Redwood RunMyJobs Reviews

My responsibilities include a number of monotonous manual tasks to be done on a day-to-day basis like data validation, data cleansing, proofreading, data uploads, database maintenance, scheduling DB jobs, monitoring success and error reports, creating relationship models between multiple data sets, etc.

These tasks take most of my time, and I end up working outside of office hours and even on weekends, even after putting in so much manual effort I used to end up making errors and spending hours debugging and starting from scratch many times.

Redwood RunMyJobs has automated all of the manual jobs into a simplified automation process. It has taken care of scheduling, DB jobs, monitoring the jobs, and generating reports that can help me in analyzing data and provide better insights into the business.

Redwood has eliminated the effort of coding, building, deploying, and maintaining an efficient automation platform. It manages automation upgrades and eliminates dependencies, redwood enables you to automate business processes end-to-end and manage them seamlessly.

The most valuable aspects include:

1) Effortless nature. Eliminates the effort to host, deploy and maintain the automation platform.

2) Fully managed. Manages automation upgrades and eliminates dependencies.

3) Powerful. Uses modern design to avoid outdated scheduling limitations.

4) Future Proof. It can centralize and support on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments seamlessly.

5) Support and Service. We have been quite impressed and positive about the 24/7 support service offered by Redwood; they're always there to assist whenever there is a need. We like that, every time, someone from the Redwood support team just resolves the issue like a genie.

Improvements include:

1) Cost of the Software. Redwood is more expensive than most of the other Automation Software available today; they could make it budget-friendly.

2) It has limited reporting features. Some basic reporting features are missing.

3) There is no option to extract data in Excel. This feature could help in finding errors in the data.

4) Integration with ServiceNow is not supported.

5) The cloud platform compatibility is not up to the mark.

6) Security standards need to be improved.

7) Handling failure is not great; the workflow stops when a job fails and human intervention is required.

8) Configuration and set-up are difficult for someone with less coding knowledge.

9) They need to provide more documentation to assist new users.

I've used the solution for less than a year.

It is a stable solution; a great feature that will keep it stable is the 24/7 support and assistance.

The automation can definitely reach a wide user base due to the fact its future-ready and ability to integrate with other applications and platforms. 

I have reached out to customer service and support many times including late night hours. The support team was so responsive and resolved issues in less time as they are very proficient and experienced in troubleshooting.

Positive

We previously used Microsoft SharePoint. It still required more manual intervention and was not as completely automated as Redwood.

The initial setup is simple if you possess intermediate coding skills and someone who is a beginner might feel it is a bit complex.

We implemented the solution in-house.

The product has saved a lot of time and manual effort with high accuracy and reliability.

The set-up cost is high and could be priced lower for smaller organizations.

We did not evaluate other options.

It is a great automation solution with minor cons and I am sure it will get better.

Redwood Software is one of the best low-code automation platforms for scheduling complex jobs and monitoring processes. It is used in various domains like banking, manufacturing, hospitality, and so on. It executes critical business tasks such as billing and reporting with high speed and precision which makes it one of the best cloud solutions for organizations.

We can schedule multiple jobs with ease and trigger them as per the requirements. Filters are available for searching and extracting jobs and tracking the error, long-running jobs. The tool is supported by all browsers.

The scheduling of jobs is very complicated, and Redwood makes my task easier as job scheduling is easy in Redwood, and learning modules are simple and clear.

Redwood Software provides some more features like load balancing on nodes, and it is also possible to limit the number of jobs that can run in parallel with the help of an execution size limit in ECC queue.

It is possible to retrieve support files for each of the error, completed, and scheduled jobs which make it easier to find the root cause of a failed job. Redwood software has less coding/scripting with faster performance and delivery of business.

Redwood has multiple job scheduling options; that is, jobs can be scheduled with event wait, they can be chained, and steps can also be added, which makes the user's life much easier.

Installing and configuring Redwood agents are easy, and scheduling jobs on Redwood helps in triggering the batches as per business requirements.

The overall system health and schedule health can be checked in the monitoring dashboard, which shows the total count of errors, completed, and long-event wait jobs so that we don't have to extract reports every now and then for specific issues.

The reports are downloaded in .CAR file format, which makes it difficult to convert to an Excel file. 

The integration with ticketing tools such as ServiceNow takes a lot of time which can be improved.

It would be helpful if we could copy the values from screens especially when we create filters. The job log has a size limit.

They could add additional default time windows and submit frames which would help in scheduling the batch job as per the requirements. 

Redwood will be even better to use if these small changes are looked into, although it's still one of the best tools that we can use for automation.

I've used the soluton for one year.

I build, schedule, and automate jobs. I'm part of the team that did the development and version updates for the tool. Our team generally uses the Scheduler.

Report generation and automated delivery is the primary use case in our project to meet business and management requirements.

Almost all manual tasks and triggers have been replaced with an automated setup.

In terms of implementation, the core of it is SaaS, and we still have some internal servers. It's never 100% SaaS - hence considered a hybrid.

Redwood Software helped me build, deploy, schedule, and set up automated triggers in the jobs. This was a tedious manual activity that had to be automated. That's where Redwood became a life savior.

