ConnectWise Sell offers IT solution providers of all sizes a cloud-based quoting platform that accelerates the quote-to-cash process and enables it to run smoothly. Tight integrations with leading CRMs like NetSuite, Salesforce, and ConnectWise Manage provide end-to-end visibility into the sales pipeline from quote and proposal creation to ordering, fulfillment, and billing.
"A lot of great features, but missing a few quality of life features. "
I love that you can duplicate quotes, this makes doing similar quotes way faster. It integrates really well with Connectwise which makes product conversions that much easier. The alert system that emails me when a quote is opened and approved is really nice for me since I am often not in the office. The PDF to the side of the quote is really nice when there is an issue with the clients receiving my emails. I can just download the PDF and send it as a attachment. This isn't the greatest way to do it, but I like that the option is available to me. I also love the mobility of the cloud platform. i can be at the office and work on a quote, then head home and bring that quote up instantly. Works great across platforms.
The software does not show you when you sent the quote to the intended client. Also, Dell import is often messed up which creates a manual entry process that isn't intuitive. This software also never seems to integrate with ConnectWise in terms of updating opportunities. I have also experience some issues with quotes going to historical versions and I can never seem to get it out of that category.
Please allow me to see when I send Quotes to clients. It would help the experience tremendously.
We use this as our only quoting platform. We had the previous version of this and what an upgrade this was. Quotes can now be created and sent in less then half the time.
It gets the job done and I like the "guided" step by step quote building. Also yoou can create more than just a standard quote in sell. Quosal was simpler and easier to use. It would be nice if you could just select the features relevant to your job and make your own "Sell profile".
The space that they give you to enter products in is so tiny. you have to click the little expand screen button to be able to put anything in. its extremely annoying. Also editing the description of the product is allso a pain since sometimes the description wwill show up 2x, Also i have no idea why in the world dell is the only quote you can import. If they get to the point where you can import quotes from tech data, in gram, and the other big vendors that would be a huge step in the right direction. Also the etilize search has so much potential, but its way too slow and crashes often so i rarely use it.
More robust and detailed quotes. Importing quotes from dell is nice, but unfortunately this is the only vendor that i know oof that we can import quotes from.
"Connectwise Sell for Salesforce - never had a worse experience in my career"
Hard to say. If the all the issues did not exist, it would be the thoroughness of the software.
Syncing problems from Salesforce happen all the time. People lose connection constantly.
Same issues over and over again. The support team clearly does not take good notes, as they have fixed these issues before, yet it still takes them weeks - months to figure out a solution while our business suffers. Support does not take the time to read emails- we also have multiple people on our case at one time- no communication internally. The advice to fix the problem always falls short as they do not read what our problem is in the cases we submit. They give us solutions that we already say we implemented.
We have had the same issue solved on 2 other occasions. There is currently no permanent fix and the issue will always happen when adding a new person to the Salesforce integration. That's fine, but when it occurs again- they don't remember how to fix it! We ask them to send us how they fixed it and we implement the changes they suggest- and it does not work! Then they do not know what they did the first time to fix it themselves- taking them months to resolve it once again- all while we are losing business because we cannot quote them in enough time. Connectwise has cost us five figures in revenue at least.
If we were not so busy, we would move to a new provider tomorrow. We are currently looking for new solutions and will most likely leave as soon we can. It's just obvious that Connectwise does not care about their customers. We've struggled to get responses from our account manager to ADD MORE USERS AND TAKE OUR MONEY. I'm hard to upset and I'm blown away at how poor of an experienced we've had.
Too many issues to note any positives.
"""ConnectWise Sell makes my business bunch continuously powerful!"""
The cloud based access is wonderful. Access from wherever is a breeze. The electronic underwriting process has condensed our business cycle by weeks. The Etilize joining is mind boggling! We can make constant explanations and have a good sentiment of continuous stock. When we made our designs, the are so normal to use. This makes dependable refering to basic and clear. In end the compromise with ConnectWise Manage is essential for smooth and straightforward hand-offs to procurement and organization movement.
We are using it to design plans for clients. The program will in like manner screen any chronicles you have for a client. We can use this further reinforcing our favorable luck and exchange anything we need to screen a client's business needs, paying little mind to close to nothing. I like having the ability to use the booking system to screen our sales reps plans. They moreover rely upon this component to succeed.
"Set expectations - Go Get it"
I work in a relationship-based sales role. It takes time to develop the necessary trust to have the ability to talk to prospects about our products. But the most important thing is getting the prospect on the phone. ConnectWise does that.
I've heard feedback from other reps that the people dialing for you have a middle eastern accent. Some say that it hasn't gone over well. I've personally never had that experience and have never had a prospect give me that feedback. I've had upset prospects, but it's simply because I was calling at a stressful time for them - which I understood.
I think they are doing a great job. I think our leadership did a poor job of setting the expectations with ConnectWise. They made it seem as if this tool would lead to deals. It does, but the whole goal and point of ConnectWise is to get your prospects on the phone. It's a prospecting tool that gets you to "No's" faster and quicker and more efficiently.
In a typical day of production, the phone is dialed about 80-120 times. The goal in that is to talk to 17-30 decision-makers. That's in a full 8 hour work day. ConnectWise Sell can do that production in 2-4 hours of a work day. It simply makes you more productive and more dangerous as a representative.
""Our Sales have been turbocharged by ConnectWise Sell""
The cloud based access is incredible. Access from anyplace is a breeze. The electronic endorsement process has abbreviated our business cycle by weeks. The Etilize reconciliation is fabulous! We can create constant statements and have a decent feeling of ongoing stock. When we made our formats, the are so natural to utilize. This makes reliable citing simple and basic. In conclusion the incorporation with ConnectWise Manage is basic for smooth and simple hand-offs to acquirement and administration delivery.It takes care of business and I like the "guided" well ordered statement building. Likewise yoou can make something beyond a standard statement in move. Quosal was more straightforward and simpler to utilize. It would be decent on the off chance that you could simply choose the highlights applicable to your activity and make your own "Move profile".
he layouts for the electronic mark process are lumbering to alter.
Versatile and reliable Sales has been accomplished with ConnectWise Sell. Presently our back office can rapidly do little parts deals while our field deals constrain can create amazing statements for progressing administrations and activities rapidly and effectively.
I like being able to open multiple tabs in the same instance. It does a good job of keep track of companies, and you can have multiple people in a company/multiple companies under one person with no problem. The scheduling portion of the calendar also does a good job and it is easy to make appointments in the system.
I hate that I can't open tabs on everything. For instance, I will be sitting at my desk and a client will call in and give me their name. I open their page, but I can't right click on the "Company" name to open a new tab, even though it's clickable. I realize that they are making improvements all the time, so I hope that they will continue to include helpful quality of life features. It is difficult to sometimes distinguish the difference between an opportunity and an activity.
We are using it to schedule appointments for clients. The program will also keep track of any documents you have for a client. We can use this to our advantage and upload anything we need to keep track of a client's business needs, no matter how small. I like being able to use the scheduling system to keep track of our sales' people schedules. They also rely on this feature to succeed.
It works, but you might want to consider other options. The program is a bit bare-bones and is not pleasing to look at.
"A Good Beginning Needs Improvement Everywhere"
Do you Due Dilegence! Go beyond their canned demo. Dig in to the references, especially those that are aligned with you type of vertical.
"Our Sales have been turbocharged by ConnectWise Sell"
The cloud based access is fantastic. Access from anywhere is a breeze. The electronic approval process has shortened our sales cycle by weeks. The Etilize integration is fantastic! We can produce real time quotes and have a good sense of real time inventory. Once we created our templates, the are so very easy to use. This makes consistent quoting easy and simple. Lastly the integration with ConnectWise Manage is critical for smooth and easy hand-offs to procurement and service delivery.
The templates for the electronic signature process are cumbersome to edit.
Be sure to see how etilize works and the electronic approval process. They are awesome!
Scalable and consistent Sales has been achieved with ConnectWise Sell. Now our back office can quickly do small parts sales while our field sales force are able to produce excellent quotes for ongoing services and projects quickly and easily.
"ConnectWise Sell makes my sales team more efficient!"
I really like how ConnectWise Sell will search pricing online and will standardize our target margin requirements. This creates consistency in our sales process.
I can't really think of anything I don't like about the product. It seems to meet the needs of my sales team.
ConnectWise Sell is a good product from a good company. They helped me understand how to best utilize the system and configured my environment as part of implementation.
Prior to a quoting system, we used spreadsheets which leaves the door open for errors and doesn't present a professional image when providing quotes to customers. Now we have consistency and professionalism with every quote.
-tried creating proposals several times in the past couple days and it is just so sluggish. Takes forever to load sometimes. Sometimes it just doesnt work and i have to exit the browser completely and try again.
I had to do this 4-8 times yesterday during the process of trying to make a quote for a client that was in pain.
I also dont like that i cannot copy from one quote to another like it used to be. Please contact me for a follow up to make sure i am running the right versions etc.
"Great Product let down by poor support"
Support is poor and if you want to do anything outside the box their professional services are slow (we have a project currently which has been running for 11 months). There needs to be more sharing of templates and forums so that they can build a user community.
The university which is supposed to provide supporting documentation is poor and not updated regularly.
When you buy Quosal it is not a silver bullet to your business It is a blank page and needs lots of work to get it working for your business. To really make it work you will need to engage with their professional services team. Our experience of them has been poor and very frustrating.
Very self-explanatory all you have to do is look for the right toggles and you get what you need. Time and Expense reports are very easy to input and get approved. The history that is provided makes it easy to track what is completed and what needs to be addressed.
It can have multiple places to reach the same information. Every once and awile it won't let you sign in. You have to actually change you settings for you IP address to show that you are not a robot. I haven't found where I can link it with a calendar for any types of reminders.
