Stable alternatives to Power Automate

Question

Hi All

After the initial joy of automating report generation and emailing of Survey123 submissions I am tired of the instability of PA. Having to create new connections and rebuilding broken flows (exactly the same way) is quite frustrating.

What are my alternate platforms or workflows? We only have FME Desktop

Thanks in advance

Bud · Answer

@ZachBodenner I’ve wondered about this too.

For example, with IBM Maximo, all the automation is built right into the product. No third party apps needed.

How reliable are ArcGIS Online webhooks?

LeviCecil · Answer

So I just spent 45 minutes on the phone with ESRI tech support trying to deal with all the errors in the Enterprise connectors at 11.3. I've been working with tech support for two weeks now. Today the tech said and I quote: "Power Automate is kind of a niche product so we don't have a lot of resources on our end." REALLY?? We purchased a premium Power Automate license to use these connectors to alert our school district security department about things like weapons or suspicious devices or people on campuses, and they just barely work or are otherwise unreliable. Respectfully, I would love to hear about what's going on with Power Automate from @SeanKMcGinnis or @AnthonyLatini

ZachBodenner · Answer

This isn't a criticism necessarily so much as an honest question: Other software has native/built-in automated process type stuff - why doesn't ESRI? It seems like something that should be included in the AGO/Portal suite (although truly, I'd pay a fair bit even if it was an extension, just to save the headache of dealing with these third-party platforms).