribe also has so many connectors. We've used D365CE, D365BC, SQL, Excel, HubSpot, and ODBC.
- Logic built into the functions and drag and drop actions make creating maps pretty painless and very powerful.
- Some level of beginner training would be great. There are some commands that aren't immediately clear what the slight difference is between each one and what scenarios make one command better than another.
- Similarly, example Scribe maps could also be useful, if that's possible. Again, it was a little slow for me getting started and seeing examples always makes things easier for me to understand.
- Self-taught
As I mentioned before, getting started was a little slow for me. We had two different consultants who were using Scribe for some work they were doing for us, and we got some information education from them. But truthfully, as I learned the product more and more myself, I found somewhat better ways to do some things. So most of it was self-taught, and we figured things out as we went. I think like anything, hands-on, real usage is the best way to learn. And the best way to do that is dive in and figure it out. I will say Scribe offers a useful manual, but I wish there were more videos and "real world usage" blog examples.
It absolutely has improved my effectiveness. As I've mentioned, mass data updates has saved me time, for example, when adding a new field and mass updating all the existing records with the default value. While there are other ways to do this, using Scribe has made it faster. In addition, I'm getting a lot of value using the Excel connector for ad hoc data uploads.
In addition, Scribe is integral to keeping our business systems connected. Before, users would have to open multiple systems to check related data. But now with Scribe, we are able to keep data in sync near real time and save our users time going back and forth between our ERP and CRM.
In addition, Scribe is integral to keeping our business systems connected. Before, users would have to open multiple systems to check related data. But now with Scribe, we are able to keep data in sync near real time and save our users time going back and forth between our ERP and CRM.
November 02, 2020
Scribe Replication Service (RS) is used only by me to replicate 73 MS CRM 365 entities to an Azure SQL Database, used as a "data warehouse". The 73 tables in our Azure SQL database are updated by the RS every night. The intent was to have a copy of the most useful CRM entities in the cloud for reporting purposes with Power BI.
- Daily Replication succeeds without errors more often than not.
- The Replication Service does not include the ability to "pre-filter" the data in any way, i.e., it gets ALL records from the beginning of time and ALL columns, many of which are not used in CRM.
- Several errors with records that fail to be processed are frequently reported, including "Execution timeout expired", "data would be truncated", and "Cannot insert duplicate key row". I've opened support cases for these, but none seem to have a solution I can use.
- The row counts of all entities replicated should be approximately equal to the row counts in the source database, but several entities' counts are significantly different.
- In the Scribe Online web app pages, the error details panel cannot be resized andruns off the bottom of the screen, making impossible to read the entire error message.
- Self-taught
With the limitations of Scribe RS, I don't think training had any impact.
Scribe Replication has enabled me to load data from a Microsoft Dynamics CRM data source into an Azure SQL Database, which our organization uses as a data source for Power BI reports.
October 27, 2020
We currently use Scribe to import data from a third-party source that collects industry wide projects and quotes. That data is imported into our CRM system and then disseminated to our sales and management staff via CRM and related reports. We also use Scribe to import data into our CRM from SharePoint, HubSpot, and SQL databases from other company applications. In addition, we use Scribe replication to pull down CRM data to SQL tables for additional analysis and reporting.
- Good user interface
- Good customer support
- Easy to build new Scribe applications
- Somewhat unreliable at times; system wide slow downs or crashes; software glitches or errors
- Not able to easily trace reasons or causes of problems
- Not easy to organize solutions
- Self-taught
Scribe has allowed us to easily integrate data from multiple sources, including 3rd party sources. It was easy to learn and fairly easy to maintain. It has improved my productivity by allowing me to automate daily data integration, freeing me up to do other things. Our only beef is with the reliability. There seems to be frequent issues with online resource availability and the replication service seems to have problems that have cost us a lot of time to try and track down.
We offer Scribe to multiple customers as a Microsoft partner. Our most common uses are one-off migrations from legacy systems to dynamics 365 or ongoing integrations between dynamics 365 and another system.
- Point and click design for integration maps
- Simple scheduling of integrations
- Useful error reporting
- Since moving to Scribe online: no publisher
- Online editor can be sluggish: lagging
- Debug should mimic a commit not actually commit
- Improve having live and testing integrations in one tenancy
- Online training
- In-person training
- Self-taught
I initially self taught using an earlier iteration of Scribe online. Subsequently i have had in person training.