Take your time to review what exactly you are looking for. If you are a company that has remote employees this is a great product to have.
basically it's to keep the team in connect with everything going on. I like the ease of submitting work orders. Time sheets are veyr easy to use along with expense reports. They are also tracked well.
"Solid, but not easy to make changes"
Within the quoting tool, you can alter the buy price. This is important because other solutions have fixed buy prices based on material codes / price books uploaded into the program. However, often times manufacturers have special promos or special bids are done, altering the price. This is critical for us to change our buy price so we get more accurate numbers for our margins.
It can do it a lot, but it's a full time job to try to understand / manage the solution. Not easy for basic users to make changes they may want prefer presenting the quote to the end customer.
Also, it has a tendency to freeze while doing quotes, and when you refresh the page, it brings you back to the main quoting page and you have to go back into the quote.
Solving the ability to provide quotes and track revenue / margin associated with each deal.
"Easy to use quoting tool"
The dashboard that gives you a snapshot of your quotes with the dates. It's easy to keep track of your opportunities and follow up as needed. I enjoy having access to all sales activity is a single platform.
Still new to ConnectWise so there is a learning curve. Wasn't able to ramp as quickly as I would've liked and it's not as intuitive as some of the other quoting tools that I've used.
Quoting tool that provides professional quotes. It's nice to have visibility to quote ages and other info all in a single pane of glass.
"Got potential but let down by poor company culture."
Nice integration with ConnectWise and clean looking interface. Once the templates are set-up it's fast to produce a simple quote. We use it to quote for everything so it all follows the same workflow.
Company Culture. It takes a lot of chasing to get anything done and you feel like just a account number. Seems they have growing pains and still not resolved them.
Do not underestimate this product. It takes a lot of setting up and will cost you a lot of tie and money to get what you want out of it. It's a powerfull product, but let down by poor documentation, and when you do ask how to do something, they just want to sell you consulting hours.
Getting a electronic signature on a quote is great and speeds up the whole quoting process.
I love the fact that you can load excel format quotes with ease instead of typing in large BoM's one by one.
I dislike the fact that you can only see 3-4 lines at a time. I want to be able to see the majority of my products while I am working on the quote, and then see the customer info when needed. i need more access to the product when i am creating a quote.
We have been able to combine quoting, order processing, purchasing and accounting into 1 solution.
I like how it works. I feel like it should be used across bases. I think that we should consider when it is the most useful because then it will allow people to use it in the best way.
I do not like when it takes a long time to load. I also feel like it is difficult to teach how to use the program to certain people. I am not sure if it is the individuals or if it is the program. Some people very easily understand how to use the program so it may just be those individuals. Further training and training more individuals will help to understand what direction that is going in.
It was been useful. We have benefitted in many different ways. It might be useful to use ConnectWise Sell across different things so that it can do many different things.
"Great software for web based quoting"
I've used Quotewerks and Connectwise Sell. The but differentiator is that Connectwise Sell works from your browser. You don't need to install any software and it works from anywhere.
The online delivery (Order Porter) is not as fully featured as Quotewerks.
We can collaborate as a sales team and vet each other's quotes.
I can generate quotes from anywhere.
And I can look up pricing and distributor availability in real time so the quoting process is fast and efficient.
I like that you can customize your own url. Also you can remotely set up from any device.
I haven't found anything that I haven't liked so far.
It lets me choose a custom url web address with my company's name. You can also create groups.
"Easiest, Quickest way to send out professional quotes"
The ease of quote preparation and being able to see when prospects are looking at quotes.
If you are looking for a professional way to send quotes online, that has online order acceptance capabilities, as well as simple, intuitive user interface, then Quosal is the product for you.
We are solving the issue of delays in proposing quotes the "old way" (read Excel quotes) and offering up a user friendly interface where they can see their quotes, review them with multiple people if necessary and approve it, all online. Sell has amazing time saving benefits, especially now with the in-line editing process and Etilize.
It is very easy to use. Saves tons of time creating and using templates to start customer quotes. Easily add PDF`s with hardware and software descriptions. Get email notifications when quotes are visited.
Getting quotes to customers quicker, and making it very easy for the customers to view, and approve the quotes.
"Outstanding proposals for our clients"
The best feature of CW Sell is Etilize! We love not having to go out to all of our different vendors. The integration with our CRM is wonderful, quick and easy. Our implementation coordinator was timely and actually ended up having up remind of us of deadlines. We went to the first bootcamp and really learned alot. I look forward to going to back in the future.
Forms design...only because I am a novice. I would like a few hours of Forms design training for all of the money we spend on the product.
Spend the additional capital for professional consulting services.
reaching out customers on a more professional and user friendly basis. Our clients being able to approve with their smart phones.
"One of the easiest softwares to sell on"
The most helpful thing about ConnectWise, was how easy it was to use. It had a perfect explanation for first time users, so all you had to do was read the description and you were good to go after that.
There weren't many downsides to ConnectWise, I might be biased because it is the first time I used some sort of program for sales.
If you are sick of using softwares that don't work, or are hard to understand, then start using ConnectWise Sell. It's easy, efficient, and effective!
ConnectWise Sell has helped me achieve my goals by helping me go through the process faster, since it's so easy to use.
"Integrates well with ConnectWise Manage"
The ease at which I can pull information from an opportunity into a quote deliverable.
The learning curve is steep and it takes a bit to pickup on how to do more advanced functions.
Have one person in your organization be the "Sell Guru" This person will be your subject matter expert and your go-to for any internal questions.
We now are able to pitch all of our projects, hardware sales, and managed services products with Sell. Having an application that allows us to track all this in one place has made us all the more beneficial.
Quosal automates the most mind-numbing (but important!) functions of the quoting process, ensuring that each person on our team building quotes does them right, the first time. I still remember when we moved from our old quoting software to Quosal. It felt like we moved from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance -- a major leap forward. That was almost four years ago.
- Importing quotes from Dell is easy!
- Quosal compares real-time prices from all of your favorite vendors.
- The presentation side of the product for our clients is slick... And, it's really up to us to improve the look and feel.
Quosal Sell still has bugs. Fonts in product descriptions come out in different sizes from the product title. It's really hard and time-consuming to change the description. You can't really see the "final" version of a quote without generating it (takes a while) and emailing it to yourself. That's annoying, time-consuming and leaves you with a ton of emails in your delete folder.
Keep this in mind: you will need to put in HOURS of time to make this product work for your company.
- Accurate pricing with all of the taxes, margin calculations and unique product options applied? Yep!
- Works well with Connectwise so our client's information is accurate and the internal processes are clean? Yes!
Transition from Quosal Create to Quosal Sell is not going smoothly.
Quosal Create is much faster but currently there are a lot of incompatibilities with processing to Connectwise with need to close Create and finish processing won quotes in Sell.
Once acquiring Quosal definitely hire professional order porter template designers for templates. It is pricey but worth the money.
- I love the Workspace in Quosal Create because it allows you to build solution style quotes with lots of products, product packages, and options that maintain visibility on protecting margin while at the same time creating a client friendly proposal.
1 - It is cumbersome and expensive to modify the OrderPorter templates.
4 - I dislike the bugs with ConnectWise integration to Quosal Create of pulling over products accurately and opportunity status so that all fields match between the two programs.
"Quosal has increase our ability to close sales faster "
The interface is very intuitive and easy to use. I can easily create templates for staff members that are less familiar with the product so they can walk through creating a quote without getting confused. The etilize feature saves us time by comparing prices from multiple vendors for us rather than our staff doing this manually. Being able to accept payment at the time the client approves a quote allows us to get paid quicker and the order porter makes it convenient for our clients to see not only one quote, but all of the quotes that are open for their account.
The form designer in Sell is not as easy to use as it was in Create. If we make forms in Create to transfer to Sell the quotes for the day mark themselves as Won even if they have not been approved. Documentation on the Sell product is still lacking, but seems to be getting better.
The functionality continues to improve to the point where our teams spend less time working between multiple programs and instead can accomplish what they need in a single interface. Our users are able to login to the system regardless of whether they are in the office or another location so changes to quotes can easily be made on the fly. Integration with Power BI has really allowed us to have a better picture of who our most profitable clients, vendors and products are.
Ability to quote with minimal effort. Sales Forecasting is solid, the ability to quote while on-the-move is a great benefit. Being able to track when and from where my quotes are being viewed.
If you're moving from Word / Excel, even a well generated XLS template, Quosal will take some getting used to. It is FAR Superior, and gives you things you weren't even sure you wanted. If you have multiple sales people, the tracking and leader boards are helpful, the templates do require a decent amount of pre-configuration, but once done, are a huge benefit.
Quoting, Purchasing, Proposals, Sales Forecasting. Consulting engagements where I can build a customized quotation / proposal while physically meeting at the client site.
Quosal standardizes our quotes and allows clients to sign online when they are ready to buy.
Can be complicated to setup and make changes to. Each new version makes it easier to customize but still requires some learning to get it right. Worth the effort.
Take the time to work with a consultant from Quosal to setup it up right.
Every contract was going out with different wording, different pricing and different margin. Quosal has allowed us to enforce standard language, pull real time costs and price to our margin goals every time. Do we always get that price? No, but when we don't we know how much we are discounting.
"Like any relationship, it has it's up and downs. "
I like that it is user friendly. It has dramtically sped up the amount of time it takes for us to quote something, our old method was very time and labor intensive. The copy and paste from BOM capability that Quosal has is really great.
I don't care for the lack of customization on forms and the designs. We quote many different things, from different vendors that cannot all be boiler plate or the same design. As such, we've not really utilized Quosal to it's extent because of that. If we were selling one product, like Quosal does, our forms could be built our perfectly and repeated everytime, but that's not the nature of our business.
