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CA Process Automation pros and cons

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4.3 out of 5
 

CA Process Automation Pros review quotes

it_user347958 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Support Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
The value lies in just being able to automate things such that there's less human interaction and, therefore, more consistency in our automations.
it_user347988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
PAM has the ability to integrate and build solutions that work well in CA's suite of service management products and those that are outside of service management.
it_user348132 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer I at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 30, 2015
We took our server provisioning process from about 30 days to about 4 days on the first iteration of implementation.
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it_user348321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Operations Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 30, 2015
For our use it really does very well; it provides us exactly what we need, and it runs with low-resource utilization and moves quickly.
it_user348378 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technician at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
They were good, they helped us a lot from the beginning, from installation through the whole process, and not just their support, but also their professional services are top notch.
it_user454209 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Analyst & Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 8, 2016
If you’re planning or looking for an application able to create process automation, stop looking.
it_user464568 - PeerSpot reviewer
Design Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 19, 2016
Technical support is unequivocally excellent; in fact, the best customer service and technical support I’ve experienced during my 12 years in IT.
it_user465660 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 21, 2016
Before implementing this product, our Problem and Change Management Processes were very poor, but nowadays, thanks to CA Process Automation (PAM), we no longer have this problem, as we now have all of the processes' rules placed inside of it.
it_user480762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Process Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 17, 2016
It’s a great product, extremely versatile but takes a certain skillset to use and implementation of automation can be time consuming when done properly.
reviewer915015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 10, 2018
It is easy to debug and troubleshoot.
 

CA Process Automation Cons review quotes

it_user347958 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Support Analyst at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
Although it's drag-and-drop, there's a little bit of a learning curve to use it correctly.
it_user347988 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
A lot of times they don't get resolved, but I'm okay with those kind of responses sometimes.
it_user348132 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer I at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 30, 2015
Better reporting, because we have to true up our licenses every three months because we license on running concurrent processes, so we have to provide a report to CA every three months using their tool -- which never works.
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it_user348321 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Operations Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 30, 2015
I'd like to see additional form functionality and having Python as an available common script language.
it_user348378 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Technician at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 30, 2015
It’s very complex, which is one of the disadvantages.
it_user454209 - PeerSpot reviewer
Business Intelligence Analyst & Developer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 8, 2016
The solution engine is in Java. Regardless of developments, the solution will always be limited to what Java offers.
it_user464568 - PeerSpot reviewer
Design Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 19, 2016
CA offers minimal public information pertaining to the performance drain the usage of some objects and operators introduce to processing.
it_user465660 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 21, 2016
These configurations can be changed only through the installation wizard. There's no way to update such information in the administration interface, which is, in my opinion, very bad.
it_user480762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Process Automation Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Jul 17, 2016
Every so often the service needs to be restarted otherwise it runs slower and slower. I think this may be due to a memory leak.
reviewer915015 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 10, 2018
Somehow the product group within CA left the product dry from some regular expression functionality.