CRM Reporting

The CRM Reporting pre-filter gives the ability to filter Contacts by specific information, e.g. by Sales Groups, State, or the Contact Search 1-5 fields. Once the appropriate selection or filter criteria has been entered on the pre-filter form, users can click the "View" button to generate the report selected. These reports return information contained in the Contact record header fields such as Contact names, address information, Sales Rep assignments, and marketing information. The Contact record is the main master record in Deacom's CRM area and forms the basis of all transactions performed within CRM. Besides the required CRM setup, only the last name of a default contact person is necessary for entering and saving a new contact record. This allows users to create contacts with little known information which may be filled in as more details become available. Campaign and Campaign Result pre-filters are enabled when running Standard, Marketing, Contact People, and Contact Notes Details reports.

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CRM Reporting pre-filter

Field

Description

Report Type

Pick list used to select the kind of report to run. Users with permission can create unlimited user versions of any CRM report and also determine which reports each user will see in this field. See the Configuring Grid Layouts and Automated Reports and Grid Layout Security pages for information. Options are:

  • Addresses - Displays the name, default Contact, and address information for each Company.
  • Campaign Detail - Used in conjunction with the Campaign feature, detailed on theSending Contact Communications page, to display the date and time a Campaign was sent. Also includes a field to record email results. Campaign and Campaign Email Results UDFs can be added to this report.
  • Contact Notes Detail - Displays the date, time, and details of all records in the Contact Notes section of all Contacts. This report contains a "View Detail" button in the toolbar that displays the entire contents of the currently selected note.
  • Contact People - Displays each Contact record, associated Title, address, and email information for each Company. Contact Report 1-3 - User-defined reports, the display name for which are maintained in CRM > Options.
  • News Feeds - Displays details of all records in the News Feed tab of all Contacts.
  • Phone Numbers - Displays the company and contact names as well as any phone, fax, cell, etc. numbers entered.
  • Project Notes - CRM Project Note UDFs can be added to this grid as well.
  • Standard - Displays Company name, default Contact, address, email, and Next Action information as detailed on the General tab of each Contact.

Note: If using custom criteria, user and user group tables are only available for these report types.

Date Based On

Pick list used to dictate the date that the Start Date and End Date will use if a date is entered. Options are:

  • Last Note - Displays results based on the date of the last note entered on the record.
  • Next Action - Displays results based on the date of the Next Action information entered on the record.
  • Campaign Date - Displays results based on date (in the "date sent" field) on the Edit Campaign form, located on the Campaigns tab on the Edit Contact record. This option is only available if using the Standard, Campaign Detail, Contact notes, or Contact People reports.

Start Date

If a date is entered, only Contacts with the selected Date Based On information occurring after this date will be displayed in the generated report.

End Date

If a date is entered, only Contacts with the selected Date Based On information occurring before this date will be displayed in the generated report.

Contact

Search field used to select a specific Contact.

Contact Person

Search field used to select a specific Contact Person.

  • Note that if a Contact is selected above, this field will be populated with the Contacts default Contact Person and the search box will only list the contact persons for the contact selected.
  • If a contact is selected and no contact person is selected, and then view is selected the contact people report will show all contact persons related to that account.
  • Once a contact person is selected, users can click the "Modify" button on the toolbar to open the Edit Contact form directly.

Bill-to Company

Search field used to select a specific Bill-to Company.

Ship-to Company

Search field used to select a specific Ship-to Company.

Vendor

Search field used to select a specific Vendor. Filtering by Vendor allows for only Contacts linked to the Vendor selected to display.

Sales Rep

Search field used to select a specific Sales Rep. Filtering by the Sales Rep field also displays Contacts who have no assigned reps.

Sales Group

Allows contacts to be filtered by the Sales Group to which they are assigned.

Project Notes

Option to include or exclude project notes. The default value is exclude. User has the option to set UDFs for project notes. Only available when running a Report Type of "Contact Notes Detail."

Ticket Notes

Option to include or exclude ticket notes.The default value is exclude. Only available when running a Report Type of "Contact Notes Detail."

Search field used to select a specific Sales Assignment Category.

If a Territory is specified, only Contacts containing the Territory will be displayed.

  • Users can be restricted to a specific Territory via System > Maintenance > User Restrictions.
  • If a user is restricted to a Territory Group, only the Territories assigned to the restricted Territory Group will be displayed in this field.

Sales Assignment Cat.

