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  • 1.  Knowledge Sync upgrade technical assistance contact

    Posted 11-12-2021 12:22
    Edited by Kevin Moyes 11-15-2021 09:55
    Edit: customer issue now resolved... thanks for responses.
    /edit

    We have a customer going through a test upgrade, and decided to handle the KS v9 to KS v10 upgrade themselves (which I am quite happy about). 
    They are having extreme difficulty getting technical assistance for this though, and it has been almost a month now.  ECI / KS staff seem lackadaisical in their responsiveness. 
    Does anyone have a good contact reference I can give to my customer, to escalate the issues?

    They are on the verge of throwing KS in the bin and seeking an alternative solution.

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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
    Toronto ON
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  • 2.  RE: Knowledge Sync upgrade technical assistance contact

    Posted 11-12-2021 13:35
    I can't remember who it was but at least one person said they just underwent a KS UG to v10. Hopefully they will chime in.

    I've found tech support and quality control from ISVs seems to be on a downward trend.

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    Wayne Schulz
    Schulz Consulting
    860-516-8990
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  • 3.  RE: Knowledge Sync upgrade technical assistance contact

    Posted 11-12-2021 15:05

    I don't have a contact for you as the only times I've had to deal with support was to get a new license for server moves or upgrading from version 9 to version 10.  There was one other case I submitted to support that had to do with queries timing out in version 10 that worked fine in version 9 because version 9 didn't implement a timeout option whereas version 10 implemented a very short timeout, something like 30 or 60 seconds.  Took over a year and a half for them to implement a user configurable option in the latest release of version 10 (10.0.4) that allows setting the timeout up to a maximum of 180 seconds.  I asked them to make it where it would except larger values or even allow disabling the timeout entirely because let's face it, rather than babysit a report or query that might run for a while, Sage Alerts is the perfect solution to have such a report or query scheduled but having such a short timeout defeats the purpose.

    If you have more insight into what is happening, I may be able to provide some insight.

    FYI, version 9 had a funny behavior where if both email 1 and email 2 were not populated for a subscriber, no deliverable was created, whereas in an upgrade from version 9 to version 10 or out of habit you set up a subscriber in version 10 with both email 1 and email 2 populated, then version 10 will send the deliverable to each email even if they are identical.



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    David Speck II
    Tennessee Software Solutions
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  • 4.  RE: Knowledge Sync upgrade technical assistance contact

    Posted 11-12-2021 15:22
    Thanks for the answers Wayne and David.

    I was purposefully keeping out of it, because I know very little about supporting KS, let alone how to troubleshoot issues, but I just heard the issue has been resolved after the customer really started to complain loudly.  

    Leaving an issue unresolved for a month: sad.  What kind of confidence is the customer supposed to have with the platform after that?

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    Kevin Moyes
    Technical Systems Analyst
    Munjal White Consulting Co.
    Toronto ON
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  • 5.  RE: Knowledge Sync upgrade technical assistance contact

    Posted 11-12-2021 19:15
    @Michelle Forsey used to present MOTM sessions on KS.  Perhaps she can provide some insight.​

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    Jeff Schwenk
    FORMER 90M Board Member -140,000,000 is a TERRIBLE thing to waste!!!
    Bottomline Software, Inc.
    Waynesboro VA
    540-221-4444
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  • 6.  RE: Knowledge Sync upgrade technical assistance contact

    Posted 11-13-2021 15:23
    I love KnowledgeSync, but its support has been challenging for a number of years. There was a Sage ISV webinar yesterday about this, given by Greg Swallow, the channel manager. Perhaps try emailing Greg?

    Greg Swallow - Swallow@knowledgesync.com

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    Jerry Norman
    At-Large BOD Member, 90 Minds
    Smartbridge Partners
    512.419.1444 x112
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