It enabled us to have a better looking quote. Our old quotes looked much like our invoices, now we have a much nicer, presentable document when delivering quotes and proposals.
Hey there. Thanks for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review. Can you email us at SocialMedia@ConnectWise.com so that we can discuss your concerns?
Ease of ability to create quotes and have them linked to my customer and subsequent service activity.
Nothing, the product is very flexibile and does what we need.
There are some good choices out there but if you have ConnectWise I wouldn't recommend anything else.
Streamlining opportunities to quotes to sales. The integration into ConnectWise Manage makes tracking and managing opportunities very easy.
"Works well for the basics. Integrates well with Connectwise Manage. Could be more modern."
It is easy to create quotes. The Etilize add-in is a nice addition. I like that it is available over the web from anywhere.
I wish it was better on mobile devices. The Dell quote import doesn't work very well. It is buggy and doesn't always import products correctly into Connectwise Manage.
Our quotes our much more professional than when we were doing them with Excel. Creating quotes is much more efficient as well.
"Quosal is a very good product!"
I like that it is completely web based and that it tracks all your opportunities in ConnectWise for you. Additionally, the styling and templates make it super easy to do things quick, get them to the client and get them signed off on.
The game is silly. Also, the program can be a bit clunky at times. Overall though, it is far better than creating quotes manually.
"Best Quoting software for MSP's"
Quosal allows us to have a highly branded and very professional sales process while automating most steps our sales teams used to do manually. We use OrderPorter for every quote so customers can access a web portal to view and approve it. Every quote we send customers from email to Web/PDF is fully branded and includes videos, upsell options, and allows them to either approve or even purchase right away. We also use Quosal for our MSA contracts so once approved we have fully executed/signed documents and can begin on-boarding process.
Quosal does not currently publish and API and has no functionality to automatically generate quotes based on user input. We're hoping to see these features in the future.
This is a must have if you are using ConnectWise or Salesforce!
We needed a quoting automation tool that integrated with ConnectWise and could be customized to our sales process.
I love the professional looking quotes that are sent to our clients/ prospects.
Initially like all setup on new software there were road-bumps on learning how to use the product.
I would highly recommend ConnectWise Sell! Contact support is easy and the end product is very professional!.
We have more professional looking quotes that we are able to send to our clients. It's easy to use now that we have some wrinkles ironed out.
Hi there, thank you for your positive feedback on ConnectWise Sell! I've passed your feedback along to our team to spark any future ideas on how to improve partner experience.
After spending almost 10 years creating proposals in word and sample invoices in QuickBooks I found my jaw dropping with what could be built in Quosal.
The ability o drop in a SKU and have it automatically populate an item description, my cost, and the inventory of distributors was amazing!
Order Porter pages need to be easier to adjust.
Dream of your most mature product quoting system and then give that to the quosal implementor - this product is so mature and sophisticated they should be able to build whatever you dream.
"Simple to use and powerful quoting system for MSPs"
We were users of the old version of Quosal, and the new, web-based version is so much easier to use, allowing us to quickly and easily build product quotes for our clients. It easily pulls from multiple distributors to find the best pricing, and auto-populates descriptions and pictures. It integrates nicely with ConnectWise so we're able to continue our ConnectWise workflows with created opportunities.
We're primarily using it for product-based quotes, but would like to start using it for more agreement-type of sales and tracking, including attaching customized marketing/agreement material to emails that go out of the system. The problem is that last time I used the form editor, it wasn't integrated well and we needed to use the older Quosal version (that ran locally) to create the forms, and it's a bit like going to the dentist.
We're able to create quotes quickly and easily and publish them online for approval with client signature.
"Quosal Admin of Team of 100+ Reps. It works great if you use it as it is meant to be used."
Quosal streamlines the quoting process in every aspect. If you have a decent size team you do need someone administrating it. If you have that then you'll be on great footing. I use this tool every single day with about 100 sales reps. It is a powerful piece of software, especially if you know how to script well in Python, and can streamline most every aspect of the Quoting process. We build templates for each team to meet their needs and can easily update the costs from our PSA with the new Update all Costs tool which is unique to Qusoal. The development team with Quosal is constantly listening to their customers requests and are implementing new and useful features each release. They just recently finished a Zero Bug Run as well which has improved the software substantially.
If you aren't talented with Python scripting, or willing to become so, you will struggle to get Quosal to do a lot of the truly powerful things it's capable of. Spend the extra money on a good Implementation package and they'll help you take care of all of these though.
It speeds up the process considerably, The quotes look amazing, and the e-signature feature with Order Porter closes everything perfectly.
Quosal has some great integration with our main business software Connectwise, and is built specifically for the managed service industry. It has some nice template functions that allow you to quickly produce common quotes, and have them nicely formatted and professional. It also has a function called order porter which allows for seamless online approval of quotes that's quite handy as a sales guy. There is an additional plugin called etilize that will give you real time pricing from many of the large distributors for comparison price shopping. It's a great feature and a real time saver.
I've had some issues with the connectwise integration over the years having problems. In addition the setup and configuration can be quite complicated. Some of the advanced quoting functions are not intuitive and require quite a bit of training. It is specific to the managed service industry, and might not be a good fit for other types of organizations.
Great product if you are also a Connectwise user and in the managed service industry. Lots of ability to customize the application to meet your specific needs.
Quosal has allowed us to have a quick way to get professional looking price quotes to our customers. We've saved a lot of time and money by having this process be more efficient. In addition built in features for online quote acceptance and live price comparison allow us make it easier for a customer to accept our proposal and eliminate possible objections.
"The new updates are solid. "
"New Quosal" is extremely easy to use and understand. It's responsiveness with Dell and Ingram quotes is absolutely fantastic and fluid. Right now I can get a quote out in about half of the time that I would have a few months ago. It is great to work with in Connectwise and has created a lot less of a messy process for us. I also love how quosal will tell you what hasn't been done yet and will not let you proceed until it is.
The bugs and finnickyness of it sometimes, especially in regards to editing a quote (changing the markup and price, for example, can be a struggle) and converting a quote into a sales order has demanded some work arounds HOWEVER, I am starting to see each bug worked on, and the developers are quick to respond to issues when they are reported.
On top of that, when a customer edits a quote, that can throw off everything in our system.
Our biggest issues currently are related to speed and efficiency. I struggled so much with old quosal before that it would take forever to get something out. New Quosal has been easy enough to understand where I can respond quickly and return a client solution immediately. Again, added features like the dell C/P help with that tremendously.
"Part of the daily routine"
For Quosal Create - A fair amount of flexibility in creating quotes and integrating them with client information in ConnectWise.
For Quosal Sells - Easy access within the ConnectWise product. However, it is difficult to edit and not as friendly as Quosal Create.
Connects to opportunities and sales within ConnectWise.
The fact that Quosal Sell doesn't integrate back to Quosal Create, thus creating what can be an editing nightmare. It often doesn't transfer products between the quote and ConnectWise opportunities.
Processing a won quote through the system and creating project tickets associated with the quote for the installation of products can be time consuming and somewhat convoluted for handling project changes.
Spend time learning how you will integrate your current systems and workflow. There are many features that are not apparent at first.
Creating business quotes. Benefits are creating, tracking and moving quotes through a sales pipeline.
I like the UI and the ability to quickly create quotes. Once the quotes are created you can get them in several different formats which are well-designed for the client.
It almost feels like there are too many options. This is something that maybe a lot of partners do not want to use or even know about. Granted there are cases where they are useful, but it feels a little overwhelming at first.
Quosal is great as stand-alone or with other softwares. The ease of integration is well designed and easy as they write to the APIs correctly. I very rarely see any problems and the support is usually quick and responsive to fix the issue.
Trying to have partners achieve the best possible margin and the most efficient means of getting there. Less time spent for more money is a great theme here.
"Quosal is the software I quote all of my products and services to. I use it daily."
The professional look with the thumbnails pictures, the ability to write in your own notes to customize, the new feature of allowing you to copy items from previous proposals. Our admin easily adds new products using excel spreadsheets.
when I get errors and have to call IT to help troubleshoot..probably every 3 weeks or so a small error. Also I don't like how I have to scroll up and down so much to see different views. I also don't like that you can click on several products at a time to add to the quote, you have to do one at at time.
Have a hands on admin person to continually update pictures and price lists. If you using the thumbmail feature, it is time consuming to add each one each time.
I sell fitness equipment and present my products using this format.
Integration of Quosal to the Connectwise platform is great. We utilize it to track customer proposals and approvals. The ability to track and see when customers open and approve the proposals.
Customization of Sales proposal forms is still a little difficult and is not easily customized without support from Quosal, in ability to notify multiple (e.g. Inside sales rep and others) people when an order is signed/approved.
We want to improve the sales process and closure ability, we were looking for customers to e-sign and then import directly to our PSA system which is Connectwise. Increased visibility of customer actions e.g. opening of sales proposals, and approvals.
"Automating the uniqueness in Quoting"
The simplified user interface and simply drag and drop features. Your support is excellent.
Limited filters and integration with AutoTask CRM. Would like to have some custom workflows and have custom required fields.
Review the integration to determine where/how you are going to pull reporting from.
Lack of adequate quote function in AutoTask.
"Great interface and solution backed up by poor support and backend experience"
Quosal Sell web interface allows me to create quotes from anywhere and on any device; I've created quotes on my android mobile in emergencies.
Evaluate and seek advice from your peers.
Quosal gives us a repeatable quoting system. When working, it provides a platform to create quote templates that in turn help us to quote repetitive items, faster.
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Kim Je-deok (født 12. april 2004) er en sydkoreansk bueskytte.

Han er en to gange olympisk guldmedaljevinder, der vandt i mixed hold- og herrehold ved sommer-OL 2020.

Referencer

Eksterne henvisninger

Bueskytter fra Sydkorea
Olympiske mestre fra Sydkorea
Bueskytter ved sommer-OL 2020
Medaljevindere ved sommer-OL 2020

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Q: Scraping dictionary.cambridge.org using Python Selenium I would like to get link to download mp3 file from dictionary.cambridge.org. The correct button has been found by xpath but in no circumstances can I get the link. I was trying to use .text and .get_attribute("href") methods. Do You have any idea ?
from selenium import webdriver

words=['hunch']
link='https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english-polish'

driver = webdriver.Chrome()

main_window = driver.current_window_handle
for i in words:
    driver.get(link+"/"+str(i))
    try:
        content = driver.find_elements_by_xpath('//*[@id="entryContent"]/div[3]/div/div/div[1]/span/span[2]/span[1]/span[2]')
        print(content)
      # print(content.text)
    except:
        driver.close()
    driver.close()

A: As per the url to retrieve the link from the data-src-mp3 attribute you need to induce WebDriverWait and you can use the following line of code :
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC
# lines of code
content = WebDriverWait(driver, 20).until(EC.element_to_be_clickable((By.XPATH, "//span[@class='circle circle-btn sound audio_play_button uk']")))
print(content.get_attribute("data-src-mp3"))

Console Output :
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/media/english-polish/uk_pron/u/ukh/ukhun/ukhunch001.mp3

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Japanese Auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi Enters The Oscar Race with the Meditative and Mysterious 'Drive My Car' – Awardsdaily
Loss Fat January 14, 2022 11 min read
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the co-writer and director of Drive My Automotive, a frontrunner for Finest Worldwide Characteristic on the 2022 Oscars, joins Awards Day by day's Shadan Larki to debate the movie's themes, its development, and adapting the work of Haruki Murakami.
Tailored from a collection of tales featured in Haruki Murakami's assortment, "Males With out Ladies," Drive My Car, is the exploration of 1 man's life after the sudden demise of his spouse. Because the actor-turned-director Yusuke Kafuku [Hidetoshi Nishijima, giving a quiet, emotionally devastating performance.] returns to work, types a connection along with his younger driver [Tôko Miura] and is pressured to reexamine his marriage and his relationships with these round him.
The movie's three-hour runtime is more-than-earned, paced thoughtfully, and by no means wastes a body. If the important thing to good writing is to point out relatively than inform ,then director Ryusuke Hamaguchi and his co-writer Takamasa Oe have succeeded fantastically, delivering characters which can be full-fleshed and dealt with with compassion, each line of dialogue considerate and meticulously positioned.
Nothing about Drive My Automotive is heavy-handed, Hamaguchi peels again the layers of the drama slowly, permitting his viewers to envelop themselves within the thriller and kind deep emotional connections to that's happening on display screen. Drive My Automotive requires endurance, however the reward is revealing a poinent meditation that's nothing wanting masterful. And totally unforgettable.
Learn the complete interview with Drive My Automotive director Ryusuke Hamaguchi under:
Awards Day by day: Grief is a serious thematic component in Drive My Automotive. What are you able to inform me about your relationship to grief and what you needed to painting within the movie?
Ryusuke Hamaguchi: Grief is really common. I feel it ties to eager to dwell a greater life. Grief is one thing that may come to everybody. You're going to be shedding somebody you're keen on, or you have got the potential to lose somebody you're keen on. It's one thing that it's important to take care of and overcome, after which, in a way, dwell a greater life. That is one thing that occurs universally, and that is additionally one among my recurring themes. It's one thing that significantly resonates with this work.
AD: There's a quote from the movie that actually moved me and has stayed with me.
"Those that survive preserve excited about the lifeless, a technique or one other."
To me, this movie is sort of a ghost story and the lifeless function nearly a personality inside the story.
RH: This ghost story idea has been mentioned about a few of my different movies as effectively. And that is one thing that I discover a bit of unusual as a result of I've truly by no means made a movie involving a ghost aside from one brief movie. Principally, I simply take care of real-life individuals in real-life situations.
So, it's a bit of fascinating, or unusual, for me to have this ghost story connected to my work. I personally don't consider in ghosts in any respect. I imply, if ghosts have been right here, that will be good, however it's not one thing that I consider in.
I had an expertise when my grandfather handed away; my grandmother went over and simply type of caressed his cheek. I simply mentioned to myself, "if there have been ghosts nonetheless right here on this world, we wouldn't have to be unhappy as a result of they might be right here with us." That was one thing that I actually felt on the time.
However, once more, I do have a type of discomfort; it's just a bit bit unusual for me that folks say my work is sort of a ghost story. I simply assume that I'm coping with individuals who is not going to be coming again. That may simply be the way in which I see it.
AD: What function do you assume that these we've misplaced play in our lives? And the way does Drive My Automotive relate?
RH: When it comes to the affect that those that are now not with us exert, I feel this actually relies on what sort of relationships they'd whereas they have been dwelling. If they'd closure with individuals after they handed away—in the event that they talked, mentioned all of the issues they needed to say and had this closure, I feel that their results on those that are left behind are usually not as robust.
Whereas, in the event that they didn't discuss out every little thing, if there have been issues that have been leftover, I feel the impact could be longer on those that have been nonetheless dwelling.
That is actually the principle factor that I'm pondering. As a result of it's true that you just don't know when your quantity's up. I feel that you just wish to actually talk and be sure you're speaking with individuals as a lot as potential.
So, I feel this is usually a basic lesson utilized to individuals when you're dwelling.
AD: Drive My Automotive is fantastically paced with moments of pressure and quieter, meditative moments. Regardless of its three-hour runtime, the movie by no means drags or feels overly lengthy.
RH: Once we discuss three hours, after all, within the span of 1's lifetime, this can be a brief period of time. It could be the period of time the place we'd wish to get near discovering a solution. However there won't truly be a solution. So, it's in regards to the strategy of searching for a solution that you just won't truly obtain.
It's extra about going through what you're at present experiencing and exhibiting the method of the right way to discover the answer. I feel these are issues that the viewers can expertise and perceive. So, in that sense, I feel it's near how issues are in precise life.
AD: You're a director who's directing an actor [Hidetoshi Nishijima] who's enjoying a director. Was there something out of your private expertise as a director that you just put into these scenes? One thing you needed to point out in regards to the relationship between a director and his actors?
RH: When it comes to the unique work, he was an actor. However I believed being a director could be simpler as a result of I've a bit of bit extra expertise with that. Whereas, I don't with being an actor. So, when it comes to the story, it's not precisely one thing that's the identical as mine.
A commonality that now we have is when it comes to the road studying scenes that have been proven. This rehearsal course of is one thing that I actually consider results in higher performances. So, that was an enormous a part of why the added line studying classes of the rehearsals have been an enormous a part of the fabric.
AD: That's fascinating. Is there something from that line studying expertise that modified the way in which the movie got here to be?
RH: It's not one thing that will truly change the movie's content material. By means of the method of studying the traces collectively, you actually get to listen to the performers' voice and turn into acquainted with them. Because of this, you're in a position to actually confirm their situation.
If there's a sure line, or traces, that they appear uncomfortable with, or are getting caught on, that could be the impetus for me to both eliminate that line or change it. That's one thing that I truly did fairly typically.
AD: There are just a few particular scenes in Drive My Automotive that I wish to contact on. I'd like to begin with the opening scenes of the movie, which is that this couple in mattress being very intimate with each other. To me, these scenes inform us a lot in regards to the couple in a brief period of time. What was your method to showcasing that intimacy and relationship?
RH: As you say in your query, this scene is essential for constructing the connection with Oto, the spouse [Reika Kirishima]. Within the supply materials, there weren't many particulars relating to this relationship. I used to be decided to not use flashbacks or monologues within the movie. That was not going to be part of my M.O. It was actually necessary.
This scene, the intercourse scene, you referred to performs an enormous function in exhibiting the connection along with his spouse, what feelings he has in direction of her— the precise content material of that relationship. We're seeing them of their most intimate moments, and you would say that the knowledge just isn't plentiful. If something, I feel it's extra mysterious. It's not plenty of readability. Nonetheless, viewing this intimate intercourse scene between these two individuals, once more, we really feel like we actually know them. And however, it's that we actually don't know them.
And I feel this performs into the size of the movie. As we talked about, the three hours of this movie, it truly is a thriller all through—the place on the finish you would say you are feeling such as you actually do perceive the connection. And you would say, I actually don't perceive something in regards to the relationship.
It's truly nonetheless a thriller. I used this scene to recreate that feeling for the viewers.
AD: As you talked about this movie lacks monologues, however one other scene that's mild on dialogue however communicates a terrific deal in regards to the characters is the scene the place [Kafuku] goes to the seashore. It's very quiet, however you'll be able to see the connection and what he's feeling. How can you present us a lot with out explicitly telling us?
RH: I'm very grateful that you just felt that means about that scene. I recognize you saying that. There are two issues that I'd prefer to say about this. With reference to this scene, not many issues are essentially being proven. On the identical time, it actually prompts the viewers's creativeness when it comes to what's happening.
By this time, the viewers needs to be considerably invested within the characters, that means that they wish to know extra about them. They wish to hear them speaking extra, to the purpose that even when they're not saying as a lot, it appears like they're saying loads since you're so invested in these characters and also you wish to know what they're conveying.
[This scene] might be fairly shut to 2 hours in. By that time, the feelings or the sentiments in direction of these characters has already been constructed up by the viewers. That's why I feel it really works in that scene.
AD: I'm interested by your relationship with Murakami, his work, and your method to this adaptation.
RH: When it comes to the unique work that this got here from "[Men Without Women]," to start with, I cherished it after I learn it. I felt an affinity for its theme of getting two individuals deepen their relationship by way of having conversations in vehicles. That was one thing that match with me, and with themes that I've handled.
This got here from a brief story. So, to show it right into a characteristic, it was necessary to consider Murakami's themes and in addition his strategies. I truly included these issues and used them as a reference fairly strongly. I additionally used another brief tales from the gathering.
[I tried to] incorporate his means of telling a narrative. I feel that was a very huge issue for me. He typically incorporates the concept of two completely different worlds. That is one thing we see in his novel, "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the Finish of the World." Despite the fact that loads won't be mentioned in a single world, there's one other world that type of interprets what's occurring in that different world. So, one world helps to grasp this different world.
That is one thing that additionally performs out in Drive My Automotive. We've got Oto's story. That's type of a parallel story that's happening all through the movie. The development of that is a number of worlds which can be set inside the identical movie and so they're type of mutually translating one another.
I feel this development of the 2 worlds interacting with one another or translating one another, is one thing I realized from Murakami.
AD: What different tales from "Males With out Ladies" did you draw inspiration from for Drive My Automotive?
RH: It's truly two brief tales. One is "Scheherazad," that is the story of a girl who's telling tales whereas she was having intercourse. One other is "Kino." The primary character's identify is Kino, and he's additionally a person who's being cheated on by his spouse. Inside that story, the state that he's in a position to attain, or the locations in a position to attain within the story, is just like Kafuku's journey and the place he's in a position to get to.
AD: What classes have you ever realized within the course of of creating Drive My Automotive? And what do you hope audiences will take away from it?
RH: I feel plenty of it derives from [the film's] interplay with the assorted audiences that view it.
Once I make movies, I by no means assume, 'Im making this as a result of I would like the viewers to be taught one thing or to take one thing away from it.' That's probably not how I'm going into it. I consider it extra as us spending time collectively. And from that, the viewer can be taught extra about what sort of individual they're. And conversely, by individuals's reactions to the movie, I can be taught extra about what sort of movie it truly is.
It truly is about this encounter, or the assembly, between the viewers and the movie. And any type of feedback or suggestions they might have relating to the movie, whether or not it's optimistic or adverse.
I'm simply completely satisfied that individuals are responding to it. Merely, I might simply say my hope is that lots of people will see this movie. I hope that I've made one thing that they may get pleasure from.
Drive My Car is screening in choose theaters throughout the nation.
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Two oil tankers damaged in Gulf of Oman; one reports 'suspected attack'
PayPal co-founder among investors in Dubai start-up
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Gulf Air, Oman Air expand codeshare agreement
Oman Air extends Lufthansa codeshare deal in European push
Etihad Airways extends free Abu Dhabi stopover offer
Oman Air offers free stopover at luxury Muscat hotel
Following the success of its Business and First-class stopover offer, Oman Air has revealed another offer for all its passengers
Oman Air has announced a partnership with the Grand Millennium Muscat to offer passengers a free night's accomodation.
Following the success of the recently extended Business and First-class stopover offer, Oman Air has revealed another offer for all its passengers.
Passengers travelling from the Far East on their way to Europe, or vice-versa, can now leave the airport in Muscat to enjoy a complimentary 5-star night in the capital, as well as an opportunity to see the city and return to their travels the next day.
Visitors wanting to extend their stay can also avail attractive rates at the hotel, the airline said in a statement.
Richard Bodin, senior vice president of Oman Air Holidays said: "We are delighted with the success of our previous campaign, offering a free stopover option to our Premium guests. We are now broadening our offer to include all our passenger base and we are excited to partner with Grand Millennium Muscat for this campaign. We are confident that the hotel's impressive services will be tempting for our guests to return to the sultanate."
The Grand Millennium Muscat is centrally located in the business, government and diplomatic district 15 minutes away from the airport.
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This module provides primop compatibility shims for GHC 7.6 and GHC
7.8, as the Boolean primop interface changed.

# Getting started

It's just a `cabal install` away on [Hackage][]:

```bash
$ cabal install ghc-prim-compat
```

# Join in

Be sure to read the [contributing guidelines][contribute]. File bugs
in the GitHub [issue tracker][].

Master [git repository][gh]:

* `git clone https://github.com/thoughtpolice/ghc-prim-compat.git`

There's also a [BitBucket mirror][bb]:

* `git clone https://bitbucket.org/thoughtpolice/ghc-prim-compat.git`

# Authors

See [AUTHORS.txt](https://raw.github.com/thoughtpolice/ghc-prim-compat/master/AUTHORS.txt).

# License

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Q: SSIS Package Not Running as 32bit in SQL Server 2012 I have a package that I developed in VS2012 (using the SQL Data Tools component) which collects data from a DBF file using the VFPOLEDB provider, and puts it into a database on a SQL Server 2012 X64 server. The project containing the package has the DebugOption of Run64BitRuntime set to false. I have imported this package to the SSIS Package Store of a test and live server (identical setups). The VFPOLEDB provider is installed on both, and I can see in the registry of both machines that it's there for 32bit runtimes.
The package runs fine on the test machine, but fails on the live machine. The live instance of SQL does not appear to recognize the 32bit VFPOLEDB provider that is installed.
The only difference in the instances of SQL is that the live environment has an Integration Service Catalog set up, where as the test does not. Looking at the logs of the servers, when the live starts, it runs sp_ssis_startup, and then logs messages about unsafe assemblies being loaded in. This SP is not run on the test environment because there is no catalog.
The jobs I create have the flag set to use the 32bit runtime, but I can't help but feel that the SSIS Catalog is having an issue with the VFPOLEDB I am using, and not loading it.
I don't really know anything about the SSIS catalog, so is anyone able to suggest any direction I could move in?
Update:
Here is my job step configuration. The 32bit runtime flag is set.

Update #2:

*

*OLEDB provider is installed appropriately.

*The same version of the provider is installed on both machines.

*The OBDCAD32.exe shows the same versions of the VFPOLEDB provider. No DSNs are defined on either machine. My local machine does have DSNs defined, so I will try adding one in for dBASE files and see if that helps.

*In the process of trying this step now. I am looking for a way to use the dtexec tool without having it create the SSISDB catalog. Although I did remove the existing SSIS catalog and stopped sp_ssis_startup being executed on service startup. I saw no log entries about an unsafe assembly, but the job still failed with the same error as it always has. I will report back on 4 and possibly further ask for further guidance.

Update #3:
I have just checked and the test and live environments are not as identical as I had originally stated. The live server does not have the  32bit version of dtexec.exe (although I didn't think this would matter as TechNet says that jobs run with SQL Server Agent will always use the 64bit version. I think I used an x86 and i64 ISO to set up the test environment, but a 64bit only version for live. Changing this would require, I'd imagine, uninstalling the Integration Services shared component from the live box and reinstalling it with the dual iso.
I guess setting the "Use 32bit runtime" option only works if there is a 32bit version to use? That might explain things.

A: By default, everything will run in 64 bit on the servers. To change this behaviour, you need to indicate that the 32bit version of dtexec should be used. For the 2012 SSISDB, we have two easy ways of invoking our packages: SQL Agent and the catalog.start_execution method.
catalog.start_execution
For single serving package runs, you can find the package in the SSISDB catalog and right click on them to Execute...
In the resultant pop up dialog, you will need to go to the Advanced tab and check the 32-bit runtime box. This would be done on each run of the package.

Behind the scenes, the SQL that wizard generates would look like
DECLARE @execution_id bigint
EXEC [SSISDB].[catalog].[create_execution]
    @package_name = N'Package.dtsx'
,   @execution_id = @execution_id OUTPUT
,   @folder_name = N'POC'
,   @project_name = N'SSISConfigMixAndMatch'
,   @use32bitruntime = True
,   @reference_id = NULL
SELECT
    @execution_id
DECLARE @var0 smallint = 1
EXEC [SSISDB].[catalog].[set_execution_parameter_value]
    @execution_id
,   @object_type = 50
,   @parameter_name = N'LOGGING_LEVEL'
,   @parameter_value = @var0
EXEC [SSISDB].[catalog].[start_execution]
    @execution_id
GO

As you can see, the @use32bitruntime parameter is passed a value of True to indicate it should run in 32 space.
SQL Agent
For recurring package runs, we generally use a scheduling tool. To get to the 32bit setting for a package in agent, it's basically the same click path except you first need to click on the Configuration tab and then click on the Advanced tab to select 32-bit runtime

The job step definition would look something like
EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_add_jobstep
    @job_name = N'Do it'
,   @step_name = N'Run in 32bit'
,   @step_id = 1
,   @cmdexec_success_code = 0
,   @on_success_action = 1
,   @on_fail_action = 2
,   @retry_attempts = 0
,   @retry_interval = 0
,   @os_run_priority = 0
,   @subsystem = N'SSIS'
,   @command = N'/ISSERVER "\"\SSISDB\POC\SSISConfigMixAndMatch\Package.dtsx\"" /SERVER "\".\dev2014\"" /X86 /Par "\"$ServerOption::LOGGING_LEVEL(Int16)\"";1 /Par "\"$ServerOption::SYNCHRONIZED(Boolean)\"";True /CALLERINFO SQLAGENT /REPORTING E'
,   @database_name = N'master'
,   @flags = 0

You'll see that in the @command call, the wizard generates the /X86 call which is the special argument reserved for SQL Agent (check the BOL link in the beginning) to indicate whether the 32 or 64 bit version of dtexec should be used. A command line invocation would require us to explicitly use correct dtexec. By default, the 64 bit dtexec will be listed first in your PATH environment
64 bit dtexec locations

*

*C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

*C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

*C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

*C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

32 bit dtexec locations

*

*C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

*C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

*C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\110\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

*C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe

Further troubleshooting drivers
It runs on one server, doesn't on another.
Step 1 - verify you've installed the drivers. Silly, obvious but there have been many questions where people mistakenly thought deploying an SSIS package/.ispac would also deploy all the referenced assemblies. It's not nuget so no, all the prerequisites would need to be installed, and installed properly (seen people try to copy assemblies into the GAC instead of using the tool)
Step 2 - verify the driver installation matches across servers. Again, seems obvious but I've experienced pain, generally VS_NEEDSNEWMETADATA, on a point difference in driver version version 4.0.2.013 produced different results than 4.0.2.014
Step 3 - Ensure that any DSNs you have defined were defined in the correct space. This one bites people for a number of reasons. I think it wasn't until Server 2012 that you could only get to the 32bit version of odbcad32.exe (executable related to Administrative Tools -> Data Sources (ODBC)) was by finding it on the file system. All the more confusing is the executable is named odbcad32.exe regardless of whether it's in System32 or SysWOW64 and those two folders are for the 64 bit drivers and 32 bit drivers respectively. Yes, future readers, that is not a typo. The 64 version of applications are in System32, the 32 bit versions are in SysWOW64. It was a design decision intended to minimize impact.
On the test and live server, run C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe Find your FoxPro drivers and the related DSNs, are they as expected?
Step 4 - Weird permission check. Log on to both servers as a "normal" account and run the package from the command line. Repeat this step but execute it using Agent, with whatever proxy you may or may not have defined. If the first works but the latter fails, that usually indicates a permission issue. It could be that the SQL Server or Agent account can't access whatever folder the driver was installed to. It might be that said account needs the InteractWithDesktop permission or some other permission that is denied or not explicitly granted.

A: If you want to run a package from a 64-bit SQL Server Agent job in 32-bit mode, select a job step type o-->Operating system, and enter a command line or use a batch file that invokes the 32-bit version of dtexec.exe
Command: CD "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\"
DTExec.exe /f "C:\Download\Root\SQL Package.dtsx"
or Command:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DTS\Binn\DTExec.exe" /FILE
"C:\Download\Root\SQL Package.dtsx" /MAXCONCURRENT " -1
" /CHECKPOINTING OFF /REPORTING V /CONSOLELOG NCOSGXMT
Note: I was using SQL 2014 64 bit version.


