Item: TIBCO Integration (including BusinessWorks and Flogo)
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Scribe for many of our integration projects to provide ongoing data synchronization between different HR systems. This allows customers to use the best of breed technology for their HR needs and we can use Scribe to send the data between systems for a more seamless experience.

Pros and Cons

Allows building of custom connectors to new HR systems - we use this functionality all of the time and have many connectors to new HR systems built on the Scribe platform
Allows you to easily setup an integration between systems using a easy to understand GUI. This makes for easy setup and troubleshooting
Provides their own built in connectors for specific systems allowing you to pull from text files, excel, salesforce, etc, without having to explicitly build those connectors

I wish there was a way in the debug screens to add a stop option rather then always having to step through to the step I am interested in reviewing.
When there is an error with the map - it would be nice if there was an option to keep going with that record rather then kick you out to the next record (i.e. if error then step).
I wish there was more data in the logs produced at the end. It says which record had the error but not the specific data sent and the response that was received at the moment of error.

Return on Investment

Scribe has provided us an easy way to quickly create the integrations that our customers need.
Scribe's platform for creating custom connectors has been very helpful in letting us expand our offerings of what integrations we can offer.
Scribe allows us to monitor and review integrations after going live to better support our customers.

Alternatives Considered

I have not used other Scribe like solutions previous to this. I had instead only used direct database connections for data mapping and transfer. A tool such as scribe makes the process much easier.

Training Types Used

In-person training

I attended a training conference on scribe early on in my usage of it. This was helpful for some tips and tricks on handling more complex situations that you may come across. I used my documents later on sometimes when I was building maps. I did find the training was more geared towards using the built in scribe connectors (as this is easier to train for) and did not expand on building your own connectors.

Likelihood to Recommend

Scribe is very well suited for any situation where you have data you need to send between systems either one direction or bi-directional and you want an easy way to set this up. This also allows you a great deal of control around how to manage and manipulate the data. I like that there is the option to either setup scribe as a batch or as a web service listening for a request. This allows you to accommodate different types of systems and adapt to the needs of customers.

Easy to use mapping tool that allows you to make your own connectors

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe)