Sage 7.3 CRM User Guide
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Sage CRM
Sage CRM 7.3
User Guide
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Contents
Chapter 3: Finding information
Chapter 4: Adding customer information
Pop Out List or Menu Button with Context Area
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Adding a person without a company link
Reassigning a person to a company
Deleting company or person records
Chapter 5: Appointments and tasks
Communication fields and icons
Scheduling unlinked communications
Scheduling a quick appointment or task
Changing the status of a communication
Reassigning an existing task to a colleague
Scheduling a task for a colleague
Checking a colleague’s calendar
Inviting external attendees to a meeting
Setting a default email template
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Using Microsoft Outlook to send emails
Filing inbound and outbound emails
Chapter 7: Exchange Integration
Getting Started with Exchange Integration
Reviewing Exchange Integration Logs
Installing the Outlook Plug-in for Exchange Integration
Working with the Outlook Plug-in for Exchange Integration
Chapter 8: Classic Outlook integration
Downloading the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
Setting up Exchange to work with Office 365
Using CRM from within Outlook (Classic Outlook integration)
Synchronizing contacts (Classic Outlook integration)
Adding contacts: CRM to Outlook (Classic Outlook integration)
Adding Contacts: Outlook to CRM (Classic Outlook integration)
Changing and deleting contacts (Classic Outlook integration)
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Viewing Detailed Contact Information from Outlook (Classic Outlook integration)
Synchronizing appointments and tasks (Classic Outlook integration)
Reviewing synchronization conflicts (Classic Outlook integration)
Reviewing skipped items (Classic Outlook integration)
Attaching shared documents to Outlook emails (Classic Outlook integration)
Filing emails from Outlook to CRM (Classic Outlook integration)
Reinstalling the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
Uninstalling the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
Creating a new template and adding merge fields
Creating a quote or order template
Creating a new template in Microsoft Word
Uploading a Word document template
Tracking documents on the Documents tab
Retrieving a merged document from the Documents tab
Adding a document to the Documents tab
Linking email correspondence to a customer
Dropping a document onto the Documents tab
Changing report display options
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Interacting with report charts
Chapter 11: Working with lists
Chapter 12: Sales opportunities
Adding products to an opportunity
Generating a quick quote or order
Sending a quick quote or order
Manually progressing opportunities
Viewing the opportunities pipeline
Creating an opportunity from other contexts
Creating quotes and orders outside the opportunity context
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Creating a forecast for yourself
Viewing past submitted forecasts
Working with your team's forecasts
Administrator access to forecasts
Searching for an existing lead
Matching a lead to an existing company
Converting a lead to an opportunity
Chapter 15: Outbound call handling
Introduction to outbound call handling
Outbound call handling buttons
Creating a group from the Groups tab
Creating a group from the Wave Activities tab
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Creating a group based on a primary entity search
Adding a primary entity record to a static group
Adding multiple records to a group
Adding multiple records to a group using Find/Saved Search
Adding multiple records to a group using Advanced Find
Adding the records of a group to another group
Performing a mass update on a group
How group information is stored
Key attribute data generated by groups
Adding group list information to a tab
Sending E-marketing emails to groups
Chapter 17: Campaign management
Adhering to anti-spam regulation
Campaign, wave and wave activity fields
Campaign wave activity action types
Performing an internal mail merge
Scheduling an internal telesales activity
Creating a new group based on responses to follow-up calls
Setting up outbound call handling
Reporting on opportunities generated through campaigns
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Setting up an E-marketing campaign
Setting up a drip marketing campaign
Creating a Drip Marketing E-mail
Creating a Drip Marketing Call List
Editing E-marketing E-mail Templates
Analyzing E-marketing Campaigns
Working with the E-marketing User Profile Tab
Chapter 18: MailChimp campaigns
Adhering to anti-spam regulation
Adding contacts to a MailChimp list
Viewing MailChimp campaign results
Assigning a case to a colleague
Adding a solution to the solutions knowledge base
Determining which cases you're working on
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Adding a new solution from a case
Chapter 21: Interactive dashboard
What is the classic dashboard?
Setting up a new classic dashboard
Changing content directly from the classic dashboard page
Editing classic dashboard details
Modifying classic dashboard content
Adding saved searches to a classic dashboard
Adding favorite reports to a classic dashboard
Adding report charts to a classic dashboard
Setting up a classic company dashboard
Modifying the content of the classic company dashboard
Introduction to writing reports
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Creating and managing a report category
Moving a report to a different category
Creating a cross tabular report
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Chapter 1: About this guide
This guide is for Sage CRM end users.
We assume that you're familiar with the use of a Web browser.
How this guide is organized
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Step-by-step examples to give you hands-on practice of each section.
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Tables to explain the meaning of fields.
The tables below give a summary of each chapter.
Part I: Basics
This part is for all users. basic navigation is covered in this section.
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Getting Started
Description
Logging on and basic navigation.
Part II: Contact Management
This part is for all users. basic contact management is covered in this section.
Chapter Description
Finding Information Searching for different types of information, change your search criteria, and work more effectively with large amounts of data.
Adding Customer Information Building a customer profile, and how to update and keep customer information current.
Appointments and Tasks
Exchange Integration
Classic Outlook integration
Managing Documents
How to manage your calendar, schedule meetings, and set reminders.
How to send and reply to emails from CRM, and make use of email templates.
Working with Sage CRM Exchange Server Integration, and installing the Outlook plug-in.
How to work with Classic Outlook integration including synchronizing contacts, tasks, and appointments.
How to merge customer data with documents for printing, faxing, or emailing.
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Running Reports
Working with Lists
Description
How to run list, cross tabular, historical, and summary reports.
How to carry out actions, such as mail merges, on search lists, saved searches, and the Contacts lists.
Part III: Sales
This part is for sales users.
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Sales Opportunities
Sales Forecasting
Description
How to take a qualified lead through to a done deal.
How to create and submit a sales forecast.
Part IV: Marketing
This part is for marketing users.
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Leads
Outbound Call Handling
Groups
Campaign Management
MailChimp Campaigns
Description
Handling unqualified prospect information.
How to work through an outbound call list.
How to set up and manage groups.
How to manage and track marketing campaign activity.
How to create a MailChimp campaign and view campaign statistics.
Part V: Customer Service
This part is for customer service users.
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Cases
Knowledge Base
Description
How to take a customer service issue from logged through to resolution, and working with Service Level
Agreements.
How to create and publish Solutions to build up your knowledge base.
Part VI: Tools
This part looks at tools you can use to customize your work area. It also shows users with Info
Manager Reporting rights how to create new reports.
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Interactive Dashboard
Classic Dashboard
Preferences
Writing Reports
Description
How to set up interactive dashboards and add gadgets.
Setting up customized classic dashboard pages to reflect the way you work.
Customizing the way you see information in the system.
How to create and customize reports.
Introduction to CRM
CRM is a single source for all your customer management needs.
The system helps integrate marketing, sales, customer service, and customer information tools together in an entirely Web-based package. Why is that so valuable?
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Someone takes a phone call for a representative in a different department and forgets to tell them. Result? A lost opportunity.
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Your desk is littered with sticky notes reminding you to do things, but what do you have to do today?
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Sales and customer service both work with the same customers, but use separate systems— or none at all. No one has a clear idea what has been happening with that customer recently.
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Different sales teams are pursuing different agendas, so you can't see what is in the pipeline.
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A customer phones up, irate that his simple query hasn't been answered yet. But that should have been dealt with.
CRM can bring it all together.
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Browse Customer Information
Contact Management: l
Find customer information fast.
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Focus on the information most relevant to the work you're doing right now.
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Create and update customer information.
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Create unlimited notes for special detail.
Manage your Time
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Schedule reminders and appointments.
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Assign, re-assign, and delegate activities.
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Plan your workload and view your history of actions.
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Manage your personal schedule.
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Manage team workloads.
Tools at your Fingertips
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Create letters, emails, and proposals using standard templates. l
Store all documents as part of shared customer history.
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Attach documents to communications.
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Send emails and attachments using standard mail protocols.
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Record your communication tasks.
Qualify Leads
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Record and qualify raw lead data.
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Use outbound call lists to work on multiple campaigns.
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Generate leads from a telephone-based follow-up campaign.
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Report on the success of a campaign.
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Clinch a Deal
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Track opportunities as they move through the sales cycle.
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Record and maintain a history of all progress updates.
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Assign opportunities and tasks to colleagues for team selling.
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Maintain a communication history for each sales opportunity.
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Report and analyze sales progress, forecasts, and lists.
Produce Professional Reports
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Produce account lists and pipeline overviews.
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List customer cases.
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Analyze performance and forecasts.
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Monitor campaign success.
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Run standard reports from your Web browser.
Provide Customer Service
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Track customer service issues as they progress through to resolution.
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Monitor Service Level Agreement adherence.
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Publishing solutions and performing key word searches on a solutions database.
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Escalate overdue cases.
Personalize your System
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Set up personalized dashboards.
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Change the look and feel of the user interface.
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Switch between your top five hot prospects.
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Maintain an overview of your high priority customer service issues.
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Set your own time zone and currency preferences.
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Logging on
1. Open your Web browser.
2. Enter the URL provided by your System Administrator. This typically looks like: http://yourserver/yourapp
3. Enter the User Name and Password provided by your System Administrator.
4. Click Log On. Depending on your system configuration and user preference settings, Sage
CRM opens on your default starting screen. For example, your Calendar.
Changing your password
To change your password from the Logon page:
1. Select the Change Password check box.
2. Type your old password in the Old Password field.
3. Type the new one in the New Password and Confirm Password fields.
4. Click Log On .
To change your password once you're logged in:
1. Click My CRM | Preferences, then Change Password.
2. Enter your old password in Old Password and enter your new password in New Password and Confirm Password.
3. Click Save.
Your System Administrator will inform you of the rules you need to follow when specifying a new password, for example how many and what types of characters you need to include in the password.
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Resetting your password
If you've forgotten your password and cannot log on, contact your System Administrator who will reset it for you.
Logging off
To log off, click Log Off.
You're automatically logged off if you close the browser or navigate to another site from the Sage
CRM window.
Basic screen elements
The basic screen elements in Sage CRM are:
Context area
The Context Area displays a summary of the information you're currently focused on. For example, when you're in the context of a person, all the information displayed in the Tabs and Panels below the context area relates to this person.
You can quickly move from the context area of a person to the company they work for, by clicking the Company link within the context area.
Panel
A screen can be divided into a number of panels. Each panel groups related information for easier viewing. For example, the Login and Session Preferences panel on the Preferences screen groups
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Action buttons
Use Action buttons to edit your data. For example, to add new addresses, alter contact information, or progress sales opportunities. The Action buttons that are displayed on a screen depend on the context you're in.
Menu buttons
You can move from one area to the other with the Menu buttons. The Menu buttons available to you remain the same regardless of the company or person or any other context you're working in.
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Click Find to search for a company, person, case, opportunity, lead, quote, order, communication, solution, or to perform an advanced find or keyword searcha logical search.
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Click New to create a new company, person, solution, case, opportunity, lead, quote, order, appointment, task, email, or document.
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Click My CRM to display a series of tabs with information relating to your work in progress.
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Click Team CRM to view your team's activities.
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Click Marketing to set up new marketing campaigns.
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Click My CRM | Reports to run reports on customer information.
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Click Log Off to exit the system.
The number of menu buttons you can see is set up by your System Administrator in your user profile.
Recent list
Use the Recent list to quickly find and return to the record you were most recently dealing with.
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To display the Recent list, click or hover over Recent on the top left-hand corner of your screen. You can define how to open the list from My CRM | Preferences.
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Company, Person, Opportunity, Quote, Order, Lead, Case, Solution, Campaign, and Group records are saved in the Recent list.
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Click a record name to open it in the main area of Sage CRM.
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To resize the number of records in your Recent list, contact your System Administrator. The default maximum size is 40 records.
As well as returning to a specific record, selecting one of the Recent list heading icons returns you to the corresponding Find screen. For example, click the Person heading icon to display the Person
Find screen. Click the Groups heading to go to My CRM | Groups.
Menu button pop out lists
Right-clicking or hovering over the menu buttons gives you access to shortcut pop out lists accessible from anywhere in the system.
Tabs
Tabs are like folder dividers. The information found in each tab is determined by the current context.
For example, if you're looking at a Person record for "Anita Chapman", click the Communications tab to display the most recent interactions your company has had with Ms. Chapman.
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Company tabs
These tabs are displayed in the context of a Company.
Tab
Summary
Displays
Core company details, phone and email, principal address, and contact for all companies that you've rights to view.
Quick Look
Dashboard
Key Attributes
Marketing
Notes
Your recent history with this company. It lists the most recent communications, sales opportunities, and cases linked to the company.
Can display a management overview of the status of a customer account. For example, a chart of overdue cases, a list of high priority opportunities, or a snapshot of upcoming meetings.
If Key Attribute Profiling has been set up for companies, you can record additional information about the company that's not captured by standard Company fields.
Can be fully customized to your needs to track information, such as detailed company segmentation information.
General free text about the company . For example, a recent press release that indicates the company is due to merge with another company.
Communications
Phone calls, meetings, and day-to-day correspondence with this company.
Opportunities
Cases
People
Addresses
Phone/Email
Your sales pipeline, past and planned, for this company.
Information about your customer support cases.
People who have contact with at the company.
Company addresses
Phone and email details for the company.
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Company Team
Documents
Relationships
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Displays
People in your organization who are involved in activities with this company.
References to all documents related to this company.
Links between the company and related companies, people, opportunities, and other information, grouped together by relationship type. For example, a list of sub-contractors working with the company.
Enables you to change the default tabs that are displayedin different areas of the system. For example, if you rarely work with
Opportunities, you can remove this tab from your My CRM work area. However, you can easily enable it again if you change your mind.
The tabs available in the context of a Person are similar to these tabs but the information relates specifically to the person. The Person summary tab shows the core person details for all people you've rights to view.
My CRM tabs
This section discusses each tab within the context of My CRM. The My CRM tabs show work in progress specific to you. You can also set up your own system preferences from the My CRM tabs.
Tab
Dashboard
Displays
A customizable set of gadgets relating to you. For example, a list of companies from a personal saved search and a local RSS news feed.
Calendar
Contacts
Leads
Outbound
Call Lists
Your planned phone calls, meetings, and day-to-day correspondence.
Contacts in Sage CRM that you want to synchronize with MS Outlook
(in Classic Outlook integration or Exchange Integration).
Unqualified queries about your business.
Outbound call lists that you're working on. This tab isn't displayed by default. You can enable it in
My CRM | Preferences
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Tab Displays
Opportunities
Your current sales pipeline.
Forecasts
Your quarterly sales forecasts. This tab isn't displayed by default.
Your System Administrator must give you access to this tab.
Open customer service cases assigned to you.
Cases
Solutions
Existing knowledge base items. This tab isn't displayed by default.
You can enable it in
My CRM | Preferences
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Administrator has given you rights to access Solutions.
Corporate documents that you may need to access on a daily basis.
Shared
Documents
Preferences
Groups
System settings specific to your requirements. For example, your time zone, preferred theme, preferred currency, or the first page displayed when you log on.
Create, modify, and save groups of people, companies, leads, cases, and opportunities.
Exchange
Integration
Logs
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E-marketing
User Profile
... (Ellipses)
This tab must be enabled by your System Administrator. Allows users enabled for Exchange Integration to view their own log files.
This tab is only available for E-marketing users. It lets them change their E-marketing contact details and email address.
Enables you to change the default tabs that are displayed in different areas of the system. For example, if you rarely work with
Opportunities, you can remove this tab from your My CRM work area.
However, you can easily enable it again if you change your mind.
Tabs that are displayed in the context of your Team CRM are similar to these tabs but the information relates to your team. There are no Forecasts, Outbound Calls, Preferences, Contacts,
Dashboard, E-marketing, or Exchange tabs in Team CRM.
Navigating
Sage CRM is web based. You can navigate it the same way that you navigate a standard website.
Opening Sage CRM items in another window or tab is not supported in Sage CRM.
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In addition to point-and-click, you can use the following to speed up your navigation.
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Tab
When entering or editing information, use the Tab key to move quickly from field to field. To move back to the previous field, use Shift + Tab.
Right click
Right-click Find and New to activate shortcut pop out lists. You must have the Pop Out List
Activation By option set to Click in My CRM | Preferences.
Hover
The Recent list and the Find and New Pop Out lists can all be activated by hovering over Recent,
Find, or New. You must have the Recent List Activation By and Pop Out List Activation By options set to Hover in My CRM | Preferences.
Hot keys
You can navigate Sage CRM without using a mouse. You can use keyboard hot keys instead. The hot keys that are available depend on the Sage CRM page that's open.
To identify the availability of a hot key, check that a letter on the action button name is underlined. In
Internet Explorer, press Alt and the letter that's underlined to perform the action. For example, if T is underlined on New Task, press Alt and T to create a new task.
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Alt + N: Inserts today’s date into a date field.
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Alt + T: Creates a new task from the Calendar or Communication tab.
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Alt + E: Creates a new email from the Calendar or Communication tab.
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Alt + V: Switches between Calendar and List view from the Calendar or Communication tab.
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Alt + C: Exitx from some screens.
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Alt + S: Saves records.
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Alt + â: Opens drop-down lists.
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Go arrows
Icon Description
Click the triangular Go arrow to open the summary screen of the related record.
Click the right-pointing Go arrow to open another user's My
CRM area from the context area of the screen.
Advanced Search Select
A small magnifying glass displayed next to a down-pointing arrow indicates an Advanced Search
Select field. For example, the magnifying glass and arrow are displayed for the Wave Activity field on the New Lead page.
Icon Name
Advanced Search Select field.
Use the Advanced Search Select icon to search for records in Sage CRM. Type a few letters, click the icon, and search matches are displayed beneath the field.
Advanced Search Select results
Click a matching record to fill in the text box. If only one match is found, the text box is automatically filled in. Alternatively, click the arrow beside the magnifying glass to search using a standard Search screen or to clear the current search.
Once you've linked a record to the Advanced Search Select field, you can jump to the summary page of that record.
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Double click the record name to open it in a pop-up window.
Required fields
When you add or edit information in Sage CRM, keep in mind that fields marked with a blue asterisk are required, and must be filled in order to save your changes.
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Onscreen coaching
Onscreen coaching can be displayed in a panel on Sage CRM screens. This panel provides contextual information and general tips.
Your System Administrator can activate and deactivate onscreen coaching.
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To set onscreen coaching display preferences, go to My CRM | Preferences. For more information, see
User preferences (page 23-1) .
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To turn onscreen coaching off, click the X icon. If you close a coaching panel, it remains turned off the next time you log on. To turn it back on, go to My CRM | Preferences.
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To show or hide the coaching panel for a particular screen, click the Maximize/Minimize button. If you hide the coaching panel for a screen, it remains hidden the next time you log on.
For information about setting up onscreen coaching, see the System Administrator Guide.
Getting help
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Find menu and action buttons (page 3-2)
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Activating the Find Pop Out List. To do this, either right-click or hover over the Find menu button, and select the type of search you want to carry out. For example, Person, Case, Sales
Opportunity, or Communication.
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Selecting the Find menu button. To do this, click the Find menu button, then select the type of search you want to carry out from the context area of the screen.
Find Menu Button and Context Area of Screen
You may find it faster to use the Menu Button method if the context of your search is the same as the last search that you carried out. If the context of your search is different from your last one, you may find the Pop Out List method easier.
Find menu and action buttons
Whichever method you use for initiating a search, the basic sequence is the same:
1. Call up a Find screen using the Find button on the left-hand side of the screen. This is the Find
Menu button.
2. Type in the search criteria.
3. Retrieve the information using the Find button on the right-hand side of the screen. This is called the Find Action button.
Repeating an earlier search
The Recent List displays the most recent information you've been working with. It’s a fast way to get back to your most frequently accessed customer information. You can use the icons on the
Recent List headings to open the corresponding Find screen.
Resetting search criteria
When you perform a search in the normal way, that is, using the Find button and specifying search criteria, the Search Results page is displayed reflecting the criteria you specified. However, if you return to that same Search page any time during the same session, you will notice that the Search
Results page you generated earlier remains on-screen. To clear the page and perform a new search:
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1. From the Search Results screen, click Clear.
2. Specify new search criteria and click Find.
Combining search criteria
"I've got John from Global on the phone for you."
You probably have countless people called John and maybe a number of different company entries for Global. However, combining the two criteria narrows your search to show only people called
John working at Global.
You can combine any number of criteria on a Find screen. This example shows you how to combine company name and person name search criteria.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and click Person from the pop out list.
2. Enter the person name or part of the name in Last Name, and the company name in Company
Name.
3. Click Find.
4. Click the person link that you want to drill down on.
Wild card search
To use a wild card search, enter % before the value in a field on the Find screen.The returned matches contain this value. For example, enter %software in Company Name to return all companies containing the word software.
Date field search
You can search by date on some entity Find screens. These steps search for leads created between two specified dates.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and select Lead from the pop out list. The lead
Find page is displayed.
2. Select Between from Created Date.
3. Click the first calendar and select a date.
4. Click the second calendar and select a date.
5. Click Find.
Your System Administrator can add date search fields to any Find screen in Sage CRM.
Numeric field search
You can search by numeric value if your System Administrator has added numeric fields to the entity Find screen . For example, if a custom field called Opportunity: Total Quoted Price is added to the Opportunity Find screen, you could search for opportunities with a total quoted price over
$10,000.
Searching for a Person
You can search for a person by any criteria or combination of criteria on the Search screen. This example shows you how to search by Last Name.
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1. Click Find.
2. If you're not in the Person context, click Person.
3. Type the last name, or part of the last name in the Last Name field.
4. Click the Find action button. A list of people matching your search criteria is displayed.
5. Click the person you want to drill down on. This opens the file of the selected person and you now have access to all the person’s details.
6. For the fastest overview of recent activities your company has had with the person, click the
Quick Look tab.
This shows you a recent lost sales opportunity and the last contacts your company had with her.
You notice one of the last contacts shows she was implementing an internally developed software product. Now you know who she is and have a good idea why she might be calling.
Searching for a Company
You can search for a company by any criteria or combination of criteria on the Find screen. This example shows you how to search by Company Name.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and click Company from the pop out list.
2. Enter the company name or part of the company name in Company Name and click Find. A list of companies matching your search criteria is displayed.
3. Click the company you want to drill down on. This opens the 'file' of the selected company and you now have access to all the company’s details.
The Quick Look tab shows you the most recent activities your organization has had with the company.
4. To find a full listing of all the people you work with at Design Right, click the People tab.
Finding an Opportunity
The fastest way to locate details associated with a sales opportunity is to find the Opportunity record. You can search by reference number or company name.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and click Opportunity from the pop out list.
2. Enter search criteria and click Find.
3. Click the opportunity link.
Finding a Case
"This is Arthur from Design Right. I'm still waiting to find out why the Setup isn’t working on the
TimEx Enterprise software. Can you tell me what the status is? The case reference ID is 0-20."
Even though you may not be handling this case, you can still give the customer a status and followup if necessary.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and click Case from the pop out list.
2. Enter search criteria and click Find.
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3. Click the Case link. The Case Summary page displays an overview of the case. A quick look in the Communications tab shows if the person handling this case has scheduled any followup action.
Using Advanced Find
You can use the Advanced Find feature to perform complex database searches. Advanced find searches can be based on any of the main CRM entities - these are Case, Communication,
Company, Lead, Opportunity, Order, Person, Quote, and Solution.
Advanced Find allows you to create enhanced searches based on a WHERE clause, and the criteria for selection can be extended using the AND and OR clauses. For example, you might create an Advanced Find search for all companies WHERE the city equals Chicago AND the number of employees is over 1000 OR the annual revenue exceeds $10 million.
While creating an Advanced Find search you can click the Preview SQL button at any time to review the SQL query behind your search.
If you're a System Administrator, two extra buttons are displayed with the results of an advanced find - Mass Updates and Update Territory. Please refer to
Performing a mass update on a group
for more information on Mass Updates, and
Updating group territories (page 16-8)
for information on Updating Territories.
For information on saving Advanced Find search criteria, please refer to
. For information on creating a new group based on the results of an advanced find, please
Creating a group based on a primary entity search (page 16-5)
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Example: Searching for Companies using Advanced Find
Say you would like to see a list of all customer or prospect companies in the United States.
To search using advanced find:
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button. The Pop Out list is displayed.
2. Click Advanced Find from the pop out list. The Advanced Find page is displayed.
3. Click the Clear button to clear your last search from this page.
4. Click Company from the Entity drop-down list.
5. Click Address: Country from the Field Name drop-down list and click the Add button.
6. Click Company: Type from the Field Name drop-down list and click the Add button. Then repeat this action to add a second Company: Type field. You have now added the fields on which your search will be based. You must now set up the values for the selected fields and the relationships between those fields.
7. For the Country field, select the equals operator, and select United States from the Value drop-down list.
8. Click And from the And/Or drop-down list.
9. For the first Company: Type field, select the single opening bracket from the ( drop-down list.
Brackets must always enclose an Or statement. In this example, you will be searching for companies that are either customers or prospects, so you will enclose these two search terms within single brackets.
10. Click the equals operator and select Customer from the Value drop-down list.
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11. Click Or from the And/Or drop-down list.
12. For the second Type field, select the equals operator and select Prospect from the Value drop-down list.
13. Click the single closing bracket from the ) drop-down list.
14. Click the Find action button or press Enter. A list of all companies matching your search criteria is displayed.
Example: Searching for People using Advanced Find
You would like to see a list of people where the Person Title Code is Chief Executive Officer and the
Company Sector is either Computer Software, Computer Hardware, or Computer Services. For the
CEOs in the Computer Software Sector, you only want to see people where the Company Territory is US East.
To search for people using Advanced Find:
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button. The Pop Out list is displayed.
2. Click Advanced Find from the pop out list. The Advanced Find page is displayed.
3. Click the Clear button to clear your last search from this page.
4. Click Person from the Entity drop-down list.
5. Select Person: Title Code from the Field Name drop-down list and click the Add button.
6. Select Company: Segment from the Field Name drop-down list and click the Add button.
Then repeat this action to add a second and a third Company: Segment field.
7. Select Company: Territory from the Field Name drop-down list and click the Add button.
8. Click the radio button next to the Company: Territory, and use the arrow buttons to move the position of this field up until it comes after the first Company: Segment field.
9. For the Title Code field, select the equals operator and select Chief Executive Officer from the Value drop-down list.
10. Select And from the And/Or drop-down list.
11. For the first Company: Segment field, select the double opening bracket from the ( drop-down list, select the equals operator, and select Computers - Software from the Value drop-down list.
12. Select And from the And/Or drop-down list.
13. For the Company: Territory field, select the equals operator, then select US East from the
Value drop-down list. Select the single closing bracket form the ) drop-down list.
14. Select Or from the And/Or drop-down list.
15. For the second Company: Segment field, select the equals operator, and select Computers -
Services from the Value drop-down list.
16. Select Or from the And/Or drop-down list.
17. For the third Company: Segment field, select the equals operator, and select Computers -
Hardware from the Value drop-down list. Select the single closing bracket form the ) dropdown list.
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Advanced Find search criteria
18. Click the Find action button or press Enter. A list of all people matching your search criteria is displayed.
Note: When building an advanced find with multiple search criteria, it is recommended you save the search as soon as the search results are displayed.You can always go back and delete the search later if it is no longer required, but you will lose the search if you log off the system. For more information on saving search results please refer to "Saving Search Criteria" in this chapter.
Using Keyword Search
Using Keyword Search, you can perform a search across all text fields on any of the main CRM entities (Case, Communication, Company, Lead, Opportunity, Order, Person, and Quote) by typing key terms in a search field. You can perform a keyword search directly from an entity Find page, or you can right-click the Find menu button and click Keyword Search to open the Keyword Search page. Keyword search is also available from all Advanced Search Select pages.
When you carry out a keyword search on, for example, Cases, the keyword is searched for not only in Cases, but also in entities associated with the case, for example, Companies, Persons,
Addresses, and Progress Notes. When the keyword search is carried out from the Keyword Search page, you have the option to perform the keyword search across multiple entities at one time. For more technical information on keyword search views, please refer to "View Customization" in the
System Administrator Guide.
The CRM keyword search function uses an "any words" search technique. An any words search returns records containing all of the words listed in a search term once those words appear in the record text fields or in the text fields of any associated entity record specified in the keyword search view. For example, a search for european software services returns all records containing the words european + software + services in any text field. These words can appear in any order within a record and across more than one text field. If the search term is not enclosed in quotation marks, matching records are picked up even where there are words inserted between the search term words within a record. If quotation marks are used, only records containing the exact phrase are returned.
You can further refine your keyword search by combining it with other criteria from the standard
Find page. For example, you can perform a keyword search using the search term Murphy and refine this search by selecting Ireland from the Territory drop-down field on the Find Person page.
This means that a person keyword search is carried out on the term “Murphy” but only those records that have a matching “Ireland” territory are returned in the search list.
Note: By further refining your keyword search using the standard entity find page you're refining the results brought back from CRM by the initial search based on the keyword(s) supplied. If you enter a value into the keyword search box and you enter or select a value from one of the standard search fields, then a keyword search is performed first of all based on the keyword search term supplied.
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Then, based on the keyword search results retrieved from CRM, these results are further filtered by the values entered or selected from the standard search fields such as the Territory drop-down list.
When performing a keyword search, it may sometimes be the case that you know part of the term you want to search on. For example, you may have part of a company name, or you know that you're looking for someone called either Smith or Smyth, or you might know only the first few digits of a telephone number. A variety of special characters can help you narrow your search results in such circumstances:
Usage Charact er
* % A * or % can be placed at any position in a word and matches any number of characters. Both the * and % perform exactly the same action. For example,
*ope*
would match Europe, open, and so on. Note: You should take care to leave a space between words when using these characters with multi-word search terms.
Quotatio n marks
?
To search for a phrase, place it in quotation marks. For example, a search for
"software services"
will return all records containing the phrase software services.
Punctuation marks are treated as blank space. So, for example, a search for
"(1451)4579937"
two text strings, 1451 and 4579937.
would search for
A ? can be placed at any position in a word and matches any single character. For example,
Americ?
would match
America, but not American. However, you could use
Americ?? to return all words containing Americ and two characters after it.
=
#
A = can be placed at any position in a word and matches any single digit. For example,
B==
would match B12, but not
B123.
The # must be placed at the start of a word and will return all words that start with the same letter and sound like the word you're searching for. For example,
#smith
will return smith, smithe, and smythe.
Note:
The # can sometimes be overinclusive. For example, in the example above, it might also return words like smart, smoke, and smell.
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~~
Usage
+ -
The ~~ symbols allow you to search within a numeric range.
To perform a numeric range search, you enter the upper and lower bounds of the range separated by ~~. For example,
10~~20
will return all numbers between 10 and 20.
Note:
Numeric range searches work with positive numbers only, and decimal points, and commas are treated as spaces, while minus signs are ignored.
Place + in front of a word that is required in your search or - in front of a word that you want to exclude. For example, if you wanted to return all records containing the word software in association with the word services, you could use the search term
software +services
. However, if you wanted to return all instances of software except those that are associated with services you could use the search term
software services
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See
Searching Using Keyword Search (page 3-9)
for an example of how keyword search can be used to perform a search in CRM.
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Example: Searching for a Person using Keyword Search
You're a new Sales Representative with Panoply Technologies and you have heard that one of
Panoply’s existing customers has put out a tender for software services. You know that the company name contains the word healthcare and that the name of the person to contact has either a first or last name starting with dav. With this information, you should be able to narrow down your search for the appropriate contact person using a keyword search.
To perform a keyword search:
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button. The Pop Out list is displayed.
2. Click Keyword Search from the pop out list. The Keyword Search page is displayed.
3. Type dav% and healthcare in the What Would You Like To Search For? text field.
4. Note: You can click the question mark button next to the Keyword Search field to view some examples of how to use keyword search.
5. You can select a specific entity check box to restrict your search to that entity. Alternatively, you can specify that all primary entities should be searched by selecting the Select All check box. For this example, select the Person entity check box to limit your search to that entity.
Note: If you do not select any check box, no records are returned.
6. Click the Find button. Your search results are displayed. Note: If the records found cannot all be presented in the initial list of results, you can click the hyperlink in the Results panel or on the View All link that will be displayed under the results list to view the full search results.
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Example: Searching for a Keyword across all Main Entities
You're the new Training Manager in a company. You want to review all customer contact history
(Cases, Communications, Opportunities etc.) where Training has been discussed.
To carry out a keyword search for the keyword "training" across all main entities:
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button. The Pop Out list is displayed.
2. Click Keyword Search from the pop out list.The Keyword Search page is displayed.
3. Type training in the What would you like to search for? field.
4. You can select a specific entity check box to restrict your search to that entity. Alternatively, you can specify that all primary entities should be searched by selecting the Select All check box. For this example, select the Select All check box to search across all main entities.
Note: If you do not select any check box, no records are returned.
5. Click the Find button. The search results are displayed.
Note: If the records found cannot all be presented in the initial list of results, you can click the hyperlink in the Results panel or on the View All link that will be displayed under the results list to view the full search results.
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To make searching easier, you can use predefined saved searches or save your own search criteria to use again later.
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There are a number of predefined saved searches available within different Find screens that you may find useful. For example, the My Companies saved search—available from the Find Company screen—is set up to return a list of all of the companies assigned to you. The My Cases In Progress saved search—available from the Find Case screen—returns all the active cases currently assigned to you.
1. Click Find | <Entity>.
The selected saved search list is displayed.
Creating a saved search
You can save the search criteria that you use to search for Companies, People, Opportunities,
Orders, Quotes, Cases, Solutions, Leads, or Communications.
Note: You cannot create a saved search based on a keyword search.
You can save an advanced find search in the same way as you would any other search. However, only a System Administrator or Info Manager can make an advanced find search available to other users.
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You can create a group to save search criteria. For more information, see
1. Click the Find menu button and click an entity from the Find drop-down list, for example
Company.
2. Enter your search criteria and click Find.
3. Click New Search beside Search. Click the New Search icon
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4. Enter the name of the new saved search. For example, San Francisco Companies - 21 - 50
Employees.
5. To share the saved search, select Available to all Users. Only System Administrators and
Info Managers can share saved searches.
6. Click Save.
Updating a saved search
You can edit your saved searches.
1. Click Findand click the entity that contains the saved search.
2. Select the saved search from Saved Search.
3. Select your new search criteria and click Find.
4. Click Update and change the name of the saved search if required.
5. Click Save.
Deleting a saved search
You can delete saved searches that are no longer useful to you.
1. Click Findand click the entity that contains the saved search.
2. Select the search from Saved Search.
3. Click the Delete action button beside Saved Search.
4. Click OK.
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You can perform actions on search result lists and sort lists suit your requirements.
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You can perform actions on all types of search lists — lists returned by a standard search, lists returned by Advanced Find, lists returned by Keyword Search, lists based on saved searches, or the My CRM Contacts list. Actions available are:
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Merge to PDF.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
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Email. You must have appropriate rights to do this.
Counting records in a list
You can view the number of records in a list to give you an idea of the total length of long lists. A record counter is displayed in the top left-hand corner of most lists. It also shows the page number out of the total number of pages containing records. To see how many records are contained on the next page, hover over the right-pointing arrow.
Filtering records in a list
You can change how lists are displayed. This example narrows down a list of communications to show only Pending communications.
1. Open a Company record and click the Communications tab.
2. To view only the pending communications, select Pending from Statusand click Filter. The list of communications is restricted to those with a status of Pending. This filter applies to all
Company Communications lists until changed or until you log out.
Sorting records in a list
You can change the sort order of any list that includes an underlined column heading. This example changes the sort order of the Calendar list from Date/Time to Action type.
1. Click the My CRM | Calendar tab.
2. Click List View.
3. Click the Action column heading. The Calendar list is sorted by Action. The triangle next to the column heading indicates the column by which the list is currently sorted.
4. To change the sort order back to Date/Time, click the Date/Time column.The Calendar list is sorted by Date/Time with the most recent pending communication first.To change the sort order to ascending, click the Date/Time column again.
Setting the size of the search results list
You can specify the default maximum length of lists and grids on any screen.
1. From My CRM | Preferences, click Change.
2. Select the default maximum length from Grid Size.
3. Click Save.
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Setting a default Find screen
You can specify the Find screen that appears at the beginning of a session. The system remembers your last Find, until you change it. For example, you could set your default Find screen to be
Company. However, if you search by Person, the next time you press Find, the Person Find screen is displayed.
1. From My CRM | Preferences, click Change.
2. Select a default Find screen from My default Find screen.
3. Click Save.
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These are available when you already have a folder of information open.
Whichever method you use, the system is smart enough to add in the context information if it is available. For example, if you already have the company Design Right Inc open and you add a new person, they will automatically be "filed" with Design Right when you save the person details.
Adding a new company
1. Right-click or hover over on New and select Company.
2. Type the first few letters of the company name, and click Enter Company Details. The system searches for possible duplicate company names. For more information on deduplication, please refer to
Preventing duplicate entries (page 4-14)
. If no potential duplicate company is found, the New Company page is displayed.
3. Fill in the details for the new Company record. Your System Administrator determines the minimum amount of details you must enter.
4. Click Save. You may need to scroll back to the top of the page to do this.
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Company fields
Field
Company Name
Type
SLA
Website
Status
Segment
Employees
Revenue
Source
Territory
Account Manager
Mail Restriction
Description
Name of the company
Type of relationship to your company. For example, Prospect, Supplier, or Customer.
Service Level Agreement that the company has signed up for—please refer to
Cases (page 19-1)
The SLA selected here will be the default SLA for any cases you create relating to the company.
The company URL
Current status, for example, Active or Inactive.
Industry sector, for example, Retail or Financial
Services.
Number of people employed by the company.
Company revenue. The standard drop-down values for this field are in USD ($).
How contact with the company was initiated. For example, Tradeshow or Customer Referral.
Security territory of the company. Please see
Territory management (page 4-7)
Person from your organization responsible for the relationship with this company.
A flag to allow or prevent the company being added to mailing lists.
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Opt out of Emarketing
Communications
Description
This flag is automatically set if the email address associated with the company has opted out of all Emarketing communications received via Sage
CRM's integrated E-marketing (Swiftpage). The user can manually check or uncheck the option, however this has no impact on E-marketing emails sent from Swiftpage (these will always retain the opt-out flag set from the E-marketing email).
Address fields
Field
Address 1
Address 2
Address 3
Address 4
City
State
Zip Code
Country
Type
Description
First line of the address
Second line of the address
Third line of the address
Fourth line of the address
City the company is based in
State or county
Zip or postal code of the address
Country the company is based in
Type of address. You can check one or more type.
Phone and email fields
The conventions for entering country and area codes and voice and data numbers are determined by your System Administrator. They may vary from those shown here.
Field
Business
Description
Main switchboard phone number
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Person fields
Field
Last Name
First
Salutation
Middle
Suffix
Gender
Title Code
Field
Fax
ISDN
Modem
Toll Free
Info
Sales
Support
Title
Department
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Main fax number
Integrated Services Digital Network number
Modem number
Toll free number
General information email address
Sales email address
Support email address
Description
Person's family name
First name
Salutation. For example, Mr, Dr, or Miss.
Middle name or initial
Suffix. For example, BA (Hons), MSc, or Esq.
Male or Female
List of roles. For example, Managing Director or Sales
Executive.
Free text description of person's title as it appears on their business card.
Department the person works in
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Territory
Account Manager
Type
Opt out of Emarketing
Communications
Description
Security territory of the person. Please see
Territory management (page 4-7)
Person from your organization responsible for the relationship with this person.
Organizational area that this person works in. One or more can be checked.
This flag is automatically set if the email address associated with the person has opted out of all E-marketing communications received via Sage CRM's integrated Emarketing (Swiftpage). The user can manually check or uncheck the option, however this has no impact on Emarketing emails sent from Swiftpage (these will always retain the opt-out flag set from the E-marketing email).
Person phone details fields
Field
Home
Description
Person's home phone number
Mobile Person’s mobile phone number
Person email fields
Field
Business
Private
Description
Person's work email address
Person’s private email address
Adding a company with multiple sites
If a new company has more than one geographical site, you should create the company in the normal way, and then add the additional address. To do this, click New Address on the Addresses tab.
You can also talk to your System Administrator about customizing the Company and Address fields to suit your needs.
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Validation errors
When you add a record and click Save, you might get the following error message Validation Errors
- Please correct highlighted entries.
1. If a validation error is displayed, look for fields with an arrow or X beside them.
2. Complete the required fields and correct any entries in the wrong format.
3. Click Save.
Icon Description
Required. You must enter information in fields containing a red arrow
Incorrect format. Entries that are incorrect, such as dates in the wrong format, are highlighted with an X.
Territory management
The Territory field is available on main entities (Company, People, Communications, Leads,and
Opportunities, and Cases). It also appears in most lists and filter boxes.
Territories affect records, most lists and filter boxes, reports and groups. A territory can be defined geographically, by product area, or any other criteria.
Your System Administrator defines territories that reflect your organization's data access security needs. Your administrator also defines which territories you can access, and assigns you a home territory.
Example 1: Your company has sales teams based in Europe, Asia, and the US. Your System
Administrator defines territories so that the sales people can view all Opportunities, but can only add and edit Company records which belong to their own "home territory", or to a sub-territory of their home territory.
Example 2: If you don't have rights to view data in the US sales territory,no US-based sales data is displayed when you run a Company list report.
When you create a new record, if you don't select a territory, the record is automatically assigned a territory, which depends on the System Administrator's territory security management , and on system rules.
If your System Administrator didn't define any territories, you can ignore this field. All records are then automatically assigned to the highest level territory, Worldwide.
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1. Open the Company record you want to update, and click the Summary tab.
2. Click Change.
3. Make your changes.
4. Click Save.
Changing company address details
1. Open the Company record you want to update.
2. Click the Addresses tab. The Link Status icon shows if a company address is linked to existing contacts.
3. Click the address you want to change.
4. Type the new address. Select the Set As Default Address For Company checkbox if this address is the new principal address for the company. This also makes it the default address for any new people who are added to the company.
5. Click Save. People linked to this address are also affected by the change. Click the Link
Status icon to view the linked contacts.
Changing person details
1. Open the Person record you want to update, and click Summary tab.
2. Click Change.
3. Make your changes andSave. Note: Keep the Set As Default check box selected if this person is still the main contact person for the company.
Adding a new address to an existing company
1. Open the company you want to make changes to, and click the Addresses tab.
2. Click New Address.
3. Enter the details of the new address.Alternatively, click Select An Address To Update Or
Copy to base the new address on an existing one.
4. Select the Set As Default checkbox to make this address the main company address.
5. Click Save.
When you add an address in the context of a company, they are linked to each other.
However, the Link Status icon shows as single-linked until the address is linked to one or more contact people. When you add an address in the context of a person, they are linked to each other.However, the Link Status icon shows as single-linked until the address in linked to more than one person or to the company.
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Adding a new person to an existing company
1. Open the company you want to make changes to, and click the People tab.
2. Click New Person.
3. Type the first few letters of the person’s last name, and click Enter Person Details. The system searches for possible duplicate person names in the system. For more information, please see
Preventing duplicate entries (page 4-14)
. If no potential duplicate person is found, the New Person page is displayed.
4. Fill in the necessary details.Some details are filled in automatically using the Company details. You can overwrite them if needed.
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list.
5. Click Save.
Maintaining address links
User Requirement: Non-integration systems only
You need to add a new mailing address to a company. The new address is not the main company address, but an additional premises where some of the existing staff have relocated to.
For example, Gatecom has acquired a new premises, 400 Pine Street Suite 500, very close to its existing main address of 400 Pine Stree Suite 300. The main address is still Suite 300, but Simon
Yaltoy and Mike Carlson spend most of their time at the new Suite 500 address.
The Address Links feature provides an overview of existing relationships between Companies,
People and Addresses, and reduces the potential for duplicate entries of addresses by allowing you to create links from the Address Links page.
To add a new address and update the address links:
1. Select Find | Company and click the company name.
2. Click the Addresses tab. This displays a list of all company addresses.
3. Add a new address. The new address is displayed in the Company Addresses tab.
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Address Links page shows the selected Address, the company, and the people who work at
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5. Click the pencil icon beside the list of people to make changes to the existing links between this address and the contact people. The Person Address Links are displayed for editing in a new window.
6. Select the Address Linked check box next to the people you want to link to this address, and the Default Address check box next to the people, for whom this is the new main address.
Removing the Address Link selection on the company or person can delete the address from the system if the address has no other links. Also, once you've made an address the default address for a company or person, you cannot remove the Address Link selection without removing the Default Address selection first.
7. Click Save, and then Continue.
The list of Addresses is displayed. The Link Status icon shows a status of multi-linked. If you check the list of Addresses in the context of Simon Yaltoy and Mike Carlson, you find the new address is displayed, linked to each contact.
Assigning a different address to a person
If a person is linked to a company address, you may want to assign them to a different address from the company.
1. Find the person whose details you want to change, and open the Summary page for the person.
2. Click the Addresses tab and click New Address.
3. Fill in the address details and ensure that you select the Person Address Only option underneath the address details.
4. Click Save.
Adding a private address to a person
1. Find the person whose details you want to change, and open the Summary page for the person.
2. Click the Addresses tab and click New Address.
3. Fill in the address details, and select Home.
4. Click Save.
Changing phone/email details
To update a person’s phone number:
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1. Find the person whose details you want to change, and open the Summary page for the person.
2. Click the Phone/Email tab.
3. Enter the change on the Phone panel and click Save.
To update a company phone number:
1. Find the company whose details you want to change, and open the Summary page for the company.
2. Select the Phone/Email tab.
3. Enter the change on the Phone panel and click Save.
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The Relationships tab is available in the context of all main entities including Companies, People,
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All relationships are reciprocal. This means they can be viewed and set up from the context of each party involved in the relationship.
You may find it helpful to read the Relationship information from the top of the screen downwards.
Your System Administrator is responsible for setting up relationship types available in the system.
If you need new or different relationship types to meet your business needs, please contact your
System Administrator.
Adding a new relationship
This example adds a new company relationship.
1. Open a Company record.
2. Click the Relationships tab in the context of the company.
3. Click the icon representing the type of relationship you want to add, for example, New Parent.
The Create New Relationship page is displayed.
4. Fill in the fields for the new relationship.
5. Click Save. The new relationship is displayed in the Relationships tab.
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You can
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about the information in the Relationships tab. You can also display relationship information on your
Relationship fields
Field
Relationship Type
Description
Select from Parent, Child or Sibling. Parent or
Child relationships normally represent hierarchical relationships or relationship where some kind of ownership is involved. Sibling relationships normally represent influencing or affecting relationships. This is only a guide. There is flexibility to allow your System Administrator to set up relationship types to suit your specific business needs.
Relationship Name Select from a list of relationships defined by your
System Administrator. For example, select
Directors (Director of). The text in brackets shows the reciprocal relationship. For example, Arnold
Ball is listed under "Directors" in the context of
Gatecom; in the context of Arnold Ball, Gatecom is listed under the relationship heading "Director of".
[Entity] Search Select Search for the Person, or other entity, that you want to link to from the current context. For example, search for Arnold Ball.
Note
: If the
Search Select for a Person is set to First Name
(this is the default), then type Arnold, and click the magnifying glass icon.
Notes A short note about the relationship. For example,
45 % Stakeholder. This text is displayed when you hover over the Person, Case, etc. from the
Relationships tab. You can add a new note or edit an existing note by clicking the Maintain
Relationship pencil icon and clicking the note you want to change.
Deleting a relationship
You can delete a relationship that is no longer valid from the Relationships tab where it is displayed. Before you do this, you may want to capture the relationship history some other way. For example, you can add a note to the Notes tab in the context of the person and/or the company.
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1. Open the record where the relationship is displayed.
2. Click the Relationships tab.
3. Click the Maintain Relationship icon next to the relationship heading. A list of related record, for example People, is displayed.
4. Select the Remove Relationship check box next to the relationships you want to delete.
5. Click Delete Selected Relationships. A confirmation dialog box is displayed.
6. Click OK .
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Adding a note
You can add an unlimited number of text notes to the system, and attach them directly to the records where they are most relevant. You can add notes to Companies, People, Cases, Solutions,
Sales Opportunities, and Leads.
1. Open the record you want to edit, and click the Notes tab.
2. Click New Note.
3. Type the text of the note.
4. Click Save.
Editing a company or person note
1. Open the Company record you want to update, and click the Notes tab.
2. Click a note.
3. Type the changes to the note.
4. Click Save.
Building a company team
In the context of a Company record, the Company Team tab displays the members of your organization who are involved in managing large accounts.
Your System Administrator must give you access to this tab. They can also set up restrictions so that only Company Team members can gain access to sensitive accounts.
To add a new company team member to a company:
1. Open the company you want to make changes to, and click the Company Team tab.
2. Click Add Team Member.
3. Select a User from your organization from the list and add a description of their role.
4. Click Save.
Adding a person without a company link
You can add a person who has no company affiliation. This means you can:
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To add a new person who is not affiliated to a company:
1. Make sure you're not in the context of an existing company. If you are, click My CRM. This takes you out of an existing company record.
2. Right-click or hover over on New | Person .
3. Type the first few letters of the person's name, and click Enter Person Details . Sage CRM searches for possible duplicate people. For more information, please refer to
Preventing duplicate entries (page 4-14)
. If no potential duplicate person is found, the New Person page is displayed.
4. Fill in the relevant details.
Leave the For panel blank if you don't want to associate this person with a company.
5. Click Save. You can add notes, addresses, phone, and email information for the person, using the different tabs.
Reassigning a person to a company
If you have been tracking a Person with no affiliated company, and this person later joins a specific company, you can assign them to the company and move all the communications, opportunities, and cases linked to them across to the company.
Your System Administrator needs to give you rights to do this.
1. Find the person you want to reassign.
2. Click their name to display the Summary page.
3. Click Change.
4. Click Merge Person. This displays an additional panel, Assign Company.
5. Search for and select the company that you want to assign the person to.
6. Click Save.
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Deduplication is enabled by default. Your System Administrator can customize deduplication screens and match rules.
The default Person match rule checks if Last Name contains the value you entered. For example, if you enter Smith, both Smith and Blacksmith are detected as possible duplicates.
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The default Company match rule checks if Company Name contains the value you entered. For example, if you enter Right, Design Right is detected as a possible duplicate.
By default, deduplication checks for duplicate people within a company. You're warned if there are two people with the same name in the same company. However, you're not warned if there are two people with the same name in different companies.
To check for duplicate records before adding a new company:
1. Right-click or hover over on New and click Company.
2. Enter the company name and click Enter Company Details. If the name matches a current company record in the database (according to the match rules defined by your System
Administrator), a list of detected duplicates is displayed.
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3. To add a new company anyway, click Ignore Warning And Enter Company.
4. Enter the Company details, and click Save. The new company is added to Sage CRM.
The system also checks for duplicates if you change any field that have match rules set on them when you edit a record. For example, you change the company name of an existing company Design Right Inc. to Design. The system checks for other companies, which contain the word Design, and warns of possible duplicates, before updating the
Company record.
Merging duplicate companies
Please note you can't merge records on integrated systems.
To merge two companies, first determine a source company and a destination company.
When the companies are merged the source company is deleted, and the associated information is copied over to the destination company.For example, people, communications, opportunities, and cases. Relationships set up through the Relationships tab aren't merged.
Your System Administrator must give you Delete rights to use this feature. If you don't have Delete rights and merge two companies, the old company record is kept in the database, but all the data is merged.
1. Find the company that you want to keep and use as the destination company. Usually, this is the company with more information stored against it.
2. Click the company name.
3. Click Changeand then Merge Company.
4. Select the source company.
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5. Click Save. A review of the tabs shows that people, communications, opportunities, and cases of the source company have been copied across to the merged company.The source company is deleted.
The source company’s addresses are transferred to the destination company’s Addresses tab. The source company’s contact people also retain their original address links. These can be updated once the merge has been completed using the Address Links feature. For more information, see
Maintaining address links (page 4-9) .
Merging duplicate people
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must give you rights to delete. Please note you can't merge synced records on integrated systems.
Check box
DELETE Source
Entity
Description
You must have
Person delete rights
for this option to work. If this box is selected on its own without any other check boxes, then the source person and all of the associated data
(communications, opportunities etc) from the source person will be deleted .
Note
: This is the case, even if the user does not have delete rights for the associated data.
Select/Deselect All
Merge
Opportunities
Merge Leads
Merge Cases
Use Select All to delete the source person and merge the associated data over to the destination person.
Check this option to merge the opportunities associated with the source person over to the destination person.
For example, opportunities associated with the duplicate source person, "Clemence Sticky" is associated with the destination person "Clemence
Stickings" after the merge.
Check this option to merge the leads associated with the source person over to the destination person.
Check this option to merge the cases associated with the source person over to the destination person.
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Check box
Merge Relations
Merge Library
Merge
Communications
Merge Notes
Description
Check this option to merge the linked information set up by your System Administrator and associated with the source person over to the destination person.
Check this option to merge the documents associated with the source person over to the destination person.
Check this option to merge the communications associated with the source person over to the destination person.
Check this option to merge the notes associated with the source person over to the destination person.
1. Find the person that you want to keep and use as the destination person. Usually, this is the person with the most information stored against them.
2. Click the person's name.
3. Click Change and then click Merge Person. This displays an additional panel, Merge Person.
4. Click the magnifying glass, search for and click the source person.
5. Check the boxes according to the information that you want to merge. Unlike the company merge, you also have the option to keep the source person.
6. Click Save. The destination Person Summary page is displayed. A review of the tabs shows that the information associated with the source person has been copied across to the merged person, according to the check boxes you selected. The source person is only deleted if you selected Delete Source Entity.
Deleting company or person records
User Requirement: System Administrator or Power User rights
1. Find and open the company or person you want to delete.
2. From the Summary page, click Delete, then Confirm Delete.
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Creating a task
1. Right-click or hover over New | Task.You can also click New Task from the calendar area.
2. Enter the details on the page.
The time and date fields under Due Date/Time are automatically populated with the current date and a time 30 minutes into the future.
3. Click Save.
Creating an appointment
1. On the My CRM | Calendar tab, click New Appointment. Alternatively, right-click or hover over New | Appointment.
2. Fill in the details of the appointment. Use the Regarding panel to link the appointment to an
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3. Ensure your name is selected from the list of users, and click Save.
Scheduling a callback
Following an internal meeting, you're asked to make contact with a potential business partner. You receive information that the managing director is away at a conference. The call would be best timed after his return a week from today. You want to capture this information as quickly as possible and then move on to other tasks at hand until the call is due.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and select Person.
2. Type the name of the person and click Find.
3. Click the person you want to schedule the callback with.
4. Right-click or hover over the New menu button and click Task. Note: You can also click
Task directly from the New Pop Out list or from My CRM | Calendar. The difference is that you then need to find the person you're scheduling the communication with, using the
Regarding panel.
5. Enter the details and click Save.
Communication fields and icons
A communication can be a task or an appointment.
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Field
Company
Description
The company you're communicating with. If linked, you can jump to the related Company record.
Person
About
The person you're communicating with. If linked, you can jump to the related Person record.
The related opportunity or case. If linked, you can jump to the related Opportunity or Case.
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Details panel fields
Field
Action
Subject
Location
Details
Status
Priority
Territory
Private
Created By
Created Date
Percent Complete
Description
The type of task, for example, Phone Out.
Subject of the communication.
Appointments only. Location of the appointment.
You can add a Resource user, for example, London meeting room. If you've already typed some text, the resource user is added afterward, after a semicolon.
A summary of the task.
Status of the communication. For example, planned, complete, or canceled.
Priority of the task. For example, high, medium, or low.
Security territory of the communication. For more information, see
Territory management (page 4-7)
.
Select this checkbox if the task should only be viewed by the assigned user.
Once your save the communication, this displays the user who created it.
Once you save the communication, this displays the creation date.
This tracks the progression of a task.
If you work only in Sage CRM, this displays either
100% when the task is complete, or 0% if the task is canceled.
If your tasks are synchronized from Outlook, the field displays the value set in Outlook (any value from 0% to 100%).
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Field
Completed Time
Organizer
Description
This records the time and date at which a communication was completed. When you insert or update a communication, these rules for
Completed Time
apply :
If the status is not complete ,then the completed time is set to blank.
If the status is complete ,then the completed time must be filled in. If you don't fill it in (or leave it blank), then it is set to current time.
If
Exchange Integration
is enabled, this field is only displayed for appointments. You can edit it when creating an appointment in Sage CRM. It defaults to the user creating the appointment, but can be changed. This is a mandatory field.
If Exchange Integration is
not
enabled, this field is read-only, and is displayed once you save the communication. It shows the name of the communication organizer.
If the communication is created in Sage CRM, the field displays the same name as the Created By field. If an appointment is created in Classic Outlook integration, and then synchronized with Sage CRM, this field shows the name of the meeting organizer.
If the Classic Outlook meeting organizer is not a
Sage CRM user, then their email address is displayed.
Scheduling panel fields
Field
Due Date/Time
Description
Date the task must be completed by. This appears in all
Sage CRM Communications lists and determines where the task appears in the Tasks panel of your Calendar
View. When you add a due date/time, the Onscreen
Reminder field is enabled, and the reminder date/time set to the same time as the due date/time.
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Field
User
Start Date/Time
Onscreen Reminder
Reminder Date/Time
Send Reminder
Message
Description
The person who is responsible for executing the task.
If Sage CRM system has less than ten users, this field is displayed as a list. You can select several users at the same time by using the mouse and holding
CTRL
key.
If Sage CRM has more than ten users, use the Search
For field to find users more easily. You can select several users at the same time by using the mouse and holding the
CTRL
key. Click
Add
to assign them to the task or meeting.
Note
: When you add more than one user to a task, you're creating multiple tasks.
Date/time the task is active from. Used in Outlook if you're filtering tasks by the active date and time.
This field is implementation dependent and may have been switched off by your System Administrator. Select this checkbox to get an onscreen reminder for the task.
Date/time of the reminder. Defaults to the due date/time.
If the Onscreen Reminder field is enabled, select this checkbox to receive the reminder in different formats depending on the priority of the communication. The different formats and priorities are set up within
Preferences. For more information, see
Preferences
(page 23-1)
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The team the task is assigned to.
Team
If the new communication is an appointment, the Scheduling panel includes the additional fields described below.
Field
Date / Time
Description
Start date and time of the appointment. Defaults to the current date/time.
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Field
End Time
All Day Event
Reminder
Recurrence
Description
End date and time of the communication. Defaults to half an hour after the Date/Time.
Select this checkbox to make the appointment an all-day event. The date/time and end time date become read-only and the appointment is set to last from 00:00 to 11:59 pm (23:59) the same day.
When viewed in the Calendar, an all-day event appointment is prefixed with "All Day Event".
Select the length of time from the list. This is the length of time prior to the meeting taking place that you receive a reminder.
Click this to make an appointment a recurring event. For example, you can set up a team meeting every Monday at 10.00 AM.
Meeting planner panel
The Meeting Planner panel is displayed on all appointments (communications where the Action field is set to Meeting). It is not displayed for recurring appointments or tasks.
Follow-up panel fields
Field
Create Follow-up
Task
Description
Select this checkbox to create a new task based on the current information, immediately after saving the current task.
Create Follow-up
Appointment
Create Follow-up
Opportunity
Select this checkbox to create a new meeting based on the current information, immediately after saving the current task.
The Create Follow-up Task and Appointment checkboxes cannot be checked at the same time
Select this checkbox to generate a new opportunity based on the current information.
This is only displayed when editing existing communications.
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Send SMS
Message
Immediately
Description
If SMS messaging is enabled by your System
Administrator, select this option immediately to notify the user(s) assigned to the task or meeting.
Campaigns panel fields
To link the communication to a marketing campaign, click Show Campaigns.
Field
Wave Activity
Description
Search and link the communication to a campaign wave activity. If the communication is scheduled within the context of a wave activity, the wave activity is read-only.
Response Type Once the communication is linked to a wave activity, you can select a response type.
Communications generated within the context of a campaign are automatically linked to a wave activity. When edited, the Campaigns panel is immediately displayed. For more information, see
Campaign management (page 17-1) .
Action type icons
Icon Action
Vacation
Phone Out
Phone In
Letter Out
Letter In
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Icon Action
Email Out
Email In
Fax Out
Fax In
Meeting
Demo
To Do
Status icons
Icon Status
Pending
In Progress
Complete
Canceled
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Priority icons
Icon Priority
High
Normal
Low
Scheduling unlinked communications
You can create new tasks and appointments, which are not linked to a company or person. This commonly occurs with internal communications.
1. On the My CRM | Calendar tab, click New Task. The Enter New Task page is displayed.
2. Fill in the details. Leave the Regarding panel blank.
3. Ensure that your name is selected from the list of users.
4. Click Save.
Scheduling a quick appointment or task
Some appointments or tasks don't have to be linked to Person or Company records.
To create a quick appointment:
1. Click the My CRM | Calendar tab. If you're in List View, click Calendar View.
2. Type a few key words in the Quick Appointment field at the top of the Calendar panel.
3. Select the time and approximate duration from the next two fields.
4. Click Quick Appointment.. Note: When you create a quick appointment in Day view, the appointment is scheduled for the day you're looking at, not for the current day.
To create a Quick Task, repeat the steps described above using Quick Task at the top of the Tasks panel.
Notifications
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Changing the status of a communication
Depending on your access rights, you can change the Status, Team, Territory, and Regarding
panel fields for a task.
1. Open your Calendar.
2. In List view, click the action icon for the task. The Task Synchronization Management Fields
Details page is displayed.
3. In Calendar view, click the Pending status icon. The status is automatically changed to
Complete and the Task Details page is displayed.
4. As you're making the call, you can add notes to Details.
5. When the call is completed, select Complete from Status.
6. Check the follow-up boxes if required.
7. Click Save. The Calendar page is displayed.
The completed task no longer appears in your Calendar. It's saved in the Communications tab of the Person with whom the call was scheduled, forming part of the customer history.
Tasks are rolling in Sage CRM; a task stays in the Tasks panel of your calendar until it's completed. Appointments are not rolling; an appointment stays in your calendar on the date and time scheduled. For more information, see
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Finding a communication
1. Right-click or hover over Find | Communication Search | Communication.
2. Enter your search criteria.
3. Click Find. A list of results is returned.
Adding attachments to tasks
1. Find and open an existing task, or create a new task.
2. Click Add Attachment. If you're creating a new task and have not yet saved it, you are prompted to do so.
3. From the Attachments tab, click Add File. You can also drag and drop the attachment(s) to the Drop files here... area (not available on Internet Explorer).
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System Administrator.
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4. Click Save. You can use Add File to attach more files to the task.
To view a file you've already attached, click the paperclip icon next to the attachment, or drill into the attachment and click View Attachment. All files attached to a task in the context of an entity
(Company, Person, Opportunity etc) are also saved as entries in the Documents tab of that entity.
Reassigning an existing task to a colleague
1. On your Calendar tab, click the Action icon of the task. The Task page is displayed.
2. Select the name of your colleague from User.
3. Click Save. The task is now displayed in your colleague's Calendar/Tasks tab.
Scheduling a task for a colleague
1. Click the My CRM | Calendar tab.
2. Click New Task.
3. Use the Search Select buttons to link the task to a company and person in the Regarding panel.
Regarding panel
4. Add in the task details,and select your colleague from User.
5. Click Save.
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Checking a colleague’s calendar
If you've appropriate security rights, you can check a colleague’s calendar.
To check your colleague’s calendar using the Calendar tab
1. Click the My CRM | Calendar tab.
2. Type the first few letters of the user’s name in the Find field in the context area .
3. If there is more than one match, click the name from the My CRM For list. Otherwise, the name appears in the My CRM For field automatically.
4. Click the right-pointing arrow beside the My CRM For field. Your colleague’s calendar is displayed.
To check a colleague’s calendar while you're scheduling a meeting
1. Begin creating the meeting in the normal way.
2. Review the Meeting Planner panel on the Enter New Appointment page.
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3. Any conflicts with the current meeting are highlighted in red. Hovering over the overlap shows the details of the meeting.
4. After you have made adjustments, save the meeting in the normal way.
Navigating your calendar
Graphic Description
To create a new appointment, click
New
Appointment
.
To create a quick unlinked calendar entry, enter a few key words , select a time and approximate duration, and click Quick Appointment .
To create a new task, click
New Task
. For example, a call back you need to make.
To create a quick item in your task list for the day, enter a few key words, and click
Quick
Task
.
To create and send an email, click
New Email
.
To reduce or expand the your list of tasks that's displayed, select a duration from
Tasks To
View
. You can toggle overdue tasks on or off.
Overdue tasks are highlighted in red.
By default, the Filter Box shows all Pending appointments and tasks. You can change this to show Canceled, Complete, or All types of
Status. When you change filter settings, remember to click
Apply Filter
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To display the list view of the Calendar/Tasks page, click
List View
. When you're in the list view, and want to display the calendar view, click
Calendar View
.
To print all appointments and tasks for the daily or weekly calendar view, and all overdue tasks, click
.
If you have access, you can click another user's name within My CRM to view their calendar. To switch back to your own calendar, click your name from the context area of the screen. The
My CRM For field is always available in this context. The Find field is available only when there are more than 10 users in the system.
Use the
View By
list at the top of the Calendar panel to switch between daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly views of your calendar. You can customize your daily view in
My CRM |
Preferences
. For more information, see
User preferences (page 23-1)
Note:
The monthly and yearly calendar views need more space to be displayed. If you select either of these options, the Tasks panel isn't displayed. Tasks are displayed on the Monthly and Yearly calendars.
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Use the date display at the top of the Calendar panel to navigate forwards and backwards from the current date. To select a specific date, click the calendar icon.
Note:
Changing the date display on the
Calendar panel affects the view of your appointments in your calendar. The tasks that you can view are determined by the settings at the top of the Tasks panel.
To display daily view of your calendar for today, click
View Today
.
You can reschedule appointments in your calendar by drag-and-drop. Select the communication icon and drag the appointment to a new time or date.
Gray shading indicates the current time, date or week in the daily, weekly, and monthly calendar views respectively.
Meeting planner
To speed up the planning process, a meeting planner tool is available on the Enter New
Appointment page.
You can schedule a meeting and invite your colleagues.
1. Go to Calendar, and click New Appointment. Your user name is already selected as an attendee in the meeting planner.
2. Link the meeting to a person in Sage CRM. To invite colleagues, search for the names in the
User field and click Add. They are displayed in the meeting planner. Conflicts with the current meeting are highlighted in red. Hover over the overlap to see more details of the meeting.
Meeting Planner showing overlapping meetings
2. When you've filled in the relevant details for the communication, click Save. In the Team CRM calendar, an appointment icon is displayed for each invited user.
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You can't create meetings which last more than 24 hours.
Reviewing contact history
If you want to find out what contact your company has had with a particular company or person, you can investigate it in a number of ways.
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With the company or person Quick Look tab selected, review your recent history with this company or person at a glance. The Quick Look tab lists the most recent communications, cases, and sales opportunities linked to the company or person.
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With the company or person Summary tab selected, run a Company or Person Summary report to review a quick overview of account information in PDF format.
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With the company or person Communications tab selected, review the list of communications your company has had with the company or person.
Inviting external attendees to a meeting
The External Attendee tab is displayed when editing an existing appointment in CRM. It shows everyone who has been invited to the meeting, who is not a CRM user. This can include people who are at the same company that the appointment is about, an external consultant, or even colleagues who are not CRM users. If the External Attendees tab contains any people, then a small person icon is displayed on the External Attendees tab.
The Regarding panel of an appointment lets you link the appointment to the main company, person, and opportunity (or quote, order, or case) that the meeting is about. This displays the appointment in the Communications list of the selected company, person, and opportunity (or quote, order, or case), thereby keeping track of valuable customer history and planned actions.
Regarding is not the same as Invited. People invited to the meeting, who are not CRM users, should be represented in the External Attendees tab
The User field on the Scheduling panel lets you link the appointment to other CRM users. This displays the appointment in each of their calendars, ensuring accurate scheduling for everyone involved.
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Attendees tab, as long as they exist in CRM. Again, this keeps that vital customer data up-todate.
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CRM database, and colleagues, who are not CRM users. For the last two types of contacts
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Please refer to the
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section in Exchange Integration for more information about how this feature works when Exchange Integration is being used.
Recurring appointments
The Recurring Appointments feature allows appointments (meetings) to recur based on a defined recurrence pattern.
Many companies have regularly occurring events, for example, an Engineering Department progress meeting on the first Monday of every month. Instead of having to manually enter each event, this can be done by creating the appointment once and setting up a recurrence pattern.
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Deleting a recurring appointment
Creating a recurring appointment
1. Click New Appointment from within the Person, Company, Lead, Opportunity, or Solution context, or from My CRM.
2. Click Recurrence.
3. Set the Recurrence Pattern to Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.
4. Select the Daily Pattern for each date in the series.
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If you select Occurs Every, several communications are created. Use Starting At and
Ending At times to specify a range in which the communications will occur.
Note: The Occurs Every option, is disabled if Exchange Integration is being used.
5. Select the Start Date and End Date for the recurring pattern of appointments.
6. Click Continue and then click Save.
The default maximum number of occurrences is 200. This is set by your System
Administrator. If you exceed the maximum number of occurrences, an error message is displayed and you can't save the appointment.
Changing a recurring appointment
1. Click the appointment icon. The text on the lower part of the Scheduling panel indicates the current recurrence status of the appointment.
2. To change the date or time or any of the recurrence details, click Recurrence.
3. When you've made your changes, click Continue.
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4. You can edit other details of the communication, for example the attendees ,and decide if the changes apply to just one appointment or to all the recurrences for this appointment.
5. Click Save.
6. If you've made changes to the appointment, a dialog box opens and lets you apply your changes to This Appointment Only, All Appointments In The Series, or This and Future
Appointments.
You can turn existing non-recurring appointments into recurring appointments and vice versa.
Deleting a recurring appointment
If you've rights to delete communication records, you can also delete recurring appointments. You do this in the same way as non-recurring appointments.
When you select All Appointments In The Series, all recurrences of the appointment are deleted.
Deleting a communication
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must give you rights
You can change a communication status to Complete or Canceled. All communications, even those completed in the past, form an important part of the customer history.
1. Find and open the communication you want to delete.
2. From the Details page, click Delete. If the communication has attachments, for example an email or a letter, then they arealso be deleted, and no longer available in the Documents tab of the associated entity (Person, Company, Opportunity, etc.) Note: This does not apply to mass mail communications deleted in the context of a recipient.
3. Click Confirm Delete.
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Setting a default email template
You can set a default email template which is automatically used when you create a new email. All values in the default template are copied to the new email. The System Administrator defines the list of default email templates.
1. Click My CRM | Preferences and then click Change.
2. Select the email template you want to set as default from Default Email Template.
3. Click Save.
Sending an email
You can specify that the email screen takes up the whole Sage CRM screen or is displayed in a new browser window. A new browser window lets you continue working in the system and write an email at the same time. For more information, see
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Using Microsoft Outlook to send emails
You can merge customer details with the email functionality in Sage CRM and then send the email using Outlook.
1. Find the person or company you want to email and click their email address.
2. Click Send Using Outlook. An Outlook window is displayed, with the person's email address in To.
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3. Type and format the body of the email.
4. Click Send in the Outlook window. The email is sent by Outlook, and is also saved with the
Communication record against the person or company it was sent to.
Any attachments to the Sage CRM email are automatically attached to the Outlook email.
Replying to an email
You can reply to an email that's stored in Sage CRM with a Communication record.
1. Find the person who you received the email from.
2. Click the Communications tab within the context of the person.
3. Click the Communications icon of the email you sent.
4. Click Reply or Reply All.
5. Complete the email fields and send the email. For a description of email fields, see
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Converting emails
You can convert an inbound or outbound email communication, where the action type is Email In or
Email Out, to a Case, Opportunity, or Lead.
If Email Management is installed, inbound emails are automatically filed against the matching
Person or Company record. You can then convert the email directly to a customer service case using the workflow buttons on the right-hand side of the Communication screen.
1. Open the Email In/Out communication that was created when you sent or received the email.
2. Select New Case, New Opportunity, or New Lead from Create.
3. Enter the details of the Case, Opportunity, or Lead and click Save. The Case, Opportunity, or
Lead is saved against the person or company you emailed.
Filing inbound and outbound emails
If the Outlook Plug-in for either Exchange Integration or Classic Outlook integration is installed, you can use File Email from Outlook to file an inbound email communication with the customer record in Sage CRM. For more information, see
See "Filing emails from Outlook to CRM (Classic Outlook integration)" on page 8-12
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If your System Administrator has set up Sage CRM to use the E-mail Management functionality, inbound emails are automatically filed against the matching Person or Company record.
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BCCed to a Mail Manager Server Filing address.
Note: In Sage CRM, this address isn't visible in the BCC field. To see if E-mail Management functionality is set up, click Send Using Outlook. The Mail Manager Server filing address is visible in the BCC field.
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You can send emails from outside Sage CRM to a customer and manually add the Mail
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When you send an email from Sage CRM, or from Outlook or another email application, and manually BCC the Mail Manager Server Filing address, a Communication record is automatically created for the customer who matches the email address in the To field. For more information, see
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Inbound emails can be forwarded to the Mail Manager Server Filing Address. When this happens, a new Communication record is created in Sage CRM. Attachments are saved with the communication.
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For emails received by users and then forwarded to the Mail Manager Server Filing Address, this email address must be the only address in the To field.
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The original sender's email address must be the first email address contained in the body of the email that's forwarded to the mailbox. This is because E-mail Management recognizes the first address in the body as the original sender's address. Note: You may need to retype the sender’s email address at the top of the forwarded email to ensure this filing takes place correctly.
Your System Administrator can customize E-mail Management functionality for your specific needs. For example, incoming emails to the support@domain.com could automatically create a
Case assigned to the Customer Service team.
Rules applied to email handling
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When an email is received in the specified mailbox, the email database table is checked for all people associated with the email address.
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If an associated person can't be found or if multiple people are associated with the address, the email table is checked for an associated company and a communication is created for the company. This is also associated with the Sage CRM user.
Email shortcut keys
You can use the following shortcuts:
Short cut
Shift + Click
What it does
Opens new email and puts addresses in
To
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Ctrl + Click
Opens new email and puts addresses in
CC
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Alt + Click
Opens new email and puts addresses in
BCC
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Sage CRM Exchange Integration is an integration between Sage CRM and the MS Exchange
Server. There is no synchronization to individual Outlook clients. The synchronization runs in the background and does not require users to trigger synchronization - it continues even when Outlook clients are closed.
Appointments, Tasks, and Contacts can all be synchronized between Sage CRM and the MS
Exchange Server. This means that the functionality is supported regardless of whether the user is working in Outlook Web Access, the Outlook client, or via a mobile device that connects to
Exchange.The structure of Communications (Appointments and Tasks) in CRM even supports the more complex organizer / invitee features of Exchange.
There is a simple plug-in component which can, but does not have to be, installed on the client machine. This provides further functionality such as allowing users to file emails, and add new contacts to CRM from the Outlook client. This plug-in can be installed by the user or via an Active
Directory Group Policy MSI install.
The synchronization direction, conflict resolution, and logging settings are all managed by the
System Administrator, and can be customized to suit your organizations' needs.
Getting Started with Exchange Integration
Do I need to install anything to get Exchange Integration working?
No. Your System Administrator sets up the connection to Exchange, enables your mailbox for synchronization, and starts the synchronization process. Data then starts syncing between the selected mailboxes and CRM according to the sync options set up by the System Administrator.
The System Administrator can even automatically install the optional Outlook plug-in, which gives you some extra features. The plug-in can also be installed manually. Your System Administrator will
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Plug-in for Exchange Integration (page 7-7)
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How do I know my mailbox is synchronizing with CRM?
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Contacts are synchronized in both directions.
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Where conflicts arise, the CRM update takes precedence ("wins").
Note: The default synchronization options described above may have been customized by the
System Administrator, therefore some outcomes may vary slightly from those described.
Contacts: CRM to Exchange
Note: If you're working with Classic Outlook integration, please refer to
Outlook (Classic Outlook integration) (page 8-5)
for more information on working with the My
CRM | Contacts tab.
To flag CRM contacts for synchronization with Exchange:
1. Click My CRM | Contacts | Add Contacts.
2. Search for the contacts you want to synchronize. For example, search for all people who work at the company Design Right Inc.
3. Use the Select/Deselect All check box to toggle all the contact selections on or off.
4. Click the Add Contacts button. The Contacts page is displayed, showing the contacts that you selected.
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6. After the next synchronization has taken place, click the Contacts folder in Outlook to check the people you chose from CRM are there.
Contacts synchronized between CRM and Outlook are tagged with the Category CRM
Contact. This can be viewed by selecting the contact in Outlook.
Note: When a contact is added from CRM to an Exchange mailbox, deduplication takes place against the Company Name, and the Person First, Middle, and Last Name. The values in all of these fields must match (this includes matching a "blank" for non-mandatory fields) for the contact to be considered a duplicate. If this happens, a link is established to the contact in Exchange.
Updating and Deleting Contacts in CRM
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Contacts: Exchange to CRM
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Contacts, which have been added to CRM from Exchange using the Outlook plug-in Add
Contact feature, and have been synchronized. Please refer to
Working with the Outlook Plugin for Exchange Integration (page 7-9)
for more information.
Note: Contacts in Exchange will not synchronize to CRM unless they are explicitly linked in one of the above two ways.
Updating and Deleting Contacts in Exchange
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Contacts list for that user, but not deleted out of CRM.
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Tasks modified in the last 14 days are synchronized.
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Note: The default synchronization options described above may have been customized by the
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Due Date fields. The Time section of the Date/Time fields from CRM is ignored for deduplication. If the Start Date is blank in either CRM or Exchange - which is quite common, as it is not pre-filled in either system - it is ignored for deduplication purposes.
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Tasks: CRM to Exchange
To create a task in CRM and view it in your mailbox:
1. Create the task in CRM. For example, a phone call to Arthur Browne of Design Right. Please refer to
Scheduling a callback (page 5-2)
for more information on how to do this.
2. Once the next synchronization has taken place, check your mailbox Tasks folder to see the task. The information from the Regarding panel in CRM is displayed in the body of the task in
Outlook. The content of this text can be customized by the System Administrator.
Tasks: Exchange to CRM
To create a task in Exchange and view it in CRM:
1. From Outlook, add a new task (Tasks | New).
2. Click Save and Close.
3. Switch to CRM, and after the next synchronization has taken place, check My CRM |
Calendar for the new task.
Note: Only tasks from the default Tasks folder are synchronized with CRM. If you have tasks that you do not want to synchronize to CRM, then it is recommended these are created in secondary folders.
Synchronizing appointments
This section assumes that:
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Where conflicts arise, the Exchange update takes precedence ("wins").
Note: The default synchronization options described above may have been customized by the
System Administrator, therefore some outcomes may vary slightly from those described.
Important business rules to understand on appointment synchronization include:
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Exchange mailbox is the most reliable version of the appointment available to CRM. Invitees see a copy of the organizer appointment in their CRM calendars - not their own customized versions of the invitee appointment from Exchange.
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who are CRM users enabled for synchronization. In this case, the synchronization bases itself on the invitee copies of the appointment, to ensure the calendars of all the CRM users stay up-to-date. In this case, a read-only
is created in CRM, based on the invitee copies.
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Exchange. For example: Susan Maye is not set up to sync with Exchange. William Dolan and
John Finch are. In CRM, Susan Maye creates an appointment and adds William Dolan and
John Finch to the appointment. This appointment never appears in the Exchange mailboxes of any of the three users. An Exchange Info message is displayed on the appointment to tell you the appointment does not get synced.
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Day Event fields. The values in all these fields must match for the appointment to be considered a duplicate.For recurring appointments, the recurrence pattern and range must also match to be considered a duplicate.
Appointments: CRM to Exchange
To create an appointment in CRM and view it in your mailbox:
1. Create the appointment in CRM. For example, a meeting with Arthur Browne of Design Right to discuss pricing. Please refer to
Creating an appointment (page 5-1)
for more information on how to do this.
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2. Once the next synchronization has taken place, the appointment synchronizes to the
Organizer's mailbox, and Exchange sends out the meeting requests. Check your mailbox
Calendar folder to see the appointment. The information from the Regarding panel in CRM is displayed in the body of the appointment in Outlook. The content of this text can be disabled or customized by the System Administrator.
If the email address of a Resource user in CRM matches a mailbox address in Exchange, then the resource displays in Exchange as a resource attendee.
Appointments: Exchange to CRM
To create an appointment in Exchange and view it in CRM:
1. From Outlook, add a new appointment or meeting request (Calendar | New). For example, a meeting with Arthur Browne of Design Right to enter final negotiations. You can add the customer contact (Arthur) to the Required attendee list if you want to send him an invitation to the meeting.
2. Click Save and Close or Send.
3. Switch to CRM, and after the next synchronization has taken place, check My CRM |
Calendar for the new appointment.
Note: Only appointments from the default Calendar are synchronized with CRM. If you have appointments that you do not want to synchronize to CRM, then it is recommended these are created in secondary folders.
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Please refer to
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Attendees from Exchange, whose mailboxes map to Resource user email addresses in CRM, are added to the User list in CRM. If they do not map to Resource user email addresses in
CRM, they are added to the External Attendees tab in CRM.
Stub Appointments
Sage CRM Exchange Integration usually carries out appointment synchronization based on the
Organizer's copy of an appointment. Invitees, as long as they are CRM users enabled for synchronization, can view a copy of the appointment in their calendars in CRM.
The exception to this synchronization rule is when the Exchange organizer of the appointment is
not a CRM user enabled for synchronization, and the appointment includes invitees who are
CRM users enabled for synchronization. In this case, the synchronization bases itself on the
invitee copies of the appointment, to ensure the calendars of all the CRM users stay up-to-date.
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These invitee copies of appointments are called Stub Appointments. They are read-only. Click the
Exchange Sync Info icon in the top left of the page, and a blue banner gives you more information on the status of the appointment.
Reviewing Exchange Integration Logs
To review your own log files:
1. Click My CRM | Exchange Integration Logs. Your System Administrator must give you rights to view this tab.
2. Choose the type of log to view from the Select log files drop-down field. The list varies depending on the Sync Options set by the System Administrator.
3. Click the log to open it.
Reviewing Skipped Items
You can review additional information about appointments or tasks, which could not be synchronized in the Skipped Items logs.
The following scenarios will cause items to be skipped rather than synchronized:
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Installing the Outlook Plug-in for Exchange Integration
The System Administrator can roll out the Outlook plug-in for Exchange Integration by Active
Directory Group Policy. This installs the plug-in on your machine automatically in "silent" mode - so you may already have the plug-in.
If not, there is a "manual" install option, as long as the following prerequisites are met:
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To manually install the Outlook plug-in for Exchange Integration:
1. Click Install CRM Outlook Exchange Integration from My CRM | Preferences. A security prompt is displayed.
2. Click Install to continue. The install checks for .NET Framework 4.0. If this is not on your machine, follow the install steps for this first.
3. Click Continue once the .NET install is complete. File download and security warning dialogs are displayed.
4. Click Run. The CRM Client Install Shield Wizard is displayed.
5. Before continuing, make sure Internet Explorer and Outlook are both closed.
6. Click Install, and follow the steps on-screen. During the install, you're prompted to confirm connection settings (see table below).
7. Once the install is finished, click Finish.
8. Open Outlook. A number of new options are available - please see
The following table explains the Connection Settings:
Field
Server Name
Description
The CRM server name. Should be auto-filled from the
CRM server.
Install Name CRM Install name. Should be auto-filled from the CRM server.
Port Number Defaults to 80. Can be changed if required. For example, if
HTTPS is used, an alternative port may be needed.
Select to use an HTTPS connection.
Use Secure
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HTTPS
User Name
Domain
Should be auto-filled from the CRM server.
The Exchange Server domain name.
Uninstalling the Outlook Plug-in
To manually uninstall the Outlook plug-in for Exchange Integration:
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1. Make sure Outlook and Internet Explorer are closed.
2. From Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, click Sage CRM Client Applications, and follow the steps on-screen.
3. You can reinstall manually from My CRM | Preferences | Re-install CRM Outlook
Exchange Integration.
Working with the Outlook Plug-in for Exchange Integration
When you log on to Outlook after installing the Outlook Plug-in for Exchange Integration, a number of new options are available. The following are described as they appear in Outlook 2007. If you're working with Outlook 2010, the same options are available, but from the Sage CRM group on the
Mail | Home ribbon.
Option
Location / Description
Toolbar button and Sage CRM menu. Lets you file one or more emails to CRM. An email must be highlighted for this option to be active.
Send and File
Attach Shared Doc
Help
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Toolbar button and Sage CRM menu. Lets you add a contact to CRM. A contact must be highlighted for this option to be active. The Add Contact option is available if Exchange Integration has been set to synchronize contacts.
Sage CRM menu within a new email. Launches the
page once the email has reached the Sent Items folder.
Note
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Send Immediately when connected
(Tools | Options | Mail Setup) must be enabled for this option to work.
Sage CRM menu within a new email.Lets you attach documents from
My CRM
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Sage CRM menu. Launches Sage CRM help for the
Outlook Plug-in for Exchange Integration.
Version information on the plug-in.
When you try to access any of these options for the first time since opening Outlook, you're prompted to log on to CRM.
File E-mail
To file one or more emails from Outlook/Exchange to CRM:
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1. Highlight the email(s) to file and click File E-mail from the toolbar. CRM searches for matches on the From address for incoming mail, and on the recipients email addresses for outgoing mails. The results are displayed in the E-mail Target List.
2. Use the Add and Remove buttons to find or remove target companies/people to file under. If multiple people are selected, the email(s) are filed against each target specified.
3. Set the Filing Options to determine what kind of communication the email(s) are filed against.
4. Select File E-mail to carry out the filing in CRM and return to Outlook, or File and View to view the communication in CRM first. Attachments are saved with the communication record.
Filed emails are marked with the message Filed to Sage CRM.
Add Contact
The Add Contact option is available if the Exchange Integration has been set to synchronize contacts.
To add a contact from Outlook/Exchange to CRM:
1. Highlight the contact in Outlook, and click the Add Contact button. Deduplication is carried out based on the match rules set by the System Administrator in CRM. For example,
Company Name "contains", and Person Last Name "contains". Please refer to
Preventing duplicate entries (page 4-14)
for more information.
2. Review and complete the contact details in CRM, then click Save.
3. The contact is added to the CRM database, and also displayed in the My CRM | Contacts list.
The Add Contact button is disabled for the contact you have added.
If the CRM match rules detected that the contact was already in the CRM database, then it is just added to the My CRM | Contacts list. Note: The contact does not show as linked (CRM Contact category in Outlook) until the next synchronization. At that point, deduplication takes places using
Exchange Synchronization deduplication. Please see
Contacts: CRM to Exchange (page 7-2)
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Downloading the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
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Setting up Exchange to work with Office 365
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Adding contacts: CRM to Outlook
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Adding Contacts: Outlook to CRM
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Changing and deleting contacts
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View contact information from Outlook
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Synchronizing appointments and tasks
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Reviewing synchronization conflicts
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Attaching shared documents to Outlook emails
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Filing emails from Outlook to CRM
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Reinstalling the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
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Uninstalling the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
Downloading the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
To use the Classic Outlook integration features of CRM, you need to download the Outlook Plug-in for Classic Outlook integration from within CRM. Before you do this: l
Check that your email account runs on Microsoft Exchange Server, or is a POP3 email account, as CRM Outlook client integration is supported for email accounts running on
Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI or POP3. Roaming Profiles are not supported for Outlook in a Terminal Services or Citrix environment.
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Check that you're running either Outlook 2010 or Outlook 2013 (Professional Edition).
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Check with your System Administrator that you're an administrator of your own machine and that Outlook integration / synchronization has been enabled.
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Check that your timezone is set correctly in My CRM | Preferences.
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One Way Synchronization. The system can be configured to synchronize from CRM to Outlook only or from Outlook to CRM only. The default configuration is that the synchronization takes place both ways - CRM to Outlook, and Outlook to CRM.
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Note: When this setting is changed by the System Administrator in CRM, users need to restart their CRM sessions from within Outlook, then synchronize, for this change to take affect.
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Synchronize Outlook Deletions. If the user deletes appointments, tasks, or contacts in Outlook, then the corresponding records are deleted in CRM, if the user has appropriate rights to delete them. If the user deletes appointments or tasks in CRM, then the corresponding records are deleted in Outlook. If a contact is removed from the
My CRM | Contacts list in CRM, it is deleted in Outlook. This is the default configuration.
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Managing CRM And Outlook Updates. This option can be used when One Way
Synchronization is set to No, to help manage conflicts that may arise if two people change the same information in either system since the last synchronization.Conflicts
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Outlook Updates Win. The changes made to Outlook will appear in both Outlook and CRM. This is the recommended option for organizations that use Outlook as their primary appointment scheduling tool. The default for new installations is
Outlook Updates Win.
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Organizer Updates Win. This only applies to Appointments. The Organizer refers to the person who created the meeting in Outlook. If any users update the same record in both systems and the Organizer synchronizes, then the system behaves as per the Outlook Updates Win setting. If any users update the same record in both systems and an “Attendee” synchronizes, then the system behaves as per the CRM Updates Win setting. This option is suitable for organizations that mainly rely on CRM for their customer interaction management, however they also have a number of users who work with Outlook to organize and update meetings. This option will ensure that the Outlook organizers’ changes will be accepted in CRM.
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CRM Updates Win. Changes made to CRM appear in both Outlook and CRM.
This is the recommended option for organizations that use CRM as their primary appointment scheduling tool.
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Synchronize Outlook Contacts. The default setting is for Contact synchronization to take place between Outlook and CRM.
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Synchronize Outlook Tasks. The default setting is for Task synchronization to take place between Outlook and CRM.
To download the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration:
1. Close Outlook if it is currently open.
2. Click My CRM | Preferences.
3. Click the Install CRM Outlook Integration button. If the Microsoft .NET framework is not already installed on your computer, you're prompted to install it at this point. The .NET
framework must be installed for the Outlook plug-in to work.
4. Once the .NET installation has finished, click Continue. The Security Warning dialog box is displayed.
5. Verify the information in the security prompt, and click Run. The CRM Client InstallShield
Wizard is displayed.
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If the plug-in has already been installed by another user on the current client, the
File Download and Security Warning dialog boxes are skipped, and the CRM
Client InstallShield Wizard will run automatically to take you through the procedure for installing the Outlook plug-in.
6. Ensure you're logged off CRM and Internet Explorer and Outlook are closed before continuing with the install.
7. Complete the InstallShield Wizard steps.
8. Open Outlook. CRM Classic Outlook integration features are displayed within Outlook. In
CRM, the Install icon changes to a Reinstall icon.
Setting up Exchange to work with Office 365
If you’re connecting to your Office 365 for business email, you don’t need to look up your settings.
For Office 365 for business, use the following settings.
POP3
Server name
outlook.office365.com
Port
995
Encryption method
SSL
IMAP4
SMTP outlook.office365.com
smtp.office365.com
993
587
SSL
TLS
If you’re using Microsoft Exchange-based email but are not using Office 365 for business, do the following to look up your settings:
1. Sign in to your account using Outlook Web App. For help signing in, see
Sign in to Outlook Web
App
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2. In Outlook Web App, click Settings settings | Options | Account | My account.
3. On the My account page, click Settings for POP or IMAP access. The POP3, IMAP4, and
SMTP server name and other settings you may need to enter are listed on the Settings for
POP or IMAP Access page under POP setting or IMAP setting, and SMTP setting.
Using CRM from within Outlook (Classic Outlook integration)
The Sage CRM options are available from the CRM ribbon.
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A CRM Options page. To access it, click Options in the CRM ribbon of Outlook, or click
Options on the CRM Logon page.
The following table explains the CRM Actions group in the CRM ribbon.
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CRM Actions group
File Email
Add Contact
Description
File single or multiple email records with the company or person record in CRM
Highlight an individual Outlook contact, then add to CRM using this button.
The following table explains the Synchronization group in the CRM ribbon.
Synchronization Group
Sync
Description
Initiates a synchronization between CRM and
Outlook.
View Conflict Log View conflicts which arise during synchronization to field-level detail.
View Skipped Items View details about items that were skipped during synchronization. Please refer to
Reviewing skipped items (Classic Outlook integration) (page 8-11)
for more information.
Sync Info Reset
Options
Uninstall
Resets mappings between synchronized contacts, appointments and tasks back to the state they were in after the first post-plug-ininstall synchronization.
Opens the CRM Options page.
Uninstalls the CRM Outlook plug-in.
The following table explains the fields on the CRM Options page.
CRM Options
Server Name
Description
CRM install server name.
To change the default port (80), add the alternative port after the server name. For example, JUPITER:1234 [Server Name]:[HTTP port]
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CRM Options
Install Name
Use HTTPS
Sync Every (mins)
Show Conflicts
Warning if Sync is to Delete
More Than [] Items
Description
CRM install name.
Uses an HTTPS connection.
To change the default HTTPS port (443), add the alternative port after the server name. For example, JUPITER:10443 [
Server Name
]:
[
HTTPS port
]
Sets the automatic synchronization interval.
Displays Synchronization Conflicts window after each synchronization when in Auto Synch mode
(the System Administrator sets the automatic synchronization interval).
A dialog box is displayed if more than the specified number of records in CRM are going to be deleted as a result of a synchronization. You can then decide to proceed with the deletions or to stop them.
Synchronizing contacts (Classic Outlook integration)
When you flag the Sage CRM contacts you want to add to Outlook, or when you amend or delete flagged contacts, the end result is reflected in Outlook once a synchronization takes place.
You must add Outlook contacts manually, by clicking Add Contact. If you amend or delete these contacts in Outlook, the end result is reflected in Sage CRM once a synchronization takes place.
Once contacts have been synchronized, it doesn't matter if you make changes to them in Outlook or in Sage CRM. The details get synchronized both ways. Synchronization can be done manually, or it can be done automatically at specified intervals.
Adding contacts: CRM to Outlook (Classic Outlook integration)
Before they can get synchronized, you first need to flag the CRM contacts you want to synchronize with Outlook. Note: If a synchronized CRM contact has an address that is shared by another person or company and the user changes that address in Outlook, CRM will update the shared address with the new information during Contact synchronization.
To flag CRM contacts and synchronize them with Outlook:
1. Click the My CRM | Contacts tab. The Contacts page is displayed.
2. Click Add Contacts. The Find And Add Contacts page is displayed.
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3. Search for the contact or contacts you want to see in Outlook. For example, search for all people who work at the company Design Right Inc. A list of people matching your search criteria is displayed. They are all unselected by default.
4. Select any contacts you want to see in Outlook. You can use the Select/Deselect All check box to toggle all the contacts selections on or off. Note: You can sort contacts by clicking any subject heading except Remove Contact.
5. Click the Add Contacts button. The Contacts page is displayed, showing the contacts that you selected.
6. You can perform further searches to add more people to the Contacts tab.
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You can perform actions ( Merge to Word, Merge to PDF, New Task, Send Email,
Export To File) on your Contacts list in the same way as you can for any search lists or saved searches.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
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You can wait until the next automatic synchronization takes place, or you can synchronize manually at this point if you want.
7. Click the Sync button from the Outlook ribbon to synchronize manually. A dialog box shows the synchronization status.
8. If the synchronization process has detected any conflicts, a dialog box is displayed allowing you to review the conflicts.
9. Select the Contacts folder in MS Outlook to check the people you chose from CRM are there.
Contacts synchronized between CRM and Outlook are tagged in Outlook with the Category
CRM Contact. This can be viewed by double clicking the contact in Outlook.
Adding Contacts: Outlook to CRM (Classic Outlook integration)
You add Outlook contacts to CRM manually with the Add Contact button. You cannot add a contact from outlook to CRM if the contact in Outlook has company information and the user does not have insert rights to the company entity in CRM. To add the contact, you must either be given rights to insert company data or you must remove the Company information from the outlook record.
If you change company information for a contact in Outlook and then synchronize with
CRM, the updated company information will not be carried through to CRM. You must manually update the company information for this contact in CRM.
CRM field level security is not applied to required fields in Outlook. So, for example, if you delete the contents of a required field in an Outlook Contact and then synchronize with CRM, you will not be warned that a required field has not been populated.
1. Click Contacts from the Outlook Shortcuts group.
2. Highlight the contact you want to add to CRM.
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3. Click the Add Contact button from the ribbon. If the Outlook contact contains a company, a dedupe is performed on the Company name. Please refer to
Preventing duplicate entries (page
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Preventing duplicate entries (page 4-14)
for more information on handling duplicate contacts. If any duplicates are detected, they are displayed. You can select a contact by clicking it. If no duplicates are detected, the new Person page is displayed in CRM within Outlook, with the existing contact details from Outlook filled in.
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If a company match is not detected, or if one is detected and you click the Ignore
Warning and Enter Company button, a new company (that includes the person details on the Person panel) is automatically created using the Company name from Outlook.
If the Outlook contact does not have a company associated with it, a dedupe is performed on the Person name.
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Person details page. Please refer to
Adding a new company (page 4-2)
for more information on creating companies.
4. Click Save to save the contact in CRM. The contact is added to the Contacts tab in CRM so that it gets synchronized in the future. When a contact is added from Outlook to CRM, the
Outlook plug-in will automatically run synchronization with CRM on contacts only. This is to ensure that any additional information entered in CRM is also reflected in Outlook.
Changing and deleting contacts (Classic Outlook integration)
If you make any changes to any of your Sage CRM contacts, the changes are reflected in Outlook the next time you synchronize.
When you remove a contact from Contacts in CRM or if the contact is deleted from CRM and therefore automatically removed from Contacts, it is deleted from Outlook the next time you synchronize.
Viewing Detailed Contact Information from Outlook (Classic Outlook integration)
Any contact in Outlook, who has been synchronized with CRM maintains a link to all the detailed customer interaction history in CRM.
To access detailed contact information from Outlook:
1. Click the Contacts icon in Outlook.
2. Highlight the contact you want to view detailed information on.
3. Click the View Contact button from the Outlook toolbar.
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The Person Summary tab of the selected contact is displayed.
Synchronizing appointments and tasks (Classic Outlook integration)
Before you start working with the Outlook Synchronization feature, you must check that your correct Time Zone is specified in My CRM | Preferences.
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Tasks which have been modified in last 14 days.
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Outlook appointments and tasks (Classic Outlook integration)
To schedule a task from Outlook:
1. Click the Tasks folder in Outlook.
2. Click New Task from Home | New. The Task window is displayed.
3. Complete the details of the task, and set a reminder if you want. Although you can add a contact to the task in Outlook, this will not be reflected in CRM, even if the contact is in CRM.
4. Click Save And Close. The task is displayed in your Task list in Outlook.
5. Click Sync, then switch to CRM. The task is displayed on the My CRM | Calendar tab. If you set a reminder in Outlook, it pops up in Outlook as a Reminder, and in CRM as an onscreen notification.This applies to tasks and appointments.
Tasks created in Outlook are given the default completion time of 12 noon on their Due Date in
CRM.
CRM appointments and tasks (Classic Outlook integration)
To schedule an appointment in CRM:
1. Set up the appointment with a contact, for example Arthur Browne, in CRM for next week, and click Save.
2. Switch to Outlook.
3. Click Sync. The appointment is displayed in your Outlook Calendar.
Working with appointments, meetings and multiple users (Classic Outlook integration)
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If you create an appointment with a person, for example, Arthur Browne in CRM, his email address appears on the list of attendees in Outlook. You do not see from CRM if he has accepted the meeting and can attend.
Person in CRM as attendee in Outlook
When a user in CRM creates an appointment and links a person or company to it, the selected company or person is displayed in the body of the appointment in Outlook.
If you create an appointment in CRM with a user who does not have an associated email address, for example, a Resource user such as London Meeting Room, the appointment is synchronized with
Outlook, but the user is not displayed in the appointment in Outlook.
Only one Outlook calendar folder (the default Calendar) is supported by CRM Outlook Integration.
Private appointments (and tasks) do not get synchronized between CRM and Outlook.
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Recurring appointments and tasks (Classic Outlook integration)
When creating a recurring Appointment in Outlook, an End By date must be selected on the recurrence dialog box if the appointment is to be synched to CRM. Recurring Tasks are not synchronized from Outlook to CRM. Recurring Appointments created in CRM get synchronized to
Outlook.
The default maximum number of occurrences allowed in CRM is 200. This is set by the System
Administrator. If you create a recurring appointment in Outlook with a greater number of occurrences than that allowed in CRM, then the appointments will not get synched. You should also note that CRM allows you to have more than one recurring appointment from a series occurring on the same day, but Outlook does not.
All day events (Classic Outlook integration)
An All Day Event in Outlook becomes an All Day Event in CRM. An All Day Event in CRM becomes an All Day Event in Outlook. For example, an All Day Event for Friday in Outlook, starts in
CRM on Friday at 00:00 and ends on 23:59 Friday.
An All Day Event appointment created in CRM is displayed in Outlook as an All Day Event.
Reviewing synchronization conflicts (Classic Outlook integration)
Conflict information is generated if two people change the same information in either CRM or
Outlook since the last synchronization (and the System Administrator has set the appropriate User
Configuration settings).
For example, an appointment is created in Outlook starting at 4 pm, finishing at 5.30 pm. The appointment is synchronized, and is displayed in CRM. Before the next synchronization takes place, one user changes the end time to 4.30 pm in CRM, and another user changes the end time to
6 pm in Outlook. When synchronization takes place, the appointment end time is updated to 6 pm in
CRM and Outlook, and a conflict is displayed in Outlook.
To review the synchronization conflict:
1. In Outlook, click CRM | View Conflict Log. The Synchronization Conflicts window is displayed.
2. Click the conflict you want to view in the List Of Logged Conflicts panel. The left-hand side of the Conflict Details panel shows the field or fields where a conflict has arisen. The righthand side of the Conflict Details panel shows the values before the synchronization took place.
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Hide Empty Fields and Hide Equal. Toggling these fields on or off hides or shows the fields where the values are equal in both Outlook and CRM.
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Clear Log. Clears all the conflict from the List Of Logged Conflicts panel.
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Delete Selected. Clears the selected conflict from the List Of Logged Conflicts panel.
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Copy Details. Copies the Outlook value to the clipboard so that it can be reinstated if required.
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Help. Displays the CRM help page on Synchronization Conflicts.
3. Scroll to highlighted field to review the conflict in data. Click Close to close the
Synchronization Conflicts window.
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Reviewing skipped items (Classic Outlook integration)
You can review additional information about appointments, tasks or contacts which could not be synchronized in the Skipped Items log.
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A user was added only to one of occurrence of recurring appointment.
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A contact in Outlook has an empty first and last name.
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When there has been no response from Outlook when reading or writing an appointment, task or contact from or to Outlook.
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When a recurring appointment is created and the meeting organizer and invitees sync, but the meeting organizer later changes one of the occurrences in the series and sends the update to the invitees.
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An invitee of a recurring appointment tries to synchronize an appointment, where they are only invited to one or some of the occurrences of the series.
To view skipped items:
1. In Outlook, click CRM | View Skipped Items. The file, SKIPPEDITEMS.LOG is opened. An example of the text is:
***Problem gathering data for item***
Logged on:25/07/2008 10:32:43
Type: Recurring appointment
Subject: app2
Date & time: 25/07/2008 09:00:00
Action:Compiling XML with item to be sent to CRM server
Server ID:0
Outlook unique ID:2254403268
Cause:Exception raised: Incompatible recurrence pattern (no end date)
Logged at:MJ1024
This shows the time problem occurred (Logged On), the area the problem occurred in (Type), the Subject and Date & Time of the item (for appointments and tasks), and the cause. There is also additional information for your System Administrator or Support team (Action, Server
ID, Outlook Unique ID, Logged At).
2. Rectify the problem if you can easily do so. For example, adding an end date to recurring appointment in Outlook. If items are regularly being skipped that you expect to be synchronized, please refer to your System Administrator.
3. Close the SKIPPEDITEMS.LOG when you have finished reviewing it.
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The log can also be viewed from C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Sage\CRM\OutlookPlugin.
Attaching shared documents to Outlook emails (Classic Outlook integration)
When you're logged on to CRM from within Outlook, you can attach documents from the Shared
Documents tab in CRM to emails sent from Outlook.
1. Log on to CRM from within Outlook.
2. In Outlook, click New | Mail Message. The new email pane is displayed.
3. Click Attach Shared Doc. The list of documents available on the Shared Documents tab is displayed in a new window.
4. Select Attach for the document you want to attach to the email.
5. Click Attach. The selected document has been added to your email as an attachment.
Filing emails from Outlook to CRM (Classic Outlook integration)
You can file emails from any folder in Outlook against records in CRM.
When filing emails from Outlook to CRM, the plugin tries to match the email address on the Outlook email with an email address in CRM. You can also select a batch of emails from any folder in
Outlook and file them to CRM in a single action. When you perform a mass filing, CRM will look only for a match with the first email address in the batch you have selected. If no match is found for the first email address, you must manually match the email batch to a record in CRM. When filing batches of emails, it is recommended that all emails in the Outlook-based batch have the same email address.
When filing an email from outlook to CRM, if the user selects a company or person, the email will inherit the territory of either the company or person (in that order), depending on the users insert rights for those territories.
1. From your Inbox, highlight or click the email you want to file in CRM.
2. Click File Email when it becomes active. The File Email screen is displayed.
3. Use the Advanced Search Select buttons to specify what records you want the email filed against.
4. Check the settings in the Filing Options panel, and change them if you need to.
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Action The action type under which to file the email, for example, Email In, Email Out, or Meeting.
5. Click File And View Email in Sage CRM. The Email In page is displayed. This gives you access to Email action buttons in CRM to reply to the email straightaway from within CRM.
This automatically logs the reply as a communication record against the customer.
6. Click File Email to return to the email list in Outlook.
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7. If you click File And View Email for multiple emails, the Communications tab of the person you emailed is displayed.
8. Click Continue. The list of emails in Outlook is displayed. The filed email has a check mark next to it showing it was successfully filed in CRM.
You also can right-click your Inbox in Outlook, click Open In New Window, and drag and drop emails directly onto the Document Drop icon in CRM (Internet Explorer only). This method stores the whole email as an attachment to the communication record. For more information on dragging and dropping, please refer to
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To file an email while sending it from Outlook:
1. Log on to Sage CRM from within Outlook.
2. In Outlook, click New | Mail Message. The new email pane is displayed.
3. Fill in the email address fields.
4. Click Send And File . The File Email screen is displayed.
5. Use the Advanced Search Select buttons to specify what records you want the email filed against.
6. Select the appropriate settings in the Filing Options panel.
7. Click File Email. The email is filed in the CRM database against the record you specified.
Reinstalling the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
Your System Administrator may instruct you to reinstall the Outlook plug-in. For example, if CRM is upgraded with a new plug-in.
1. Click My CRM | Preferences.
2. Click Reinstall CRM MS Outlook Integration. A dialog box is displayed, informing you that the new plugin will load next time you start MS Outlook.
You can check the Plug-in version from Internet Explorer.
1. Click Tools (cog icon on the top-right hand-side).
2. Click Manage Add-ons.
3. Right-click the CRM Outlook Plug-in file and click More Information.
Uninstalling the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration
Your System Administrator may instruct you to uninstall the Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration.
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A dialog is displayed communicating that the uninstall was successful. Click OK and Outlook will be closed.
The plug-in cannot be uninstalled when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in
Windows 7. To uninstall the plugin, a user with administrator privileges must temporarily disable UAC. After uninstalling, the administrator can re-enable UAC.
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Downloading the CRM plug-in
The CRM plug-in gives you access to the Document Drop feature, and the Edit Attachment button on the Document Details panel and during a mail merge. When you first encounter a feature that requires the plug-in (for example, the Document Drop icon in your Calendar), you're prompted to download the plug-in. Follow the onscreen instructions. You only need to do this once. If you receive an upgrade or change machines, you're prompted to download the plug-in again.
These features are available only when working with Sage CRM in Internet Explorer.
Your System Administrator can configure access to the plug-in from Administration.
Mail merge templates
Sample mail merge templates are available from the Shared Templates list. Shared templates are stored on the Sage CRM server and are available to all users. Info Managers and System
Administrators can create and upload templates available to all users.
You can create new mail merge templates that are available exclusively to you. You can also create mail merge documents with Word document templates you've saved locally. For more information, see
Uploading a Word document template (page 9-7) .
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Performing a mail merge
You can merge an existing template with Company and Person details. You can create a merged document for all contacts contained in a search list, saved search, or group.
1. Click Find and select <Entity> from Find, enter your search criteria and click Find. To perform a mail merge for multiple contacts, click Find | Person and search for the required records.
2. Click the record to use in the mail merge.
3. Click the Documents tab and click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF. A list of shared templates is displayed.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
4. Click the template link.
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. Click Save Template. You can only save updated templates that belong to you. Shared templates can only be modified by a System
Administrator or an Info Manager.
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To continue with the mail merge, click Merge and Continue.
5. To create a completed Communication record with a link to the merged document, select
Create Communication.
6. To change the merged document, click Edit merged document. This option is only available in IE and when the Active X plug-in is used. Make your changes to the document, save and close. Then click Save.
Your System Administrator controls access to the Active X plug-in from
Administration | Email and Documents | Documents and Reports
Configuration.
7. Click Continue.
8. If you select Create Communication, the Save Merged Document As A Communication page is displayed. Add a Subject for the communication, update any other fields, and click
Save.
A Communication record is created to record that a letter was sent out, forming part of the customer's interaction history. If you created a merged document for all contacts contained in a search list, saved search, or group, a Communication record is created against all contacts on your list. You can view the merged document as an attachment on the Communication record and from the Documents tab.
Uploading an image file
To use images for your HTML mail merge templates, you must first upload the images to the server.
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1. Click Find | <Entity>.
2. Enter your search criteria and click Find.
3. Click the person or company to whom you want to send the merged document.
4. Right-click New and click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF, or click Merge to Word or
Merge to PDF in the Documents tab.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
5. Click Add Local Template / Image.
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7. Enter details for the image file and click Save. All uploaded image files are saved. When you've saved the image, you can use it when creating a new mail merge template in Sage
CRM.To insert any uploaded images into an HTML template, type the image name in an
HTML IMG tag. For example, <img src="logo.png">.
Creating a new template and adding merge fields
You can add new templates for your own use.
1. Ensure you're in the context you want the template to be associated with. For example, open a
Case record to create a template that uses case merge fields.
2. Click the Documents tab and click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
3. Click Create Template.
4. Enter details in File and Description.
5. Create the main body of your template. You can paste content from Microsoft Word or
HTML source code into the
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6. Insert any images you want to use in the template by inserting the image name in an
HTML IMG tag. For example, <img src="logo.jpg">. To insert an image, you must first upload it to the server. For more information, see
Uploading an image file (page 9-2) .
7. Select Sage CRM merge fields from Insert Sage CRM Field. If you need a merge field that's not available, ensure you started the merge in the correct context. For example, to include merge fields from the opportunity table, start the merge process in the context of an
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System Administrator to customize the mail merge view for the main entity of the mail merge.
When creating a mail merge using opportunity merge fields you must include
TableStart and TableEnd tags even if you don't use nested items. If you don't include these tags, the merge fails with no errors given.
8. Click Save Template. The new template is saved in HTML format and listed in your Shared
Templates. When you click Save Template, a Delete button appears. You can delete only those templates that you created using the rich text editor.
9. To continue with a merge, click Merge and Continue.
10. To share your template with other users, save it locally, email it to your System Administrator asking the administrator to upload it to the global Shared Templates list.
Text editor buttons
Use the Sage CRM text editor to format the body of a mail merge template or email template. The following table explains buttons whose function might not be immediately obvious. Hover over a button to view the button name.
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View or edit the source code of the document.
Preview
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Anchor
See what the final template will look like.
Add a link to an email address, anchor, or web site.
Remove a link to an email address, anchor, or web site.
Insert a marker in your text. You can link to this marker.
Maximize Make the text editor window the full size of your screen.
Note:
You can't maximize the text editor when working on iPad.
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Create Div Container
Format the text as a block quote. The text is indented and italicized.
Add a div container to apply formatting to a large fragment of text. This is an advanced feature that you should use only if you've sufficient knowledge of Web standards.
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Creating a quote or order template
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User requirements: All users can create and save templates, and use them when merging documents. However, only Info Managers and System Administrators can change shared templates or the default quick quote and order templates.
Sage CRM ships with sample quote and order templates including a default template for quick quotes and orders. You can also create your own templates.
1. Open a Quote or Order record.
2. Click the Documents tab and click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
3. Click Create Template.
4. Enter template details in File and Description.
5. Create the main body of your template.
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6. To preview the merged document, click Preview Merge. If you're merging multiple records, the preview shows only the first record in the group.
7. Click Save. The template is saved in HTML format.
Creating a new template in Microsoft Word
You can create mail merge templates in Word that you can upload to Sage CRM.
1. In the main document, type any content that you want to appear on every copy of the document.
2. To add a picture, click Insert | Picture. To ensure your picture and text remain formatted correctly during the merge process, use a table to format your document.
3. To insert a merge field to the template, click Insert| Quick Parts | Field. To ensure the template works properly, a merge field must correspond to the exact field name in Sage CRM.
Check the field name with your System Administrator. Enter merge fields from only one entity.
For example, when creating a template for use with Case records, you can enter Case,
Person, Company, Address, and User merge fields but not Quote merge fields.
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4. Select MergeField from Field names.
5. Enter the Sage CRM merge field name in Field name and click OK.
6. Click File | Save As, and save the template in one of the following formats: .DOCX, .HTM, and .HTML. You can now upload the template and use it to perform mail merges. When you upload the template, you must associate it with the entity, for which you've entered merge fields. To share the template with other users, email it to your System Administrator and ask the administrator to upload it to the Shared Templates list.
Uploading a Word document template
You can upload a local Word document template and use it to perform a mail merge.
1. Open an entity record and click the Documents tab.
2. Click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
3. Click Add Local Template / Image.
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5. Enter the document details.
6. Select the entity you want the template to be associated with from Entity.
7. Click Save. All uploaded files are saved.
Tracking documents on the Documents tab
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The Documents tab is available within the context of a Company, Person, Opportunity, Case,
Solution, Quote, Order, and Custom entity.
Documents in the Opportunity or Case Documents tabs are visible in the Company and Person
Library tabs. Documents in the Person Documents tab are also visible in the Company Documents tab (unless the person is not linked to a company).
Retrieving a merged document from the Documents tab
If you sent out a letter to a customer using the Merge Document functionality, and set Create
Communication and Save Document letter options to Yes, a copy of the merged document is automatically attached to the communication record and stored in the Documents tab.
1. Find the person to whom you sent the letter and open the record.
2. Click the Documents tab. A list of all document entries for the person is displayed.
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Attachment.
Adding a document to the Documents tab
You can upload a document and make it available for other users to view.
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1. Open an entity record and click the Documents tab.
2. Click Add File.
3. Browse to the document file.
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4. Enter the document details.
5. Click Add File to add more files.
6. To automatically create a new completed communication record when the Documents entry is saved, select Create Communication.
7. Click Save. All uploaded image files are saved. If you selected Create Communication, you can view the completed communication record on the Company Communications tab, and the document entries from the Attachments tab within the communication.
Document Drop
The Document Drop feature provides a short cut for linking documents, emails, or any* type of file from another application to customer data in Sage CRM. If a document is dropped onto the icon in a communication list, you can select to automatically create a new communication record. The document is saved as an attachment to the communication.
* The System Administrator can restrict the type of files you can upload. For example, prohibiting
EXE or BAT files.
The Document Drop icon is only available when working with Sage CRM in Internet
Explorer. Your System Administrator can enable/disable access to the plug-in required for Document Drop for all users from Administration. Chrome and Firefox users can use the
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Drop Files Here area
The Drop Files Here area provides a clear drag-and-drop zone for adding files to Sage CRM.
This area isn't available when working with Sage CRM in Internet Explorer or Safari. The
feature provides similar functionality for users working in IE. Safari users can drag-and-drop onto Add File.
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To upload successfully, the files must comply with the system file size, type, and number of files settings. These are defined by your System Administrator.
Linking email correspondence to a customer
You can link email correspondence to a Customer record using Document Drop (IE only).
1. Find and open the Customer record.
2. Click the Communications tab.
3. Tile the windows on your desktop and use the mouse to drag the required email onto the
Document Drop icon. The Enter New Task page is displayed.
4. Action type is automatically set to Email In. Enter the rest of the details and click Save.The
new communication is displayed in the Communications list for the company.
5. To review the email, click the Email icon and then click View Attachment.
You can also link email correspondence to customer records in Sage CRM using Outlook
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File Email from Outlook to file an inbound email communication with the customer record in
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Dropping a document onto the Documents tab
1. Open the record that you want to link to the document.
2. Click the Documents tab.
3. Reduce the size of your Sage CRM window.
4. Click and drag the document from the current location.
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5. Enter the document details and click Save.
Shared documents
All users can access the Shared Documents tab. It stores corporate documents that you may need quick access to on a daily basis. However, you may not have access to all documents on the
Documents tab.
Accessing shared documents
1. Click My CRM | Shared Documents.
2. Click the View Attachment icon beside the file you want to open. Alternatively, click the document and then click View Attachment on the Document Details screen.
Filtering shared documents
If the default list of documents in the Shared Documents tab is long and difficult to manage, use the filter box on the right-hand side of the screen to filter the list according to a number of criteria.
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Adding documents to the Shared Documents tab
User Requirement: Info Manager with Document Library Rights
1. Click My CRM | Shared Documents.
2. Click Add File.
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4. Click Add File to add more files.
5. Enter the document details, such as which teams can view it, and if it's associated with a particular entity.
6. Click Save. Uploaded documents are listed in the Shared Documents tab for all users whose primary or display team is the team associated with the document.
Editing documents in the Shared Documents tab
User Requirement: System Administrator or Info Manager Administration Rights
1. Click the My CRM | Shared Documents.
2. Find the document you want to edit and click the document link.
3. Click View Attachment to download the attached document.
4. Open the document, make your changes, and save the document locally to your computer.
Note the document filename.
5. Return to Sage CRM. Click Delete and Confirm Delete to delete the existing document.
6. Click Add File to upload the updated document.
7. Click Save.
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Company list by segment (List)
This report displays a list of companies in selected industry segments. For example, all companies in the computer - software segment. To run the report:
1. Click Reports .
2. Click the General report category.
3. Click Company List by Segment or click Run next to the report name.
The report output is displayed onscreen by default. Leave the on-screen option selected for this example.
4. Select criteria for the report. If you leave the search criteria blank,the results return all the permitted values. To select multiple criteria on the right-hand side of the panel, hold the Ctrl key and click the individual entries.
5. Click Go. The Company List by Segment report is displayed in a new window.
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Once the whole report is generated, a Go To Page icon is displayed at the top of the page. A
Print icon is also available. The navigation buttons are defined in the report builder by the
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Activities logged report by user (Cross Tab)
This report shows the number and types of communications logged by specified users. The search criteria includes the Date/Time field from the communication, so that you can review, for example, all communications logged for your team over the last month.
To run the report:
1. Click Reports.
2. Click the report category Activity Reports.
3. Click Activities Logged Report by User, or click Run next to the report. The search criteria are combined with logical "AND"s operators.This means, only activities which meet both the
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November.
5. Select the users whose activities you want to report on.
6. Click Go. The report output is displayed in a new window. This report includes a chart graphic.
Report output page
Opportunity closing history (Historical)
This report shows opportunities that were opened during the specified time period. You can add other search criteria. For example, add Opportunity Status to see all opportunities opened between 1st July to 31st July, which were Won during that time period or after.
To run the report:
1. Click Reports.
2. Click the Sales report category.
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3. Click Opportunity Closing History or click Run next to the report.
4. Select the criteria for the report.
5. Click Go.
The report output is displayed in a new window. The last week of the selected time period displays the total number of opportunities opened during the month of July and which were zon. The weekly totals give you a point-in-time snapshot for the whole measured period.
Report output page
Person summary report
A Person summary report gives you a quick one-page report with key information about a person.
You get their contact details and a summary of the most recent interactions this persons has had with your business.
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button, and click Person.
2. Search for a Person record and open it.
3. Click Summary Report. The person’s summary details are displayed in an Adobe PDF file.
Exporting a Company list from a search list
If your System Administrator has given you rights, you can quickly create a list report in CSV or
Text file format from any search list, saved search, or group.
1. Click Find | Company and search for particular companies. For example, all London based companies in the system that are assigned to you.
2. Click Export to File.
3. Type in a name for the file, and select the format you want the file to be produced in — Excel
CSV, CSV, or Text.
4. Click Save. The list of companies is exported to a CSV or text file.
Saving report search criteria
If you regularly run reports using the same search criteria, you can save and re-use the search criteria selected.
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1. Click Reports.
2. Click a report category. For example, Activity Reports.
3. Click Run next to the report you want to run. For example, Activities Logged Report by
User.
4. Select the search criteria, and click Save. you're prompted to enter a name for the saved search. You can select the Available to All Users checkbox to make the saved search available to all users.
5. Enter a short description for the search, and click Save. When you return to the list of reports, the saved search criteria is displayed in a list next to the report.
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Adding favorite reports
You can group reports that you work with regularly in your own personal reports category. To add a report to the My Favorite Reports category:
1. Click My CRM | Reports.
2. Click the category where your favorite report is.
3. Select the Favorite checkbox next to the report you want to add to the My Favorite Reports category.
4. To view your favorite reports, click the My Favorite Reports category.
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Adobe PDF
To display report output in Adobe PDF format click Print Preview on the Display Options panel.
The output is displayed in Adobe PDF format.
You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your machine to view this type of report output. The Reader can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com. If you're running reports containing extended characters, you must ensure you have the Arial Unicode MS font (ARIALUNI.TTF) installed, otherwise the extended characters will not display.
Report charts display as a static image in PDF files.
To display charts in a PDF report, Adobe Flash must be installed on the Sage CRM server. Ask your System Administrator to install this software.
To install the font:
1. Copy arialuni.ttf from windows\fonts folder to ..\program files\FOP\ folder.
2. Edit the ..\program files\FOP\fonts.bat file, (read the notes inside this file) i.e. replace the placeholder filename with arialuni. Close the batch file and then run it.
3. Copy the resultant XML file into the ..\program files\FOP\Fonts\ folder.
4. Edit the ..\program files\FOP\conf\userconfig.xml file. Add the following lines of xml:
<font metrics-file="fonts/ArialUni.xml" kerning="yes"embedfile=" c:/windows/fonts/ArialUni.ttf"> <font-triplet name="ArialUnicodeMS" style="normal" weight="normal"/> <font-triplet name="ArialUnicodeMS" style="normal" weight="bold"/> <font-triplet name="ArialUnicodeMS" style="italic" weight="normal"/> <font-triplet name="ArialUnicodeMS" style="italic" weight="bold"/></font>
Make sure the value for the embed-file tag exists (for example, it might be c:\winnt\):
embed-file="c:/windows/fonts/ArialUni.ttf"
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To display report output in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format select CSV on the Display
Options panel. The output is displayed in a CSV format.
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Interacting with report charts
Report charts using FusionCharts are available with built-in animation and interaction.
Report charts are available when running a report from Reports or from a chart gadget on the classic or interactive dashboard. When you run a report, ensure that Show Chart is selected in
Report Options, Step 2 of 2. For more information, see
The built-in animation means you can watch, for example, the bars of a horizontal bar chart grow as the chart is drawn. You can also interact with charts when they are drawn. For example, you can highlight slices of pie charts, and rotate the pie chart to get a better view of the information you require.
To interact with a pie chart once it is drawn:
1. Edit an existing report and make sure it has the Chart Style set to Pie. Save the report, and then run it.
2. Click a slice of the pie chart to highlight it.
3. To rotate the pie chart, right-click the chart and click Enable Rotation, then click and drag the chart to its new position.
The standard drill-down feature of linked charts can also be used.
Chart display options with the Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player isn't required for running or interacting with report charts. Some enhanced display options, such as greater depth of color, are available in charts when Adobe Flash Player is installed on the client machine. If Flash isn't available, the charts are displayed using HTML 5.
If it is not desirable to use Flash on the client at a customer site, then a custom setting,
ChartUseFlash, can be set to N in the Custom System Parameters table, to only ever allow the display of static images. This should only be carried out by an experienced System Administrator.
More information is available on the
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To send out a mail shot or schedule several calls in a single action, use the action buttons on the right-hand side of Search lists, Saved Searches, and the My CRM | Contacts list .
You can use advanced actions on lists in the Groups and Campaign Management areas. For more information, see
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Start mail merge
This example sends a mail shot to all Sage CRM contacts.
1. Click the My CRM | Contacts tab. If the contacts list is empty, click Add Contacts or Add
Group Of Contacts to add people to the list.
2. Once you have a list of contacts, click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF on the right-hand side of the page. A list of shared templates is displayed. Note: New | Merge to Word or
Merge to PDF on the left-hand side of the page merges a single contact’s details with a document template. The actions on the right-hand side of the screen merge the document for all contacts in the current list.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
3. Click the template you want to use for this mail shot. If you're working with an HTML template, you can make changes to the template before you merge.
4. Make any changes you want to the template. You can insert Sage CRM merge fields by selecting them from the Insert Sage CRM Field drop-down box. Note: You can click Preview
Merge to preview how the final merged document will look.
5. When you're happy with your merged document, click Merge and Continue to perform the merge. The template is merged with the contact details of each of the contacts in the
Contacts tab.
6. Print the letters at this point if you want.
7. Return to Sage CRM and complete the details of this communication. A link to the communication record and document is stored against each contact.
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New task
This example shows you how to schedule a call to all contacts based in New-York, and where you're the account manager. You can use the results of a search on the Person list.
To schedule the calls:
1. Right-click or hover over Find and click Person.
2. Enter search criteria. For example, New York in City and your name in Account Manager.
3. Click Find. A list of people matching the search criteria is displayed. A new set of action buttons are displayed on the right-hand side of the page. Note: You can also run actions on lists generated from Saved Searches. For more information about Saved Searches, see
Finding information (page 3-1)
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4. Click New Task. The Enter Task Information page is displayed. For details of fields on this page, except for the Scheduling Options, see
Scheduling a callback (page 5-2) . For details of
the Scheduling Options, see
Scheduling an internal telesales activity (page 17-9)
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New | Task on the left -hand side of the page merges a single contact’s details with a new task. New Task on the right-hand side of the screen creates a new task for each contact in the current list.
5. Complete the information for the scheduled task, and click Save. Pending tasks are displayed in the Calendar tab of the user they are scheduled for.
Send emails
This example shows you how to send an email blast to all contacts on a Saved Search list. In this example, the user has already created a Saved Search called Boston Contacts. For more information on Saved Searches, see
Creating a saved search (page 3-10)
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1. Right-click or hover over Find and click Person.
2. Select a saved search from Saved Search. A list of people matching the saved search criteria is displayed. A new set of action buttons is displayed.
3. Click New Emailon the right-hand side of the screen. The Send Mass Email page is displayed. For information about the fields on this page, see
Sending emails to groups (page
New | Email on the left -hand side of the page merges a single contact’s details with an email. The New Email action button on the right-hand side of the screen sends an email to each contact in the current list.
4. Complete the information for the email blast, and click Send Email. The emails are sent and a link to the communication record is stored against each person on the list. The email can also be retrieved from the communication record on the contact.
Export to file
This example shows you how to export a list of companies to a file. In this example, you export a list of companies where you're the Account Manager, based on a saved search. For more
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1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and click Company.
2. Retrieve the Saved Search list by clicking it from the drop-down list at the top right-hand side of the Find page. A list of companies matching the saved search criteria is displayed. A new set of action buttons is also displayed the right-hand side of the page.
3. Click Export To File. The Export File Options page is displayed.
4. Choose the output format. Select from CSV, Excel CSV or Text. The default is CSV.
5. Click Save. The output is displayed in spreadsheet format in a new browser window. From the new window, you can review the information and save by clicking File | Save As. You can also access the exported file from the My CRM | Shared Documents tab.
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What's an opportunity?
In Sage CRM, an opportunity means a sales opportunity. It can be created directly by a sales representative or from the conversion of a marketing lead into an opportunity.
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Quick Sale Workflow
The Quick Sale Workflow is a predefined workflow designed for products that don’t require a complex sales cycle and can be sold in a few steps. If your System Administrator has enabled this workflow, you can create a Quick Sale on the Opportunity page and progress it using the predefined Sold, On Hold, Canceled, and Lost action buttons.
Creating a new opportunity
Your System Administrator can set up workflows to help you create new opportunities. There are two predefined opportunity workflows. The
has fewer stages than the standard
Opportunity Workflow and is designed for organizations with fewer sales people, who need less steps to complete a sale.
1. Find the prospect. If they are new to your database, you first need to create a new company.
2. Click a company name, and click the Opportunities tab.
3. Click New Opportunity.
4. Depending on how your System Administrator has configured workflow, there are several ways to create a new opportunity.
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5. Complete the
6. Click Save.The Opportunity Summary page is displayed.
At this stage, you can right-click or hover over the New menu button, then Task to schedule a follow-up call. The task is automatically linked to the opportunity in the About field.
Opportunity fields
Field
Company
Description
Company that the sales opportunity is with.
Person Main contact person in the company for the sales opportunity.
Short description of the opportunity.
Description
Source
Type
Source of the opportunity. For example, Trade
Show, Customer Referral, Web.
Type of opportunity or general area of product interest. For example, Services, License,
Consulting, Mix.
Customer Ref
Details
Opened
Customer reference code. For example, it could be a combination of a marketing campaign code and customer identifier.
Detailed description of the sales opportunity.
Date the opportunity was received. Defaults to today's date.
Actual date the opportunity was closed.
Closed
Territory Security territory. For more information, see
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Status
Certainty%
Forecast
Priority
Assigned To
Team
Close By
Field
Competitors
Winner
Reason For Loss
Cross-sell
Opportunity
Original
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Other people or companies bidding on the opportunity.
The person or company who won the sale.
Notes added by sales reps that provide insight into why a deal was lost. You can use this information to improve the sales process and win more deals in the future.
This checkbox is selected automatically to indicate that this is a cross-sell opportunity.
This SSA field is prepopulated with the name of the original opportunity when you create a cross-sell opportunity.
The Campaign Wave Activity source of the opportunity (only available where Campaign
Management is implemented).
Stage the opportunity is at. For example, Lead,
Quoted, Negotiating.
Status the opportunity is at. For example, In
Progress, Won, Lost.
A percentage certainty that this deal will close at some point in the future.
The figure the Sales User expects to get, if the deal closes.
Priority. For example, Normal, Low, High.
Person responsible for the sale.
Team responsible for the sale.
Forecast close date.
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Opportunity
Currency
Total Quote Value
Total Order Value
Description
Read-only field, which comes from the Quote or
Order. Please refer to the explanation of the
Currency field on the Quotes tab for more information.
Read-only field. Gross Amount from the quotes associated with this opportunity where the
Include
In Quotes Total
checkbox is selected.
This value is not used for forecasting purposes.
If the quote is set to a status of Inactive, the Gross
Amount from the quote is deducted from the Total
Quote Value.
When a quote is converted to an order, the Gross
Amount of the quote is deducted from the Total
Quote Value. If only one quote has the Include In
Quotes Total check box selected, this value is set to zero when the quote is converted.
Read-only field. Gross Amount from the orders associated with this opportunity where the
Include
In Quotes Total
checkbox was selected on the quote.
This value is populated when a quote is converted to an order. It is not used for forecasting purposes.
If the order is set to a Status of Inactive, the Gross
Amount from the order is deducted from the Total
Order Value on the opportunity.
This table shows the Opportunity Status icons.
Status Icon Description
In Progress
Won
Lost
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Closed
Adding products to an opportunity
1. Within the context of an opportunity, click the Quotes tab.
2. Click New.
3. Complete the fields on the and click Save.
You can add a discount on a quote or order, which has no line items. You can do this to raise a credit note, or to give a special customer discount. For example, to give a customer $10 off every order, you can add $10 as a discount before the customer has decided on the products.
4. Click Next. The New Line Item panel is displayed.
5. Complete the fields on the
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6. Click Save and New to add the next line item, or Save to add the line item and quit the New
Line Item panel.
When editing a line item, you cannot change the product or product family.
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Comment line items are included on the printed quote.
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If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
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To add the quote to an existing group of quotes, click Add This Record To A Group. For example, you could create a group as part of a mailing action. For more information, see
New Quotes page fields
Field
Currency
Description
Currency of the quote. Your default currency is displayed. It can be changed there are no line items. The currency set here is displayed on the
Opportunity Summary
page.
You can create multiple quotes with no line items, and set a different currency each time you create a quote. However, as you set the currency for the new quote, the currency on all the other empty quotes are changed to the same currency.
Pricing List
Status
Select the pricing list for the quote.This is a mandatory field, and the Default Pricing List is set by default.
A quote can have a status of Active, Inactive, or
Converted. You can select from Active or Inactive.
The status of Converted is automatically set once the quote is converted into an order.
Setting the status to Inactive deducts the gross amount of the quote from the Total Quote Value on the opportunity (if the
Include In Quotes Total
check box was selected).
Include In Quotes Total
Reference
Opened
Toggle the inclusion of the quote in the
Total
Quote Value
field on the opportunity. You can include one or more quotes in the Total Quote
Value on the opportunity.
The Total Quote Value is not used for forecasting purposes.
Generated automatically when the quote is saved.
The format of the reference is set by the System
Administrator.
Read-only field set by the system when the quote is created.
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Expiration Date
Description
Discount Type
Discount Percentage
Discount Amount
Description
Defaults to seven days from the date the quote is created. You can manually change this date. The
System Administrator can change the default length of validity.
Short description of the quote.
Percentage or Amount.
Percentage discount on the whole quote.
Discounts are rounded to the system setting for decimal places. If the Discount Type is set to
Amount, this field is read-only and is calculated according to the amount entered in the Discount
Amount field.
Money amount discount on the whole quote. Can be typed in to two decimal places.
If the Discount Type has been set to Percentage, then this field is read-only and is calculated according to the percentage entered in the
Discount Percentage field.
New line items panel fields
Field
Product Family
Description
Group that the product belongs to. For example, a company selling office products may have the product families: Office Furniture, Computers Peripherals,
Stationary, and Filing.
The Product Family selected narrows down the products list in the Product field.
Product Families are set up by the System
Administrator.
Product Select from a list of products set up by your System
Administrator.
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UOM
Quantity
List Price
Quoted Price
Line Item
Discount
Description
Unit of Measure available for the selected product.
For example, a company selling office products may sell pens as singles and in packs of 24 or 36. The
System Administrator can set up a UOM family for
"Pen Packs", and then UOMs as Single, 24-pack, and
36-pack.
If the System Administrator has not enabled Units of
Measure, then this field is not displayed.
Quantity of the product. If UOMs are being used, then this is the quantity of the UOM.
Standard price of the product. If UOMs are being used, then this is the standard price the UOM.
This is a read-only field.
Defaults to the List Price for a quantity of one—of a product or of a UOM. This field can be edited to discount line items.
Read-only field. Calculated by subtracting the Quoted
Price from the List Price, and multiplying by the
Quantity.
Progressing an opportunity
If your system has an opportunity workflow enabled, a number of action buttons appear on the righthand side the Opportunity Summary page.The workflow actions available to you depend on how the opportunity workflow has been set up and customized to suit your sales process.
Workflow buttons
You can record the qualification information received from your prospect against the opportunity by using a sample Opportunity workflow available in Sage CRM.
The predefined Quick Sale Workflow doesn't include a qualification step because it represents a shorter sales process and has fewer workflow options. For more
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1. Click Qualify.
2. When the Progress Opportunity page is displayed, complete the required fields and add additional information in Tracking Note.
3. Click Save. The Opportunity Summary page is displayed. You can view all changes made to the Opportunity on the Progress Opportunity page can from the Opportunity Tracking tab.
The Duration column on the Opportunity Tracking tab shows how long the opportunity has spent at each stage of the qualification process. The Duration takes into account the business calendar defined by the System Administrator.
Generating a quick quote or order
You can quickly generate a quote or order using a default template merged with existing record details, and then print it or email it to a contact directly from Sage CRM. You can ask your System
Administrator to change the default template if it doesn't suit your needs. You can also generate a quote or order using a choice of templates rather than the default quick template; the steps are described in
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You can create a quick quote or order in the context of an opportunity or a company, or from your My
CRM area.
1. Click New | New Quote or New | New Order.
2. Alternatively,
or the company record for which you want to create a quick quote or order. If workflow is enabled, you might have to progress the opportunity before you can create, print, or send a new quote or order based on the record.
3. Complete the fields on the
or the
or order to a company or person using the advanced search buttons.
4. Click Next.
5. To preview the quote or order in a new window, click Print Quote or Print Order. Use the
PDF buttons to print or save the quote or order.
6. To save the quote or order without printing or emailing it, click Continue.
Sending a quick quote or order
When you've generated a quick quote or order, you can send it as an email attachment to a contact directly from Sage CRM.
1. Click Send Quote or Send Order.
2. Complete the email address and subject fields.
3. To create a completed communication record with a link to the new quote or order, complete the Communications Options fields, making sure you specify a team and a follow up action. A communication record is associated with each person in the specified team.
4. To add information about the emailed quote or order to an existing marketing campaign, choose the relevant campaign activity from Wave Activity. To include a link to every recipient, click eMails in the Parent Category Selection panel.
5. Click Send Quote or Send Order.
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Sending a quote
1. Open a quote from the Quotes tab.
2. Click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF. A list of sales related documents is displayed in the
Shared Templates list.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
3. Click the quote template you want to work with.
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The ability to use the Active X plug-in is controlled by the System
Administrator from Administration | Email and Documents |
Documents and Reports Configuration.
7. Click Continue. If the Create Communication checkbox is selected, the Save Merged
Document As A Communication page is displayed.
8. Add a Subject for the communication, and update any other fields you need to.
9. Click Save. A communication record with a link to the quote is created and the quote is saved in the Documents tab.
10. Progress the opportunity to the next stage in the sales cycle by clicking, for example, the
Proposal Submitted workflow bullet on the Opportunity Summary page. Note that the sample workflow may vary slightly from your customized workflow.
11. Complete the required information, and add a tracking note. All changes made so far are reflected on the Opportunity Tracking tab.
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Turning a quote into an order
1. Open the quote from the Quotes tab within the opportunity.
2. Click Convert. The tab displayed switches automatically from the Quotes tab to the Orders tab and the Convert Order page is displayed.
Convert is still available if the expiration date on a quote has passed. However, you receive a warning message if you try to convert an expired quote.
3. Add the information in the Convert Order page. The fields are displayed in the tables below:
Field
Currency
Description
Currency of the order. This value is carried over from the
Currency field on the quote. If there are no line items associated with the order, this field can be edited.
Pricing List
Reference
Pricing List of the orders. Read-only. This value is carried over from the Pricing List field on the quote.
Generated automatically when the order is saved. The format of the Reference is determined by System
Administrator.
Opened
Delivery Date
Status
Date and time the quote was converted to an order.
Defaults to a set number of days from the date the order is created. The default is defined by your System
Administrator. You can manually change this date.
Set to Archive, Inactive, or Completed. Defaults to Active.
Setting the status to Inactive deducts the Gross Amount of the order from the Total Order Value on the opportunity (if the Include In Quotes Total check box was selected in the original quote).
Description
PO Reference
Contact
Short description of the order.
Purchase order or order reference number from the customer.
Contact person for the order.
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Billing Address
Shipping Address
Description
Populated by the first "Billing" type address of the company.
If there is no billing address, it defaults to the main address for the company. The address type is set via the Type check box field when a new address is created.
The address can be changed by selecting an alternative address already associated with the company. A list of existing addresses associated with this company can be selected from the drop-down field below the Billing Address field. Alternatively you can type over the existing address information.
Populated by the first "Shipping" type address of the company. If there is no shipping address, it defaults to the main address for the company. The address type is set via the Type check box field when a new address is created.
The address can be changed by selecting an alternative address from the drop-down field below the Shipping
Address field. Alternatively you can type over the existing address information.
Select from a drop-down list. For example, Courier, Mail.
Shipping Method
The Order level discount fields are:
Field
Discount Type
Description
Select from Percentage or Amount.
Percentage discount on the whole order.
Discount
Percentage
Discount Amount Money amount discount on the whole quote.
4. Click Save.
When you save the order, a link to the related quote can be accessed from the Associated
Quote column in the Orders tab. A link to the related order can be accessed from the
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Description. For example, if you add the Line Number 2, then the comment will be positioned as the second line item. If you have already selected other line items, their line item numbers will be re-sequenced. Comment line items will be included on the printed order.
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for more information.
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You can create an order confirmation to send to both the customer and your order fulfillment team.
1. Click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF from the Orders tab. A list of shared templates is displayed.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
2. Click the order template you want to work with. The order is displayed onscreen, and it can be edited.
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Info Manager or Administration rights only. For information on how to customize tables showing line items, please refer to the System Administrator Guide.
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Edit merged document. This opens a new browser window where you can edit the merged document. This option is only available in IE and when the Active X plug-in is being used. Make your changes to the document, save and close. Then click Save on the Complete Merge Process page.
The ability to use the Active X plug-in is controlled by the System
Administrator from Administration | Email and Documents |
Documents and Reports Configuration.
6. Click Continue. If the Create Communication checkbox is selected, the Save Merged
Document As A Communication page is displayed.
7. Add a subject for the communication, and update any other fields you need to.
8. Click Save. A Communication record with a link to the order is created, and the order is saved in the Documents tab.
Closing a sale
1. Within the context of the opportunity, click Sold. The Progress Opportunity page is displayed.
2. Complete the Status details and add a tracking note.
3. Click Save. The opportunity is set to a stage of Sale Agreed and a status of Won.
4. Depending on how your workflow is configured, you might want to
create a cross-sell opportunity
from this won opportunity. For example, if you win a deal to sell computers, you could create a new opportunity to sell computer maintenance plans.
5. To close the opportunity, click Closed from the workflow actions.
Losing a deal
If the deal that you were bidding on is won by another company, you can set the status of the opportunity to Lost.
1. Within the context of the opportunity, click Lost. The Progress Opportunity page is displayed.
2. Complete the Status details and add a tracking note.
3. Click Save. The opportunity is set to a stage of Deal lost and a status of Lost.
4. You can enter information about competitors bidding on the deal, the actual winner of the deal, and the reasons why the deal was lost.
The Quick Sale Workflow and the Standard Opportunity Workflow include a deal lost rule.
Manually progressing opportunities
The workflow functionality automates the progression of opportunities to follow predefined business processes.
If your system doesn't have Opportunity Workflow enabled, you will notice that the Opportunity workflow bullets on the right-hand side of the Summary page are replaced by a Progress button.
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This button allows you to manually change details of the opportunity via the Progress Opportunity page. Changes are still recorded in the Tracking tab.
Progress button
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Opportunity statistics panel
The information in the Statistics panel is summarized in the table below.
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Number of
Opportunities
Description
Total number of opportunities for the current stage.
Forecast
Weighted Forecast
Average Value
Average Certainty
Weighted Average
Total Forecast value of opportunities for the current stage.
Weighted Forecast value of opportunities for the current stage, that is, Forecast value multiplied by the % certainty.
Average Forecast value of opportunities for the current stage, that is Total Forecast value divided by the number of opportunities.
Total % certainty divided by the number of opportunities.
Average Value multiplied by Average Certainty.
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Running an opportunity report
Opportunity Summary reports provide a quick overview of a particular sales opportunity. To generate a summary report for an opportunity:
1. Find and open the opportunity you want to generate the report for.
2. From the Opportunity Summary page, click Summary Report. The report is displayed in PDF format.
Viewing current opportunities
To find out which opportunities are currently assigned to you, click the My CRM | Opportunities tab.
The list of opportunities currently assigned to you is displayed. If the list is too long, use the filter box to narrow down the results.
Creating an opportunity from other contexts
1. Click the My CRM | Opportunities tab and click New Opportunity. The new Opportunity is assigned to you by default, but you can also assign it to another user.
2. Fill in the Opportunity details and click Save.
When you create quotes and orders outside the context of a Company or Opportunity, you can search for the Quote or Order using the Find menu button or accessing your Recent List.
Deleting an opportunity
If your security profile allows you to delete opportunities, a Delete button appears on the
Opportunity summary page in edit mode. If you need to delete opportunities but can't access this button, contact your System Administrator.
1. Find and open the opportunity you want to delete.
2. From the Opportunity Summary page, click Edit.
3. Click Delete, then Confirm Delete to delete the opportunity. The opportunity record is deleted from the system.
Creating quotes and orders outside the opportunity context
You can create quotes and orders outside of the Opportunity context. For example, when you're in the My CRM work area or in the context of a Company.
1. From My CRM, click New and click Quote or Order. The New Quote or Order page is displayed.
2. Add the information on the New Quote or Order page. For more information, see
Adding products to an opportunity (page 12-7) .
3. You can link the quote or order to a company or person at this point using the advanced search buttons.
4. Save the quote or order. A new opportunity is automatically created, and the quote or order is linked to the new opportunity.
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Finding a quote
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button and click Quote from the pop out list.
2. Type or select the search criteria on the Find screen.
3. Click Find. A list of all quotes matching your search criteria is displayed.
4. Click the Quote Reference or Description. The Quote Details page is displayed, which gives you an overview of the quote.
Finding an order
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button. Click Order from the pop out list. The order
Find page is displayed.
2. Type or select the search criteria on the Find screen.
3. Click Find. A list of all orders matching your search criteria is displayed.
4. Click the Order Reference, Description or Status. The Order Details page is displayed, which gives you an overview of the order.
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Sales forecasting terminology
This table explains the sales forecasting terminology:
Term
Opportunity
Description
A sales opportunity that is being worked on by a specific sales rep.
Pipeline
Opportunity
Forecast Value
Opportunity
Certainty
The list of opportunities currently assigned to a sales user (in
My CRM | Opportunities
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Each opportunity has a forecast value given to it by the sales user. This is the number the sales user expects to get if the deal closes.
A percentage certainty that this deal will close at some point in the future.
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Term
Opportunity Target
Close Date
Opportunity
Forecast Scenario
Description
The date that the sales user expects this deal to close. This is mandatory, and it provides the basis for deciding which quarterly forecast an opportunity is to be included in.
Indicates which elements of a forecast this opportunity should be included in:
Exclude
(leave out of the forecast),
Commit
(the opportunity will definitely close, and the figure is included in Commit, Likely and Best Case),
Likely
(the opportunity will probably close, and the figure is included in
Likely and Best Case);
Best Case
(figure is included in the
Best Case scenario only).
This table explains forecast-related terminology
Term
Quarter
Description
A three month period.
Sales Forecast A forecast for a given period of time (quarter) for a given sales user, which indicates how much a sales user feels they will close in business. Each forecast contains three values for each month in the quarter: Commit (worst case scenario), Likely and Best Case.
Sales Rep
Sales Manager /
Boss
Rolling Up
A sales user who has no-one 'reporting/rolling up' to them— they are responsible for their own pipeline only.
A sales user who has one or more other sales users
'reporting/rolling up' to them— they are responsible for including these sub-forecasts in their total forecast.
In the case of a sales team hierarchy, users can 'rollup/report to' other users. This is similar to a reporting structure. For example Tim McGraw is the UK sales manager. Peter Johnson and Mathew Ebden are both UK
Sales Reps whose forecasts should 'roll-up' to Tim McGraw.
When Tim McGraw submits his forecast to the EMEA Sales
Manager, he includes any deals he may be working on himself in the forecast. He also includes the forecasts of his team, Peter Johnson and Mathew Ebden.
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Term
Quota
Description
The sales target that a sales user has for a month, quarter, or year. Entered by their manager and may be overridden
(depending on system settings) by the user themselves.
Creating a forecast for yourself
To work with forecasting, the System Administrator must give you rights to access the Forecasts tab. A quarterly forecast is based on existing opportunities whose Close By date falls into the quarter you're preparing your forecast for.
To prepare a forecast for Q4 (October to December) this year:
1. Click My CRMForecasts to display your list of existing forecasts.
2. If there is no entry in the list yet for this quarter, click New Forecast. The Forecast Entry page is displayed, defaulting to the current quarter.
3. Set Select Required Quarter to the quarter you want to enter a forecast for. The Forecast
Entry page is refreshed to show the months in the selected quarter. Opportunities are listed under the month in which their Close By date falls.
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4. Update the forecast scenarios against the opportunities that you included in the forecast. If you do not want to include an opportunity, leave the scenario set to Exclude.
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5. When you update the forecast scenarios, click the button against each month to display the effect the scenario has on your forecast in the Forecast Entry panel.
6. Update the forecast scenarios against the remaining opportunities that you want to include in the forecast.
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7. If you have the appropriate rights, you can manually override the forecast figures in the
Forecast Summary panel. You can also add your monthly sales quota for comparison against the forecast figures. Click Save to save the overrides you have made.
8. Click Continue to return to the Forecast list.
9. Click New Forecast to add a forecast for another quarter and work through the steps described above. Otherwise, to go back and edit the forecast you have been working on, click the forecast in the Forecast list.
Submitting a forecast
1. Click My CRM | Forecasts and click the quarterly forecast you want to submit. The Forecast
Entry page is displayed.
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Viewing past submitted forecasts
1. Click the My CRM | Forecasts tab, and click quarterly forecast that you want to review. The
Forecast Entry page is displayed.
2. Click the Forecast History tab. A list of all submitted forecasts for the selected quarter is displayed. There may be several if you're required to submit a forecast on a weekly basis for example.
3. Click the Forecast History you want to review. The Forecast Entry page is displayed in readonly mode. You can click an opportunity to view the details of this opportunity as they stood at the time of submitting the forecast. This page is opened in a new browser window, and your
System Administrator can customize what and how much information is displayed for the selected opportunity.
4. Click Continue to return to the Forecast History list.
Working with your team's forecasts
Sales Managers have exactly the same forecast tab as other users, except that they see their teams' (users who 'roll up' to them) submitted forecasts in addition to their own forecast.
To view a team’s forecasting information:
1. Click the My CRM | Forecasts tab.
2. Click New Forecast to create a new forecast.
3. Select the Quarter and Year of the forecast, for example, this year Quarter 4. Your own forecast is displayed within the My Pipeline panel, and your team’s forecasts are displayed in the My Direct Reports panel.
4. To review the detail of an individual’s forecast and enter the manager’s assessment of the salesperson’s Commit, Likely, and Best Case, click the user. The Forecast Detail Screen for
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Forecast Entry panel.
Note: When a manager clicks on a subordinate's opportunities, the summary screen for that
Opportunity is displayed.
5. Click Save to update the manager’s assessment.
6. Click Back to return to your own Forecast Detail screen. Your own assessment of the sales person’s forecast is updated in the My Assessment panel.
7. Click the magnifying glass icons next to the months to update the overall forecast.
8. Make any final manual changes required to the forecast figures on the top panel.
9. Click Save And Submit to submit the full team’s forecast. This includes any opportunities the manager is personally working on.
Clicking Save And Submit creates a “snapshot in time” in the Forecast History tab, in the same way as when an individual sales user submits their own forecast.
Administrator access to forecasts
A user with full System Administrator rights can access and submit a forecast for other Sales Users from My CRM | Forecasts. To do this, the administrator should log on with their own ID and password, then change the user name in the context area of My CRM. The administrator can then review, change, and submit that user’s forecast as if it was their own.
If the administrator moves away from this screen and then uses, for example, the back button to return to the screen, it will be in read-only mode.
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A lead represents unqualified information that you have received from, for example, your corporate
Web site, trade shows, and purchased mailing lists.
A lead exists outside of the context of a person or company. This is to prevent the system from becoming overloaded with thousands of unclean, unqualified companies and people.
Company and Person records are created only once the lead has been fully qualified and is ready to be converted to an opportunity. If the company and person already exist in your system, you can match them to the lead details.
To import leads (for example, from purchased lists of data), you must have System Administrator rights to carry out a data upload. Please ask your System Administrator for more information.
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Lead Qualification: Scenario
Creating a new lead
1. Right-click or hover over New and click New Lead from the pop out list.
2. The Lead Duplicate find screen is displayed. Enter the first few letters of the lead company name, and the lead person name.
3. Click Enter Lead Details. Sage CRM searches for possible duplicate lead records. For more information on Deduplication, see
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4. If no duplicate lead record is found, the New Lead page is displayed.
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Lead fields
This table explains the standard fields on the New Lead page.
Field
Description
Description
Short description.
Source How the lead was initiated. For example, Phone
Enquiry, Conference.
Opened
Main Product
Interest
Details
Campaign\Wave
Activity
Date the lead was opened.
Select from a list of main product lines.
Detailed description of the requirements.
Campaign Wave Activity the lead is linked to.
Select from a list of existing Wave Activities.
Timeframe within which a decision will be made.
Decision
Timeframe
Opt out of Emarketing
Communications
Assigned To
This flag is automatically set if the email address associated with the lead has opted out of all Emarketing communications received via Sage
CRM's integrated E-marketing (Swiftpage). You can manually check or uncheck the option.However, this has no impact on E-marketing emails sent from Swiftpage (these always retain the opt-out flag set from the E-marketing email).
User responsible for the lead.
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Team
Stage
Status
Priority
Company Name
Web Site
Industry
Annual Revenues
No. Of Employees
Last name
First name
Salutation
Title
Phone Country
Code
Phone Area Code
Description
Team the lead is assigned to. For example, telesales.
Stage of the lead. For example, New Lead,
Qualified, No Interest.
Status of the lead. For example, In Progress,
Opportunity, Closed.
Priority of the lead. For example, Normal, High,
Low.
Name of the company.
The company URL.
Industry segment the lead belongs to. For example, Telecommunications, Finance.
Approximate revenue of the company.
Approximate number of employees.
Lead contact surname.
Lead contact first name.
Lead contact salutation. For example, Mr, Mrs, Dr.
Lead contact title. For example, Purchasing
Manager.
Lead contact email address.
Phone country code of person.
Phone area code of person.
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Phone Number
Fax Country Code
Fax Area Code
Fax Number
Address 1
Address 2
Address 3
Address 4
City
Zip Code
State
Country
The table below shows the Lead Status icons.
Description
Phone number of person.
Fax country code of person.
Fax area code of person.
Fax number of person.
First line of address.
Second line of address.
Third line of address.
Fourth line of address.
Address city.
Address zip or postal code.
Address state or county.
Address country.
Status Icon Description
In Progress
Opportunity
Closed
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Searching for an existing lead
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button, and click Lead from the pop out list.
2. Enter the name of the person, or combine any other available search criteria available.
3. Click Find.
4. Click the Lead description. You can view details of the Lead and view related communications and notes in the context of the Lead.
Matching a lead to an existing company
Once you create a lead, a Possible Company Match message is displayed if the company details you entered seem to already exist in Sage CRM.
If your lead has a company match, you can link the raw lead details to the Company record. This provides you with a valuable source of information on the company you're dealing with, which may assist in the lead qualification process.
1. Click Add Or Find This Company.
2. Click the company match. The Company Summary page is displayed in a new browser window.
3. If you think you're dealing with this company, click Select Company.
You can match people too. Just click Add Or Find This Person.
If the company exists but not the person, you can add a new person now or when are ready to convert the lead to an opportunity. Remember that the unqualified lead data is separate from your core "clean" data. If the person does not yet exist in your People records and the lead turns into a dead end, you have added a low value contact into your core company database.
If there is a company and person match, priority is given to the company. This means, when you match a lead with a company, the person drop-down is automatically limited to existing people in that company.
If the lead turns into a potential sale (Opportunity), you must incorporate the Lead Company and
Person into the main Company and People records. For more information, please see
Converting a lead to an opportunity (page 14-7) .
Qualifying a lead
You've received enough information to fully qualify a lead.
If a Lead Workflow is enabled, a number of actions are available on the Lead Summary page.
The Lead workflow can be set up and customized to suit your lead qualification process.
To qualify a lead using the standard Lead workflow:
1. Click Rate Lead .
2. Complete the required fields and add additional information in the tracking note.
3. Click Save. Your changes are recorded in the lead Tracking tab.
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The Duration column on the Lead Tracking tab tracks how long the lead has spent at each stage of the qualification process. The duration takes into account the business calendar defined by the System Administrator.
Converting a lead to an opportunity
Once a lead has been qualified and identified as a genuine sales opportunity, you can convert the lead to an opportunity.
Before converting, the lead first needs to be matched to an existing company and person. This ensures that when the opportunity is created, it is assigned to a true company and person (rather than existing as a disassociated entity, as a lead normally does).
You can match the lead to existing Person and Company records. If the data is not yet in the system, add a new company and person, or just add a new person if the company already exists, but the person is new.
1. Find and open the lead you want to convert to an opportunity.
2. From the Lead Summary page, click Convert To Opportunity.
3. If you have not yet matched the lead to a company or person, a warning dialog box is displayed.
4. Click Add Or Find This Company on the Lead Summary page to match the lead to a company.
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New Company page is displayed in a new browser window. This page takes over details, such as Company Name and Person Name, already entered against the lead so that you do not have to retype them. Complete any further known details on the New
Company page.
5. Click Save.
6. Click Select Company. The lead is matched to the new company and person that you have added to the system.
7. Click Convert To Opportunity. For more information on the Opportunity fields, please see
Creating a new opportunity (page 12-3) .
8. Complete any further known details on the Record New Opportunity page.
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Communications tab of the Opportunity.
Manually progressing leads
The workflow functionality automates the progression of leads to follow predefined business processes. Your System Administrator can determine whether your system uses workflow or not from Administration | Advanced Customization | Workflow & Escalation Configuration.
If your system does not use Lead Workflow, the Lead workflow actions on your leads' Summary page are replaced by a Progress button. This button allows you to manually change details of the lead via the Progress Lead page. Changes are still recorded on the Tracking tab.
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Drilling down on the Leads pipeline
Lead statistics panel
The information in the Statistics panel is summarized in the table below.
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Field
Average Time
Open (days)
Opened Today
Opened This
Week
Opened This
Month
Description
The average lifetime of each lead.
If the lead has been converted, this is the length of time between the lead being opened and its corresponding opportunity being created.
If the lead hasn't been converted, this is the length of time between the current date (according to the user’s timezone) and the date the lead was opened.
If no filter is applied to the funnel (i.e. no section is exploded), the figure displayed is the total of all lifetimes of all leads in every stage (excluding unassigned and deleted leads), divided by the total number of leads (excluding unassigned and deleted leads).
If a filter is applied to the funnel (i.e. a section is exploded), the figure displayed is the total of all lifetimes of all leads in the stage divided by the total number of leads in the stage.
The result is rounded to the nearest integer.
The total number of leads that were opened between 00:00 on the current day (in the user’s timezone converted into the server’s timezone) and the current time.
The total number of leads that were opened between 00:00 (in the user’s timezone converted into the server’s timezone) on the first day of the week (according to the user’s My Week Starts On preference) and the current time.
The total number of leads that were opened between 00:00 (in the user’s timezone converted into the server’s timezone) on the first day of the month and the current time.
Viewing leads assigned to you
Click My CRM | Leads.
The list of leads currently assigned to you is displayed. You can use the filter box to filter the results.
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Creating a lead from My CRM
As well as using the New button to create a new lead, you can also create new leads from the
Leads tab in My CRM.
1. Click the Leads tab and click New Lead. The new lead is assigned to you by default, but you can assign it to another user.
2. Fill in the lead details and click Save.
Deleting a lead
You can delete leads from Sage CRM if your security profile allows it. Contact your System
Administrator if you want to delete leads but the option is not available to you.
1. Find and open the lead you want to delete.
2. From the Lead Summary page, click Edit.
3. Click Delete, then Confirm Delete. The record is deleted from the system.
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The Outbound Call Handling module automates outbound phone-based telemarketing campaigns.
Outbound call handling is tailored specifically to high volume telemarketing activities, where calls are not preallocated to individual users and a Communication record is only created when a successful contact is made.
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The person who manages marketing campaigns in your organization is typically responsible for setting up outbound call lists. They require special security rights to do this. Contact your System
Administrator for more details.
Outbound call handling buttons
These buttons are available within Outbound Call Handling.
Button
Get Another Call
Description
Displays the details of the next person on the call list.
Finish Calling
Got Through
Ends the call session, and displays the Summary page for this call list.
Displays the Contact Introduction page and allows the user to gather data relating to the call as defined by the marketing manager.
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Exclude
Call Back After
Description
Removes the contact from the call list. The user is prompted for an exclusion reason.
Blocks the contact from the call list until the date/time set.
Outbound call handling tabs
These tabs are accessible from the Introduction page.
Field
Company
Summary
Description
Displays the company tabs in a new browser window.
Person Summary
New Person
Quick Look
New Lead
New Opportunity
New
Communication
Displays the person tabs in a new browser window.
Allows you to add a new person from a new browser window.
Displays the Quick Look tab in a new browser window.
Allows you to add a new lead from a new browser window. The lead is linked by default to the call list
Wave Activity.
Allows you to add a new opportunity from a new browser window.
Allows you to add a new communication from a new browser window.
Accessing outbound calls
You have access to all call lists you have been assigned to work on from the My CRM area.
1. Go to My CRM | Preferences and make sure that the Show Outbound Calls In My CRM option is set to Yes. Click the Outbound Call Lists tab . All outbound call lists that you have been assigned to work on are displayed.
2. Click the call list you want to work on. The Summary page is displayed. The information displayed is divided into: individual statistics and wave activity summary.
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If you've Info Manager Administration rights, you can also see an additional panel, Overall
Statistics. The Overall Statistics panel gives a summary of calls made, time spent, and so on for all users working on this call list, including the current user.
Working with outbound calls
Use the action buttons on the right-hand side of the page when working with call lists.
To contact the first person on the call list:
1. Click Get A Call.
The Introduction page is displayed with the following panels: Call Data, Introduction, and
Person Summary. If anyone else from the same company is also on the call list, they're exclusively "offered" to the agent (user) who makes contact with the first person from the same company. This is explained in more detail in the next sections. The Introduction panel contains the greeting text defined by the marketing manager when the campaign is set up.
Please refer to
Outbound call fields (page 17-12)
for more information. This is a "pre-pitch" prompt to help the user establish that they are talking to the right person. To add a comment from this page, click Add A Comment . The comment is stored in the call list record for this person.
2. Click Got Through. The Contact Introduction page is displayed. This displays the Call Data panel, Contact Introduction panel, and data to be collected as defined by the marketing manager. The Contact Introduction panel contains greeting text defined by the marketing manager relevant to the correct contact. This is the "pitch" once you've established you're speaking to the correct person.
3. Add the data gathered during the conversation. This gets stored in the system, usually with the
Communication or Person record, as defined by the marketing manager or System
Administrator. A completed communication record is automatically created for each call where the user selects Got Through.
4. When you're ready for the next call, click Get Another Call. The Introduction page is displayed with the details of the next person to call. If anyone else from the same company is also on the call list, they are exclusively "offered" to the agent (user) who makes contact with the first person from that company. This is to prevent agents who are working on the same call list from calling several people from the same company, and avoid the embarrassing—"my
colleague just spoke to someone from your company". It also allows the user to easily switch between the available contacts. "You need to be talking to Arthur, he is handling the business
side". Other contacts from the same company who are not on the call list are also displayed.
5. If you can speak to more than one person from the same company on the same phone call, switch to the other person by clicking their name. If you're not able to speak to them on the same call or decide to call them later, they remain assigned to you.
6. To exclude a contact from the list, click Exclude. The Exclude From Call List page is displayed.
7. Select a Reason For Exclusion and click Save. These are defined by the marketing manager or your System Administrator.
8. You can toggle the person back onto the call list by clicking Include.
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9. To block a contact from the call list until after a specific date/time, click Call Back After. This can be used if, for example, the contact is on holidays for the next two weeks. The Call Back
After page is displayed.
10. Set the date and time when the contact is available again, and click Save.
11. To finish a session of calls using the current call list, click Finish Calling. The Outbound
Calls Summary page is displayed, showing updated statistics for the current call list.
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The Groups feature allows you to create, edit, and save lists of people, companies, leads, cases, opportunities, quotes and orders based on defined filter criteria.
The filter criteria can be simple or complex. For example, "All IT managers in Dublin", or "All the marketing managers in the telecoms sector in London, Dublin, or Manchester, who attended our seminar last year, but who have not yet replied to our invitation mail shot".
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You can add a company with no people to a group. However, such a group cannot appear in an Outbound Call list.
Technical overview of groups
Group Building. Groups are based on SQL views generated by queries. These retrieve records based on specified entity IDs. You can specify which view a group is based on.
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Groups tab
To view and manage groups, click the My CRM | Groupstab. The Groups tab is available in My
CRMif your System Administrator has given you the rights from Administration | Users.
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Creating a group from the Groups tab
1. Click My CRM, and click the Groups tab.
2. Click New Group and enter a name and description for the group.
3. Select a type of group from Type. You can create a static or dynamic group.
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4. Select the entity for your group from Entity. All records within a group must be based on the same primary entity. When you select an entity, Source View is displayed containing views that return one row per ID field.
5. Select the group's source view and click Continue.
6. Select the columns to include in the group contents, search criteria, and sort order.
7. Select Advanced Findto create an advanced find query to generate the group. Please refer to
Using Advanced Find (page 3-5)
for more information. You can also add key attribute data to the selection fields of your group definition.
8. Click Continue. If you've added search criteria, the New Group, Stage 3 of 4 page is displayed.
9. Specify your search criteria and click Continue.
10. If you're creating a static group, you can Include All or Exclude All records. The default is
Include All.
11. Click Save.
If you're creating a static group, click Save empty static group to save the query that generated the group, but not the list of records returned by the query. Use this to build a group of individually selected records. For more information, see
Adding a primary entity record to a static group (page 16-5)
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Group action buttons
This table describes the Group action buttons.
Button
New Task
Description
Creates a task against each recipient on the group.
New Email
Merge to Word or Merge to PDF
Export To File
Sends an email to each recipient on the group.
Merges a standard template with the address and contact details of the recipients in the group. If your
System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the
Merge to Word
button isn't displayed.
Exports the group as a text or a CSV file. Exported groups can be viewed from
My CRM | Shared
Documents
.
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Button
New E-marketing Email
Mass Update
Update Territory
Include All
Exclude All
Refresh
Exclude Previous
Recipients
SQL
Description
Lets you set up an E-marketing email wave activity to send an E-marketing email to each recipient on the group. Choose a
Campaign
and
Wave
for the Emarketing email wave activity first. E-Marketing must be enabled. Please refer to
Setting up an E-marketing campaign (page 17-18)
and
Creating an E-marketing email (page 17-19)
for more information.
Allows simultaneous updates to all records in the group. Displayed to System Administrators only if
Allow Mass Update And Update Territory
is set to
Yes
in
Administration | System | System
Behavior
. For more information, see
Performing a mass update on a group (page 16-7)
Allows an administrator to update territories for a group. Displayed to System Administrators only if
Allow Mass Update And Update Territory
is set to
Yes
in
Administration | System | System
Behavior
. For more information, see
Updating group territories (page 16-8)
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Toggles all members of the group to be included.
Available for static groups only.
Toggles all members of the group to be excluded.
Available for static groups only.
Refreshes the group to include all records which have been added since the creation of the group and meet the search criteria.
If the group has already been used for an action, excludes the people, companies, or leads who were the targets of that action. Available for static groups only.
Displays a new window containing the current SQL used to generate the group. Displayed to System
Administrators only. If you have SQL experience, this statement can be customized.
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When you click an action, the Parent Category Selection panel is displayed. It contains an entry that corresponds to the action you selected.
When you select the Parent Category and execute the action, a new category is automatically created as a child category in Key Attribute Data. The child record stores a link to every recipient for this action. You can use this child category as a selection criteria for a follow-up action. For more information, see
Key attribute data generated by groups (page 16-10) .
Creating a group from the Wave Activities tab
User Requirement: System Administrator or Information Manager rights
Groups created from the Wave Activity tab in the Marketing area help you filter and manage responses to individual wave activities. For example, you can create a dynamic group to filter and record all positive responses to a wave activity. For more information, see
Creating a new group based on responses to follow-up calls (page 17-11)
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Creating a group based on a primary entity search
If you've access to groups, you can create a group containing the results of a search on a primary entity (Company, Person, Case, Opportunity, Lead, Quote, or Order). For example, you can create a group based on the results of a search for all companies based in Chicago.
You can also create a group based on the results of an Advanced Find search . For more information, see
Using Advanced Find (page 3-5)
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1. Click Find | <Entity>.
2. Enter your search criteria and click Find. A list of matching records is returned.
3. Click Create New Group.
4. Enter a name and description for the new group.
5. Select who can access the group from Available To.If you're an Info Manager with Groups access, you can make groups available to other Info Managers, or keep them for your own private use. If you're a System Administrator, you can make a group available to all users.
6. Select dynamic or static from Type.
7. Click Save.
Adding a primary entity record to a static group
You can add a record to a static group, directly from the record's Summary screen.This is possible for Person, Company, Case, Opportunity, and Lead.
The following example explains how to add a Company record to a group.
1. Click Find | Company and locate the company you want to add to the static group.
2. Open the Company Summary page.
3. ClickAdd This Record To A Group.
4. Select the group from the Select Groupdrop-down list. For this example you can choose from static groups based on the Company entity, which are available to all users.
5. Click Save.
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Add all of the records of one group to another group, provided both groups are based on the same entity.
When adding multiple records to a group, you can receive an onscreen message if you attempt to add a record that is already in the destination group.
You cannot add records to group if you do not have the correct security rights. Instead, you receive a notification explaining that the records are not available to you.
Adding multiple records to a group using Find/Saved Search
1. Click My CRM | Groups.
2. Click the link for the group you want to add records to. The Group Details page is displayed.
3. Click Add Records To The Group. The Add To Group dialog box is displayed.
4. Add Records Via Find / Saved Search is selected by default. Click Continue.
5. To search for the records you want to add to the group, use the filter options or run a saved search.
6. Click Add to group A notification is displayed to tell you the number of records you have added to the group.
7. Click Continue to go back to the Group Details page.
Adding multiple records to a group using Advanced Find
1. Click My CRM | Groups.
2. Click the group you want to add records to. The Group Details screen is displayed.
3. Click Add Records To The Group. The Add To Group dialog box is displayed.
4. Select Add Records Via Advanced Find and click Continue. The Advanced Find page is displayed.
5. Search for the records you want to add to the group using the advanced find options or by running a saved search.
6. Click Add To Group. A notification is displayed to tell you how many records have been added to the group.
7. Click Continue to go to the Group Details page.
Adding the records of a group to another group
1. Click My CRM |Groups.
2. Open the group you want to add records to. The Group Details screen is displayed.
3. Click Add Records To The Group. The Add To Group dialog box is displayed.
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4. Select Add Another Groups Records and click Continue.
5. Select the group whose records you want to add from the Groups drop-down list.
6. Click Save. A notification tells the number of records added to the group.
Duplicate records are not be added.
7.
Close the Groups dialog box.
Refreshing a group
Dynamic groups are refreshed automatically. New records that match the group search criteria are automatically added to these groups.
Static groups aren't refreshed automatically. You must click Refresh to add new matching records to these groups.
The following example explains how to refresh a static group of people in order to perform a task on the group. First, you’ll create a group and send them a mail shot. Then, you’ll update your group with three extra people and send them the original mail shot.
1. Create a new group of people based on a criterion, such as City = Dublin.
2. Open the group and click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF.
If your System Administrator has disabled the Merge to Word option at a system level, the Merge to Word button isn't displayed.
3. Add three new people to the system with the criterion City=Dublin.
4. Open the group, and note the number of people in it.
5. Click Refresh. The number of people is incremented by three.
6. Click Exclude Previous Recipients.
7. Click Merge to Word or Merge to PDF. The mail shot is sent to the three new contacts only.
Editing a group
You can edit certain fields in both static and dynamic groups.
1. Click the Groups tab.
2. Open the group that you want to edit. The Group Details page is displayed.
3. Click Change. Group Stage 1 of 4 is displayed.
4. Click Continue to move through the editable group attributes.
5. When you reach the Group Stage 4 of 4 page, click Save.
Group records are locked for editing when selected. This means only one user can make changes to a group at any one time.
Performing a mass update on a group
User Requirement: System Administrator or Information Manager rights
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The mass update function is enabled from Administration | System | System Behavior. Please refer to System Settings in the System Administrator Guide for more information.
The mass update function allows you to simultaneously update the same fields in selected records within a group. For example, if four people in a group of contacts have moved to a new region, use the mass update function to update the Region field for all four records in one go.
The System Administrator should ensure they have a full backup of the database before performing a mass update.
1. Go to My CRM | Groups.
2. Open the group that you want to update.
3. Select the Exclude check boxes for any records that you don't want to update.
4. Click Mass Update. The Fields page is displayed. This page displays all the fields common to the records you have selected.
5. Select the fields you want to update. For this example, select the Region field.
6. Click Continue. The Region drop-down list is displayed.
7. Select a new region for the records; for example US East.
8. Click Save. A notification tells you the number of records affected by the update.
9. Click OK. The Summary of Updated Records page is displayed.
10. Click Continue. The selected records have now been updated.
Updating group territories
User Requirement: System Administrator rights
To enable this feature, go to Administration | System | System Behavior. For more information, see System Settings in the System Administrator Guide.
The Update Territories option allows you to simultaneously update the territory field for selected records within a group.
For example, if you have a group of contacts assigned to various US territories, you can update all the records in the group so they belong to the US Canada territory instead.
The System Administrator should ensure they have a full backup of the database before performing a mass update. Make sure that all users are logged out of the system before performing a territory update. Please refer to the System Administrator Guide for more details.
1. Click My CRM | Groups tab.
2. Open the group that you want to update.
3. Exclude any records that you do not want to update.
4. Click Update Territory.
5. Select the new group territory from the Territory Name drop-down list. For this example, select US Canada.
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6. Click Save. The Summary Of Potential Update Records page is displayed.
7. Click Go. The Summary of Updated Records page is displayed.
8. Click Continue . The selected records have now been updated.
How group information is stored
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Information generated by static groups is stored in key attribute data. This occurs in two ways: l
When you create a static group and save it, the group and all its records are saved with a piece of key attribute data, which identifies the group and all its members. The saved group can be viewed from Administration | Advanced Customization | Key Attributes | Categories under the Group Entries category. The key attribute field, which is stored against the group member is set to either Include or Exclude.
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When you perform an action against records in a static or a dynamic group, the action, and all the records affected by the action, are saved with a piece of key attribute data. The actions can be viewed from Administration | Advanced Customization | Key Attributes |
Categories under the Default Activities category. The key attribute data field, which is stored against the group member, is set to the date that the action was carried out.
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Key attribute data generated by groups
User Requirement: System Administrator rights, or Infomation Manager with Key Attributes rights
This example illustrates how to work with key attribute data generated by static groups.
1. Create a new static group of people where the Title Code = IT Manager.
2. Click Continue, and select the columns you want to display in the group.
3. Click Continue and set the search criteria to IT Manager. The New Group Stage 3 of 4 page is displayed.
4. Click Continue. The New Group Stage 4 of 4 page is displayed.
5. Click Save. The page is displayed with a Group Saved bar at the top.
6. Click Administration | Advanced Customization | Key Attributes | Categories. The Key
Attribute Categories list is displayed showing the saved group you created as a child category of the Group Entries category.
7. Now return to Main Menu | My CRM and click the Groups tab.
8. Click the group you created.
9. Click New Task to schedule a phone call to each person in the group. The New Task page is displayed.
10. Complete the communication details, and click Internal Actions on the Parent Category panel at the end of the page. The default Parent Category is set up from Administration | Key
Attributes | Category Groups | Activity Category Groups.
11. Click Save. A communication is scheduled for each person in the group.
12. Click Administration | Advanced Customization | Key Attributes | Categories. The Key
Attribute Categories list is displayed showing the action against the group as a child category of the Default Activities | Internal Actions category.
Default Activities | Internal Actions category
Because the saved group and the actioned group are stored in this way, you can now report on these entries and create further groups based on them for future or follow-up actions or reports for analysis of past groups.
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Building a new group based on a previous action stored in Key Attribute Data
Building a report based on a saved Group Entry
Adding group list information to a tab
User Requirement: System Administrator rights, or Information Manager with Key Attributes rights
You can review and change static group data from the record level that it is stored against. For example, if you want to view all actions (mail merges, email blasts, and so on) carried out against a particular person, or see what Groups they are members of, you can display this key attribute profiling data on a tab within the person context. For more information, see Key Attribute Profiling in the System Administrator Guide.
1. ClickAdministration | Advanced Customization | Key Attributes | Category Groups, and make sure that General Category Groups is selected in the list.
2. Click New.
3. Enter a name and description for the Category Group, for example, Group Information.
4. Select the categories, for example, Default Activities and Group Entries, that you want to be displayed within this category group from the Key Attribute Categories list and move them over to the Categories Within Group list. These are at the upper level of the Key Attribute
Categories list. You could start much lower down the child categories to display more specific information relating to a particular set of actions or groups.
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Category Groups page
5. Click Save to display the new category group.
6. To display the information on a tab within the context of a person, click Administration |
Customization | Person | Tabs.
7. Click the Person tab group. The Customize Tabs page is displayed.
8. Add a new tab, with the Action set to Key Attributes, and the Key Attribute Category Group set to the category group you have just created.
Customize Tabs page
9. Click Add, then click Save.
10. Search for a Person, who is already on one of the groups you have created, and where you have carried out an action against that group.
11. Click the Person record.
12. Click the new tab you have created. The key attribute data representing the group membership and actions carried out is displayed on the tab. This information can be manually edited to change, for example, a particular person from being Included in a group to being Excluded.
Group information displayed on a Tab as Key Attribute Profiling data
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Exporting group information
You can export a group to a CSV or text file. If a group is exported to a CSV file, it is saved in the My
CRM | Shared Documents tab.
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When a group is based on the Person or Company entities the communication created is linked to each contact in the group and a record of the group export appears on the
Communications tab of every person or company in the group.
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When a group is based on the Opportunity or Case entities a single communication containing a link to all of the relevant opportunities or cases is recorded in the calendar of the user who has performed the export.
To export a group:
1. Click My CRM | Groups.
2. Click the group you want to export. The Group Details page is displayed.
3. Click Export To File. The Export Group page is displayed.
4. Select either the Spreadsheet (CSV) or Text option.
5. Click Save. When the list is exported, you can view it or save it to a location of your choice.
The Create entry in shared documents check box is selected by default if the group you're exporting is not private. If the group is private, the check box is deselected by default. Selecting it makes the shared document available to all users.
Viewing an exported group
When you export a CSV file from a group, it is added to the document library, and can be viewed from the Shared Documents tab.
1. Click My CRM | Shared Documents. The list of your shared documents is displayed.
2. Click the exported group that you want to view.
3. Click View Attachment. The CSV file is opened in a new browser window.
Sending mass emails
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Mass emails can be in text or HTML format, and they can contain file attachments and inline images. To upload an inline image, you must have the Send Email As HTML field set to Yes in
Administration | Email And Documents | Email Configuration.
Note that if you're using a free 30-day trial, your mass emails are not sent. However, they are saved as communications.
Opt out of E-marketing Communications Flag
There is a check box flag on the Company, Person, and Lead Summary pages, which is automatically set by Swiftpage if E-marketing is being used. E-marketing emails never go out to the
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If you're using Sage CRM's own mass email feature, you should add the opt-out flag to the group search criteria to ensure that people who have opted out of receiving emails via E-marketing, do not receive other marketing emails generated withthe standard Mass email feature.
Configuring Sage CRM for Mass emails
Once the embedded email editor is configured, you can use the Mass Email functionality. However, if you want the ability to send emails in HTML format, you need to make sure the system is configured to do so. You also need to ensure that the required From and Reply To addresses have been specified.
To ensure that HTML emails can be sent to groups:
1. Click Administration | Email And Documents | Email Configuration. The Email/SMS settings page is displayed.
2. Check that the Send Email As HTML field is set to Yes. If you don’t have a requirement to send HTML emails, the Internal SMTP option can be chosen.
To ensure that From and Reply To addresses have been specified:
1. Open Administration | Email And Documents | Email Aliases and click New. A list of email addresses that emails can be sent from is displayed. If the entry for the email address you want to send mass emails from is not listed, you need to set up an entry for it.
2. Click the mailbox you want to use to send mass emails from, and click Changen. In this example, the Marketing mailbox is being used.
3. Ensure that the Email Address and Display Name fields are completed and that From and
Reply To addresses are enabled and specified.
4. Click Save .
Sending emails to groups
To send mass emails to a Group, the Group must be linked to a Person, Company or
Lead.
1. Click My CRM | Groups and click the Group you want to email. The Group Details page is displayed.
2. Click New Email. The Send Mass Email page is displayed.
3. To ensure the email isn't sent to members of another Group, select the other Group from
Dedupe Against Existing Group.
4. To base the email on an existing template, click Template. Sage CRM templates usually contain standard content and field codes. Further formatting layouts are available from the
Layouts toolbar button.
5. Select a From address. Your email address is the default value. Other options depend on what your System Administrator has configured and your permissions.
6. Enter a subject and the email content.
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You can type a message in standard text, and use the
to format it.
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To include merge fields in the email, select the fields from Choose Field to insert into
the Email. For example, you can include the recipient’s first name or title in the email.
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To include HTML content in the email, click Source. Copy and paste HTML into the body field. HTML source code typically references image files, such as JPGs, GIFs and BMPs. Ensure that images are referenced correctly so the person receiving the email can view them. The source of the image files must be specified in the HTML source code as paths on the Internet, for example, <img src =
"http://www.domain.com/products/image.gif">. If you don't have experience writing
HTML source code, ask whoever writes the HTML source to ensure the images are referenced in this way before you use the HTML in your mass emails.
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You can add a .GIF, .JPEG, or .JPG file as an inline image. An inline image is an individual image that's included in the email body. Inline images are displayed in the email body, and are referenced from the email server in the HTML source. To upload an inline image, click Choose File, navigate to the image file, select the image file, and click Upload inline image. To display the image in the body of the email, you must reference the image in the HTML. Click Source and update the HTML to reference the image.
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You can attach global documents and local files. To attach a global document, the
Search Select icons to locate the file, select the file, and click Upload Attachment.
Please refer to
Advanced Search Select (page 2-8)
for details on using the Search
Select buttons. To attach a local file, click Choose File, navigate to the file, and click
Upload Attachment.
7. When you've added the email content, you can specify additional rules for saving the communication in the database. The option to specify additional rules is not available if you're using Email Management to handle outbound emails. From the Communication Options panel, select the team and territory in which you want the communication to be saved, and specify the status and the type of communication you want the email saved as.
8. To link the mass email to a Wave Activity, select an activity from Wave Activity.
9. If you select Emails from Parent Category Selection, a new category is automatically created in Key Attribute Profiling as a child category of eMails when the email is sent. The name of the category corresponds to the email subject. The child record stores a link to every recipient of the email. You can use this piece of key attribute data as a selection criteria for a follow-up action to this email.
10. To proof the spelling and layout of the email before you send it, click Check Spelling and
Preview. To see how the email looks to recipients, click Send Yourself Test.
11. To send the email to all people or companies in the Group, click Send Email and then click
OK.
12. To review the status of the job, click Marketing | Mass Email Status.
13. To temporarily stop the mailer, click Stop from the Actions column. The current mailer details remain on the status list until the job is resumed and the email has gone to everyone in the group. If you click Stop, the emails remain unsent with a Pending status even if they were set to a Complete status in the Send Mass Email Communication Options panel.
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To view a list of people to whom the email was successfully sent, click Click Here To
View Recipients Of The Mass Email .
14. To restart the mailer, click Resume. When all emails have been sent successfully, the status bar at the top of the Mass Email Status tab displays the following message: "There are no pending mass Emails". Any problems that are encountered when sending the email are included on the status list, and you can troubleshoot the problem. Emails sent to the group are saved as communications against the person and/or company that they are sent to. They are also saved against the team and territory you specified on the Communication Options panel and according to the status you selected.
15. To review a sent email, find a Person or Company to whom you sent a mass email and open the communication. You can convert the email to an Opportunity, Lead, or Case. If the email was linked to a Wave Activity, you can click Changeand register a response to it. Note that to register a response, you must open the Email Out from the Communications list in the Person or Company context.
Sending E-marketing emails to groups
To send an E-marketing E-mail to a group:
1. Click My CRM | Groups, and click an existing group.
2. Click the New E-marketing E-mail button.
3. Select the Campaign and Wave to assign the new E-marketing activity to, and Save.
4. Enter the E-marketing E-mail details. The fields are described in
5. Select Save & Send.
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Work with the E-marketing User Profile tab
What is campaign management?
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Campaign Management enables you to record activities undertaken as part of marketing campaigns. Campaigns consist of Waves, which in turn consist of Wave Activities.
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Waves: Waves are a way of grouping activities within a campaign, normally in chronological order.
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Wave activities: Wave Activities define exactly what action is performed for the campaign.For example, Outbound Telesales Activity or Flyer Mailing Activity.
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Sage E-marketing for Sage CRM is an integration with Swiftpage
( http://www.swiftpage.com
).This offers E-marketing email functionality from Sage CRM. Emarketing campaigns follow the same basic structure as standard campaigns.They provide additional features such as email blast scheduling and "open and click" analysis. You can also use standard campaign wave activity types within E-marketing campaigns.
Campaign Scenario
Campaign Management covers all the areas available from the Marketing menu button - this includes E-marketing. The typical user operating in this area is the Campaign Manager, who is responsible for setting up and monitoring progress on all campaigns. In practice, marketing activities can be carried out from many areas of Sage CRM - for example an email blast from My
CRM | Groups - and linked to campaigns set up from the Marketing area. More advanced campaigns can reach beyond the Marketing menu and include areas such as Data Upload and Key
Attributes.
The shaded area shows the steps which can be substituted with E-marketing campaign steps.
Adhering to anti-spam regulation
Working with E-marketing, even on a trial account, requires strict adherence to anti-spam laws. You must ensure you comply with the US CAN-SPAM Act and your own regional anti-spam regulations.
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Useful guidelines and links from Swiftpage can be found here: http://www.swiftpage.com/deliverability/antispampolicy.htm
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Swiftpage does not email any address which has opted out of receiving E-marketing emails from your company. The opt-out flag is synchronized and displayed on the Company, Person, or Lead summary pages associated with the email address that has opted out. You can manually check or uncheck the option, however this has no impact on E-marketing emails sent from Swiftpage (these always retain the opt-out flag set from the E-marketing email).
If you're using SageCRM's mass email feature, you should add the opt-out flag to the group search criteria to ensure that people who have opted out of receiving emails via E-marketing, do not receive other marketing emails generated using the standard Mass E-mail feature. More information can be found on this in
Sending mass emails (page 16-13)
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Setting up a new campaign
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Marketing.
2. Click the Campaign List tab.
3. Click New Campaign.
4. Enter the campaign details, and click Save.
You must be in Hide Wave Activities mode to add a new wave from the
Campaign Summary page. To toggle between the expanded and summary modes of the Campaign Summary page, click Show / Hide Wave Activities.
5. Click New Wave to set up the waves, or phases of your campaign.
6. Enter the Wave details and click Save.
7. Click New Wave Activity.
8. Enter the Wave Activity details and click Save. You have set up the framework of your campaign, and can begin on the first wave.
Campaign, wave and wave activity fields
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Note: In most areas of E-marketing campaigns, the following special characters are not supported: $ % ^ & ( ) { } [ ] ~ | / ? < > , :.
The following special characters can be used in the email subject and personal message: $ % & ( )
? , :.
These tables explain the standard fields on the Campaign, Wave, and Wave Activity pages. Please refer to
E-marketing E-mail Fields (page 17-19)
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Drip Marketing E-mail Fields (page 17-22) , and
Outbound call fields (page 17-12)
for more information on fields relating specifically to these Wave
Activity types.
Campaign fields:
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Field
Campaign Name
Type
Anchor Date
Ends On
Start
End
Status
Group
Description
Name of the campaign.
Drip marketing campaigns only. Set the drip marketing campaign type to one of the following:
Anchor
- wave activities are carried out relative to this date
(before and after). For example, a product launch.
Duration
- wave activities are carried out in response to other actions. For example, 1 day after a recipient opened and clicked an initial email, they receive a "tips and tricks" newsletter.
Calendar
- wave activities are carried out on specific dates.
For example, scheduled quarterly newsletters.
Drip marketing campaigns only, where the type is set to
Anchor
. Enter the date around which the wave activities should be based.
Drip marketing campaigns only, where the type is set to
Duration
. Enter the date beyond which wave activities should not be carried out (even if the other criteria are met).
Start date of the campaign.
End date of the campaign. Must be on or after the campaign start date. Not available for Drip marketing campaigns, where the Type is set to Duration.
Status of the campaign. For example, Active, Canceled,
Finished, Pending. Read-only for Drip marketing campaigns.
Drip marketing campaigns only. The group (recipients) is set at the Campaign level only (not per Wave Activity). This is because subsequent wave activities or “stages” are based on filtered criteria from the original group.
Note
: The group must include an email address field and at least one recipient. For more information on creating groups please refer to
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Field
Get E-mail From
Campaign Budget
Actual Cost
Description
Drip marketing campaigns only. If the group is based on a source view which contains more than one email field, you can select the one you want to use from the Get E-mail
Address From field.
Total budget for the campaign.
Actual cost of the campaign. Calculated field (read-only), based on the Actual Cost values entered against each Wave
Activity.
This table explains the standard fields on the Wave page.
Field
Wave Name
Description
Name of the wave.
Start
End
Start date of the wave. Must be on or after the campaign start date.
End date of the wave. Must be on or after the wave start date.
Status
Wave
Budget
Actual Cost
Status of the wave.
Total budget for this wave.
Actual cost of the wave. Calculated field (read-only), based on the Actual Cost values entered against each
Wave Activity.
This table explains the standard fields on the Wave Activity page.
Field
WaveActivityName
Description
Name of the wave activity.
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Field
Status
Type
Details
Start
End
Group
Activity Budget
Actual Cost
Description
Status of the wave activity. For example, Pending, Active,
Canceled, Finished.
Type of wave activity. For example, Internal Telesales. This determines which workflow actions are displayed to the campaign manager—if Internal Telesales is selected, the workflow action
Schedule Telesales
is available.The full list of action types is described
Campaign wave activity action types (page 17-6)
.
A short description of the wave activity.
Start date of the wave activity. Must be on or after the wave start date.
End date of the wave activity. Must be on or after the wave activity start date.
The group to be used for this wave activity. Not available for
Drip marketing wave activities. Required for E-marketing email wave activities. The group for E-marketing E-mail wave activities must be based on a source view which includes an email address field, and must include at least one recipient. If you have not yet created a group for the Emarketing E-mail wave activity, you can do this either from
My CRM | Groups
, or from the New Group button in Step 3 of the New E-marketing Campaign Wizard. For other wave activity types, this can be left blank if you have not yet created the group, but it must be completed before clicking the workflow action. Please refer to
Creating a group from the Groups tab (page 16-2)
for more information.
Total budget for this wave activity.
Actual cost of the wave activity.
Campaign wave activity action types
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Campaign Management workflow must be turned on for you to see the workflow buttons.
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Outbound
Call
External Mail
Merge
External
Telesales
Internal Mail
Merge
Drip
Marketing
Call List
Drip
Marketing Email
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Description
Displays the workflow button
Create Call List
. This gives selected users or teams access to a list of contacts to call, using the outbound call handling features.
Displays the workflow button
Create File For External
Use
. This initiates the export of the selected Group for this Wave Activity to a *.CSV or text file. This can be sent to a mailing house for processing.
Displays the workflow button
Create File for External
Use
. This initiates the export of the selected Group for this Wave Activity to a *.CSV or text file. This can be sent to, for example, a telesales agency for processing.
Displays the workflow button
Do Mass Mail Merge
.
This initiates the mail merge process.
Sets up an outbound call list once the criteria for the drip campaign stage are met. Drip Marketing Call Lists can only be set up within a Drip Marketing campaign.
The first wave activity in a Drip Marketing campaign cannot be a Drip Marketing Call List - it must be a Drip
Marketing E-mail.
Sends out an email once the criteria for the drip campaign stage are met. Drip marketing E-mails can only be set up within a Drip Marketing campaign. The first wave activity of a Drip Marketing campaign must be a Drip Marketing E-mail wave activity.
Sends out an email blast on the set date and time, or sends to the email queue for immediate processing. If you're adding the E-marketing E-mail wave activity to a standard campaign, the associated campaign can only be accessed from the E-marketing tab in the future.
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Action
Internal
Telesales
Other
Description
Displays the workflow button
Schedule Telesales
.
This displays the
New Task
scheduling page, which allows the scheduling of calls among a selected number of users.
Does not have an associated workflow button. Can be used for, for example, a print advertising phase of the campaign.
Cloning a campaign
You can clone all campaigns (normal and E-marketing).
1. Click Marketing | Campaigns or Marketing | E-marketing, and click a campaign.
2. Click Clone Campaign.
3. Give the campaign a new name, and select the new start date.
4. Click Save. The start dates for the waves and wave activities automatically adjust to the same offset as the original campaign, based on the new campaign start date. To launch cloned drip marketing campaigns, click Launch Drip Marketing Campaign from the Campaign
Summary page. E-marketing E-mail activities must be edited after cloning to become active.
Performing an internal mail merge
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
These steps merge the group members with a document template. The steps assume you've already set up a Internal Mail Merge wave activity and a document template. And that the Campaign workflow is switched on for your campaign.
1. Click Marketing on the Main menu and click the Campaign List tab.
2. Open a campaign and click the Do Mass Mail Merge workflow button.
3. Select the group you want to merge with and click Save. A list of shared templates is displayed.
4. Select the template you want to use and make any required changes to the template. To insert
Sage CRM merge fields, select them from Insert Sage CRM Field.
5. Click Merge and Continue to perform the merge.
6. When the merge is complete, click the paperclip icon to view the merged document, or click
Continue. If you don't want to save the merged document as a communication, deselect
Create Communication.
7. Complete the relevant fields in the Details and Scheduling panels on the Save Merged
Document as a Communication page and click Save. The Wave Activity Summary page is displayed, with Status set to Actions Completed.
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Scheduling an internal telesales activity
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
To schedule follow-up calls for the marketing team:
1. Click Wave Activity.
2. Click the Schedule Telesales workflow button.
3. Select the group and click Save. The New Task page is displayed with special scheduling options to distribute the calls among your marketing team.
4. Select the team members who will perform the calls from the list of users.
5. Set the start date and time from the calendar and time fields.
6. Use the Scheduling Options to set the maximum number of calls per day.
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If the Round Robin Broker Rule is selected, the number of calls per day is the maximum number of calls distributed evenly per user per day.
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If the Queue Broker Rule is selected, the number of calls per day will be the maximum number of calls distributed per day to the selected team. The Queue Broker Rule can only be used if a Team has been selected.
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If the Distribute Among Team Users is checked, the calls is distributed among all users whose Primary Team is equal to the selected Team.
7. Select the Internal Actions option in the Parent Category field. This field stores the static list of recipients for this particular phone follow-up in Key Attribute Data.
8. Click Save.
9. To see the full list of calls that have just been scheduled, click the Communications tab within this Wave Activity summary.
The Marketing team can now work through the follow-up calls from their respective calendars, and select the relevant response code as they complete each call.
Setting up new response codes
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
A standard set of response codes is supplied with a standard installation. The standard response codes are Good, Bad, Indifferent, or None. These can be captured against any communication which is linked to a campaign.
For example, when you schedule follow-up calls for a mail shot linked to a campaign, you can add a response code at the end of the telephone call. When all calls are completed, you can create a group based on people who responded in a certain way.
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Communication with Campaign Response Codes
You can define new response codes for each campaign, or even for each Wave Activity within a campaign. Response codes defined at the Wave Activity level apply to all communications linked to that Wave Activity. If no response codes have been defined at the Wave Activity level, then those defined at the Campaign level will apply to the associated communications. If you do not define any new response codes, the standard CRM response codes are available.
This section shows you how to create new response codes customized to a particular Wave
Activity. If the set of data to be collected during a campaign wave activity is more complex, you should use Key Attribute Profiling and Outbound Call Handling instead. Response codes are suitable for a single expected outcome of a campaign wave activity. For example, for a Follow-up
Call Wave Activity, the following response codes are required: l
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D - No Interest
To set up a new Response Code:
1. Click Marketing .
2. Click the campaign in which you want to set up the response codes. Make sure you're viewing the expanded campaign page (click Show Wave Activities if it is visible) and can see the wave activities in the campaign.
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3. Click the wave activity in which you want to set up the response codes. The Wave Activity
Summary page is displayed.
4. Click Response Setup.
5. Add a code name (as it should appear to the user) in the Add Translation field, for example, 3-
6 Months.
6. Add a short code for the response code, for example A36.
7. Click Add.
8. Continue adding the rest of the codes and translations.
9. When you have added all of the codes you need, click Save.
You can verify that the codes have been set up correctly by linking an existing communication to this Wave Activity. The list of responses you created should appear in the Response Type field list.
Note: If you delete or change a response code in the middle of a campaign, any communications that are already linked to the old response code remain linked to the old code. However, the next time a user links a code to a communication, they will only be able to choose from the new list of codes.
Creating a new group based on responses to follow-up calls
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Marketing.
2. Navigate to the Wave Activity.
3. Click Create New Group.
4. Click the Wave Activity and Response Type to base the new group on, and enter a description of the group. For example, the wave activity can be Flyer Follow-up Call, and the response Type can be 3-6 Months.
5. Click Preview List to review the new group.
6. Click Save.
Find out more about groups based on responses to follow-up calls in:
Exporting a group (page 17-11)
Exporting a group
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
This step assumes you've already set up a External Mail Merge wave activity and a document template.This step also assumes that the Campaign workflow is switched on for your campaign.
1. Select a wave activity with an External Mail Merge type.
2. Click Create File For External Use.
3. Confirm the group to be exported from Group.
4. Click Save. If the output file already exists, it's overwritten with no warning.
5. Select Spreadsheet (CSV). The list of contacts is displayed in spreadsheet format in a new window.
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6. Complete the communication and export details and click Save. This allows a record to be kept against the wave activity and each person in the group. You can view the link to the exported group from My CRM | Shared Documents.
7. Once the wave activities are completed, click Completed to change the status of the wave activities. You can also update the actual cost of the wave activities and the wave status.
Setting up outbound call handling
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
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Creating an Outbound Call wave activity.
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Creating a Outbound Call list.
Find out more about outbound call handling in: l
Creating an outbound call wave activity
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Creating the outbound call list
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Refreshing the outbound call list
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Setting up Key Attribute Profiling Data on the Call Handling screen
Creating an outbound call wave activity
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
When you run the outbound call list, it displays the introductory message that the customer service representative will say when talking with the customer. Merge fields can be used in this introductory text (for example, #pers_firstname#) so that the introductory text can be specific to the person you're making the call to.
Call lists are associated with campaign wave activities and are set up from the Wave Activity page by selecting the Wave Activity Type Outbound Call. When this Type is selected, two new panels are displayed to add the Outbound Call details, and associated workflow buttons to schedule the calls are displayed when the page is saved. These steps assume you have already set up a campaign and campaign waves.
1. Click Marketing, then the Campaign List tab.
2. Click a campaign.
3. Click a wave.
4. Click New Wave Activity.
5. Type in the Wave Activity Name and click Outbound Call from the Type field. The Wave
Activity page expands to display additional panels.
6. Enter the details on the Wave Activity page and click Save.
Outbound call fields
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
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The Wave Activity panel fields are described in
Campaign, wave and wave activity fields (page 17-
3) . The table below explains the fields on the remaining panels of the Outbound Call Wave Activity.
Field
Team
Description
Gives access to the Outbound Call list to all users, whose primary team is the same as the team selected in this field.
This is not a required field, and if desired,
only
individual users can be given access to the Outbound Call list by leaving this field blank and adding users in the Users field described below.
Introduction
Contact
Introduction
Daily Call Target
Category Group
Users
Priority
Subject
General greeting or introduction guideline. This can include merge fields, such as #pers_firstname#.
Greeting or introduction once you get through to the correct contact person.This can include merge fields, such as
#user_firstname#.
Target level of daily calls for the Outbound Call list. This is also displayed to the user from the Call Handling page.
Link to Key Attribute Category Group. Key Attribute Data set up by the System Administrator can be made available to the end user from the Call Handling page.
Users who have rights to access the Outbound Call list from
My CRM. Any user can be given access to the call list even if they have a different primary team from the one defined in the team field above.
Priority of the communication that is automatically created when a user reaches the contact.
Subject of the communication. This can include merge fields such as #pers_firstname#.
Default Details of the communication.
Communication
Details
Wave Items
Communications
Team
Default Team of the communication.
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Field
Territory
Send on
Send to
Notification
Description
Default security territory of the communication.
Drip Marketing Call Lists only.
When the call list should be scheduled.
Options vary depending on the Drip Marketing Campaign
Type selected (Anchor, Calendar, or Duration).
Anchor
- select the number of days/weeks/months before/after the anchor date at a specified time.
Calendar
- send on a specified date/time.
Duration
- specify the number of days after the contact is added to the campaign, that the call list should be started.This is the number of days after the contact has become a member of the recipient list - for example, 1 day after they opened and clicked the first email they were sent (if
Sent To "Contacts from previous email stages, matching
Response Clicked A Link" was selected).
Drip Marketing Call Lists only.
Who should be called.
Select from: l
All Contacts in Drip Marketing List
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Contacts from previous E-mail stages, matching
response (one or more can be selected): Opened, No Clicks,
Clicked a Link, or Unopened. This option is disabled for the first Drip Marketing E-mail wave activity of the campaign.
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From Stage - select a specific previous stage.
Drip Marketing Call Lists only.
Choose if you want an email notification, sent from
Swiftpage, a number of days before the stage is executed.
Creating the outbound call list
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the Create Call List workflow button. The Progress Wave Activity page is displayed.
2. Select the Group that the Outbound Call list will be created for.
3. Click Save. The Outbound Call Summary page is displayed. For each person in the group, a record is created in the List of Calls table. This list of customers is used by the system when
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Refreshing the outbound call list
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
If new contacts who meet the selection criteria are added to the database after you've created the initial call list, you can refresh the list to add these new contacts to the list.
1. From the Outbound Call Summary page, click Refresh Call List.
2. Click the Group that the call list should be refreshed against.
3. Click Save.
Reallocating calls
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Calls on the call list are not usually allocated to individual agents (users).
Calls are pre-allocated to a user if they have successfully reached a person on the list, and there are other people working at the same company still to call. In this case, these calls are pre-allocated to the user who made the first contact.
A campaign manager can reallocate these pre-allocated calls to another agent from the Marketing |
Outbound Call Summary page.
1. Click Reallocate Calls.
2. Select the users to reallocate the calls from and to and click Save.
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The Reallocate Calls To Users list displays all users whose primary team is the same as the Reallocate Calls From user.
Setting up key attribute profiling data on the Call Handling screen
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
To collect information during the outbound call, the marketing manager or system administrator can set up Key Attribute Profiling data and link it to the call handling screen. This can be used for reporting and future group selections.
Example: Seminar attendance Outbound Call wave activity
This example assumes the following data needs to be collected, and has already been set up in the
Key Attributes Categories list.
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Categories page
Question
Received Invitation
Attending Seminar
Reason for not attending
Interested as
Answer (s)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Time
Budget
Not Relevant
Other
Partner
Prospect
Journalist
Text Comments
To set up the Call Handling category group for Seminar Attendance data:
1. From Administration | Advanced Customization | Key Attributes, click the Category
Groups tab.
2. Select Call Handling Category Groups from the list.
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3. Click New .
4. Fill in the necessary details.The fields are described in the table below.
Field
Name
Description
Name of the category group, for example Seminar
Response.
Longer description of the category group.
Description
Key Attribute
Categories
Highlights the categories to appear on the call handling screen, and click
Add
to move them to the Categories
Within Group list.
Search String
Field Search?
Categories
Within Group
Lets you search the Key Attribute Categories list.
Extends the search to fields within categories.
Displays the categories you have selected from the Key
Attribute Categories list. To change the order, use the arrow buttons.
Related Entity Stores the call handling data against an entity—for example, Person, Company, Communication. Select an entity from this list.
Question
Preview
Prefixes the Key Attribute Data on the Call Handling screen with Question text. If this is left blank, then the category name is displayed against the Key Attribute Data.
Displays the selected categories and all of their "children".
5. Click Save.
6. To link the category group to an Outbound Call wave activity, click Marketing and navigate to the Campaign Wave Activity for which you want to collect data.
7. Click a wave activity.
8. Click Change.
9. Click the category group from the Category Group field.
10. Click Save.
To view and collect key attribute profiling data, go to My CRM | Outbound Call Lists and click the Outbound Call wave activity that you linked the Category Group to. When you Get a
Call and click Got Through, the key attribute data is displayed.
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The data collected is stored against the entity selected during the Call Handling Category Group setup. For example, if you selected Communications, it is stored with the communication which is created upon completion of the call. You can use this data for reporting, group generation, etc.
If you want the data collected during the call to be visible to the end user from, for example, an additional tab within the Communication tab group, you need to set up a General Category Group for the key attribute data. Then, in the usual way, use the Key Attributes action to set up a new tab and link the tab to this Category Group .
You can also restrict this tab to only appear for the relevant Outbound Call wave activity by adding an SQL statement on the tab. For more information on adding key attribute profiling data to tabs, please refer to "Key Attribute Profiling" in the System Administrator Help. For more information on
Tab Customization, please refer to "Tab Customization" in the System Administrator Help.
Reporting on opportunities generated through campaigns
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In the context of a campaign, the Report tab displays a running status of the success of the campaign.
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Opportunities generated as a result of this campaign should be linked to the relevant wave activity via the Wave Activity field on the Opportunity record.
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To measure other types of information about the campaign, click Report to create or use existing reports.
Setting up an E-marketing campaign
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
Before you start, make sure that: l
Your E-marketing Administrator has enabled you for E-marketing. Check that you have access to the E-marketing action button (New E-marketing Campaign) from Marketing | E-
marketing.
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You have completed the email address verification with Swiftpage. Check your Junk or
Spam email folder if you have not received it yet.
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You have access to the Internet. This allows communication between Sage CRM and
Swiftpage.
To set up an E-marketing campaign:
1. Click Marketing | E-marketing, and click New E-marketing Campaign. All the fields on the
Campaign, Wave, and Wave Activity panels are described in
Campaign, wave and wave activity fields (page 17-3) .
2. Complete the necessary fields, and click Next until you have reached the New E-marketing
Campaign Step 3 of 3 page.
3. Complete the E-marketing E-mail fields. These are described in
(page 17-19) . You can Preview Recipients to review who will receive the email.
4. Click Save & Send. If you have not put a date/time in the Schedule Mail field, the email blast is sent to the email queue for immediate processing.
An E-marketing E-mail communication is created for the user and can be viewed from My
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CRM | Calendar. Once results have been synchronized back to CRM from Swiftpage, the communication status is updated to Complete, and the Communication record is displayed in the Communications tab of each recipient. Swiftpage also sends an email notification including statistics on the number of emails sent, bounced, and failed.
Once a E-marketing wave activity is completed, and the information is synchronized back to
Sage CRM from Swiftpage, a status banner is displayed at the top of the wave activity.
5. Click Continue to return to the E-marketing Wave Summary page. From here you can add more wave activities to the same campaign wave.
Creating an E-marketing email
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
You can create an E-marketing email in a number of ways: l
In Step 3 of the E-marketing Campaign wizard. See
Setting up an E-marketing campaign
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By clicking New E-marketing E-mail from My CRM | Groups. See
Sending E-marketing emails to groups (page 16-16)
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By adding an E-marketing E-mail wave activity to an existing E-marketing or normal campaign. See below.
To create an E-marketing email:
1. From either Marketing | Campaign List or Marketing | E-marketing, click a campaign. Note:
If you're adding the E-marketing E-mail wave activity to a standard campaign, the associated campaign can only be accessed from the E-marketing tab in the future. Click Cancel if you do not want to proceed.
2. Drill down to a campaign wave, and click New Wave Activity.
3. Complete the Wave Activity Fields, making sure that the Type is set to E-marketing E-mail.
4. Complete the E-marketing E-mail fields. These are described in
(page 17-19) . You can click Preview Recipients to review the people who will receive the
email.
5. Click Save & Send. If you have not put a date/time in the Schedule Mail field, the email blast gets sent to the email queue for immediate processing.
An E-marketing E-mail communication is created for the user and can be viewed from My
CRM | Calendar. Once results have been synchronized back to CRM from Swiftpage, the communication status is updated to Complete, and the communication record is displayed in the Communications tab of each recipient.
An email notification is also sent from Swiftpage including statistics on the number of emails sent, bounced, and failed.
6. Click Continue to return to the E-marketing Wave Summary page. From here you can add more wave activities to the same campaign wave. For example, this could be another Emarketing email or any other standard wave activity types.
E-marketing E-mail Fields
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Field
Subject
Send As
Group
(Recipients)
Get E-mail
Address From
Template
View/Edit
Template
Description
The subject line for the email. The following special characters must not be used in this field:
^ { } [ ] ~ | /
< >
Choose from a drop-down of enabled and verified Emarketing users. You can select active or inactive Emarketing users to send the email from. The email is sent from the email address associated with the selected user.
Select from a list of all groups you have access to - for example a mix of your own private groups, and those made available to all users. If you have not yet created a group for the E-marketing E-mail wave activity, you can do this either from My CRM | Groups, or from the
New Group button in Step 3 of the New E-marketing
Campaign Wizard.
Select the source of the email address. All email addresses included in the view, used to create the group, are displayed for selection. For example, if you have a group based on the Company Group view, you can choose between the Person's Business E-mail or the Company's Business E-mail address to send the email to.
Select from a list of global and local templates available in the Swiftpage Template Manager. If you want to upload a custom template to use in the Emarketing email, go to E-marketing | Edit E-mail
Templates first. Once uploaded, the custom template displays in the list. See
Editing E-marketing E-mail
Templates (page 17-24)
for more information.
Allows you to preview and edit the template in the
Swiftpage Template Manager.
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Field
Personal
Message
Schedule Mail
Description
A short block of text specific to this wave activity, which can be added as a merge field to an email template.
This means that you can reuse the same template for a number of wave activities. For example "Get the
Early Bird Rate" in the first wave activity, and "Last chance for the Early Bird Rate" in the next wave activity. The following special characters must not be used in this text:
^ { } [ ] ~ | / < >
Set the date and time to send the email blast, or leave blank to send to the email queue for immediate processing.
Setting up a drip marketing campaign
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
Before you start, make sure that: l
Your E-marketing Administrator has enabled you for Drip Marketing - check that you have access to the New Drip Marketing Campaign action button from Marketing | E-marketing.
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You've completed the e-mail address verification with Swiftpage - once the E-marketing
Administrator enables you for E-marketing, an automated verification email is sent to you.
Check your Junk or Spam E-mail folder if you have not received it yet.
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You've access to the Internet as communication between Sage CRM and Swiftpage is required for the E-marketing features to work. This is carried out over the Internet.
To set up a Drip Marketing campaign:
1. Click Marketing | E-marketing, and click the New Drip Marketing Campaign action button.
All the fields on the Campaign, Wave, and Wave Activity panels are described in
Campaign, wave and wave activity fields (page 17-3)
.
Note: The Group is set at campaign level only for drip marketing campaigns. All drip marketing wave activities work from variations on the initial group set up for the campaign. For example, you can set it up so that all recipients who opened and clicked into the first email automatically get added to the next stage, which may be a drip marketing call list activity.
2. Complete the Campaign fields in New Drip Marketing Campaign, Step 1 of 3.
3. Click Continue.
4. Complete the Wave fields in New E-marketing Campaign, Step 2 of 3.
5. Click Continue.
6. Complete the Wave Activity fields in New E-marketing Campaign, Step 3 of 3. Note: The first wave activity of a Drip Marketing campaign must be a Drip Marketing E-mail.
7. Complete the Drip Marketing E-mail fields. These are described in
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8. Click Preview Recipients to review the people who will receive the email.
9. Click Save & Send to complete Step 3. The Drip Marketing E-mail Activity Summary page is displayed.
10. Click Continue to return to the Drip Marketing Wave Summary page. From here you can add more wave activities to the same campaign wave. For example, this could be another Drip
Marketing E-mail, or any other standard wave activity types. Note: Standard wave activity types can use their own Groups, even if they are set up within Drip Marketing campaigns.
They are executed separately by user-driven workflow, rather than Drip Marketing automation.
11. When you're ready to start the Drip Marketing campaign, click the Launch Drip Marketing
Campaign action button from the E-marketing Campaign Summary page. No changes can be made to the campaign once it has been launched. If you need to make changes, for example, to add another wave activity, click Suspend Drip Marketing Campaign.
Creating a Drip Marketing E-mail
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
You can create a drip marketing email: l
In Step 3 of the Drip Marketing Campaign wizard. See
Setting up a drip marketing campaign
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To create a Drip Marketing E-mail wave activity:
1. Click Marketing | E-marketing, click an existing drip campaign. Note: A drip marketing wave activity can only be set up as part of a drip marketing campaign.
2. Drill down to a campaign wave, and click New Wave Activity.
3. Complete the Wave Activity Fields, making sure that the Type is set to Drip Marketing E-
mail.
4. Complete the Drip Marketing E-mail fields. These are described in
5. Click Save. A Drip Campaign communication is created for the user and can be viewed from
My CRM | Calendar. Once the email has been sent by Swiftpage, the communication status is updated to Complete, and the communication record is displayed in the Communications tab of each recipient.
6. Click Continue to return to the Drip Marketing Wave Summary page. From here you can add more wave activities to the same campaign wave. For example, this could be another Drip
Marketing email or any other standard wave activity type.
Drip Marketing E-mail Fields
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The subject line for the email. Special characters must not be used in the Subject line.
Select from a list of global and local templates available in the Swiftpage Template Manager. If you want to upload a custom template to use in the Drip Marketing email, go to E-marketing | Edit E-mail Templates first.
Once uploaded, the custom template displays in the list. See
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for more information.
Allows you to preview and edit the template in the
Swiftpage Template Manager.
Add a personalized introduction to the email.
When the email should be sent.
Options vary depending on the Drip Marketing
Campaign Type selected (Anchor, Calendar, or
Duration).
Anchor
- select the number of days/weeks/months before/after the anchor date at a specified time.
Calendar
- send on a specified date/time.
Duration
- specify the number of days after the contact is added to the campaign, that the email should be sent out. If this is the first wave activity, this is the number of days after the drip launch. If it is a later stage in the campaign, then it is the number of days after the contact has become a member of the recipient list - for example,
1 day after they opened and clicked the first email (if
Sent To "Contacts from previous email stages, matching Response Clicked A Link" was selected).
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Choose if you want an email notification, sent from
Swiftpage, a number of days before the stage is executed.
Creating a Drip Marketing Call List
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
1. Click Marketing | E-marketing, click an existing drip campaign. Note: A drip marketing wave activity can only be set up as part of a drip marketing campaign.
2. Drill down to a campaign wave, and click New Wave Activity.
3. Complete the Wave Activity Fields, making sure that the Type is set to Drip Marketing Call
List.
4. Complete the Drip Marketing Call List fields. These are described in
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Call List wave activity.
5. Click Save. A Drip Campaign communication is created for the user and can be viewed from
My CRM | Calendar. Once the email has been sent by Swiftpage, the communication status is updated to Complete, and the communication record is displayed in the Communications tab of each recipient.
6. Click Continue to return to the Drip Marketing Wave Summary page. From here you can add more wave activities to the same campaign wave. For example, this could be a Drip Marketing email, another Drip Marketing call list, or any other standard wave activity type.
Editing E-marketing E-mail Templates
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
You can edit existing, and add new templates from either of the following areas:
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Selecting View/Edit Template within an E-marketing E-mail or Drip Marketing E-mail wave activity.
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Personal Message Personal message entered in Wave Activity.
E-mail Address
First Name
E-marketing user's email address.
Person (recipient) first name.
Last Name
Phone
Business Suffix
Company
Person (recipient) last name.
Person (recipient) full phone number.
Person (recipient) suffix. For example, PhD,
MD.
Company name of the recipient.
You can also use any CRM field name, which has been included in the Group Contents, of the group that the e-marketing email is going out to. The field name must be enclosed in double square brackets, for example, [[pers_title]].
Click the help button within Swiftpage for further assistance.
Analyzing E-marketing Campaigns
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights and E-marketing enabled.
The E-marketing Analysis tab is displayed in the context of Campaigns and Wave Activities, and shows results from E-marketing E-mails and Drip Marketing E-mails. In the Wave Activity context you can drill down on individual reports, for example, Open & Clicks, and export them to Excel, or create a new group of recipients from the report results.
Note: The results are updated nightly (03:00 Mountain Time - GMT -6 hrs/-7 hrs) with information pulled from Swiftpage.
To view E-marketing analysis data at the Wave Activity level:
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1. From the E-marketing Wave Activity Summary tab, switch to the E-marketing Wave Activity
Analysis tab. The top panel shows a summary of the results, the bottom panel provides hyperlinks to analysis reports. The tables below explain the columns and reports.
2. Click a report, for example, the Open & Clicks report. A list of recipients meeting the report criteria is displayed.
3. From the report results you can Create New Group, Export To Excel, or Export To PDF.
You can use the filter box on the right-hand side of the screen to narrow the list. For example, recipients where the number of clicks is greater than 2 - and then base your new group of the filtered list.
4. Click Continue to return to the Analysis tab.
E-Marketing Results Summary Columns
Column
Subject
Description
Subject of the E-marketing or Drip E-mail. Click to open the Wave Activity Summary page.
Submitted
Sent
Unsent
The number of emails that were submitted for sending
(the number of the recipients in the group).
The number of emails actually sent (submitted minus duplicate, invalid, or opted out email addresses).
The number of emails that were not sent due to duplicate, invalid, or opted out email addresses.
Bounced The number of emails that bounced back due to invalid email addresses or domain names.
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three times
from the same email address within a 60-day period, the fourth and further times that the same email address is blasted, the email does not go out, and is counted as
Unsent
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Unique Opens
Unique Clicks
The number of individuals, who opened the email, regardless of how many times they opened it.
The number of individuals, who clicked on any link in the email. An individual can only count once per link within an email.
Total Clicks The total number of times any of the links were clicked on within any of the emails sent out. An individual's clicks on a link counts more than once.
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By Link
Unique Clicks
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Clicks By Link
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Unsent
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The report is sorted by the local time column.
Shows the number of times each recipient opened the email, sorted by email address.
Shows the local time that the email was opened, sorted by email address.
Shows the local time that the email was opened, sorted by opened time.
Shows the address of each link in the email, and the email address of the recipient who clicked on it, sorted by link.
Shows the number of times each link was clicked on, sorted by email address.
Shows the first click and total number of clicks for each link, sorted by email address.
Shows a list of recipients where the email remained unopened.
Shows a list of recipients where the email bounced.
Shows a list of recipients where the email was unsent and a reason (supplied by Swiftpage).
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Working with the E-marketing User Profile Tab
The E-marketing User Profile Tab is accessed from My CRM | E-marketing User Profile. You can view the user information associated with your E-marketing account from this area. You can also edit some of the details, for example, the email address associated with your E-marketing user profile (your "Send From" address).
To edit your E-marketing User Profile:
1. Click My CRM | E-marketing User Profile, and click Change.
2. Update the details, for example, your email address.
3. Click Save. If you change the email address, the verification email is automatically resent.
4. Go to your email inbox and click the verification link to complete the change. You can click the
Resend Verification E-mail button if you delete the first email by mistake before completing the verification process.
Note: The Drip Marketing User check box on the E-marketing User Profile Tab is not currently available.
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What is a MailChimp campaign?
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must grant you rights to use MailChimp campaigns
MailChimp campaigns let you send automated emails to groups of contacts straight from Sage
CRM. You can build campaigns using predefined templates or create a new template from scratch.
Once you've kicked off a MailChimp campaign, you can view how recipients have interacted with the campaign emails so you can follow up with appropriate actions.
Adhering to anti-spam regulation
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Useful guidelines and links from MailChimp can be found here: http://mailchimp.com/legal/acceptable_use/
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MailChimp updates Sage CRM automatically every night to remove unsubscribed users.
Logging on to MailChimp
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must grant you rights to use MailChimp campaigns
Before you can start working with MailChimp from Sage CRM, you must log on to your MailChimp account. If you don't have an account, contact your System Administrator.
1. Go to the MailChimp logon page at https://login.mailchimp.com
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2. Enter your username and password.
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4. Click Log In.
Adding contacts to a MailChimp list
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must grant you rights to use MailChimp campaigns
Before you set up a MailChimp campaign, you must first create a group of contacts that you want to send campaign emails to and upload the group to the existing MailChimp list. It's easy to add groups of contacts directly from Sage CRM to MailChimp.
1. Click My CRM | Groups and open a group of companies, people, or leads. Make
that you might need.
2. Alternatively,
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3. The group must include an email column. If this column is missing, the Send to MailChimp button doesn't appear. In addition, each contact in the group must have a valid email address.
If a contact doesn't have an email address, it won't be added to the MailChimp list.
4. Click Send to MailChimp.
Creating a MailChimp campaign
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must grant you rights to use MailChimp campaigns
Before you set up a MailChimp campaign, ensure you've set up the group of email recipients you want to use in the campaign and have
added the group to the existing MailChimp list
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logged on to your MailChimp account
1. Click My CRM | MailChimp Campaigns and click New.
2. Enter the campaign details.
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3. Click Create Campaign.
MailChimp opens in a new browser window. If it doesn't open, ensure pop ups aren't blocked in your browser. Complete the following steps in MailChimp.
1. Check that your campaign details are correct. Click Next.
2. Choose a template and add the image and content that you want to include. Click Save and
Close.
3. Click Next and confirm that all elements in your template are correct.
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MailChimp Campaign.
There are three types of MailChimp pricing plan. On the free plan, you can send 12,000 emails to 2,000 subscribers per month. If you go over this number of emails or subscribers, an error message appears when you try to send a campaign. If you've too many subscribers, you can delete contacts from the MailChimp list
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Deleting a MailChimp campaign
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must grant you rights to use MailChimp campaigns
You can delete a MailChimp campaign from Sage CRM. When you delete a campaign, the campaign records remain in MailChimp.
1. Click My CRM | MailChimp Campaigns.
2. Click the campaign hyperlink.
3. Click Delete.
Viewing MailChimp campaign results
User Requirement: Your System Administrator must grant you rights to use MailChimp campaigns
Every hour, data from all campaigns is automatically synchronized from MailChimp to Sage CRM so you can see updated statistics about recipient interaction with your campaign emails.
1. Click My CRM | MailChimp Campaigns.
2. Click a campaign hyperlink. Statistics about this campaign are displayed in the MailChimp
Campaign Results panel.
3. To manually synchronize the data for this campaign, click Refresh.
4. Click a hyperlink to view more detailed information about any of these statistics. See the table below for an explanation of each statistic.
5. To create a contact group based on the recipients in a statistic group, click Create New
Group. You can create a dynamic or a static group. You can apply follow up actions to this group as appropriate to make your campaign even more targeted and relevant. Once you've created this group, you can't edit it.
6. Every night, a communication record is created for each email recipient. Click the
Communications tab for the relevant company, person, or lead record to view information about the MailChimp campaign email that they received. Click the hyperlink to open a copy of the campaign email.
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Statistic
Total Opened
Total Clicked
Bounced
Unsubscribed
Emails Sent
Unique Opened
Unique Clicked
Last Opened
Description
The total number of times that all emails were opened. For example, if you send ten emails and each recipient opens each email five times, the value of Total Opened is 50.
The total number of times that all links were clicked. For example, if you send ten emails with one link in each and each recipient clicks the link five times, the value of Total Clicked is 50.
The number of emails that were not successfully sent and bounced.
The number of recipients who unsubscribed from your campaign.
The total number of emails that were sent.
The number of individual emails that were opened. For example, if you send ten emails and each recipient opens each email five times, the value of Unique Opened is 10.
The number of times an individual link in an email was clicked. For example, if you send ten emails and each recipient clicks the link five times, the value of of Unique Clicked is 10.
The last date on which an email was opened.
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In Sage CRM, a case is a customer service issue.
You can capture a customer query in Sage CRM, and track the progress of the problem through to a solution and closure.
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Creating a new case
To raise a customer service issue:
1. Open a Person record.
2. Click their company.
3. Click the Cases tab, and click New. Alternatively, you can right-click or hover over the New menu button and click Case to log a new case.
4. Add as much information as you know at this stage to the
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5. Click Save. Your case has successfully been created.
6. Click Continue. The case is displayed in the list of cases on the Cases tab.
Case fields
Field
Company
Description
Company that the case is with.
Person
RefId
Main contact person for the case.
Automatically generated reference Id for the case. Made up of [User Number] - [Automatic Counter].
Found In
SLA
Which version of the product the problem was found in.
Service Level Agreement. If None is selected, the service level agreement linked to the Company is used as the default to calculate target response and resolution times.
SLA Severity
Description
Area
Source
Customer Ref
Product
Fix In
Territory
Service Level Agreement Severity. Also used to calculate target response and resolution times. For example,
Customers on the Gold SLA, should have a response to all
High SLA Severity Cases within 30 minutes.
Short description of the problem.
Area of the product affected by the problem.
How the problem came to you. For example, Phone, Email,
Fax.
Customer's own reference identifier.
Which product the customer has a problem with.
Product version that a fix is due to be supplied in.
Security territory. For more information, see
management (page 4-7)
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Territory
Created By Person the case is logged by.
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Severity
Assigned To
Stage
Status
Problem Type
Description
Severity of the case. For example, Normal, Low, High.
Person currently responsible for the case.
Stage of the case. For example, Logged, Queued,
Investigating.
Status of the case. For example, In Progress, Closed.
Type of problem. For example, Customer knowledge,
Missing component.
Detailed description of problem.
Problem Details
When you save the Case, the following additional fields are displayed in read-only format. They are available for editing on the Progress Case screen at the relevant point in the customer service workflow process.
Field Description
Team
Solution
Type
Team responsible for the case.
Type of solution. For example, Replace component, On-Site
Engineer.
Detailed description of solution.
Solution
Details
Closed Date the case is closed.
This table explains the Case Status icons.
Status Icon Description
In Progress
Closed
This table explains the SLA Status icons.
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Description
The check mark icon indicates that the Case is within the target close time specified in the SLA.
The minus sign icon indicates that the Case has reached the warning percent level, set by the System
Administrator, without being closed. For example, if the
SLA specifies that Medium SLA Severity cases should be closed within 30 hours, and the Warning Percent has been set to 80%, then the yellow minus sign icon is displayed next to all Medium SLA Severity cases if the case is still open after 24 hours.
The cross icon indicates that the Case has breached the
SLA.
Assigning a case to a colleague
If your system has Case Workflow enabled, you will see a number of workflow bullets on the righthand side of the Case Summary page. The workflow bullets available to you may vary depending on how the case workflow has been set up and customized to suit your customer service process.
To assign a case to a colleague using workflow:
1. From within the context of a logged case, click the Queue workflow bullet. The Progress Case page is displayed.
2. Assign the case to a user using the Assigned To field.
3. Add a tracking note providing additional information.
4. Click Save.
5. Your workflow may be set up to automatically create a follow-up call for your colleague. If not, click the New menu button, and click Task. The Enter New Communication page is displayed.
The task is automatically linked to the case in the Relating To field.
6. Complete the communication details, and click Save. The new communication is displayed on the Communications tab within the context of the case. The Tracking tab contains details of the case's progress. The case and the follow-up call are in the My CRM area of the engineer assigned to work on the case.
Progressing a case
The tech support specialist assigned to a case can access the case and the follow-up call from their
My CRM area. They may have even received an on-screen notification or email regarding the case.
To make the follow-up call and progress the case:
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1. Click the My CRM | Cases tab. A list of all cases assigned to the current user is displayed.
2. Click the case Status icon. The Summary page of the case is displayed.
3. Select the Investigating workflow bullet. The Progress Case page is displayed.
4. Add a tracking note, and click Save. The Case Summary page is displayed.
All changes can be viewed from the Case Tracking tab. The tech support specialist can now complete the task set by his colleague to call the customer back. He can confirm the current status and continue working on a resolution.
The Duration column in the Case Tracking tab shows how long the case has spent at each stage in the resolution process. The Duration takes into account the business calendar linked to the
SLA. These are defined by the System Administrator.
Solving a case
Once a tech support specialist is satisfied with a solution, a case can be progressed to the next stage of Solved. This time, when the case is progressed, the Solution Type and Solution Details should be completed.
Closing a case
The customer confirms that the solution fixes the problem and the case can be closed.
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Adding a solution to the solutions knowledge base
Solutions to cases can be reused for similar queries from customers in the future.
Your workflow may be set up to automatically create and publish a new solution based on the one you've found for the case you just solved. If not, you can manually create a new solution, and link it to an existing case and to future cases that may require the same resolution.
Manually progressing cases
The workflow functionality automates the progression of Cases to follow predefined business processes.
If your system doesn't have Case Workflow enabled, then you will notice that the Case workflow bullets on the right-hand side of the Summary page are replaced by a Progress button. This button allows you to manually change details of the opportunity via the Progress Case page.
Changes are recorded in the Tracking tab.
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Drilling down on the Case pipeline
Running a case report
Case Summary reports provide a quick overview of a particular customer service issue.
1. Find and open the case you want to generate the report for.
2. From the Case Summary page, click Summary Report. The report is displayed in PDF format.
Determining which cases you're working on
To find out which cases you're currently working on from within My CRM, click the Cases tab. The list of cases currently assigned to you is displayed. If the list is long and difficult to work with, you can filter it using the filterbox on the right-hand side of the screen.
Deleting a case
If your security profile allows you to delete cases, a Delete button appears on the Case summary page in edit mode. If you need to delete cases but can't access this button, contact your System
Administrator.
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1. Find and open the case you want to delete.
2. From the Case Summary page, click Change.
3. Click Delete, then Confirm Delete to delete the case. The case record is deleted from the system.
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Solutions are the cleaned and approved basis of a knowledge base. Solutions can be entered manually or published from a solved case using workflow. They can be searched for using key words from a Case screen, or from a self service Web page, so that customers or partners can find answers to their questions without having to call a telephone support hotline.
Solutions are not linked to companies or people, however they can be linked to multiple cases, and a case can be linked to multiple solutions.
Finding solutions
1. Right-click or hover over the Find menu button, and click Solution from the pop out list.
2. Enter a keyword in Description or Details. For example, Excel.
3. Select Contains. A search is performed for all solutions containing this keyword. Add more search criteria to narrow the results of the search even further.
You can use the % wildcard to turn the search into a "contains" search.
4. Click Find. A list of all solutions meeting your search criteria is displayed.
5. Click the Solution you want to review. The Solution Summary page is displayed.
Viewing solutions
User Requirements: Your System Administrator must give you rights to access Solutions
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1. Right-click or hover over the New menu button, and click Solution from the pop out list. The
New Solution page is displayed.
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Solution fields
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Referenc e Id
Description
Automatically generated reference Id for the solution. Made up of [User Number] - [Automatic Counter].
Area of product or service affected.
Short description of the solution.
Longer description of the solution.
Team responsible for the solution.
Solution Stage. For example, Draft, Rejected, Reviewed.
Solution Status. For example, Not Published, Published.
Person responsible for the solution.
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Adding a new solution from a case
While you're working on a case, or once it is solved, you can add and track possible and actual solutions from the Solutions tab.
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3. To link to an existing solution, click Link Solution. The Solutions panel is displayed.
4. To find an existing solution, you can use the Advanced Search Select feature by typing a key word directly into the Link Solution field and clicking the first magnifying glass icon. This displays a list of matches below the Link Solution field. You can also use the % wildcard to turn the search into a "contains" search. Alternatively, click the second magnifying glass icon and the standard Search Select page is displayed in a new window.
5. Click the solution you want to link to this case.
6. Click Save. The linked solution is displayed in the list of Solutions.
Publishing a solution
Customers can be given rights to view and search through all published solutions from your external
Web site.
Suppose Arthur Browne from Design Right is an existing customer contact with a valid support contract. Arthur should be able to view and search through all published solutions from your external
Web site. You can work through this example if your System Administrator has installed the Self
Service demonstration Web site. Remember to enable Arthur for self-service from the Person Self
Service tab.
To publish a solution to an external Self Service Web site:
1. Open the solution so that the Solution Summary page is displayed.
2. Click the Approve workflow button. The Progress Solution page is displayed.
3. You can add a tracking note to explain how the Solution was reviewed, and click Save.
4. Click the Publish workflow button.
5. You can add a tracking note, and click Save. The Solution Summary page is displayed, where the Stage is set to Reviewed and the Status is set to Published.
Once published, a customer or partner with a self-service logon ID can search for and view the solution.
Deleting a solution
If your security profile allows you to delete solutions, a Delete button appears on the Solution summary page in edit mode. If you need to delete solutions but can't access this button, contact your System Administrator.
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Linking a solution to a case
1. Open the solution so that the Solution Summary page is displayed.
2. Click the Cases tab and click Link Case.
3. Find the Case you want to using the search select icons.
4. Once the case is displayed in the Link Case field, click Save.
Emailing a solution
1. Open the solution so that the Solution Summary page is displayed.
2. Click Send Email. The solution details are included in the email body.
3. Complete the rest of the email details, including the recipient and click Send to send the email to the customer.
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The interactive dashboard is a highly-customizable workspace where you control what information you need to see to be effective in your job. Create multiple dashboards and gadgets by choosing the feeds, workflow, and actions you want to drive from your workspace, or select predefined gadgets and dashboards from templates. Choose feeds from CRM, the Web or ERP systems using SData.
Watch one gadget change as you scroll through another, and drag and drop your gadgets to create the layout you want.
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1. Control bar
This lets you choose from the list of available dashboards, or create your own gadgets, dashboards and templates. You can also Turn Snap On/Off (snap-to-grid for flexible dashboard layout), access help, and switch to the classic dashboard page.
The classic dashboard is a legacy feature that's not available for new customers.
2. Gadgets
Gadgets feed information from multiple data sources, internal and external to CRM, into your workspace. You can perform tasks and actions from some of them, such as logging a new case or progressing a sales opportunity through a workflow. You can edit a gadget's properties from the gadget's header. You can drag and drop gadgets, resize and overlap them. You can also drag and drop columns within gadgets to create the best workspace for your type of job and style of working.
Accessing the interactive dashboard
To access the interactive dashboard, click the My CRM | Dashboard tab. A welcome dashboard is displayed.
The next time you access the Dashboard tab within the same user session, the interactive dashboard is displayed, showing the last dashboard you were viewing.
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Getting started with the interactive dashboard
This example assumes your system includes either the standard Sage CRM demo data, or at least one dashboard template and one gadget template set up by an Info Manager or System
Administrator.
1. Click New Dashboard | Choose Template.
2. Highlight one of the dashboards in the list of templates.
3. Click OK.
4. Give the dashboard a name, and click OK.
5. Click New Gadget | Choose Template to add more predefined gadgets.
6. Click the Edit pencil icon on the gadget's header to modify an existing gadget, or create your own custom gadget from New Gadget | Create Gadget.
7. To set your new dashboard as your default dashboard, select the Dashboard drop-down arrow, then click Dashboard Options. Highlight the dashboard you want to set as the default, click Set Default, and then OK.
Selecting a dashboard
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab and click the dashboard drop-down arrow. A list of dashboards is displayed.
2. Select the dashboard you want to display.
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Setting a default dashboard
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click the Dashboard drop-down arrow, and click Dashboard Options. If a default dashboard has already been set, a check mark icon is displayed next to the current default dashboard.
3. To narrow down the list of Dashboards, use the Filter by text box. This works on a "Begins with" basis. For example, type "a" and you get a list of dashboards and categories beginning with the letter "a". You can also modify your category names from this dialog. Highlight the category and click Modify Category. A category containing dashboards cannot be deleted.
The No Category category can only be modified by the System Administrator via
Administration | Translations.
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4. Highlight the dashboard you want to set as your default, and click Set Default. A check mark icon is displayed next to the dashboard to show that the default dashboard is set. You can close the dialog with the close (x) icon, or select and open the default dashboard by clicking
OK.
5. Click OK. The default dashboard is displayed on your workspace. It is also displayed as the first dashboard after your next logon, even if you have been working with other dashboards during your last user session.
To clear a default dashboard, highlight the default dashboard and click Clear Default.
Creating a dashboard from a template
1. Click Dashboard | New Dashboard | Choose Template. The dashboards are grouped alphabetically by category, and then alphabetically by dashboard within each category.
2. Use the Filter by field to narrow the list of dashboards. This field works on a "Begins with" basis. For example, type "a" and you get a list of dashboards and categories beginning with the letter "a". You can also modify your category names from this dialog box. Highlight the category and click Modify Category.
3. Highlight the dashboard you want to display on your workspace, and click OK. The Dashboard
Details dialog is displayed.
4. If you're a System Administrator, you can access ready-to-use
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5. Give the dashboard a name. You can also choose a new category.
6. Click OK. The new dashboard is displayed on your workspace with the updated name and can be modified to suit your needs.
To make the ready-to-use Management dashboards available to other users, you must
to the management dashboard templates.
Management dashboards
User Requirement: System Administrator rights to view Management dashboards and make them available to other users
There are two ready-to-use Management dashboards. Each dashboard includes configurable gadgets that use Sage CRM data from across your organization.
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Leads Generated by Source shows the number of leads in your system according to how they were sourced.
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Deals Lost to Competitors displays deals that your organization was bidding on but lost to a competitor. The report is based on the Competitor, Winner, and Reason for
Loss fields in each opportunity record.
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To include an opportunity in the Monthly Sales Trends, Actual vs target, Won Deals
Leaderboard, Deals Lost to Competitors, and Won vs Lost Deals reports, the date in
Closed on the opportunity record must be within the relevant time period. For more information, see
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Copying a dashboard
You can copy a dashboard by either clicking Create A Copy from a dashboard template, or clicking
Copy within the Dashboard Options dialog.
To copy a dashboard from Dashboard Options:
1. Click Dashboard Options from the dashboard drop-down.
2. Highlight the dashboard you want to copy.
3. Click Copy.
4. Click Modify to change the Name, Description, and Category of the copy, and Save.
5. Click OK to select the copied dashboard and make changes to the gadgets on it.
To create a copy of a dashboard template:
1. Make sure the dashboard you want to copy is displayed on your workspace.
2. Click Create a copy. The Dashboard Details dialog box is displayed. The default naming convention for the copied dashboard is Copy of [copied dashboard name].
3. Update the Name, Description and Category of the new dashboard. Note: The layout type
(Fixed or Flexible) automatically copies the layout type from the source dashboard and cannot be changed.
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4. Click OK. The copied dashboard is displayed on your workspace. It is also available from your list of personal dashboards via the dashboard drop-down list.
An Info Manager or System Administrator can clone dashboard templates and user dashboards from Dashboard Templates. Please refer to
Working with dashboard templates (page 21-23)
for more information.
Creating a new dashboard
1. Click My CRM | Dashboard | New Dashboard | Create Dashboard. The Dashboard
Details dialog box is displayed.
2. Set the type to Flexible or Fixed layout. Note: Once selected, and the dashboard is on your workspace, you cannot change the layout type.
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3. Enter the name, description and category for the dashboard. The dashboard name is a required field. The category can be selected from the drop-down list, or you can create a new one by typing in the Category field.
4. Click OK. The Gadget Template dialog box is displayed.
5. Select the check boxes next to the gadget templates you want to display on your dashboard. If you don't want to display any of the gadget templates, close the dialog box. The next step is skipped. You can go back and add gadget templates later by clicking New Gadget | Choose
Template or by adding new gadgets from New Gadget | Create Gadget.
6. Click OK. The new dashboard is displayed on your workspace with the gadgets you selected.
Modifying dashboard details
1. Click Dashboard Options from the Dashboard drop-down.
2. Highlight the dashboard you want to modify, and click Modify.
3. Update the Name, Description, and Category.
4. Click Save.
5. Click OK. The updated dashboard is displayed on your workspace. The details of Assigned and Template Dashboards can only be modified by Info Managers or System Administrators.
This can be done from Templates | Dashboard Templates, then follow the steps described above.
Deleting a dashboard
1. Make sure the dashboard you want to delete is not displayed on your workspace.
2. Click My CRM | Dashboard, and click Dashboard Options from the Dashboard drop-down.
3. Highlight the dashboard you want to delete, and click Delete.
Template and assigned dashboards can only be deleted by a System Administrator or Info
Manager. This can be done from Template | Dashboard Templates.
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Setting up an interactive company dashboard
Sage CRM provides a standard company interactive dashboard template, which is assigned to all users, and can be modified by Info Managers. It works in the same way as the My CRM |
Dashboard, but filters gadget content to match the company context. For an overview of the interactive dashboard, see
What's the interactive dashboard? (page 21-1)
Company dashboards are only available from the Dashboard tab of a Company record.
Company Dashboard
You can create one or more of your own personalized Company dashboards, and then switch between them to access different levels of company detail. Once you select a Company dashboard, the same dashboard is displayed to you in the Dashboard tab of all companies, until you change it again.
1. Make sure you're in the context of a company, and click the Dashboard tab.
2. If you use classic dashboards, switch to the interactive dashboard by clicking the interactive
dashboard ink if you need to.
3. Click New Dashboard | Create Dashboard and add the gadgets you want. For more information, see
Gadget quick reference (page 21-8) .
4. Set as your default dashboard by clicking Dashboard Options from the dashboard dropdown.
Changes to the Company dashboard don't affect the dashboards available from My CRM |
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Gadget templates are predefined by a System Administrator or Info Manager. A user can select a gadget template and add it to their dashboard. Once the gadget is on your dashboard, you can customize it to suit your needs.
1. Make sure the dashboard you want to add the gadget template to is displayed on your workspace.
2. Click New Gadget | Choose Template. The Gadget Template dialog box is displayed showing a list of all gadget templates grouped by gadget type.
3. Select the check box next to the gadget template that you want to display on your dashboard.
4. Click OK. The gadgets are displayed on your dashboard.
Adding a new gadget to a dashboard
1. Make sure the dashboard you want to add the new gadget to is displayed on your workspace.
2. Click New Gadget | Create Gadget. The Gadget wizard is displayed.
3. Select the type of gadget you want to add. For more information, see
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4. Complete the gadget wizard steps. The new gadget is displayed on your dashboard.
Gadget quick reference
Gadget
Calendar gadget
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Description
Drill into appointments, add quick appointments, scroll through your calendar, and filter by appointment status.
Note
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Company dashboard tab.
Chart gadget (page
21-10)
Display a report chart, drill into the associated report search criteria, run the full report, and use built-in animation.
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Gadget
List gadget (page
21-11)
To add a new main menu item gadget:
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Notification gadget
(page 21-13)
Record summary gadget (page 21-13)
RSS feed gadget
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SData list gadget
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Description
View, filter, and carry out actions on lists. Can be linked to other list and record summary gadgets for dynamic filtering.
Add multiple CRM or web site icons to a single gadget. CRM actions include main menu actions such as Find Quote and
New Lead.
View and drill into notification alerts, dismiss or snooze individual or all notifications.
View a Sage CRM record’s summary page. Must be linked to a list gadget to display data.
Displays an RSS feed. User name and password details can be preset for feeds requiring authentication.
Work with records from SData-compliant ERP systems or from a Sage CRM SData feed. Can be linked to SData List or
SData Record Summary gadgets for dynamic filtering.
View an SData record’s summary page. Must be linked to an
SData list gadget to display data.
SData record summary gadget
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Summary gadget
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Task list gadget
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Link to multiple lists from a single gadget. Lists can be displayed as icons, summary lists, or a pipeline graphic (for single lists).
Drill into tasks, add a new quick task, filter by task status, and switch between daily, weekly, and monthly task lists.
Note
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Website Gadget
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Description
Type or paste in a web site address, or select a content block set up by the System Administrator.
Note
: Not all web sites are compatible with this gadget, for example, web sites which do not allow themselves to be embedded in other pages. An error message is displayed once the gadget is on the dashboard.
The Web Site gadget can display a static URL. To define a static URL in the Web Site gadget, the URL must begin with the text #crm_server#. The actual HTML files must be placed in a folder off the WWWRoot folder. Please refer to
Website Gadget (page 21-16)
for more details. This format can also be used to link to third-party gadgets. Please refer to the
Developer Guide
for more details.
Calendar gadget
To add a new calendar gadget to a dashboard:
1. Click Calendar from the Gadget Wizard.
2. Add a name and description for the gadget.
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Chart gadget
To add a new chart gadget:
1. Click Chart from the Gadget Wizard. A list of reports with charts is displayed.
2. Select the chart or report title from the list of report charts. Use the Filter by field to narrow the list of charts. Filter by works on a "Begins with" basis.
3. Click Next.
4. Select a Default Action. Go To List Or Report displays an Action icon in the gadget header when the gadget is on the dashboard. When you click the Action icon, the report's Display
Options and Search Criteria page is displayed.
5. Select a Drill Down action. Run Report adds a link to the report chart, which runs the full report. Default search criteria are applied to the report if they exist. Note: To use the animation
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6. Click Next.
7. Add a name and description for the gadget.
8. Click Finish.
Built-in animation means that you can watch charts grow as they are formed. You can also interact with charts once they are drawn. For example, highlighting slices and rotating pie charts. For more information on interacting with charts, see
Running a report (page 10-1) .
Some charts are displayed differently when you view your dashboard on iPad; a pyramid changes to a doughnut, and a funnel changes to a bar chart.
List gadget
1. Click List from the Gadget Wizard. A list of entities is displayed.
2. Select an entity to base your gadget on and click Next. A list of data sources, grouped by type
(Group, Report, Saved Advanced Find, Saved Search) is displayed.
3. Use Filter by to narrow the list; the filter works on a "Begins with" basis.
4. Select the data source to base your gadget on and click Next. A list of columns that you can include on the gadget is displayed.
5. Select the columns to display or select Select All.
6. To change the number of records to display per gadget page from the default (10), enter a value in No. Of Rows, and click Next.
7. Select a Default Action. Go to List or Report displays an Action icon in the gadget header when the gadget is on the dashboard. Click the icon to drill into the report search criteria page
(for report data sources) or associated list of a saved search, advanced find, or group data sources.
Drill Down Action icon on gadget header
8. Select a Drill Down action to add a column displaying an icon beside each record in the gadget. Click the icon to launch the action.
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9. Select Display Workflow Anchor Column, if it's available, to add an Action column to the gadget. When you click the icon in the Action column, the workflow actions relating to the current record can be launched.
Default Action Go To Summary Screen icon (left) and Workflow Anchor Column icon (right)
10. Click Next.
11. Add a Name and Description for the gadget, and click Finish.
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Main menu item gadget
To add a new main menu item gadget:
1. Click Main Menu Item from the Gadget Wizard.
2. Select CRM or URL from the left-hand drop-down field.
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3. Click Next.
4. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
5. Click Finish.
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Notification gadget
To add a new notification gadget to a dashboard:
1. Click Notification from the Gadget Wizard.
2. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
3. Click Finish.
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Record summary gadget
To add a new record summary gadget:
1. Click Record Summary from the Gadget Wizard. A list of entities is displayed.
2. Click an entity to base your gadget on from the list.
3. Click Next. A list of record summary blocks is displayed.
4. Click a block to base your gadget on.
5. Click Next.
6. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
7. Click Finish.
The record summary gadget displays content when it is linked to a list gadget. Please refer to
for more information.
RSS feed gadget
To add a new RSS feed gadget:
1. Click RSS Feed from the Gadget Wizard.
2. Type or paste the Web Address for the feed (in the format http[s]://www.website.com).
3. Select the Authentication check box to set up the User Name and Password for a feed requiring authentication. Setting the authentication on the gadget prevents the user from being prompted for logon details each time the secure feed is accessed.
4. Click Next.
5. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
6. Click Finish.
SData list gadget
To add a new SData list gadget:
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3. Click Next.
4. Click an entity to base your gadget on from the list. The list of entities displayed is defined in the SData Schema.
5. Click Next.
6. Click the check box next to the columns you want to display on the gadget, or click Select
All. The columns within each entity are defined in the SData Schema.
7. Click Next.
8. In Step 4 of the wizard, click Include/Exclude, the field to filter on, the operator, and the
value to filter by. For example, Include Invoices where Status Is Equal To Overdue.
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Invoices where Payment Terms Is Equal To 30 days.
9. Click Next.
10. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
11. Click Finish.
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Working with the SData navigator
The SData navigator parses all the fields and corresponding data of the selected SData gadget row, and displays this data in the right-hand property table. The title of the property table is the entity fields of the entity <SData gadget row entity name>.
The SData navigator also parses all the related entity links of this row in the SData gadget, for example, phone numbers related to an account.
SData record summary gadget
To add a new record summary gadget:
1. Click SData Record Summary from the Gadget Wizard.
2. Select from Sage CRM SData feed, Pre-configured SData feed, or Custom SData feed.
These are described in
SData list gadget (page 21-13)
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3. Click Next.
4. Click an entity to base your gadget on from the list.
5. Click Next.
6. Click the check box next to the columns you want to display on the gadget, or click Select
All. The columns within each entity are defined in the SData Schema.
7. Click Next.
8. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
9. Click Finish.
The SData record summary gadget displays content when it is linked to an SData list gadget.
Please refer to
for more information.
Summary gadget
1. Click Summary from the Gadget Wizard. A list of data sources is displayed.
2. Use the left and right arrow buttons to select the data sources for your gadget. Use the Filter
by field to narrow the available data sources list. The Filter by field works on a "Begins with" basis.
3. Click Next. If you only selected one data source, then Step 2 of the gadget displays a Group
by drop-down field.
4. Select the display options for the gadget. For a multiple data sources, you can choose from
Icons View or List View. For a single data source you can also choose Pipeline View.
5. Click Next.
6. If you only selected one data source, select the Drill Down option from the drop-down field.
Go To List Or Report displays an Action icon in the gadget header once the gadget is on the dashboard. Clicking on the Action icon drills into either the report search criteria page (for
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Drill Down Action icon on gadget header
If you selected multiple data sources you can drill down by clicking the summary list or icon once the gadget is on the dashboard. The drill down from the summary list or icon is either into the report search criteria page (for report data sources) or to the associated list of a saved search, advanced find, or group data sources.
7. Click Next.
8. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
9. Click Finish.
Task list gadget
To add a new task list gadget to the dashboard:
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Modify Dashboard | Add New Gadget.
3. Select the Task List gadget.
4. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
5. Click Finish.
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Website Gadget
To add a new website gadget:
1. Click Web Site from the Gadget Wizard.
2. Type or paste the Web Address (in the format http[s]://www.website.com), or select a
Content Block, which has been predefined by the System Administrator. Note: Not all web sites are compatible with this gadget, for example, web sites which do not allow themselves to
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3. Click Next.
4. Add a Name and Description for the gadget.
5. Click Finish.
Displaying a Static URL
The Web Site gadget can display a static URL. To define a static URL in the Web Site gadget, the
URL must begin with the text #crm_server#. The actual HTML files must be placed in a folder off the WWWRoot folder. A System Administrator with access to this folder can help you do this.
Example 1:
#crm_server#/StaticContent/abcd.html
Relates to a file called abcd.html in a folder created off the WWWRoot folder called StaticContent.
This format can also be used to link to third-party gadgets. Please refer to the Developer Guide for more details.
Example 2:
#crm_server#/StaticContent/#language#/ecosystem/CommunityLinks.htm
Relates to a folder created off the WWWRoot folder called StaticContent, which contains an optional placeholder that picks up the language of the user (it would appear on the file system as
WWWRoot\StaticContent\uk\ecosystem\CommunityLinks.htm).
Editing gadget content
To edit a gadget which is already on a dashboard:
1. Click the pencil icon in the gadget header. The first step of the gadget wizard for the current gadget is opened.
2. Make the changes to gadget.
3. Click Finish. The updated gadget is displayed on the dashboard.
Linking gadgets
Available on List, Task List, Record Summary, SData, and Third-party (added via the Web Site gadget) gadgets. List and Task List gadgets can be linked to each other or to Record Summary gadgets for dynamic filtering. SData gadgets can be linked to each other. Third-party gadgets can be linked to each other, or to List and Record Summary gadgets.
1. Click the dashboard you want to link gadgets on.
2. Make sure you have at least two gadgets on your dashboard. For example, a list gadget based on a company data source, and a list gadget based on an opportunity data source.
3. Click the Links icon on any one of the gadgets that you want to link, for example, the company list gadget. The Gadget Linking dialog box is displayed.
4. Click New Link. The top half of the Link information dialog shows the gadgets you want to link. The gadget where you selected the Links icon from is already selected. For example, the company list.
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5. Set the drop-down to either Sends Data To or Receives Data From. Note: Record Summary gadgets can only "receive data from" other gadgets. For this example, choose Sends Data To.
6. Click the gadget to link to from the right-hand drop-down. For example, the opportunity list.
7. In the lower half of the dialog, the left-hand list shows all the fields from the first gadget that you can link. For example, Company (Company ID).
8. The right-hand list shows the fields from the gadget on the right-hand side of the dialog that you can link, based on the selection already made. For example, Company (Company).
9. Click OK. Click Close to exit the Gadget Linking dialog. The opportunities list gadget is filtered as you click through the company list gadget. The gadget header changes to show the current filter. To edit the current links on a gadget,click the Links icon in the gadget header.
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Channel [Team], which a Person record is associated to. Such a link therefore does not make sense. Using comp_companyid and pers_companyid will work.
Please refer to the SData example in the section below for more information.
Multiple Gadget Linking Examples
List, SData, and third-party gadgets can send or receive data from other gadgets. In other words, they can set the filter or be filtered by other gadgets.Record summary gadgets can only be
receivers. A gadget can have many concurrent links with other dashboard gadgets.
The following examples show how this can be set up in practice.
Example 1: Sending data from a Company List gadget to Case List, Opportunity List, and
Company Record Summary gadgets
Links can be set up from a company gadget to a case list gadget, an opportunity list gadget, and a company record summary gadget.
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When the user scrolls through the list of companies, the opportunity and case list gadgets, and the company summary gadget are all filtered by the selected company.
Gadget linking between one sender (My Companies list) and multiple receivers (My Opportunities list, My Cases list, and
Company Summary gadget)
In the example described above, the company list gadget is the sender, and the other gadgets are the receivers. This relationship should not be confused with parent and child record relationships.
An opportunity list could just as easily be the sender and a company list a receiver. Scrolling on the opportunity list would then filter the company list.
Example 2: Sending data from two different Opportunity List gadgets to one Opportunity
Summary gadget
Links can be set up from an opportunity summary gadget (Opportunity Summary), to an opportunity list gadget for an individual user (My Opportunities), and to an opportunity list gadget for a team
(Team Opportunities).
Gadget linking dialog
When the user scrolls through their own list of opportunities, the summary gadget shows the details of each of their own opportunities. Click over to the list of team opportunities and scroll through - the summary gadget show the details of each of the team's opportunities.
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Gadget linking between one receiver (Opportunity Summary gadget) and multiple senders (My Opportunities list, Team
Opportunities list gadget)
In the example described above, both opportunity list gadgets are senders, and the summary gadget is the receiver. This can save you space on your dashboard, as you can easily toggle the view on a single receiver gadget between the two sender gadgets.
Example 3: Linking SData List and SData Record Summary gadgets
Links can be set up from an SData List gadget (Quotes List - using quot_orderquotid), to another
SData List gadget (Quote Items - using quit_orderquoteid) , and from each of those list gadgets to their corresponding SData Summary gadgets (Quote Summary and Quote Items Summary - again using quot_orderquotid and quit_orderquoteid respectively) .
Gadget linking dialog on SData Quotes List
Link Information dialog on SData
Quotes List to SData Quote Items List
When the user scrolls through the list of quotes, the quote items gadget shows the line items relating to the quote, and the quote summary gadget shows the details of the quote. Click over to the list of quote items and scroll through - the quote items summary gadget show the details of the selected line item.
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Gadget linking between SData Lists and SData Record Summary gadgets (Quotes and Quote Items)
In the example described above, Sage CRM SData feeds are used. Links using feeds from SDatacompliant ERP systems are set up in the same way - for example, a list of Accounts linking to multiple gadgets showing orders, invoices, revenue, and revenue per financial period.
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Modifying a gadget template (page 21-26)
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Gadget Header Icons
The gadget header displays a number of icons.
Gadget header icons
Left to right, these are:
Action. Available on List, Summary, and Chart gadgets if a Drill Down option was selected in the gadget wizard. The Drill Down option Go To List Or Report drills into either the report search criteria page (for gadgets using reports as the data source) or to the associated list (Search,
Advanced Find, or Group) of Saved Searches, Advanced Find, or Group data sources.
Link. Available on List, Task List, Record Summary, and SData List and SData Record Summary gadgets. List and Task List gadgets can be linked to each other or to Record Summary gadgets for dynamic scrolling. SData gadgets can be linked to each other. Please refer to
for more information.
Edit. Opens the first step of the gadget wizard for the current gadget.
Enable/disable resizing and dragging. Fixes the position and size of the gadget. Available in flexible dashboard layout only. Toggles the resize icon in the lower right-hand corner of the gadget
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Minimize. Displays the gadget header.
Maximize. Opens the gadget to size of the dashboard workspace.
Close. Deletes the gadget from the dashboard. Cannot be undone.
The SData gadget header includes an additional header icon on the far left, Select columns.
SData gadget header icons
Changing the Gadget Column Layout
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Click the drop-down arrow next to any column heading and select Columns. A sub-menu of all columns available is displayed. Select the check box next to the columns you want to add or remove.
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Select the Action check box to display the Workflow Anchor Column.
Adding new data sources for gadgets
You can make new data sources available to you in the gadget wizard by creating new reports, groups, advanced finds, and saved searches in the normal way in CRM. You can also add new data sources from SData feeds, which have been pre-defined by users with Info Manager or
Administrator rights.
To find out more about adding these types of data sources, please refer to:
Creating a saved search (page 3-10)
Using Advanced Find (page 3-5)
Adding an SData feed template (page 21-26)
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Take care when deleting data sources. For example, a gadget using a group data source will no longer show any data if that group is deleted.
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Dashboard Templates are accessed via Template | Dashboard Templates.
Once in Dashboard Templates with the Properties tab active, you can manage all the template and user dashboards using the following fields, buttons and tabs:
Field or Button
Filter by
Description
Searches template or user dashboards and categories using a "Begins with" search.
Template
User
New
Displays a list of all template dashboards.
Displays a list of all user dashboards.
Adds a new dashboard template.
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Field or Button
Modify Details
Clone
Delete
Modify Gadgets
Assigned Users
Description
Changes the name, description and category of a template or user dashboard. The "No Category" category cannot be modified from the Dashboard interface, however a System
Administrator can modify the category name from
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(Caption Family
LandingPage
, Caption Code
BlankCategory
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Copies a template or user dashboard as a template.
Deletes a template or user dashboard.
Adds, removes, modifies gadgets on a template or user dashboard.
Assigns users and teams to a template. The Assigned
Users tab is active when you select a dashboard template.
Adding a dashboard template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Template | Dashboard Templates | New.
3. Set the type to Flexible or Fixed layout. This defaults to Flexible. The type cannot be switched once the dashboard has been added.
4. Add a name, description, and category to the template.
5. Click Save. The template dashboard is displayed in the list of templates. You can open the new template and add gadgets to it by clicking Modify Gadgets.
Assigning users to a dashboard template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Templates | Dashboard Templates.
2. Ensure Template is selected.
3. Highlight the dashboard you want to assign users to.
4. Click the Assigned Users tab.
5. Click the Assign button to populate the list of users and primary teams.
6. Use the Filter by field to search for users or teams. This is a "Begins with" search.
7. Select the check boxes next to the users and/or teams that you want to assign the template dashboard to.
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8. Click Assign. A check mark icon is displayed next to each assigned user or team. Each assigned user or member of the assigned team can access the dashboard from the dashboard drop-down.
A user added to a team at a later date automatically gets access to all dashboards already assigned to their team.
Modifying a dashboard template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Template | Dashboard Templates.
3. Ensure Template is selected.
4. Highlight the dashboard you want to modify.
5. Click Modify Details to change the name, description, or category of the dashboard.
6. Click Modify Gadgets to change the gadgets on the dashboard. The template dashboard is displayed with a message that changes may affect other users.
Any users assigned to the template will see the changes next time the assigned dashboard is accessed.
While you're working on new templates, you may find it useful to create a new category of dashboards called "Drafts" or similar. This makes it clear to other users that these dashboards are
"work-in-progress".
Deleting a dashboard template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Template | Dashboard Templates.
2. Ensure Template is selected.
3. Highlight the dashboard you want to delete.
4. Click Delete. A message is displayed asking you to check for assigned users, and informing you that this action cannot be undone.
5. Click OK to delete the dashboard template. The dashboard template is removed from the
Dashboard Templates list and from the dashboard lists of all assigned users. If a user was in the middle of working with an assigned dashboard, they can continue to do so until they navigate away from that dashboard.
Managing user dashboards
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Template | Dashboard Templates.
3. Ensure User is selected. A list of all user dashboards is displayed, grouped by user.
4. Highlight the dashboard you want to view, modify, or delete.
5. Select the action to carry out on the user dashboard. For example, click Modify Details to
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6. Click Save.
This feature can be useful if a user has added content to their dashboard which is preventing them from logging on to Sage CRM.The System Administrator can delete the user dashboard (without opening it), so that the user can regain access to CRM.
Adding a template gadget
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Template | Gadget Templates | New.
3. Select the type of gadget you want to add. For more information, see
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4. Complete the gadget wizard steps. The new gadget is displayed in the gadget templates list and is available for selection by users.
Modifying a gadget template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Template | Gadget Templates.
2. Highlight the gadget you want to modify.
3. Click Modify. The first step of the gadget wizard for the current gadget is opened.
4. Make the changes to the gadget.
5. Click Finish. The updated gadget is displayed in the gadget templates list and is available for selection by users.
Changes to gadget templates only affect the gadget template itself, not any instances of the gadget on template, assigned, or personal dashboards.
Deleting a gadget template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Template | Gadget Templates.
3. Highlight the gadget you want to delete.
4. Click Delete Gadget. A warning message is displayed informing you that this action cannot be undone.
5. Click OK to delete the gadget. The gadget is removed from the gadget templates and is no longer available for selection by users.
Deleting a gadget template only removes the instance of the gadget from the gadget templates list, and not any instances of the gadget on template, assigned, or personal dashboards.
Adding an SData feed template
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click the My CRM | Dashboard tab.
2. Click Template | SData Feed Templates | New.
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3. Enter a short description for the feed in the Feed Name field.
4. Type a valid SData schema URL in the Feed URL field. A valid SData schema URL takes the format: http[s]://server[:port]/sdata/application/contract/resource kind/$schema For more information on constructing custom SData feeds, see the
Developer Help
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5. Set up the User Name and Password for a feed requiring authentication. Setting the authentication on the gadget prevents the user from being prompted for logon details each time the secure feed is accessed.
6. To assign teams or users to the SData feed, click the Assigned Users tab.
7. Select the check boxes next to the users and/or teams that you want to assign the SData feed template to.
8. Click Save. Each assigned user or member of the assigned team can access the SData feed from Step 1 of the SData gadget wizard.
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Setting up a new classic dashboard
1. Click My CRM | Dashboard.
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Dashboard to create a new dashboard.
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If you're viewing an interactive dashboard, click Classic Dashboard, then add the new dashboard.
2. Enter a name for the new dashboard. If a dashboard with the same name already exists, a warning prompt is displayed, however you can still add a new dashboard with the same name as an existing dashboard.
3. Select Set As Default to make this the default dashboard. Set As Mobile Dashboard makes the dashboard available on mobile devices.
Dashboard Details page
4. Click Continue. The Dashboard Content page is displayed.
The Dashboard Content page is divided into the Available Content panel and the Selected
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Use the Filter By drop-down list to narrow down the list of all content to view content by area, for example, all content related to Opportunities.
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Use the Blocks radio buttons to filter the list of all content to view content by narrow or wide widths. The System Administrator is responsible for defining the width of the content.
5. Select and add the content to the Selected Content panel.
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down arrows to the right-hand side of the Narrow or Wide content list.
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You can switch this by selecting the Right radio button at the top of the Select Content panel. If only wide content is selected, it is displayed spanning the whole width of the
Dashboard page.
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6. Click Save. The new dashboard is displayed.
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You can use the Dashboard toolbar to set up another dashboard, modify the existing dashboard, and switch between existing dashboards. To print your dashboard, click
Print.
You can set the Dashboard page to be the first page you see when you logon to CRM by selecting Dashboard from the Log Me Into field on My CRM | Preferences.
Changing content directly from the classic dashboard page
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CRM | Preferences, then a View Calendar option is available. Click it to access the
Calendar tab.
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Note: When you edit a standard Dashboard, you're making your own personal version of the
Dashboard. This doesn't affect other users' standard Dashboards in any way.
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You can only change the name of a dashboard, or delete a dashboard that you have created. You cannot change the dashboard name of or delete a standard dashboard created by your System Administrator.
Modifying classic dashboard content
1. Click My CRM | Dashboard.
2. Click the dashboard you want to modify from the drop-down list at the top of the page.
3. Click the Modify Dashboard icon. The Dashboard Content page is displayed.
4. Modify the content.
5. Click Save. The modified dashboard is displayed.
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Adding saved searches to a classic dashboard
All users can set up saved searches. Saved Searches can then be selected from the list of
Available Content to display on a dashboard.
To make a saved search list available on the dashboard:
1. Set up a saved search. For example, all companies in the city of New York.
2. Click My CRM | Dashboard, and click Modify Dashboard. The Dashboard Content page is displayed.
3. Click the Saved Search category from the Filter By drop-down list. The saved search you created is displayed in the list of Available Content.
4. Click the Add button next to the saved search you created.
5. You can also select Saved Search Summaries from the Available Content list. This displays a count of the number of records in each of your saved search.
6. Click Save. The dashboard page is displayed, showing the Saved Search list you created.
Adding favorite reports to a classic dashboard
All users with access to Reports, can select reports they run frequently as "favorite" reports. These reports can be run from the dashboard if the Favorite Reports content item is selected.
To run a favorite report from the dashboard:
1. Make sure you have at least one report set as a Favorite report.
2. Click My CRM Dashboard, and click Modify Dashboard.
3. The Dashboard Content page is displayed.
4. Click the Other category from the Filter By drop-down list.
5. Click Add next to the Favorite Reports content item.
6. Click Save. The dashboard page is displayed. The Favorite Reports content panel is displayed on the dashboard with all of your favorite reports.
7. Click the report you want to run. The report Display Options are displayed in a new window.
8. Confirm the Display Option, for example, Screen, and click Go. The report output is displayed in a new browser window.
Adding report charts to a classic dashboard
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights
Users with Information Manager security rights can create new reports and modify existing reports.
If Available On Dashboard is selected in the Chart Options panel of the Report Options, Step 2 of
2 page, the chart is displayed for selection by the user in the Report Charts category on the
Dashboard Content page.
1. Edit an existing report, and navigate to the Chart Options panel on the Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page.
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2. Check the Available On Classic/Interactive Dashboard checkbox on the Chart Options panel, and complete the other Chart Options fields. Note: This checkbox isn't available on the
Chart Options panel of Historical reports.
3. Click Save.
4. Click My CRM | Dashboard, and click Modify Dashboard. The Dashboard Content page is displayed.
5. Select Report Charts in Filter By.
6. ClickAdd next to the Report chart you added. If the Report Chart comes from a report with multiple saved searches, then a Report chart panel is available for selection for each saved search and for the full report.
7. Click Save. The dashboard page is displayed. The report chart is displayed on the dashboard.
You can click the View Full Report In New Window icon to view more of the report. This icon isn't available on "standalone" chart content panels. These can be identified in the content lists by the prefix "Chart".
Built-in animation means that you can watch charts grow as they is formed. You can also interact with charts once they are drawn – for example, highlighting slices and rotating pie charts. For more information on interacting with charts, see
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Setting up a classic company dashboard
The Dashboard tab within the Company context can be used to display a management overview of customer information. Once a Company dashboard is set up, the same dashboard will be available from the Company context page of all companies.
1. Within the context of a company, click the Dashboard tab.
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2. In the Available Content panel, click Add beside the content panels you want to add to the dashboard. The selected content is listed in the Selected Content list.
3. Click Save. The Company Dashboard is displayed.
Click Reset Standard Dashboard to revert to the Standard Company Dashboard, set up by the
System Administrator.
Modifying the content of the classic company dashboard
1. Within the context of a company, click the Dashboard tab. The Dashboard page is displayed
2. Click Modify Dashboard. The Dashboard Content page is displayed.
3. Make the changes you require.
4. Click Save. The Company Dashboard page is displayed with the changes you made.
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User preferences
User preferences let you control how information is displayed. For example, if you work in the customer service team, you're probably most interested in the status of existing cases. You can change your user preferences so your current open cases are displayed whenever you log on to
Sage CRM.
You can and
on your User Preferences page.
The Install CRM Outlook Integration / Install CRM Outlook Exchange Integration button is displayed on the Preferences page. For more information, see
Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook integration (page 8-1)Installing the Outlook Plug-in for
Exchange Integration (page 7-7)
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Preference fields
The table below describes the standard user preference fields.
Field
Log Me In
To
Description
Set the first page you want to see when you log on. For example, Dashboard, Calendar, or Opportunity list.
Empty
Recent List
For Each
Session
Recent List
Activation
By
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Yes
to empty the Recent list each time you log off.
The Recent list provides quick access to the most recent records you've visited in Sage CRM.
Choose how to open the Recent list. You can Click or
Hover. Please refer to
Appointments and tasks (page 5-
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Pop Out
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Activation
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Pipeline
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Show
Cases
Pipeline
Grid Size
Field
My Default
Find
Screen
Show
Solutions In
My CRM
Show
Outbound
Calls In My
CRM
Currency
Description
Set the Find screen that appears at the beginning of a session. Note that the system "remembers" your last
Find, until you change it. This means you can set your default Find screen to be Company. However, as soon as you search by Person, the next time you press Find, the person Find page is displayed.
Display the
Solutions
tab in the My CRM Main menu.
The System Administrator must give you rights to view
Solutions.
Display the
Outbound Calls Lists
tab in the My CRM
Main menu.
Set the currency you want to work with. This is implementation dependent.
Display or hide the leads pipeline on the
Leads
tab within
My CRM and Team CRM.
Display or hide the opportunities pipeline on the
Opportunities
tab within My CRM and Team CRM.
Display or hide the cases pipeline on the
My CRM and Team CRM.
Cases
tab within
Screen
Position
Set the default maximum length of lists and grids on a page.
Display the New Email screen in Normal or Popup view. If you're working with Sage CRM in Outlook, the New Email screen is always displayed in a popup window.
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Field
Line Item
Screen
Position
Report Print
Preview
Default
Page size
Report Print
Preview
Default
Orientation
On-screen
Coaching
Description
Display the Line Item screen in Popup or Split view.
Set the default page size used on the Report Display
Options page for reports in PDF format.
Set the default orientation (portrait or landscape) used on the Report Display Options page for producing a report in
PDF format.
Single-
Column
Calendar
Number of
Calendar
Columns
Full Menu in Outlook
Set how on-screen coaching is displayed.
On
. Turn coaching on for all screens for which coaching is available.
Off
. Turn all coaching off.
Minimized
Coaching is minimized until you click
Maximize On-screen Coaching
.
Customized
. Allow users to minimize onscreen coaching on some screens, and leave it maximized on others.
Set to
Yes
, the calendar uses a single-column format.
Set to
No
, the daily view can be displayed in an Outlookstyle view with equal spacing between vertical time slots.
If you've multiple appointments at the same time, they are placed in columns next to each other .
Set the maximum number of columns in the calendar when the previous setting is set to
No
. When this number is exceeded, the calendar reverts to a single-column format.
This field applies to Classic Outlook integration using
Outlook 2007 only.
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Field
Preferred
Theme
CSV File
Export
Delimiter
Description
Customize the look and feel of the user interface. Your
System Administrator defines which themes are available to you. Log off and on again to apply the new theme.
Note
: Themes don't apply to System Help and Self
Service .
Set the CSV delimiter as comma, semi-colon, or tab for files you export to CSV.
When you click
Export To File
, for example on a list of
Company records, the CSV file uses the delimiter you have set.
This setting also impacts data uploads from CSV files.
The delimiter in the import file must match the delimiter set here.
Set the first tab you want to see when you open a
Company record. Choose the Summary tab or the
Interactive Dashboard tab.
Set a default email template. This is used automatically when you create a new email in Sage CRM.
Default
Screen For
Company
Default
Template
Default
Address
Default
Tablet
Version
Calendar
View
Calendar
Start Time
Calendar
End Time
Set the default
From
email address used on the New
Email screen. This works only if you're allowed to send emails from other accounts.
Set to Desktop Version to use the desktop version of Sage
CRM on a tablet device. Set to Tablet Version if you want to use the Tablet theme from a tablet device.
Set the default Calendar view. For example, Day, Month,
Week, Year.
Set the start time of the Calendar view on communications. This also adjusts the shaded area in the meeting planner.
Set the end time of the calendar view on communications.
This also adjusts the shaded area in the meeting planner.
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Field
My Week
Starts On
Date
Format
Use AM/PM
Time Zone
Decimal
Point
Decimal
Places
Thousand
Separator
Default
Targets For
High
Priority
Reminder
Messages
Description
Set the first day of the weekly calendar view.
Date format preference. For example, select mm/dd/yyyy to see the date in Month/Day/Year format.
Select
Yes
to use AM/PM time format, or select No to use
24hr format.
The zone you select must match your computer settings.
Each user's timezone must be set. This is especially important if you want to synchronize with Microsoft
Outlook.
There are 75 timezones to choose from. The one you select defines what daylight settings are used.
All times are relative to the logged on user. For example, a meeting made at 09:00 GMT by one user appears at
10:00 to users in +1:00 GMT.
The System Administrator sets the server timezone.
Set the decimal point. For example, period [.] or comma
[,].
