FME vs. Salesforce Maps

I created the FME script to generate the centerline polyline. It works very well and faster than we used the Esri api from the code side.

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Great tool for a large organization. They are now very expensive among other competitors unfortunately but have great customer service and easy setup.

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• I used that to create the polyline
• Used that to do the reprojection
• Used that to extract spatial data
• Used that to do the intersect
• Used that to do the locate

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• Drilling down from the map point, to account/work order/opportunity.

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• Should allow script to change the database connection
• Should provide more details and user friendly error log information

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• They just restructured their pricing model and we are ending our contract because of it - you have to pay for 10 users.
• The crossover with accounts and contacts are hard to map.
• The window sizes when navigating the maps are difficult to work with.

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Worked well once you figured it out. The 'help portal' was no 'help'. Once you get done self-teaching yourself enough of the terminology and workings, it is pretty quick and easy to use. But the learning curve, again, is not worth the time or effort

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Support was comical. It was barely available and the few times I did get help the language barrier was extraordinarily problematic

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FME not only be able to do the data transfer and transformation, but also be able to perform the spatial process. Astera cannot do the spatial process at the moment.

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Unknown other products out there. Was led to Maps by our SF rep. I made the mistake of trusting a salesperson for solutions. SF reps are pushed to sell the going product, not actually HELP their clients.

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• Easy to create and easy to understand when compare to the Esri api code
• Difficult to debug when the error happens

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• Increased efficiency
• Reduced labor time
• Improved visibility

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