I think the online materials are sufficient for you to pick up the basics and work from there
I think the online materials are sufficient for you to pick up the basics and work from there
The ability to copy and paste block between integrations has saved time.
The revisions functionality has also made rolling back really good.
The revisions functionality has also made rolling back really good.
Yes - Very little downtime - migration from US to EU datacenter
June 07, 2020
TIBCO BusinessWorks is used as an integration layer in my organization. It resolves all problems to transport data (file, ftp, Web service, API...) inside our organization or with our partners.
- Quick developement
- Quick deployment
- Easy monitoring
- Easy scaling
- API Rest and JSON tools are not natively available in the designer V5
- Sometimes the mapping tab presents some bugs (for example : if statement)
- Maven cannot be used to build TIBCO BusinessWorks projects
- Self-taught
It's very easy to learn Tibco BW. Many free videos and tutorials show you how to use it.
June 02, 2020
As a consultant, I am advising and helping clients who have Scribe and Flogo products. Each customer has different use case, which shows how well Scribe and the other TCI products help with integrating data between systems. There are many connectors which helps any customer even with only data knowledge (no programming knowledge) build effective and reliable data maps between the different solutions. Tibco knows how to integrate and their product suite shows this as well.
- Scribe can dependably map or sync data between systems. When you have different systems being used by many departments, this is the tool to keep the data in-sync!
- API's are widely used by many applications and companies. Tibco Cloud Integration allows companies to integrate data from an older ERP system with a newer system using an API.
- Tibco provides the flexibility for business users, developers and anyone in-between to understand where data is moving within their organization.
- One example of flexibility of the solution is easily manipulating data on the fly.
- Tibco has some older products. Those products have newer alternatives rising to the top.
- BusinessWorks is a little difficult for users with no programming experience.
- Online training
Integrating specific systems together is old news. That takes too much time as new solutions are coming into the market frequently. The business needs fast ways to integrate the data so each department has ways to view the data they need to make business decisions. Tibco's products provide a way for exactly this. Faster integrations between solutions and if a department changes their system (new CRM system for example), that's easy to modify in Tibco products to keep the business running efficiently.
TIBCO BusinessWorks is used as ESB/Integration layer with connectivity to heterogenous applications like SAP, Salesforce, Ariba, Java based applications, Informatica applications, .NET applications, legacy applications across entereprise. TIBCO Business Works addresses application connectivity across enterprise systems and getting information to the right system at the right time with high availability.
- Easy Learning and development capabilities.
- Ease of integration to any kind of applications using connectors/adapters/plugins.
- Usage of custom java functions and sharing resources during design-time to reduce development effort.
- Cost and time to market.
- Pluggable CI-CD pipleline for devops
- Handling HTTP requests in more efficient way. For high HTTP loads, TIBCO Business Works needs improvement to handle heavy loads.
- Hot Deployment features needs improvement where variables/property values can be changed on-demand without need for redeployment.
- Handliing Dynamic JDBC queries needs improvement and traditional JDBC statements may not fit into fast changing world.
- Automated unit testing feature needs more focus
- no training
Program timeline had significant issues and acquiring TIBCO integration has make us meet timeline and deliver as promised.
December 09, 2019
TIBCO BW is used across the whole organization. It is an efficient software to ease the integration process of backend and front-end systems. It supports a wide variety of technology like SAP,Siebel,PeopleSoft,Facebook etc etc. Someone using TIBCO BW does not have to worry about data conversion issues between front-end and back-end systems or incompatible software products. It seamlessly converts the data via the use of XML as a standard.
It is a highly scalable and reliable software that has many supporting technologies like JDBC, JMS, different databases, messaging systems, data conversion system. It is extremely user friendly using the Eclipse UI as a standard and is highly customizable.
It is certainly a leader in the integration software industry.
- Data conversion
- Data transfer
- Integration
- Can be less heavy on memory use
- Should be accessible for students for further enhancement
- Can be expanded for use with more open source products
December 16, 2019
TIBCO BusinessWorks is an agile solution for integration needs, allowing you to have real time information for strategic decision making. With TIBCO BW, organizations can take their IT Architectures to an SOA Architecture, allowing them to improve their business processes, and allowing companies to have a digital transformation. A main item of TIBCO Cloud Integration, which allows small and medium enterprises to use the product in an elastic architecture.