 

Territory

 

Territory Group

If a Territory Group is specified, only Contacts containing the Territories assigned to the selected Territory Group will be displayed.

  • Users can be restricted to a specific Territory Group via System > Maintenance > User Restrictions.

Company

Text field allowing the user to search for a specific company or by the first few letters of a company name for broader results.

Last Name

Text field allowing the user to search for a specific last name or by the first few letters of a last name to see all contacts whose last names start with those letters.

State

Depending on the naming scheme the user should either search for the whole state name or only the state abbreviation.

Phone Number

Text field allowing the user to search for a specific contact person or contact record based on the phone number, if known.

  • The complete 10 digit number must be entered.
  • The field will search for an individual contact person's phone number as indicated on the Edit Contact People form or the general phone number for a company as indicated on the Address tab of the contact record.

CRM Group

Search field used to select a specific CRM Group.

Market

Search field used to select a specific Market.

Sub-Market

Used in conjunction with Market, allows further filtering based upon the Sub-Market.

Contact Search 1-5

User-defined search fields, managed via CRM > Maintenance > Contact Search 1-5.

CRM Note Type

Using this field in conjunction with the Report Type of "Contact Notes Detail" allows for the report to be further refined based on the note type selected.

User For Note

Only available when selecting a Report Type of "Contact Notes Detail". Using this field in conjunction with the "CRM Note Type" field allows for filtering on specific user.

Work Flow Type

Search field used to filter for records that have the selected Work Flow assigned.

Sequence

Search field used in conjunction with the "Work Flow Type" field to filter for records that have the selected Work Flow Sequence assigned, but not yet completed.

Campaign

Only available when selecting a Report Type of "Campaign Detail". Search field used to select a specific Campaign.

Email Result

Only available when selecting a Report Type of "Campaign Detail". Search field used to select a specific Campaign Email Result.

Contact Display

Pick list used to display All, Inactive, or Active Contact records.

Person Display

Only available when selecting a Report Type of "Contact People" or "Contact Notes Detail". Pick list used to display All, Inactive, or Active Contact Person records.

Sync to Outlook

Pick list used to filter Contact records based on their "Sync Outlook" flag setting. Options are: All - Displays all records regardless of how the "Sync Outlook" flag is set. No - Displays only those records that do not have the "Sync Outlook" flag set. Yes - Displays only those records that have the "Sync Outlook" flag set.

Sales Rep Filter

Pick list used to determine how the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter is handled. Options are: All - Displays all results regardless of the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter. Assigned - Displays Contacts assigned to the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter, regardless of if the rep has a "Yes" or "No" under Primary. Assigned - Not Primary - Displays Contacts who have the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter set with a "No" under Primary. Assigned - Primary - Displays Contacts who have the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter set with a "Yes" under Primary. Unassigned - Displays Contacts assigned to the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter as well as Contacts with no rep assigned.

CRM Reporting report buttons

Reports run via the "View" button on the CRM Reporting pre-filter.

Button

Description

Create Order

Creates a new Sales Order or Purchase Order, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively. This is only enabled when user has access to the same security settings as the Create Order button on the Add Contact form. If a Bill-To/Ship-To are populated on the contact, a sales order is created and the neword1 form is opened. If just a Vendor is populated, a PO is created, and the newpo1 form is opened. If all 3 are populated, a sales order is created, taking precedence over the Vendor field.

Create Note

When clicked will create a note and save it to the contact, without having to open the contact directly. This is only enabled when user has access to modify the contact.

View Detail

When clicked, this opens up the contact in view-only mode with most fields/grids/controls disabled. The only exception is the Add note button.

View Note

Displays the entire contents of the currently selected note. Only available when using the Contact Notes Detail report.

Modify

Note Opens the Edit Contact Note form to allow the user to modify the Contact Person, CRM Note Type, and Note contents of the selected record.

Email All

Send a mass email using a pre-defined template.

Sync Outlook

Sync Contacts, that have their "Sync Outlook" flag checked, with Outlook. Additional information on the Sync Outlook feature is available via the "Sync Outlook" field description in the Edit Contact form > General tab section further down on this page.

Campaign

If clicked, opens the Send Campaign Email form, which allows users to select a Campaign and associated Email Template, then send to all Contacts listed in the report output.

Map

If clicked, displays a world map with a pin for each Company listed in the report output that contains address details. Hovering over the pin will display the address of the company.

Edit Contact form

Opened via the "New" or "Modify" buttons on the CRM Reporting pre-filter or any report output.

