Another thought on this thread... Many clients and users do this - and many still do not. When implementing a Spectrum-based solution, we recommend maintaining a separate deployment apart from production. This is typically called a sandbox, dev, or pre-prod deployment. It basically serves as a place to develop and test data flows and services without interfering with the production mission-critical Spectrum deployment.
Pre-prod deployments are hugely useful when tuning a Spectrum deployment. For example, if tuning the match rules in a Spectrum job, it's best to tune in a pre-prod deployment. Then when the desired results are achieved, promote the new match rules to the production instance.
Additionally, pre-prod deployments are useful when troubleshooting issues with Tech Support, Engineering, or Professional Services.
Again, many clients do maintain a pre-prod sandbox deployment. And we've seen many who do not. So, we strongly encourage this as a best practice when preparing a solution with Spectrum.
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Brian Casteel
VP, Engineering
Austin, Texas
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-17-2019 15:06
From: Brian Casteel
Subject: What is the one thing you wish you'd known?
In software development, many teams (including ours) follow an Agile development methodology. A retrospective represents one of the most useful Agile practices. Teams meet periodically, to hold a retrospective meeting. Here, teams evaluate what is working well in their project, or what they wish to do differently in the future. In the spirit of a retrospective, I want to solicit discussion from both clients and partners working with Spectrum, as well as PB members of this community.
For those clients and partners who have implemented a solution with Spectrum, what is the one thing you wish you had known, or done differently, before starting the project?
And likewise for PB folks, what is one thing you want someone to know before they get started with Spectrum?
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Brian Casteel
VP, Engineering
Austin, Texas
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