- It is a product that allows distributed solutions that complies with SOA principles
- With the principle of non-code, it helps companies have more agility and better understand their processes and fulfill the business objectives.
- Manage real-time information for new business decision-making strategies
- There are few customers with the product in my country Colombia. So the potential of the platform is not known.
- Not much documentation for independent developers.
- no training
TIBCO Cloud Integration, allows the optimization of the operational overload of IT, and organizations should not be concerned about IT elements such as servers, operating systems, firewalls, etc., as well as not generated on maintenance costs the administration of a TIBCO BW onpremise. TIBCO Cloud Integration helps to improve the availability of the integration resource, allowing the use of IT resources in real business needs and obtaining a real ROI.
December 10, 2019
TIBCO BusinessWorks is our main platform for enterprise application Integration within the logistics domain. We successfully implemented integration solutions using the ESB pattern (soapatterns.org) , supporting our core operational processes like parcel sorting. Right now we are in the process of maturing our cloud native architecture. We're mainly looking at how to realize the cost benefits of migrating to the cloud.
- Zero-code development. Model driven which makes it more easy to explain integration solutions to less technical stakeholders.
- A lot of configuration options to make robust solutions. Think of fault-tolerance, loadbalancing, circuit breaking, session pooling etc.
- Openness so it can be integrated in your own CI/CD pipelines and monitoring solutions.
- The (Java fat client) UI of BW5 feels outdated compared to current user interface standards. Successor BW6/BWCE is Eclipse based and allthough it's an improvement you still need to cope with the ux quirks. In the future I would like to see a webbased UI.
- The BW process development tools heavily lean on XML and Xpath. Therefore, processing big documents isn't recommended. You need to consider this upfront.
- Due to the ease of use of the development tools, you can build robust solutions very quickly. It would be nice if the tooling would provide optimization tips (using AI) during development.
- Docker base image of BusinessWorks Container Edition is quite big. Allthough latest version has adressed this.
- In-person training
- Self-taught
The platform has a lot of capabilities and can be overwhelming at first to learn. The official training is structured and has a low learning curve. Which is good because it helps you to understand the capabilities veryquick. The training books are very suitable as reference material afterwards.
We're able to build applications in a cloud native manner. With this I mean that we're scalable, fault tolerant and observable.
December 06, 2019
We currently use Scribe at 4 different client sites. We have developed a number of integrations to help our clients link disperate systems together. This includes SQL Server to Microsoft Dynamics and FTP/CSV to dynamics. All our scribe solutions have enabled our clients to get almost real time feeds from different systems into their main Dynamics CRM system without the need for custom written code. We can manage all the integrations centrally with the ability to administrate across multiple companies quickly and easily.
- Centralised administration of all integration solutions. The ability to sign-in once and quickly administrate and develop across multiple sites is just great.
- Easy modification when changes are required. Customer requirement change all the time, with Scribe you simple make a small few changes. Integration changes no longer mean a full release, customer code etc.
- Support for many connectors - We haven't yet had a customer where a connector isn't available, the local agents are great where clients are still on premises.
- Easy Debugging - The validation means that most things just work, but when you do hit a problem the step by step debugger is so useful to quickly identify where the problem lies.
- We have one situation where we required to use REST and a bearer token. While Scribe used REST it didn't support bearer token. This needs to be added.
- History logs just disappear after a period. Sometimes you may only run a job every few months, could we just keep all logs. Also sometimes you make a mistake, as administrator could I just be able to clear any log if I need to ?
- Query runner - When we have clients with a local agent we often don't have access to their system (eg; SQL Server). We can build a integration to run a custom query and preview it, but it's clunky to do. Couldn't we have a query window so we could send native queries via the local agent and get test results.
- Self-taught
Scribe is so easy to use and understand. Assuming you have basic database and integration skillys you will be up and running in no time. We used the Scribe online training which was great, and the support community and documenation is in-depth and useful if you run into difficulties. Great thing about online training provided is you can just learn what you need to know when you need to know it, training on demand !
December 05, 2019
At FedEx EMEA, TIBCO BusinessWorks is used in many IT departments; it is used to address the data consuming/consolidation and distribution of the enterprise data. It is also used to build the SOAP based enterprise service. It is connected with the TIBCO EMS based enterprise messaging main bus, and it persists the transformed data into the various data sources, for example Oracle RAC, IMDG and Cassandra NoSQL.
- The main strength of Tibco BusinessWorks is the seamless integration of development/testing/deployment.
- The learning curve of Tibco BusinessWorks Designer is not so steep, which helps to achieve a quick to the market strategy.
- The many levels configuration overriding possibility makes the solution flexible.
- The RESTful + JSON support is still not too perfect.
- The integration with the native self-developed Java modules is still lacking general framework support.
- It's too flexible to override the configuration properties on domain/engine/process/server levels and sometimes causes project management and maintenance problems.
- In-person training
- Self-taught
TIBCO's training materials are quite not open, it is very hard to google some useful tips, as our company bought the official enterprise license from Tibco, we got some in-person training organize, but only that is not sufficient to master it, so self-taught and knowledge sharing across the teams and members are the most important for us
Apparently, the TIBOC Cloud Integration is very user friendly, its data mapping function is very powerful while with not so steep learning curve. We can easily start building our solution in a kind of intuitive way and work handing over to colleagues now becomes much easier and strait forward. The easy to deploy feature also enables us quickly roll out our latest features into the production environment
December 04, 2019
We used Scribe software (as the old naming) for one of our customers in order to manage the integration between SugarCRM and IBM Watson Campaign Automation (WCA). The integration is concerning contact, leads and account subscription.
- Easy to implement and customize.
- The solution is fully integrated between SugarCRM and WCA.
- Fast and easy to debug.
- The placement of the GUI interfaces can be confusing.
- I'd rather have a split window screen (menu left and edit right) when editing a block property.
- In-person training
- Self-taught
The introductory training covers boh the basics of Scribe as well as the potential of the software. It was really helpful and thorough
Usually we rely on custom integration software. Using a pre-built solution has been/is a benefit.
Across the whole organization; mostly for demo/proof of concepts for potential clients (OTT, Inc. is a Scribe partner)
- Multiple connection options, as well as customization of your own connectors.
- Allowed for connecting to various systems, even a client's old legacy COBAL based system.
- REST and allowance to create custom connections, allowed us to close several client deals.
- Training for custom connector building is limited.
- If you are not a developer, learning to create custom connections is something you may have to outsource; it has a very steep learning curve.
- Some of the basic connectors (i.e. MS Dynamics GP) are a bit more limited than the on-premise version for Scribe Insight.
- Online training
- Self-taught
We have various clients that have moved to Scribe; and on average they are saving 20-30 hours of manual work per month. This is allowing their employee's to focus on other more productive business issues, without having to handle the mundane data entry, these integrations replaced. This has also, improved and reduce user input errors..
November 15, 2019
We use it for integration of Dynamics 365 to Dynamics GP. Most of the integrations are real-time. Also, we use it to automate some processes within Dynamics CRM. These integrations run on hourly, nightly and monthly schedules. We also use the Dynamics GP and CRM adapters to connect. TIBCO Cloud Integration's Scribe has been a very useful tool for us.
- Dynamics CRM integration
- GP adapter
- Ability to connect to multiple sources
- UI is not very intuitive
- Advanced formulas
- no training
December 06, 2019
Our IT team is using Scribe to migrate data from one cloud application to another as part of a transition to a new application. It will also be used after the data migration is complete on a daily basis for regular data processing for interfaces between the cloud and our internal organization's application. We are the first team in our organization to try Scribe. We have used other services similar to Scribe, but they are more costly.
- Scribe has a lot of connectors for different types of sources and targets
- Security is easy to maintain in Scribe
- Scribe's use of graphical mapping designer makes it easy to visualize what a map is doing
- List view filtering is annoying in the interface. It does not save your filter or page that you were viewing. So if you click on a solution and then return to the list, the view is reset. You also cannot filter on solution status.
- Often the metadata for sources and targets do not display in mappings. Sometimes you have to close and reopen a map several times before the fields will display. It's extremely slow.
- There is no way to stop run-away processes via the application. I've had many instances where a process has been hung and cannot be stopped without calling in a ticket. Usually, it perpetually stay s in that state and you end up needing to recreate the solution.
- There is no way to purge the internal database file used on the Scribe agent. Once it reaches a maximum size (which is small), the agent becomes unusable and needs to be retired.
- It's difficult to manage which solutions are using which agents and which solutions are using which connections. There should be easier ways to report on this information.
- Often your changes appear to have been saved but are actually not saved and the solution does not run correctly.