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HOUSTON WILD HOCKEY CLUB
About the Houston Wild
Houston Junior Aeros Hockey Association, Inc.
info@houstonwildhockey.com
www.houstonwildhockey.com
History and Mission Statement
The Houston Junior Aeros Hockey Association, Inc. (the "HJAHA") was formed in the 1970's (with our current legal entity being established in 1988) as a 501(c) non-profit organization with the straightforward philosophy to "provide a forum to promote and develop youth ice hockey in Houston" and is governed by a set of Bylaws as well as rules, policies, and guidelines that are managed by a volunteer Board of Directors with the mission to:
Develop character, sportsmanship, and physical fitness among the youth
Promote, encourage, and improve the standard of amateur ice hockey
Associate with other ice hockey associations
Conduct an amateur ice hockey program consistent with the rules and regulations of the Texas Amateur Hockey Association ("TAHA") and
USA Hockey, Inc. ("USAH").
The Houston Wild Hockey Club (the "Wild") was formed in 2001 under a USAH affiliate identity, separate from the HJAHA, in efforts to combine the top talent from the then local hockey organizations to create Tier II/AA teams at the 14U, 16U, and 18U age groups. Several years ago, the white and light/dark blue colors, jerseys and HJAHA name were retired in favor of a unified red/green/gold look within the Wild organization.
2019 HJAHA ByLaws
2019-20 ANNUAL MEETING
Annual Meeting Agenda & Presentation
The Wild is a true citywide organization with teams comprised of players who reside from all four corners of the Houston area: from League City to The Woodlands to College Station to Richmond/Rosenberg.
Much like any other youth sports organization, the Wild is volunteer-based and has a terrific group of Board members, coaches, and team managers, and other volunteers who spend countless hours to provide our players the opportunity to play hockey and help the season run as smoothly as possible. It truly takes a group of individuals with an incredible passion for hockey to make youth hockey possible. There are a number of volunteer opportunities to fill upon completion of tryouts; should you be willing/available to share your time and talents with the organization, please reach out to president@houstonwildhockey.com.
Our Board of Directors includes individuals who also are very involved with USAH at each of the League, State, Regional, and National level, and the Wild is a highly regarded and respected member of both the Texas hockey community and USAH.
Visit HERE to view current Board of Directors.
Visit HERE to view current Support Personnel.
Houston Wild Teams - 2018-19
In the 2018-19 season, the Wild sponsored a total of nine (9) teams separated into five (5) different age divisions ranging from '09 birth year players at the 10U age division to '00 birth year players at the 18U age division. Almost 160 players were placed on rosters this past season:
10U A ('08-'09)
10U AA (08-'09) – DSTHL Playoff Finalist
12U A ('06-'07)
12U AA ('06-'07) – DSTHL Playoff Participant
14U A ('04-'05) – DSTHL Playoff Participant
14U AA (Tier II) ('04-'05) – Texas Tier II 18U State Tournament Participant
16U A ('02-'03)
16U AA (Tier II) ('02-'03)
18U AA (Tier II) ('00-'01) – Texas Tier II 18U State Tournament Participant
HOUSTON WILD MERGES WITH HOUSTON HURRICANES - 2019-20
In the spring of 2019, the Wild merged with the Houston Hurricanes, the travel contingent of the Bay Area Hounds Hockey Association. #BETTERTOGETHER
The 2019-20 season will see a total of eleven (11) Wild teams separated into five (5) age divisions ranging from '10 birth year players at the 10U age division to '01 birth year players at the 18U age division. Almost 200 players are named on Wild rosters this season:
10U ('09-'10)
A2* – Griffin
A1* – Wright
AA – House
(*participates at DSTHL A level)
12U AA ('07-'08)
A2* – Calder
A1* – Bootland
AA – Murphy
14U ('05-'06)
A2* – Heiser/Grubb
A1 (Tier II) – Bowen
AA (Tier II) – Labrosse-Gelinas
AA (Tier II) – Reynolds
AA (Tier II) - Wallnutt
Wild teams practice 3-4 times per week, depending on the age division and skill level. In the past, we have not practiced on Mondays or Fridays due to travel weekend schedules. Wild practices may be half ice, full ice, or buckle practices (one half hour of full ice/one half hour of half ice), depending on ice availability and coach preference. Practices generally start about mid August and run through the beginning of March.
With the Wild being a truly citywide organization, with players from four far corners of the Houston area, it goes without saying that the Wild organization supports several ice rinks in the Houston area. The rinks our Wild families frequent and call home for practices and league games are:
Bellerive Ice Center
(Willowbrook) Aerodrome Ice Skating Complex
Sugar Land Ice & Sports Center
Ice Skate Memorial City
Dallas Stars Travel Hockey League (DSTHL)
Click on image to access DSTHL website.
The Wild is proud to be one of four Charter Members of the Dallas Stars Travel Hockey League ("DSTHL") (successor to the North Texas Hockey League "NTXHL"), which was formed in 2012 with the full support and backing of the Dallas Stars NHL club. The DSTHL coordinates travel league play for many TAHA-sanctioned organizations. A Wild representative (currently, the Wild Secretary) sits on the Executive Board of the DSTHL. The DSTHL will be in its eighth year of operation in 2019-20, working towards its goal of improving the competitiveness of TX/OK teams and having players and teams compete at the appropriate levels – basically, righting the hockey pyramid in Texas.
In 2019-20, the DSTHL has 85 teams with thirty-two (32) of those teams being non-DFW teams; Member Organizations include:
Amarillo Jr. Bulls
Dallas Penguins
McKinney North Stars
Oklahoma City Oil Kings
Odessa Jr. Jackalopes
San Antonio Jr. Rampage
Texas Jr. Brahmas
Texas Jr. Stars (Austin)
Texas Tigers
Texas Warriors
Tulsa Jr. Oilers
Wild teams travel approximately every third week to one of Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin for league games, and those DSTHL teams, in turn, travel to Houston for Wild host/home games. The Wild teams typically meet in Dallas with teams such as Oklahoma City, Odessa, Amarillo, and Tulsa.
The DSTHL season starts with every DSTHL team's participation in the Texas Shootout (Labor Day) Tournament. Thereafter, the teams are seeded into skill levels according to the tournament scores. The two weeks following Labor Day are typically dedicated to subsequent match ups to provide support to the leveling process.
Mid-September, a representative from each DSTHL team gathers in Dallas at the DSTHL Scheduling Meeting to build a schedule for approximately twenty (20) league games to be played between approximately late September and mid/late February/President's Day weekend. Historically, the last weekend in February and first weekend in March are dedicated to playoff games.
HOCKEY SHIFT
Click on above image to view 2018-19 and current DSTHL stats, schedules, and standings.
DSTHL league stats, schedules, and standings for the 2012-13 to 2017-18 seasons may be found on Pointstreak.
The DSTHL moved to HockeyShift effective the 2018-19 season; current stats, schedules, and standings may be accessed on HockeyShift by clicking on the adjacent image.
AA v. A1/A2 OR B & TIER II v. HOUSE/REC
AA v. A1/A2 or B - In accordance with the Wild's participation as a Charter Member of the DSTHL, the top Wild team at each age division will be granted the opportunity to level into the AA bracket of each age division. Each of the Wild's subsequent teams at each age division will participate at a level TBD upon the Labor Day Weekend leveling process being finalized.
Tier II v. House/Rec - USAH recognizes only three types of team rosters: Tier I, Tier II, and House/Rec. Tier I and Tier II teams are applicable to teams at the 14U, 16U, and 18U age divisions and are eligible to participate in the TAHA State Tournament with the goal of advancing to the USAH Nationals Tournament at those respective levels. Regardless of letter designation (AA or A1/A2, etc.), 10U and 12U teams are House/Rec teams, as well as those 14U, 16U, and 18U teams (generally) that are not State/National-bound teams. House/Rec rostered teams are not eligible to participate at the State/National levels.
In the past nine (9) years alone, the Wild has won four TAHA State Championships and has sent seven (7) teams to Tier II Nationals with two (2) of those teams earning bronze medals.
SPRING CLINICS
Each Spring, the Wild hosts a Spring Development Clinic for all age divisions and which is open to both in-house and travel players. Note, however, that the Wild has historically implemented a tiered registration process wherein Wild players have a brief window of opportunity for first-come/early registration.
Watch the Wild website in early Spring 2020 for exciting details of next year's Wild Spring Development Clinics. In the meantime, complete details of last season's spring clinics may be found HERE.
TAHA and the DSTHL have established respective tryout policies to ensure tryout schedules that allow players both the opportunity and option to try out for a desired level or team and with a distinct separation between that level and the subsequent level [eg: Tier I~AAA tryouts take place before Tier II~AA tryouts that take place before House Rec~A/B tryouts].
The Wild's tryouts are held in accordance with TAHA- and DSTHL-mandated dates, which dates are typically available in mid-March of year and held in mid-late June.
Visit the 2019-20 Tryout page on the Wild website for complete details - CLICK HERE.
DSTHL Roster Numbers
Wild teams will typically roster 11-20 players (including two (2) goalies wherever possible), depending on the age division, birth year numbers, and appropriate skill level, and in accordance with the DSTHL minimum roster requirements as follows:
10U 10 skaters + 1 goalie
Player Registration Fees
Houston Wild Player fees are typically in the range of $3,000 per season and do not include travel costs or non-parent coach expenses. Anticipated team-specific fees will be published at least two (2) weeks prior to tryouts each year.
The actual 2019-20 player registration fees may be accessed on the above-referenced 2019-20 Houston Wild Tryouts page on the Wild website.
Each season, the Board of Directors makes provision for a limited number of opportunities for financial assistance, which is intended for those players/families who may not, otherwise, be able to meet the financial demands of travel hockey.
The Board of Directors' selection of a player eligible for such assistance is based on the requested information, requirements, and other considerations as specifically set forth in the adjacent Financial Assistance Application.
Financial Assistance Application 2020-21
Click on image to access USA Hockey home page.
Texas Amateur Hockey Association
Click on image to access TAHA home page.
Dallas Stars Travel Hockey League
Click on image to access DSTHL home page.
More information regarding all of the above, or becoming a travel hockey player, may be found throughout the Houston Wild website.
If you have other questions or would like further information, please reach out to:
Laura Dumas
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Q: O que está errado meu programa para não estar a dar o output do objeto da estrutura? #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <locale.h>
#include <string.h>
#define MAX 30
#define N_DISCIPLINAS 5
#define N_CHARDISCIPLINAS 30
/* run this program using the console pauser or add your own getch, system("pause") or input loop */

typedef struct
{
    char nome[MAX];
    int nAluno;
    char disciplinas[N_DISCIPLINAS][N_CHARDISCIPLINAS];
}Estudante;

void mostraAluno(Estudante *aluno);