The preferred number of decimal places to be displayed.
For example, 2.
Note
: The maximum number of decimal places is 6.
Set the thousand separator. For example, period [.] or comma [,].
Set the way a reminder is sent out for a high priority
Communication. You must select
Send Reminder
Message
first. For more information, see
Appointments and tasks (page 5-1)
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Field
Default
Targets For
Normal
Priority
Reminder
Messages
Default
Targets For
Low Priority
Reminder
Messages
Description
Set the way a reminder is sent out for a normal priority
Communication. You must select
Send Reminder
Message
first. For more information, see
Appointments and tasks (page 5-1)
Set the way a reminder is sent out for a low priority
Communication. You must select
Send Reminder
Message
first. For more information, see
Appointments and tasks (page 5-1)
Changing preferences
1. Click the Preferences tab.The Preferences page is displayed.
2. Click Change.
3. Make your changes to the
4. Click Save.
To return preferences to the default settings, click Set To System Defaults.
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A choice of List, Cross Tabular, or Historical report types.
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Set the number of Rows Per Page on list reports to improve the layout of the report output.
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The ability to add a chart to the report.
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The ability to use of sums, averages, groups, and record counts.
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The ability to format data to make use of hyperlinks and number formats.
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Display header and footer information, such as the user who has run the report and the date/time it was run.
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Create private reports, available only to you.
Creating and managing a report category
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
A user with rights to create new reports can create new report categories.
1. Click My CRM | Reports.
2. Click New Report Category. The New Report Category page is displayed.
3. Enter a name and a description for the new report category and click Save. The new report category is displayed.
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4. To translate the report name and description into other languages, click Administration |
Customization | Translations.
You must be a System Administrator to delete a report category, change the order of the report categories, or change the report category icon. These changes can be made in
Administration | Advanced Customization | System Menus. For more information, see the System Administrator Help .
Moving a report to a different category
1. Click My CRM | Reports.
2. Select the category that contains the report you want to move.
3. Click Edit for the relevant report.
4. Select the new report category from the Report Category drop-down menu.
5. Click Continue. The Search Criteria for Report page is displayed.
6. Click Continue. The Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page is displayed.
7. Click Save. The report is moved to the selected report category.
Creating a list report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
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Person : Phone l
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1. Click Reports.
2. Select the category in which you want to create and save your report, for example, General.
3. Click New. The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page is displayed.
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4. Complete the Report Details panel. When you click Source View, the page expands to show the Click Column panel, and a panel showing lists of columns for content, searching, sorting and grouping.
5. Select the columns to use for the report contents. To use a column for the Search or Sort or
Group By criteria, click the corresponding button. For more information, see
Report fields and buttons (page 24-3) .
6. Click Add Key Attribute Data. A pop-up window, Add Key Attribute Data, is displayed.
7. Select the column, field, and entity to report on, then add to either the Report Contents, Search
Criteria, or both.
8. Click Continue to return to the Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page and click Continue to proceed to the next stage. The Search Criteria for Report page is displayed.
9. Specify search criteria. For example, only People where you're the Account Manager.
10. Click Continue. The Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page is displayed. The page consists of multiple report formatting fields. For more information, see
Report fields and buttons (page 24-
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11. Complete the information on the panels and click Save. The new report is displayed in the list of reports.
12. To run the report, click Run or click the report. The Search Criteria page is displayed.
13. Select your search criteria and click Run to continue, or Save to save the selected search criteria before continuing. The report is displayed in a new browser window. The search criteria are displayed at the top of the report output.
Report fields and buttons
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Report Details panel fields
Field
Name
Description
The name of the report. This must be unique within all users and categories.
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Field
Source View
Report Type
Report Style
Description
The name of the view used for this report. The source view provides the database source of the fields contained in a report.
You can typically select the Summary view of the main entity for which you're creating a report, for example, Opportunity for an opportunity report. This should give you the fields you need.
More on source views...
A view is a selection of fields from a number of tables. For example, a Customer Service report may need to display data from both Case and Company tables.
To decide which view to use, first identify what fields you need to use, and then look at what tables / entities these fields are on by looking at the fields in Sage CRM. For example, for an opportunity report, do you need to display any Company fields?
Look at the list of views in the Source View selection list to see what view would most suit your field selection. Selecting on one of these will display the fields in this view.
If no suitable view exists in the system,then the Sage CRM
Administrator can create a new view or can edit an existing one to add all the required fields. Please see
View
Customization
in the
System Administrator Guide
for more details.
Select from List, Cross Tab, or Historical.
Select from Standard With Grids or Standard Without Grids.
The gridlines appear on the chart section of your report output. The System Administrator can define further styles and make them available from this field.
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Field
Rows Per Page
Description
Private Report
Auto Hyperlinking
Description
This setting is displayed for list reports on onscreen output only.
Set the number of rows per page. When this setting is set, the first page is displayed as soon as it is generated, with arrows at the top to go to the next or last page. If you click Next or
Last page before that page has been generated, a message is displayed, advising that the page is not yet ready. Once the whole report has been generated, a Go To page icon is displayed at the top of the page.
Note
: The rows per page setting doesn't count the report header, title, and footer as rows. For example, 20 rows per page means 20 rows of data per page, including total lines, blank lines, and charts.
A Print Preview icon is also available, which opens a new window containing the full report as a PDF.
A free text description of the report.
Select this option to make a report you created private.Other
users will not see the report in the Report list.
Create links from the report contents to the relevant records in Sage CRM. For example, click a company name on the
Report Output page to open the company's summary page.
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Field
Show Original
Currency Values
Filter By Current
User
Filter By User’s
Primary Team
Filter By User’s
Home Territory
Select Distinct
Values
Description
Display the currency values entered in the system, rather than your own preferred currency. Only available if working with multi-currency systems, if the
Single Currency
field is set to No in
Administration
|
Data Management
|
Currency Configuration
).
Note
: Currency fields display in reports to the decimal precision defined by the System Administrator in the Base
Currency. Numeric fields display in reports to the decimal precision defined in
My CRM | Preferences
.
Allows the user creating the report to limit the returned data to be applicable to the current logged on user. For example, the report output of a Communication List report, will automatically be restricted to show Communications scheduled for the logged on user.
Allows the person creating the report to limit the returned data to be applicable to the logged on user’s Primary Team.
For example, the report output of an Opportunity List report will automatically be restricted to show Opportunities assigned to the Primary Team of the logged on user.
Allows the person creating the report to limit the returned data to be applicable to the logged on user’s Home Territory.
For example, the report output of an Opportunity List report will automatically be restricted to show Opportunities in the
Home Territory of the logged on user.
Removes duplicate rows in the report output. For example, if you have a report that lists all companies that have "High" priority Cases, and there are two high priority Cases with the company Design Right, Design Right appears twice in the report output. However, if you choose the option Select
Distinct Values for this report, Design Right only appears once.
Select Column panel buttons
These are on the Report Source page.
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Add To Search Criteria. Adds the column to the Search Criteria list. These will be the criteria that you can filter your report output by. In the example above, selecting Assigned To as a search criteria means that when you run the report, you can decide to view opportunities for just one or a selection of Sales Reps. In the report designer, you cannot delete fields from the
Search Criteria list if the report has saved searches. Please refer to the
Saving report search criteria (page 10-4)
for more information.
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Advanced Find. Allows you to use the Advanced Find feature to create the report. When
Advanced Find is selected the next screen displayed will be the Advanced Find page, where you can create complex queries to return specific report results. For more details on using advanced find, please refer to
Using Advanced Find (page 3-5)
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Add To Sort On. Adds the column to the Sort On list. The report will be sorted by this column. If there are multiple columns in this list, the report will sort first by the column at the top of the list, then by the next column. Note that if you have added Group By columns, these will make up the "primary" sort order. The columns within the Sort On list determine the sort order within the group.
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Add to Group By. Adds the column to the Group By list. The report results will be grouped by the columns in this list. In the above example, the opportunity list is grouped by Sales Rep
(Opportunity Assigned To). Note that you do not need to select the Group By column as one of the Report Contents columns. The Group By selection creates its own column as the very first left hand column of the list report.
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Report Formatting panel fields
Field
Title
Description
The title displayed on the report. This is also the name of the Chart gadget on the Interactive Dashboard.
If you clone a report with a chart in it, you should update the chart title in the cloned report.
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Left Content
(Header)
Centre
Content
(Header)
Right Content
(Header)
Description
The header appears at the very top of the report before any other details.
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Logo. Displays a logo.
The logo must be a file called LOGO.JPG for onscreen output, or PDFLOGO.JPG (usually a higher resolution image) for Adobe PDF output.These are located in the
Reports directory.
The logos aren't used in CSV or MS Excel output.
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Page Number. Displays the page number on HTML and Adobe reports.
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Report Title. Displays the title of the report.
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Time. Current time, formatted according to the user's preferences.
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User Name. The name of the user who's running the report.
For more information on customizing FusionCharts, please refer to
Customizing Report Charts
in the
Themes
section of the
System Administrator Guide
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Show
Summary
Data
Left Content
(Footer)
Centre
Content
(Footer)
If checked, the grand totals are displayed.
The footer appears at the very end of the report underneath all other details. See above.
See above.
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Field
Right Content
(Footer)
Group Orders
Description
See above.
Sort Orders
Column
Formatting
This section is only displayed if columns have been added to the Group By list on the Report Options, Step
1 of 2 page. See "Sort Orders" below for an explanation of the three columns.
This section is only displayed if columns have been added to the Sort On list on the Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page. Each field is listed in a grid in three columns.
The first column displays the name of the field and the second column displays a check box with the column heading "Descending". If this check box is selected, the field is sorted in descending order. The default is in ascending order. The third column gives you the option to sort by Caption Order or by Translation Order. When you create drop-down list captions, it is possible to specify the order that they appear in using the Caption
Order field in Translations. This is the order that will be used if you select Caption Order. Translation Order is the alphabetical order of the actual translation of the column in the language of the user running the report.
If neither is selected, the default is alphabetically on the
Caption Code.
This section lists all of the columns (except Group By columns) that are displayed on the report. For each field listed there are three options. The first option is the name of the field, the second option allows you to specify a total for the column. There are five types of totals, Average, Count, Maximum, Minimum, and Sum.
All five types are available if the field is a numeric field.
For non-numeric fields only Count is available. The third option is for alignment, there is a radio-group with three options: left-justify, center-justify, and rightjustify.
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Chart Options panel fields
Field
Show Chart
Description
Check to show a chart.
Available On
Classic/Interactiv e Dashboard
When checked, the chart is available for selection from the Report Charts category on the Classic or
Interactive Dashboard. Refer to
Adding report charts to a classic dashboard (page 22-4)
or
Chart gadget (page 21-10)
for more information.
Chart Style
Show Legend
Legend
Alignment
Value
The type of chart you want to display. Available styles include Point, Fast Line, Line, Bar, Area,
Horizontal Bar, Pie, Doughnut, Pyramid, Funnel,
Stacked, Gauge, and Combination. Please refer to
Report fields and buttons (page 24-3)
for examples.
Toggles the legend display on or off.
Aligns legend bottom, top, left, or right.
Label
Function
Category
Indicates what column is to be used for the left axis of the chart.
Chart label for the left axis. If this is blank the translated field name is used.
Indicates what totaling function to use on the left field. The returned values of the left field must be numeric. Valid options for this field are Average,
Count, Minimum, Maximum, and Sum. Only numeric fields have all five options, non-numeric fields have the Count option only. Because the returned value must be numeric, non-numeric fields always have the Count option selected. Numeric fields can also specify no totaling since the underlying field value is numeric.
The field to be used for the bottom axis of the chart.
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Field
Label
Function
Line
Label
Function
Group By
Multi-Bar
Segment 1 Lower
Limit %
Description
The caption to be used for the bottom axis. If this is blank the translated field name is used.
Only applicable if the Category field is a date/time field. Allows the value of the field to be split up into date ranges like month names.
Indicates the column to be used for the line on a
Combination chart.
Chart label for the line on a Combination chart.
Indicates the totaling function used for the line on a
Combination chart. Valid options for numeric fields are Average, Count, Minimum, Maximum, Sum, and Value (no totaling function). Non-numeric fields must be set to Count because the returned value must be numeric.
If a Group By option was selected in the Report
Options Step 1 of 2 page, this field is displayed on the Chart Options panel. It displays a separate chart per grouping.
If the Group By field is filled in the Chart Options, a further field, Multi-Bar, is displayed. This displays all the groups on each chart.
The starting value of the first partition in the gauge chart. This is a percentage of the target value. For example, if your target is 100%, you might set the lower limit to 33%. Set the color of the first partition in
Segment 1 Color
and the name of the partition in
Segment 1 Caption
.
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Field
Segment 2 Lower
Limit %
Segment 3 Upper
Limit %
Segment 1 Color
Segment 2 Color
Segment 3 Color
Segment 1
Caption
Segment 2
Caption
Segment 3
Caption
Description
The starting value of the second partition in the gauge chart. This is a percentage of the target value. For example, if your target is 100%, you might start the second partition at 66%. The end value of the second partition is your target which is automatically taken from your forecast for the relevant period. For more information, see
Forecasts. Set the color of the second partition in
Segment 2 Color
and the name of the partition in
Segment 2 Caption
.
The end value of the third partition in the gauge chart. This is a percentage of the target value. For example, if your target is 100%, you might end the third partition at 133%. The starting value of the third partition is your target which is automatically taken from your forecast for the relevant period. For more information, see Forecasts. Set the color of the third partition in
Segment 3 Color
and the name of the partition in
Segment 3 Caption
.
The color of the first partition in the gauge chart.
The color of the second partition in the gauge chart.
The color of the third partition in the gauge chart.
The name of the first partition in the gauge chart.
The name of the second partition in the gauge chart.
The name of the third partition in the gauge chart.
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Area
Chart styles
Chart Style
Point, FastLine, Line
Example
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HBar
Example
Pie
Doughnut
Pyramid
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Stacked
Bars are stacked on top of each other to display grouped data. It provides a wider view of data than a regular bar chart. A stacked chart is useful in an
Open Activities
activity report to show several actions that occurred on a particular day or date.
Gauge
Partitions on the chart indicate three ranges in relation to a target value; below, approaching, exceeded. The gauge needle indicates the current value. A gauge chart is useful in an
Actual vs Target
sales report to show how your actual sales compare to your forecasted sales for a particular period. You could also use a gauge chart in a customer service report to show how you're performing against your SLA target.
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Chart Style
Combination
A bar chart indicates one set of data and a line chart indicates another set of data so you can get a wider view of results in one place. A combination chart is useful in a
Monthly Sales
Trends
report to show information such as the revenue earned from sales and the number of sales that were closed in a particular period. You could also use a combination chart in a customer service report to show the number of cases opened compared to the number of cases closed in the system for the current year.
Example
Adding a chart to a report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
The Chart Options section of the Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page allows you to add and define a chart for your report. The chart uses the same view as the rest of the report, but you can specify different fields for the chart than you did for the report.
Example: Forecast Value by Sales Rep
This example demonstrates how to add a chart to an opportunity list report to show the Total
Forecast Value by Sales Rep as a horizontal bar chart.
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Opportunity : Stage l
Opportunity : Status l
Opportunity : Close By (date)
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Opportunity : Close By, and Opportunity : Forecast.
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Grouping by the Sales Rep (Opportunity Assigned To) in order to get the Forecast totals by
Rep.
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Right justify numerical columns.
To add the chart:
1. Click Change next to the report you want to add the chart to. The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page is displayed.
2. Click Continue. The Search Criteria for Report page is displayed.
3. Click Continue. The Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page is displayed.
4. Scroll to the Chart Options panel of the page.
5. Complete the details in the Chart Options panel and click Save. Refer to
Report fields and buttons (page 24-3)
for information on the Chart Options fields.
6. To view the chart, run the report.
To display charts in a PDF report, Adobe Flash must be installed on the Sage CRM server. Ask your System Administrator to install this software.
Adding a gauge chart to a sales report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Before you can add a gauge chart to an Actual vs Target Sales report, you must set up a forecast. If you can't access the Forecasts tab, contact your system administrator. The gauge chart uses the target that you set in your forecast to create partitions. The partitions illustrate how your actual sales compare to your forecast target. Depending on how you've configured the chart, the first partition could indicate that you are very below target, the second partition could indicate that you are approaching your target, and the third partition could indicate that you've exceeded your target.
A gauge chart is also useful in a customer service report to show how you're performing against your SLA target.
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.
2. Click Reports | Sales and click the pencil icon in the Edit column beside Actual vs Target.
The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page is displayed. This report uses the default source view
Sales Vs Forecast.
3. Click Continue. The Search Criteria for Report page is displayed. Specify the duration on which you want to report.
4. Click Continue. The Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page is displayed.
5. Scroll to the Chart Options panel to configure the partitions in the gauge chart.
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Choose the data that's used to set the target value in Category.
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Set the starting value of the first partition in Segment 1 Lower Limit %. This is a percentage of the target value. For example, if your target is 100%, you might set the lower limit to 33% so this partition indicates that you are very below target. Set the color of the first partition in Segment 1 Color and the name of the partition in Segment 1
Caption.
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Set the starting value of the second partition in Segment 2 Lower Limit %. This is a percentage of the target value. For example, if your target is 100%, you might start the second partition at 66% so this partition indicates that you are approaching your target.
The end value of the second partition is your target value which is automatically taken from your forecast for the relevant period. Set the color of the second partition in
Segment 2 Color and the name of the partition in Segment 2 Caption.
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Set the end value of the third partition in Segment 3 Upper Limit %. This is a percentage of the target value. For example, if your target is 100%, you might end the third partition at 133%. The starting value of the third partition is your target which is automatically taken from your forecast for the relevant period. So this partition indicates that you've exceeded your target. Set the color of the third partition in Segment 3
Color and the name of the partition in Segment 3 Caption.
6. Click Save. To run the report and view the chart, click the arrow in the Run column beside
Sales Vs Forecast.
To display charts in a PDF report, Adobe Flash must be installed on the Sage CRM server. Ask your System Administrator to install this software.
Adding a combination chart to a customer service report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
This example creates a combination chart that reports on customer case activity. A bar chart displays the number of cases that each user opened and a line chart displays the number of cases that each user closed for the current year.
A combination chart is also useful in a Monthly Sales Trends report to show information such as the revenue earned from sales and the number of sales that were closed in a particular period.
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1. Click Reports | Customer Service and click New.
2. Complete the fields to create a
. You'll need a source view that compares cases
opened this year against cases closed this year. For information about creating views, see the
System Administrator Guide.
3. Ensure Report Contents includes l
Cases: case_comparitive_year
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Cases: case_comparative
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Cases: case_count_closed
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Cases: case_count_opened
4. Ensure Search Criteria includes Cases: Created Data.
5. Ensure Group By includes Cases: Assigned To.
6. Click Continue to proceed to Reports Options, Step 2 of 2.
7. Scroll to the Chart Options panel to configure the combination chart.
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Set Chart Style to Combination.
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Set Value to Cases: case_count_opened and set Function to Sum.
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Set Category to Cases: Assigned To and set Function to Value.
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Set Line to Cases: case_count_closed and set Function to Sum.
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Set Multi-Bar to No and click Save.
8. Click Save. To run the report and view the chart, click the arrow in the Run column beside your new report.
To display charts in a PDF report, Adobe Flash must be installed on the Sage CRM server. Ask your System Administrator to install this software.
Creating a cross tabular report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
Example: Opportunity Stage by Sales Rep
This example demonstrates how to create a cross tabular report, which shows Opportunity Stage by Sales Rep (Opportunity Assigned To).
The report should show the sales reps from left to right across the top of the report, and the stages down the left-hand side of the report.
1. Click Reports and click the Sales report category.
2. Click New. The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page is displayed.
3. Select the Source View, and then Cross Tab from the Report Type field.
4. Complete the details on the rest of the page. The fields are described in the List Report example on the previous page.
5. There is a field called Cross Tab, which is only displayed when building a cross tabular report.
This defines the columns displayed horizontally (from left to right) on the table. The Report
Contents defines the information displayed vertically in the table.
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6. Click Continue and complete the information in the Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page.
7. Click Save. The new report is displayed in the list of reports.
8. To run the report, click Run. The output is displayed in a new browser window.
Creating a historical report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
To create a report which shows, for example, opportunities opened during July, which were subsequently closed within the same quarter (July - September), you can create a historical report.
To set up and run this report:
1. Click Reports.
2. Select the category to which you want to add your new report. For example, Sales.
3. Click New. The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 is displayed.
4. Give the report a name, for example, Opportunity Opened and Closed.
5. Select the report source as Opportunity Summary.
6. Set the report type to Historical. The panels below the Report Details are changed to reflect this type of report.
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The In Range field should reflect the type of start date you're measuring, in this case,
Opportunity : Opened. You can also use the Opportunity : Created Date. The former is set by the system but can be changed by the end user. The latter is set by the system and cannot be changed by the user. The way in which you structured your sales process and workflow determines which date to report on.
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The Out Of Range field can be used to form a logical pair with the In Range field. For example, if you select the In Range field as Opportunity : Opened, and the Out Of
Range field as Opportunity : Closed, when you report over a period of, for example, one quarter, the report will return the number of opportunities still open at the end of that quarter.
7. For this report, we're more interested in what has closed within the specified time frame, so you can leave the Out Of Range field blank, but add the Opportunity : Closed to the Search
Criteria of the report. You can also add the Opportunity : Status to Search Criteria.
8. The Date Partition field divides the report results into sections within the In Range date specified. Since our In Range date will cover a month time period, it would be useful to divide the results by week. You can do this by setting the Date Partition field to Week.
9. Click Continue. The Search Criteria for Report page is displayed.
10. The In Range date is automatically displayed as the first search criteria. Specify the date range for Opportunity Opened, such as between 01 July and 31 July.
11. Specify the Opportunity Closed date range, such as between 01 July and 30 September.
12. Add the Opportunity Status search criteria, for example, Won.
13. Click Continue. The Report Options, Step 2 of 2 page is displayed.
14. Complete the Header and Footer settings and Chart Options. A line chart will be displayed by default.
15. Click Save. The report is displayed in the list of reports.
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16. Click the report or click Run to run the report. The report Display Options page is displayed.
17. Select the appropriate display options. You can also re-set the report search criteria if you want.
18. Click Run. The report output is displayed in a new browser window. The report output shows the number of opportunities that were opened in July, which were closed and won within the
Q3 (Jul - Sep) period.
The total number of opportunities opened from the 1st of July to the 31st of July, which were subsequently won, is the number shown on the last week of the selected time period (not the total of all the weeks). The weekly totals give you a point-in-time snapshot for the whole
"opened" period being measured.
Cloning a report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Change next to the report you want to clone. The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page is displayed.
2. Click Clone. The old report title is displayed with Copy of in the title.
3. Type in the new report name. This must be unique.
4. Click Save. The Report Options, Step 1 of 1 page is displayed so that you can complete the modifications to the cloned report.
Adding a new report style
User Requirement: Info Manager Administration Rights
The System Administrator can expand the list of standard report styles by copying and editing an existing style, and making it available in the Report Style drop-down list.
Report Style drop-down
To create a new report style:
1. Go to the Reports subdirectory of your CRM installation.
2. In this directory there are a number of *.XSL (Extensible Style-sheet Language) files, which define the existing two styles for the desktop and WindowsCE browsers. The files should have the same name, ending with PC or CE for desktop and WindowsCE browsers respectively. There are also CSS files which are referenced by the PC *.XSL files.
3. Copy, for example, the STDGRIDSPC.XSL and the STDGRIDS.CSS files and rename them with a new style name.
4. Edit the *.XSL file and *.CSS file. The *.XSL file controls the structure of the report and the
*.CSS file controls the look and feel of the report. Make sure you change the LINK tag in the new XSL file to point to the new CSS file.
5. Save the changes you have made. To create a translation for the new styles so that they appear in the Report Style field:
6. In CRM, click the Administration button.
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7. Click Translations from the context area of the screen. The Find screen is displayed.
8. Click New. The Translation input page is displayed.
9. Enter the Caption Code, which must be the same as the file names (without the PC or CE).
10. Enter the Caption Family as ReportStyles.
11. Enter the Caption Family Type as Choices.
12. Add the translations for the languages used in your organization.
13. Click Save.
14. Test the new style by creating a new report. The new style appears in the Report Style field and your report output should reflect the style changes.
Deleting a report
User Requirement: Information Manager rights
1. Click Change next to the report you want to delete. The Report Options, Step 1 of 2 page is displayed.
2. Click Delete, then Confirm Delete. The report is deleted and no longer appears in the report list.
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Glossary
Glossary
A
Action Button
Action buttons are usually found on the right-hand side of the screen. They help you add and change information and perform different tasks within the system. The action buttons available to you change depending on where you are. Examples of Action buttons are: Change, Delete, Confirm
Delete, New Task, New Appointment.
Advanced Find
Allows users to create enhanced search queries based on complex SQL statements using WHERE, AND, and OR clauses.
Apply Filter button
The apply filter button allows you to restrict lists of information by a predefined set of criteria. For example, the My CRM | Calendar list defaults to filter out all pending communications for the current user. The user can narrow the list further by filtering all pending meetings.
C
Campaign
A campaign is a planned rollout of marketing activities in phases, or
Waves. Each phase can in turn be made up of several actions or Wave
Activities. Each action can in turn be made up of individual communications between your company and its target audience. For example, a campaign called West Coast Lead Generation aims to generate leads in a specific geography.
Case
A case is a customer service issue. These issues can range from a technical problem to a customer complaint. A case keeps track of the issue from the initial logging through to resolution. Multiple communications (or tasks) can be linked to one case.
Combination
A bar chart indicates one set of data and a line chart indicates another set of data so you can get a wider view of results in one place. A combination
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Communication
Communication refers to a task or meeting. The specific types of communication are determined as action types. For example, Letter In,
Letter Out, Phone In, Phone Out, Demo.
Company Team
A Company Team is a group of users linked to a company for the purpose of tracking account management responsibilities.
Context Area
The context area displays a summary of the information you are currently focused on. Example: If you are working in the context of a person, their name appears on the top of your screen. Within the same context area you can see their company, phone number, and e-mail address. You can quickly move from the context area of a person to the company they work for by clicking on the Company link within the context area.
D
Dashboard
The Dashboard is a customizable page that contains information most relevant to your daily work. For example, a list of the companies you most often work with.
Document Drop
The Document Drop feature provides a short cut for linking documents, emails and other types of files from another application to customer data in
CRM.
Documents Tab
The Documents tab is available within the context of a person, company, opportunity, case, or solution. It stores a link to a document.
F
Find page
The Find page is displayed when the user selects the Find menu button.
There is a Find page for companies, people, opportunities, leads,
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Forward and Back buttons
The Forward and Back buttons take you one step back or one step forward from your current position in the system. While using the system, they are intended as a replacement for the Forward and Back buttons within your Web browser window.
G
Gauge
Partitions on the chart indicate three ranges in relation to a target value; below, approaching, exceeded. The gauge needle indicates the current value. A gauge chart is useful in an Actual vs Target sales report to show how your actual sales compare to your forecasted sales for a particular period.
Groups
Groups allow users to create collections of records within CRM. Groups can be static or dynamic.
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Lead
A lead represents unqualified information received from your corporate
Web site, trade shows, and purchased mailing lists.
Line Item
Line items are products that your customer is interested in buying. They are linked to the opportunity and selected through the Quotes or Orders tab.
M
MailChimp
An email marketing solution that's integrated with Sage CRM to let you create online campaigns, send emails, and track results.
Menu button
Menu buttons are found on the left-hand side of the screen. They help you navigate to commonly used pages. Menu buttons remain the same regardless of the company or individual or any other context you are
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Menu buttons are: New, Find, Team CRM.
My CRM
The My CRM button shows a series of tabs all containing information related to the logged in user. Depending on the user's rights, the My CRM areas of others can also be viewed by selecting another person from the context area of the screen.
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Next and Previous arrows
The Next and Previous arrows appear when a list of information extends to more than one page. Clicking on the left- or right-pointing arrows will display the previous or next page respectively. The outer arrows take you to the first or last page within a set of pages.
Notification
The notification feature is implementation dependent. When the notification feature is switched on, notifications act as reminders for upcoming or overdue tasks. They are set in the Communications Details page and appear either on-screen in red text, or as e-mail or SMS messages. They can also be integrated into the workflow functionality.
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Opportunity
An opportunity refers to a sales opportunity. Opportunities track sales interest from the initial qualified lead through to closing the deal.
Outbound Call List
Outbound Call Lists are used for high volume telemarketing activities, where calls are not preallocated to individual users, and a Communication record is only created when a successful contact is made.
P
Panel
A panel groups related information for easier viewing. One page of information can be divided into a number of panels.
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Pop Out List
You can hover or right-click on the menu buttons to activate Pop Out lists.
These allow you to quickly navigate through CRM.
Progress button
The progress button is available in the context of leads, opportunities, solutions, and cases when the workflow functionality is not in use. It can be accessed from the lead, opportunity, solution, or case summary page. It allows users to change the Stage, Status and other data relating to the lead, opportunity, solution, or case. It also allows users to add a tracking note, which forms part of the history of the lead, opportunity, solution, or case "life cycle".
Q
Quick Look
The Quick Look tab shows you the most recent communications, opportunities and cases associated with a company or person.
R
Recent list
The Recent list is located in the top left-hand corner of your screen.
Clicking the recent list or hovering over it, allows you to select and return to the companies, people, opportunities, leads, solutions, or cases you were most recently dealing with.
Relationships
The Relationships tab is available within the context of all main entities.
You can show links between different types of information. For example, you can set up a relationship between a company and its directors, or between an opportunity and the people influencing it. Your System
Administrator defines the different Relationship Types that can be set up from each tab.
S
Shared Documents
The My CRM | Shared Documents tab lists all the Shared Documents and
Templates you have access to.
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SLA
SLA stands for Service Level Agreement. A Service Level Agreement is made between your organization and a customer to set standards for customer service case resolution times. Service level agreements can be linked to companies and to individual customer service cases.
SMS
SMS stands for Short Messaging Service. If this feature is activated for your system, SMS is used to notify users via their mobile phone or other wireless device of events taking place. For example, you can receive a reminder of an upcoming meeting via SMS messaging. It can also be used in conjunction with workflow to notify users of new leads, overdue cases, or closed opportunities.
Solution
Solutions are the "cleaned and approved" basis of a knowledge base.
Solutions can be accessed by internal CRM users, as well as customers and partners via a self service Web site. Solutions are a separate entity from Cases, but they can be linked to multiple cases—and a case can be linked to multiple solutions.
Sort
You can change the sort order of any list by clicking on the underlined column heading.
Stacked chart
Bars are stacked on top of each other to display grouped data. It provides a wider view of data than a regular bar chart. A stacked chart is useful in an Open Activities activity report to show several actions that occurred on a particular day or date.
T
Tab
Tabs are like folder dividers. The information found in each folder section is determined by the current context. For example, if the person "Anita
Chapman" has been zoomed in on in the context area, selecting the Quick
Look tab will display the most recent interactions your company has had specifically with Ms Chapman.
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tabs menu
The tabs menu provides quick access to main entities in Sage CRM. It's available on all screens in Sage CRM. Depending on your screen's size, the tabs menu can be found: Just under the top menu in Sage CRM. If there are too many tabs on the menu, some of them will be grouped down under a More heading. By clicking the <insert symbol image> icon at the top-left hand-side of the screen.
Team
A team is a group of users who perform similar roles. Tasks
(communications), opportunities, leads, and cases can all be assigned to a team. A user can be a member of one team. This is called their Primary
Team. A user can also have rights to view information in multiple teams.
Theme
Themes allow you to customize look and feel of the CRM user interface.
For example, you may prefer a green/gray based look to a blue/white based look. Your Administrator defines the themes available to you and can add new ones to suit your corporate identity. Your preferred theme can be set in My CRM | Preferences.
Tracking note
Tracking notes are used in the context of leads, opportunities, cases, and solutions to make free text notes on the progress of the lead, opportunity, solution, or case.
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Validation error
A validation error message appears on the screen when an incomplete or incorrect new entry has been made in the system. The user must fill in required fields that are empty, or correct an invalid entry, such as numbers in a text-only field. These fields are highlighted with a question mark and cross mark, respectively.
W
Wave
A Wave is a phase of a marketing campaign. Each wave can be made up of several actions or Wave Activities. Each action can in turn be made up of individual communications between your company and its target audience. For example, a campaign called West Coast Lead Generation
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Tradeshow; 3) Qualify Interest.
Wave Activity
A Wave Activity is a type of action within a wave of a marketing campaign.
Each wave activity can be made up of individual communications between your company and its target audience. For example, a campaign called West Coast Lead Generation aims to generate leads in a specific geography. The campaign consists of three different Waves: 1) Raise
Awareness; 2) Product Launch at Tradeshow; 3) Qualify Interest. The first wave is made up of two different wave activities: "Flyer Mailing" and
"Newsletter Mailing". The second wave is made up of the following two wave activities: "Invitation with Response Card" and "Response Card
Follow-up", and so on.
Wild Card
The % wild card helps you complete unspecific searches. The %
(percentage) symbol, means "contains". For example, typing "%software" in the Company Name field of the company Find page returns a list of all companies, which contain the word "software" in their company name.
Workflow
Workflow automates your company's business processes using a predefined set of rules and actions.
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Index
A
Accessing
Actions
Activities
Activity
Add Contact
Add Contacts
Add This Record To A Group button 12-8,
Adding
Classic Outlook contacts to CRM 8-5
data sources to dashboard 21-22
document to the Documents tab 9-8
gadget template to dashboard 21-8
multiple records to a group 16-6
primary entity records to a group 16-5
Address
Address Links
Addresses
Advanced Find
Advanced Search Select 2-8, 2-8
All day events (Classic Outlook) 8-10
Analyzing
Anit-spam
Appointment
synchronizing (Classic Outlook) 8-8
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Index
Appointments
stub (Exchange) 7-6 synchronizing (Exchange) 7-4, 7-5, 7-6
Assigning
users to dashboard template 21-24
Attachments
B
Best Case forecast scenario 13-3
Button
Add This Record To A Group 12-8, 12-
C
Calendar
Callback
Campaign
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Case
pipeline 19-6 progressing 19-5, 19-6
Cases
Changing
interactive dashboard details 21-6
Chart
Classic dashboard
Classic Dashboard
Classic Outlook
attaching shared documents 8-12
installing integration 8-1, 8-2
recurring appointments and tasks 8-10
synchronization conflicts 8-10
viewing contact information 8-7
Classic Outlook Integration
reinstalling the plug-in 8-13 uninstalling the plug-in 8-13
Cloning
Coaching
Index
Communication
Communications
Company
Company Team
Configuring
Conflicts in Classic Outlook 8-10
Contacts
synchronizing (Exchange) 7-2, 7-2, 7-3
Convert to Opportunity button 14-7
Convert to Opportunity Button 14-7
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Index
Converting an e-mail to a lead, opportunity or
Converting a lead to an opportunity 14-7
Copying
creating
Creating
a classic company dashboard 22-5
a new interactive dashboard 21-6
new campaign 17-3 new wave 17-3 new wave activities 17-3
outbound call list 17-12, 17-14
outbound call wave activity 17-12
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Cross Tabular
D
dashboard
Dashboard
charts 22-4 report charts 22-4
Data sources
Default
Default classic dashboard 22-2
Deleting
Discount
Document
Documents
Documents Tab
adding a document to 9-11 drop a document into 9-11
Drag and Drop
E
converting to lead, opportunity or
screen position 6-1 sending 6-1, 6-1 setting a default template 6-1
E-marketing
E-marketing campaigns
Index
E-marketing E-mail
E-marketing User Profile 17-28
Editing
Exchange
Exchange Integration Logs
Export To File
Exporting
F
Fields
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Index
person e-mail 4-6 person phone details 4-6
File And View E-mail button 8-12
Filing
Forecast
Forecast History
Forecast scenario 13-2, 13-3 best case 13-3 commit 13-3 likely 13-3
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Forecasts
G
Gadget
header icons 21-21 layout 21-21
SData record summary 21-15 summary 21-15
task list 21-16 web site 21-16
Gadget template
Group
adding information to tab 16-11
creating 16-2, 17-11 exporting 17-11
how information is stored 16-9
mass update 16-7 refreshing 16-7
Groups
adding primary entity records 16-5
H
Historical report 10-1, 10-3, 24-20
I
Icon
Icons
Installing
Classic Outlook integration 8-1, 8-2
Outlook plug-in for Exchange 7-7
Interactive dashboard
Index
adding SData feed template 21-26
adding template 21-24 assigning users 21-24
K
Key attribute data
Key attribute profiles
Key Attributes
Keys
L
Lead
converting to opportunity 14-7
pipeline 14-8 progressing 14-8
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Leads
Library
adding gadget to 21-26 modifying gadgets 21-26
Library gadget
Link Status
Linking
List
Logs
M
MailChimp
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MailChimp campaign
results 18-3 setting up 18-2, 18-3
Main menu
Marketing
configuration 16-14 group 16-14
Mass Update
Meeting
inviting others 5-14 planning 5-14
Merge to PDF
Merge to Word
Merging
My CRM
N
New Task
Note
Notes
Notification
Numeric Field
O
Opportunities
Opportunity
Order
Order Discount
Orders
Outbound call
Outbound call list
Outbound Call Lists
Outbound Calls
Outlook
Outlook plug-in
working with (for Exchange) 7-9
P
People
Index
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Index
Person
Personal
Phone/E-mail
Pipeline
Plug-in
Pop Out
Preferences
Printing
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Product
Progressing
Promoting
Publishing
Q
Qualifying
Quick Look
Quotation
Quote
Quotes
R
Reassigning
communication to a colleague 5-11
Recent
Record summary
Recurring appointment 5-16 changing 5-16
Recurring communication
Refreshing
Refreshing outbound call list 17-15
Reinstalling
Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook
Relationships
Replying
Report category
Reports
Index
cross tabular 10-1, 10-3, 24-19
marketing 10-1 outbound calls 10-1 running 10-1 sales 10-1
search criteria 10-4, 24-7 sorting 24-7
Response Codes
RSS Feed
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Index
Running
Sales
Sales Forecasting
Saved Search
S
deleting 3-11 updating 3-11 using an existing 3-10, 3-10, 3-11
Saving
Schedule Telesales button 17-9
Scheduling
SData
SData Record summary
Search Criteria
Searching
combined searches 3-3 date field 3-3
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numeric field 3-3 wild card 3-3
Selecting
Send E-mail
Sending
Setting
default interactive dashboard 21-3
Setting up
Shared Documents
Skipped items (Classic Outlook) 8-11
Solution
Index
creating from within a case 20-3
Solutions
Solving
Sorting
Status
Summary
Synchronizing
appointment (Exchange) 7-4, 7-5, 7-6
Appts and Tasks (Classic Outlook) 8-8
contacts (Exchange) 7-2, 7-2, 7-3
tasks (Exchange) 7-3, 7-4, 7-4
T
Tab
adding group information 16-11
Target list
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Index
Task
synchronizing (Classic Outlook) 8-8
Task list
Tasks
synchronizing (Exchange) 7-3, 7-4, 7-4
Team
Team forecast
Template
Template dashboard
Templates
Territories
troubleshooting
U
Uninstalling
Outlook plug-in for Classic Outlook
User
V
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Viewing
W
Web site
X
CRM Document Version Code: USE-MAN-ENG-730-1.0
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