The monthly and weekly reports were automated as per functional and business requirements. This data was too hard to fetch from the databases. Once Redwood integration was done, this became an easy task.

Redwood Software (Workload Automation Edition) did not help in monitoring and metric generations as continuous monitoring was still required sometimes and we faced some glitches in alerting.

It's an amazing tool. It is flexible and meets almost all functional and business requirements for how you can define jobs and build them. 

There are various ways in which you can construct jobs depending on your business needs and requirements. 

It has a lot of features for different ways that you can build jobs, which is great for power users but a bit confusing for newcomers because there are a lot of different options.

The monitoring alerts should be set up very precisely for accurate functionality.

The product could be better in terms of its monitoring and alert service. The previous versions have an issue with alert configurations and cannot be properly integrated with the mailing system.

Control systems can be enhanced. We'd like a role-based module so that the users, administrators, and super users can have elevated/differentiated access based on their roles.

The metrics explorer is yet to be enhanced so that the statistics can be made available easier for better user interaction and analysis. This could enhance visibility and Interaction.

I've used the solution for one year.

The primary use case for using Redwood Workload Automation Software is its ability to automate and orchestrate complex business processes and IT workflows across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. 

The feature I appreciate when using the software is DevOps Automation. The software automates the deployment of applications and infrastructure, ensuring that the development and operations teams can work together more efficiently. The Software also automates the scheduling of batch jobs for data processing, data backups, and data transfers.

Redwood Workload Automation Software is designed in such a way it helps organizations optimize their operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs by automating repetitive tasks, scheduling jobs, and monitoring workflows. 

Since my organization has numerous applications, the software helps in application integration by orchestrating the flow of data between different applications and systems, ensuring that the data is processed in the correct sequence. 

The software helps organizations to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance by automating and enforcing policies and procedures.

Its monitoring and alerting features are what I found the most valuable. Monitoring workflows and sending alerts when issues arise, such as when a job fails or when a threshold is exceeded, allows users to quickly identify and resolve the issues before they become big problems. This helps to improve reliability and reduces downtime. 

The software provides detailed reporting and analytics capabilities, allowing users to analyze job and workflow performance, identify trends, and optimize their operations.

The addition of machine learning capabilities could help Redwood Workload Automation Software better predict job and workflow performance, detect anomalies, and optimize operations based on historical data. 

The addition of artificial intelligence capabilities could help the software provide intelligent recommendations based on real-time data. 

Overall, Redwood Software is a powerful and versatile tool, and the addition of new features helps to meet the evolving needs of organizations.

I have been using this solution for the past year.

We use the solution for automating jobs and schedules. Prior to this, I was using AWS and a few other paid services for regular monitoring of servers and such. Since Redwood, everything has been smooth as it takes care of most of the automation part and 

It looks into history and logs of everything done from the past week. It helps us to focus on other goals rather than just work on something mutedly.

The product supports all browsers and all time zones. I don't have to worry about time zones while I work.

The solution has improved our organization via:

• Multi-platform scheduling makes it easier this way rather than accessing one platform at a time.
• Central monitoring. The dashboard provides all the required data.
• Logging, alerting, and notifications. We see the huge benefit since most of the manual work is reduced this way.
• Analyzing and visualization give a clear understanding of errors and critical logs, hence easy to resolve complex issues.
• Application integration has a broad range of enterprise applications that are timely and efficient in terms of work.
  

The most valuable aspects include: 

• Load balancing and proper memory management
• Scheduling of jobs without any manual monitoring 

More than anything, I can work on my time. Even teams within different countries can work on their own time so that we don't have to schedule everything in one particular time zone.

The automatic workload balancing between servers is a huge time saver as this simplifies most of the issues and monitoring stuff related to space, CPU usage, and logs. The analysis of the given data is also quite amazing.

The solution can make the following improvements:

• They should be made more cost-effective in comparison to similar software services.
• I would love a direct download option like service now or AWS services. It would be easier to access the data rather than just viewing and trying to do a workaround.
• The documentation is very high-level and should be more user-friendly, as the vocabulary used is a bit confusing at times. There should be more efficient or simple explanations can help.
• The application integration is quite complex. It would help if it was made simpler.

I have been using this for around a year now, and it has been good so far. So much manual work is reduced thanks to this tool. Automation is a game changer.

It likely will be one of the greatest automation tools in the near future.

People don't realize its capacity until they use it. Once you start using it you will buy it either way.

There is always room for improvement with support, however, as of now, the support is good.

Positive

I was using AWS and ServiceNow to monitor the servers. It was more of a manual job since, in Redwood, everything is simple.

The setup process was easy to understand. That said, it took some time to learn as it offers many services.

We had help from the vendor team, and it was great.

We have seen an ROI definitely from the features and the time it saves on jobs and tracking tasks.

Even though the setup cost is a bit expensive, the product is worth it, and the user framework is great.

I did not evaluate any other solution. This was a recommendation from a friend, and I love it.

They need to reduce the cost and add a download feature for bulk data. 

Our primary usage of Redwood Automation is to monitor batch processing in SAP. This helps us automate and streamline the process and also helps in reducing the overall run time for long-running processes. 