- I've had instances where a source Oracle view is inputting x number of records but Scribe does not process them and does not produce any sort of error. It just looks as if there was nothing to process. This happens randomly.
- The "statistics" produced by the solutions do not make it easy to understand which maps produced which update/create counts. Also, the record counts are difficult to interpret and also thrown off by batching. Other cloud services seem to be able to produce easy to read record counts by step even when they include batching. Not sure why this cannot.
- There is no good instruction for determining the correct number of maps per solution or number of agents per server that are recommended.
- There is no facility for running pre and post processing commands (like in other similiar apps). So you cannot have a script to check for presence of a file or to delete a file or create a trigger file.
- Flat file handling is not very powerful and is clunky. If you want to change the delimiter used by a source or target file, you need to manually recreate the entire definition. You can import from a sample file, but the individual field type and sizes are lost.
- If you want to reassign a connection for a solution (like UAT to PROD), you need to go into each individual map and change the source there instead of being able to do it at the solution level.
- There is no way to copy a solution. You can have to export all the maps individually, create a new solution and then import all those maps. Then go into each one and wait for the metadata to refresh and then save each one (sometime several times) in order for it to become "complete".
- The progress counter is very slow to update on running solutions
- When a solution is running, there is no way to tell which map is currently executing within the solution.
- If you run an individual step within a solution instead of the entire solution, there is no way to tell which step is running until it's done.
- Validation within a map is cloogy. the slowness of the interface causes lag in the map validation. this flags errors that no longer exist.
- Mapping fields could be easier. there is no marker on the source side to show which fields have been mapped and which haven't. This is a pain when you have hundreds of fields to map. Other similar apps show a check mark.
- There are so many little things that could be improved about the user interface. I could go on and on.
- Self-taught
We did have several meetings with Scribe experts but I didn't find it that helpful. Mostly I have found things out by trial and error or searching internet forums to see if anyone else has had the issue. In most cases, the issues are known issues with no resolution or just something you cannot do with the tool. It would be nice to see more videos or help sites with examples that can get people started on things. Lack of examples seems to be the biggest lack.
Scribe performed almost exactly the same function as our prior ETL tool. The prior tool had a better interface (IMO) but Scribe is less expensive. Scribe didn't really offer any benefits other than cost and at the time had better integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM since the other tool wasn't ready with the CRM connector.
TIBCO BusinessWorks is being used to integrate various legacy systems owned by transmission and distribution company supporting 3.5 million customers. Currently it is being used by the IT department to integrate various legacy systems like CIS, Asset management, meter data management, Market operations etc. It allows clients to connect various third party tools without much hassle. The development, deployment and monitoring TIBCO BusinessWorks applications are easy and does not require training more than 2 weeks.
- Less time to develop and deploy
- Ease of maintenance
- Easy business integration
- Cloud integration is not well explored
- Restful JSON is not fully supported
- Version 6 is unfinished
- Online training
- Self-taught
It help me to explore power of TIBCO business works product. It has vast support of various operation. It help me to apply during actual implementation.
December 10, 2019
It is used by a department for manufacturing electronic system. It keeps separate logic from implementation, making it easy for application to call services. Logging and centralization let us easily detect problems.
We use TIBCO Rendezvous protocol behind BusinessWorks
For example, we use a service to retrieve data between different systems and though different protocols (FTP, shell script...) making all transparent to clients.
- Abstraction of logic
- Robustness (very high)
- Good maintainance
- Versatility
- Usability of GUI (too many settings in too many places)
- Slow management interface
- Difficult to learn
- In-person training
The training was good to understand all the environment, but the exercises where too easy and banal, not really a real world cases.
December 06, 2019
We use it for data integration or migration stages of the projects we take on as consultants for companies looking to move to Salesforce from some other legacy system. We build out a solution and train a customer's employee to take over the management after we're done.
- The price of the Scribe Online integration platform is very competitive with the features provided.
- The ease of use for designing solutions is good.
- The web-based interface makes it easy to manage from any location without installing operating system specific client-side software.
- Field mapping is not easy to use and is not clear which fields are mapped where or if they're utilized at all
- There are often delays when opening solutions or mappings and waiting 10-30 seconds for the cache to fully load before being able to click on the next item. This can be quite frustrating to navigate.
