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The Suggestion Box should be made available to potential customers of PC.

(I hope this isn't too much of a rant.)   For the sake of transparency, this Suggestion Box should be available to potential customers of PC. If we had been given this resource when making our decision about this software, I'm not sure if we would have come to the same conclusion. But of course, that wouldn't be exactly exciting for the sales folk. There are so many questions that I didn't even know needed to be asked during the evaluation process and from the "Suggestions" and comments herein, it appears that I am not the only one. So many features we had in American Contractor (and other software) are absent from PC and I just don't understand why when their value is so obvious to the users.

  • Bob Arnett
  • Sep 1 2016
  • Not Applicable
Company Whitson Inc.
Job Title / Role CFO/Data Manager
  • Jan 24, 2017

    Admin response

    In response to the need for a place to ask questions and get answers - the Viewpoint Community Answers forum was launched in December.   The December newsletter contained information about access.  I have included some additional information here.

    ClearView Community Answers is a new forum enabling peer-to-peer knowledge sharing between you, the users of Viewpoint software solutions. Ask questions. Answer questions. Share your expertise and discuss best practices with your Viewpoint user peers. Community Answers also enables Viewpoint users to share information around third party products, customization, tips and tricks, and unique usage scenarios.

    The new Community Answers forum can be accessed from the following locations on ClearView:

    • Learning & Support
      • Go to the Learning & Support menu on ClearView and select Community Answers. This will take you to the Community Answers homepage, where you can access any of the Community Answers forum topics, view the FAQ, and reference the forum rules of conduct.
    • Products
      • Go to the Products menu on Clearview, select the desired product from the drop-down menu and then select the Community Answers option from the fly-out menu. Forums are currently available for Vista and ProContractor, with more products being added over the following months.
    • Additionally, from within any of the product-specific forums, you can select the See All Community Answers Topics » link to return to the Community Answers homepage.
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  • Kyle Connolly commented
    September 08, 2017 12:50

    I am beyond disappointed my company was sold on this software. 

  • Kandy McNamara commented
    July 12, 2017 16:36

    If I knew what I know now.....I would never recommend PCMX. 

  • Ryan Leech commented
    January 24, 2017 16:05

    We just signed up and started the training. We are a Canadian Trade Contractor who previously worked in the Vista package. When I was in the sales pitch mode I asked repeatedly for Trade contractor references and was never given any. I can now understand why. The system does look promising and we signed for multiple years so are hoping the service delivers on what was promised. Current disappointments are single prospect for bids (we are a trade contractor and bid to multiple GC's on bid day), no real forecasting module that allows our PM's to monthly adjust the cost to complete without creating internal CO's, system looks comprehensive but the suggestion box tells me I will be disappointed.  

  • Michael Lerner commented
    November 10, 2016 15:40

    Clearly this will NEVER happen!

  • Janice Obrien commented
    September 22, 2016 20:31

    I just created a Facebook page - "Procontractor User Help" 

    I hope its ok to use the Procontractor name - if not I can change it to something else.

  • Gayle Brinkley commented
    September 22, 2016 20:19

    I agree, had we know then what we know now we WOULD NOT have purchased this software.  I also agree that it would be great to have the ability to ask other users directly how they have solved questions we have for making life simpler.  If anyone starts a group that where we can all help each other, please let me know.

  • Mel Wright commented
    September 02, 2016 10:49

    I know that given the information that we now have about the software we would most likely be using something different or at the least still be looking.

  • Janice Obrien commented
    September 01, 2016 22:10

    I agree, I'd also like to have a place to communicate with other users to learn tips & tricks. I think a lot of our minor problems could be answered by other users. I feel like we should start a Facebook group so we can all communicate, ask questions, rant etc! (even though I don't like facebook)

Dear Viewpoint Suggestion Box contributor;

We at Viewpoint sincerely thank you for your contribution to Suggestion Box on how we can improve Viewpoint products. While we can’t do everything at once, we rely upon your feedback to help guide the prioritization of our product improvements, and Suggestion Box is a critical tool for us to understand and prioritize our customers’ needs. Viewpoint reviews Suggestion Box regularly for all of our products and updates statuses, adds comments, and performs various house-keeping (including deleting) as needed to ensure that Suggestion Box is maintained as a productive environment for product enhancements requests.

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