We also use this software to run in parallel, unlike the standard SAP scheduler. We use predefined features that actually help in managing processes in importing jobs from SAP ECC systems. Some of the automation features use low code that has a business impact in reducing workload. It is the most advanced automation tool.

It can manage complex job workflow processes. 

Infrastructure for the scheduler is taken care of by Redwood software itself so that it benefits us in running jobs. Maintenance and upkeep are negligible. 

It is very easy and easy to use, and minimal supervision is required to run it. 

We can easily orchestrate jobs across several systems, and there are N number of possible ways to do so. With this, complex jobs also can be reduced to easier tasks, and solution for the same is also approximate, which makes it a powerful tool.

The UI feels fresh and neat, which is a basic thing that keeps users using the tool, whereas the competitors lack this feature. 

It has drastically reduced the consumption of time and effort spent by a user on updates and maintenance since features like automation help in doing those tasks instead of us. 

It helps us to integrate complex processes that combine SaaS and on-premises solutions with a wide range of SAP and Non-SAP applications. We get the latest available data in the data warehouse. 

Since it is a powerful tool, there are fewer complaints that we can encounter for performance or automation issues. 

It also is better at scheduling non-dependent tasks for optimal usage of resources. 

The documentation for this product is limited, which can be improved in the future. 

It lacks some common features like assignment groups in ServiceNow which has to be manually done. This feature can be implemented so as to reduce the time consumption of users in assigning it.  

Redwood Software’s RunMyJobs workload automation solution IT teams can create and run essential scheduled and event-driven processes, manage file and data transfers, and orchestrate automation across applications and other tools like RPA.

Enterprises in every industry, from manufacturing, utility, retail, and biotech to hospitality, banking, and aerospace, rely on Redwood. 

Our low-code automation platform is at the core of critical business operations such as forecasting, replenishment, reconciliation, financial close, order-to-cash, billing, reporting, and more.

Redwood manages the workload of ERP platforms like SAP, Oracle, etc. It also has an additional feature of load balancing through nodes and can restrict the number of jobs running in parallel by entering the execution size limit in the ECC queue.

Redwood manages all complex job workflow processes.

Whenever we are experiencing issues with the Redwood system, we can send log files to the Redwood support team by selecting get support files at the top right corner of the redwood window. Redwood software is supported in almost all web browsers, unlike other software that doesn't support it.

Before, we were using the SAP CPS chronicle tool to schedule batch jobs which doesn't have a user-friendly interface and were not flexible enough to use. Later, when we shifted to Redwood Software everything was hassle-free and we could import hundreds of jobs just using a script. That made our life much easier.

Having multiple options to restrict the use and authority to use Redwood Software to users (user only, scheduler admin, etc) was great. It solved many problems. We can now take reports on how many jobs are running daily, mail alerts for job failures, platform agents connected, and dashboards.

In Redwood, all job-related information can be accessed and downloaded, including job spool lists, job statistics, application logs, etc., which is actually an added advantage for the user to check and analyze the job-related issue.

However, when I check operator messages, there are a lot of messages stuck in the queue. For example, "couldn't send alert" mail to a few recipients. 

The job log has a size limit. 

These are very minor things to look into. If these issues are fixed Redwood, will be in a great position.

Redwood Workload Automation is a software application that assists businesses in automating and streamlining their business operations. 

It allows businesses to plan and handle tasks, workflows, and applications across multiple systems, platforms, and environments. 

Redwood Workload Automation can increase efficiency, reduce errors, and free up resources for more strategic projects by automating repetitive tasks and workflows.

The scope of the Redwood Workload Automation use case may vary based on the organization's specific needs. Some businesses will use it to automate a single process or application, whereas others will use it to automate multiple processes across multiple systems and platforms.

My job requires me to handle 24+ applications at the same time. It entails constant monitoring, file processing and transfer, and complicated workflows. 

The main reason for using Redwood Workload Automation Software in my work environment is the use of automated and optimized business processes across multiple systems. 

It simplifies complicated workflows and task scheduling. Redwood software improves operational frequency while decreasing downtime. It aided my company in meeting SLA (Service Level Agreement) and compliance standards. It also offers alert capabilities to avoid errors and complex circumstances, which increases the efficiency of my company. 

Redwood Software also provided automation solutions for SAP and Oracle applications, which was beneficial to me because our work setting relied on these technologies.

One of Redwood Software's features that I liked was its event-driven automation, which allows IT teams to respond to real-time events, alerts, and notifications from numerous systems. The program also includes built-in analytics and reporting capabilities, allowing users to gain insights into task performance, workload optimization, and resource utilization.

We can simply integrate the existing IT infrastructure, including databases, applications, and platforms, using Redwood Software without any extra development or coding.

Redwood automation software could be made more user-friendly and intuitive, making chores and automation processes easier for users to complete. This could be accomplished with improvements to the user interface, instructions, and user training.

Allowing users to customize workflows and automate a wider variety of tasks could make the software more flexible. This could be accomplished by providing more pre-built automation components as well as making custom components easier to build.

Apart from this, Redwood is doing really great, and it's highly recommended