- The session timeout of 2 hours is kind of aggressive and the login page doesn't play nice with LastPass extension (often have to refresh for it to behave correctly)
- It doesn't seem to support using multiple tabs in parallel
- It would be nice to be able to copy/clone individual elements of a solution rather than only exporting the entire solution. Even better (though might be impossible/challenging to implement) would be to build an element and have it referencable from other solutions so you can edit one and have the changes present in both (rather than just a copy that is independent).
- There is no centrally managed High Water Mark feature: each operation in a solution uses its own independent High Water Mark so it is possible for them to be out of sync of each other if operations take a while to run
- Online training
The training seemed basic and didn't really provide instruction or examples for more realistic real-world solutions/projects.
TIBCO Cloud Integration has enabled us to integrate multiple platforms together at a reasonable cost and effort so that we can have a unified system rather than "swivel-chair" isolated systems so that our users can be more effective at the work and our data can be more reliable and accurate.
December 06, 2019
We use TIBCO BusinessWorks for all real time integration across the whole organization. Anytime, we want to get real time data synced across different systems, TIBCO BusinessWorks is our first toolkit of choice.
- TIBCO BusinessWorks does really well in the DB adapters. We can configure and be set up and running in minutes.
- Design and implementation of business process is pretty simple and intuitive.
- Debugging capabilities other than debugging Java code. It is addressed with the latest version of Business Studio.
- Plugins or adapters for the new technologies. Even SFTP plugins are introduced late in the market and it is not part of the standard bundle. It has to be purchased separately.
- RV is very complex to understand for a newcomer.
- Debugging limitations.
December 06, 2019
We use Tibco Cloud Integration in syncing our data to Salesforce.
- Easily maps data.
- Provides the ability to use logic with data.
- Quick response when syncing data.
- Could provide simpler connector requirements.
- We've had difficulty troubleshooting issues without involving support.
- Provide templates to follow as a guide.
- In-person training
My only training was from another colleague who learned from a TIBCO/Scribe technician using a remote training session.
Using TIBCO has made the integration of our data into Salesforce very streamlined. It has saved us time and allows the data to be uploaded into Salesforce efficiently.
No - We have upgraded the agent only which is a streamlined process. No other upgrades have been implemented.
December 06, 2019
We use Scribe for copying data from MS Dynamics CRM cloud to our on-premise servers in a scheduled manner. It is being used by our department for internal use.
- Flexible scheduling of jobs for SQL server.
- Reliability of data copies from cloud to on-premise.
- Custom one-time jobs can also be created (both small and big) as per user requirements.
- On some occasions, the scheduled jobs fail due to technical glitches. This can be improved for better user experience.
- Self-taught
Not applicable
Definitely it has impacted us positively. We have been able to build many applications from the data that's regularly synced using Scribe
TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe) Scorecard Summary
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What is TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe)?
TIBCO Cloud™ Integration is an enterprise iPaaS platform. It offers capabilities matching users of various skill levels, so that they can connect cloud apps, build hybrid integration flows across on-premises systems, and develop microservices and IoT edge applications. It takes a drag-and-drop and API-led design approach, and has a deploy-anywhere model. The vendor's goal is to help users get their apps connected more quickly and easily.
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TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe) Integrations
Salesforce.com, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Microsoft SQL Server, Marketo, Microsoft Dynamics GP, SAP ERP, MySQL, NetSuite ERP, PostgreSQL, Pardot, ServiceNow IT Service Management, Shopify, Google Analytics, Jira Software, Sage Intacct, ON24, Oracle CX Marketing (formerly Oracle Marketing Cloud), Oracle Database (legacy), Sugar Sell (SugarCRM), Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (formerly Dynamics NAV), Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM), Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (formerly Dynamics AX), Magento Commerce Cloud (formerly Magento)
TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe) Competitors
Dell Boomi, Mulesoft, IBM
TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe) Pricing
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
- Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
- Entry-level set up fee?Optional
| Edition | Pricing Details | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Starting from $400 per month, billed annually | number of iPaaS apps |
| Premium | Starting from $1,500 per month, billed annually | number of iPaaS apps; includes additional functionality |
For the latest information on pricing, visit https://www.tibco.com/products/cloud-integration/pricing-plans
TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe) Support Options
| Free Version | Paid Version | |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | ||
| Forum/Community | ||
| FAQ/Knowledgebase | ||
| Video Tutorials / Webinar |
TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe) Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | On-premise, SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems: | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application: | No |
| Supported Countries: | Global |
| Supported Languages: | English |