//MAIN
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "Portuguese");
    Estudante *aluno1;
    aluno1 = malloc(sizeof(Estudante));
    strcpy(aluno1->nome, "Tomás Oom");
    aluno1->nAluno = 11092719;
    strcpy(aluno1->disciplinas[0], "Matemática");
    strcpy(aluno1->disciplinas[1], "Ética");
    strcpy(aluno1->disciplinas[2], "HCP");
    strcpy(aluno1->disciplinas[3], "Programação Avançada");
    strcpy(aluno1->disciplinas[4], "Redes e Comunicações");

    mostraAluno(&aluno1);

    return 0;
}

void mostraAluno(Estudante *aluno)
{
    int i;
    aluno = malloc(sizeof(Estudante));
    printf("ALUNO:\n");
    printf("Nome: %s", aluno->nome);
    printf("\n NºAluno: %d", aluno->nAluno);
    printf("\nDisciplinas:\n");
    for(i = 0; i<N_DISCIPLINAS; i++)
    {
        printf("\t %s", aluno->disciplinas[i]);
    }
}

A: Boa noite!
Há basicamente dois erros no seu código. O primeiro é na hora de passar a estrutura como argumento na função. Observe:
// Sua função pede um endereço de uma struct
void mostraAluno(Estudante *aluno);

Quando você cria o ponteiro e aloca memória, Estudante *aluno1; e aluno1 = malloc(sizeof(Estudante));, então aluno1 aponta para um endereço de uma estrutura, sendo assim não é preciso o & como argumento. Basta colocar:
// Aqui está correto
mostraAluno(aluno1);

// Aqui está errado
// Ao fazer isso, você está passando o endereço
// do ponteiro que aponta para a estrutura e não o endereço
// da estrutura
mostraAluno(&aluno1);

O segundo erro é fazer outro malloc no seu programa. Repare que aluno já está apontando para uma estrutura e quando você faz aluno = malloc(sizeof(Estudante));, o aluno para de apontar para essa estrutura e passa a apontar para uma outra que você acabou de criar. Basta remover aluno = malloc(sizeof(Estudante)); para corrigir esse problema.


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Q: Poisson problem, green's function I'm stuck at a Poisson integral problem and need some guidance.
Assume that the Poisson integral is known as $$\int\int_S P(r,r')u_0(r')dr'$$ and gives the solution to the boundary value problems $\Delta u(r)=0$ for |r|<1 and $u=u_0$ for |r|=1
and is harmonic in the ball $B=\{r\in \mathbb R^3:|r|<1\}$ and continuous up to the border $S=\{r\in \mathbb R^3 : |r|=1\}$
Show that $$\min_{r'\in S}u(r')\le u(r) \le\max_{r'\in S}u(r')$$
for all $r\in B$.
Appreciate any help.
Edit:
Got a hint from another source, but I still don't really understand how to solve it.
"For the first difference you can proceed from the obvious difference that $$\min_{r'\in S}u(r')\le u(r)$$ for all $r \in S$"


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Stallions quarterback Ezra Harris threw five touchdown passes and recorded 345 passing yards, good enough for nearly twice as many yards in the air than Stansbury's first two games combined. Harris and running back Mateaki Helu also dominated on the ground, as Harris rushed for 134 yards and Helu put up 174.
The win brings Stansbury's record to 3-0 ahead of next week's matchup with Uintah in Vernal on Sept. 2 at 7 p.m.


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Why You must save democracy
by Oren Weinrib
Email: pliny2k (nospam) yahoo.com	 15 Sep 2001
The Congress has given the White House a green light to basically start a war with whomever it sees fit. So doing, they undercut the Constitutional protections put in place because war is a grave and deadly enterprise. Such a decision requires public debate, but their decision was given less thought than farm subsidies.
Why YOU need to save democracy
On Friday, the Senate approved a revised form of legislation proposed by the White House two days earlier. It resolves "That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001..."
In so doing, Congress effectively yielded to President Bush the authority to wage war against whatever foreign nations he deems appropriate. Yet when the framers of the Constitution entrusted Congress with the authority to declare war, that responsibility was not given lightly. War is a catastrophic undertaking that inevitably results in the deaths of thousands or even millions of innocent civilians; we know now, more than ever, what the death of innocent civilians means. The discretion to so commit the destructive fury of this nation should never be entrusted to one person, duly elected or not.
Equally troubling is the resolution's presumption that force is the best and only way to reduce the threat of terrorism. Even the most autocratic regimes, which use force indiscriminately, have long suffered from terrorism and violence. Take for example Egypt and Algeria, Arab states in which thousands upon thousands have died due to struggles between the autocratic government and fundamentalist Islamic groups.
There is no shortage of examples that violence feeds upon itself. Israel has eliminated key Palestinian militants and struck with violent force at the Palestinian Authority. This has not brought an end to the suicide bombings and roadside shootings.
Is this cycle of violence President Bush's vision for America?
The White House has become locked into a dangerously one-tracked line of thinking. This is revealed most clearly by the resolution that it originally proposed to Congress. Clause "b" requested "the authority to use all necessary and appropriate force to deter and prevent any future acts of terrorism against the United States."
What force might President Bush have deemed necessary to prevent such acts? The permanent military occupation of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya? Is Vietnam so soon forgot? That President Bush would even ask for such unbridled authority reveals a dangerous disregard for democracy. He may as well have added a clause "c) suspend the Constitution and give yourselves some hard-earned time off."
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said the Bush administration was seeking the legislation "as a real show of unity by the United States Congress." Since when is "a real show of unity" the hallmark of a democratic state? Shows of unity are a characteristic of dictatorship (ala show trials and elections for show). The strength of democracy is discourse and dissent. If there were open contention about the appropriate use of force and the best course of action, and that contention was resolved through democratic debate, would that not reveal the underlying strength of democracy and our nation?
The complicity in recent history between the Congress and the executive to engage in de facto wars without formal declarations is an undemocratic means of sheltering momentous decisions from public debate. How much time was spent discussing less critical issues such as school vouchers? How many experts were called to testify on farm subsidies? How long did it take the Senate to abrogate its Constitutional and moral duty today?
We stand at a treacherous juncture. We are faced with a problem that should be investigated with all the ingenuity of the American people. We can throw open the doors of the Congress and examine the US's role in the world. We could explore how to reduce violence worldwide. US trade policy helps perpetuate a vast economic divide between the North and South. Does this sow the seeds of fundamentalism? The US is the largest exporter of arms and weaponry in the world and blocked international restrictions on the small arms trade. Does this increase peace and security?
Perhaps addressing these questions would reveal nonviolent ways to erode the popular support that makes terrorist networks possible. Perhaps we would conclude that military action was necessary. How much courage is required to send other people's children to war? How much courage is required to tell one's angry and grieving constituents, "We shall seek justice and peace, but not revenge." War is not the only answer, yet there stands President Bush, eager to take the reins that were so quickly handed him and lead us down a dark and bloody path. If we allow him to proceed, the terrorists will be the only true victors.
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You've been asked to speak up before, but we are now on the brink of very dark times. Calling your senators and congressperson, and firing a short e-mail off to the president takes all of 15 minutes. I know, I did it
this morning. Mailing an actual letter can be even more effective. It's only a first step, but it's a damn easy one. Who knows, the life you save may be your own.
To find your representative: http://www.house.gov/writerep/
To find your senator: http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
The White House: president (at) whitehouse.gov
vice.president (at) whitehouse.gov


Song of Solomon 2:9 (NKJV) My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Every day you have so many choices and issues that you can get involved in. However, you only have a very few shots at really making a difference. Many people make so much noise about little things that they destroy any chance of making a difference about the things that really matters.
Remember, if you shoot rabbits, you'll never see a stag.
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