Form header

Button/Field

Description

Create/Modify Bill-To

Default Bill-To Company from CRM Options will appear with option to create a new Bill- To or modify an existing one.

  • The system will display the "Create Bill-To" button if no Bill-To Company is selected in the "Bill-To Company" field on the General tab. The "Modify Bill-To" button will be displayed if a Bill-To Company is selected in the "Bill-To Company" field.
  • The "Create Bill-To" button creates a new Bill-To Company with the details of the Contact record and links the Contact to the new Company record.
  • Security exists to control access for both adding and modifying Bill-To Companies.

Create/Modify Ship-To

Default Ship-To Company from CRM Options will appear with option to create a new Ship-To or modify an existing one.

  • The system will display the "Create Ship-To" button if no Ship-To Company is selected in the "Ship-To Company" field on the General tab. The "Modify Ship-To" button will be displayed if a Ship-To Company is selected in the "Ship-To Company" field.
  • The "Create Ship-To" button creates a new Ship-To Company with the details of the Contact record and links the Contact to the new Company record.
  • Security exits to control access for both adding and modifying Ship-To Companies.

Create Vendor

Creates a new Vendor with the details of the Contact record and links the Contact to the new Vendor record.

Clear Sales Rep

Removes all currently assigned Sales Reps from the Sales Reps tab of the selected record.

Order Detail

Displays the Sales > Order Reporting or Purchasing > Order Reporting Order Detail report for all orders entered for the selected record, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively. Order Summary Displays the Sales > Order Reporting or Purchasing > Order Reporting Order Summary report for all orders entered for the selected record, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively.

Open Tickets

If clicked, the system will display all open Tracker tickets for the current Contact.

Open Projects

Displays the Ticket Reporting "Project Summary" report for projects assigned to the selected contact.

Open Quotes

Displays a Sales > Order Reporting report for Quotes or a Purchasing > Order Reporting report for Requisitions for all orders entered for the selected record, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively.

Period Report

Displays the Sales > Order Reporting or Purchasing > Order Reporting Period report for all orders entered for the selected record, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively.

Open Pricing Orders

Displays a Sales > Order Reporting or Purchasing > Order Reporting Pricing Order report for all orders entered for the selected record, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively.

Create Order

Creates a new Sales Order or Purchase Order, depending on if the Contact is linked to a Bill-to or Vendor, respectively.

Map

Displays a world map with a pin for the address listed in the Address tab.

Google

Searches Google for the Company name entered on the selected record.

Company

Displays the Company name that the Contact is a part of.

General tab

Field

Description

Bill-to Company, Ship-to Company, Vendor

Record may be linked to either (1) a Bill-to Company only, (2) a Ship-to Company only, (3) both a Bill-to Company and a Ship-to Company, or (4) a Vendor.

Next Action, Next Action Due, Next Action Time

Used to specify the next action that should occur for the selected Contact and the associated due date and time.

Last Note

Locked field displaying the date of the last note entered for this Contact.

Created By

The name of the User that created the Contact record.

Quota

Used to enter a quota if necessary for this Contact.

Available For

Pick list used to determine which Users may access and utilize the selected Contact record.

  • All Users - The selected record is available for all Users.
  • CRM Group - The selected record is available for any User that is a part of the CRM Group as specified in the field below.
  • Myself - The selected record is available for only the User who created it. CRM Group Search field used to assign a CRM Group.

Contact Search 1-5

User-defined search fields. The captions are defined in CRM > Options and the field options are defined via CRM > Maintenance > Contact Search 1-5.

Contact Text 1-5

User-defined text fields limited to 30 characters. The captions are defined in CRM > Options.

Active

If checked, this record is active. Only active records may be used in the system.

Sync Outlook

If checked, indicates that the following fields/records, for this Contact, can be synced to the user's Outlook account when using the "Sync Outlook" button on CRM reports.

  • Next Action
  • Next Action Due
  • Next Action Time
  • All Contact People listed on the "People" tab.

When syncing to Outlook, a calendar event is created using the information in the Next Action fields (subject = information in the "Next Action" field /time= values indicated in the "Next Action Due/Time" fields) and an Outlook Contact Record is created for each Contact Person listed on the "People" tab. This feature can be useful when transitioning accounts form one user to another by allowing users to copy multiple Contact People and Next Action field details to the user's Outlook calendar instead of adding them manually. To copy multiple records, a user would first generate a filtered list of the appropriate Contacts/accounts using one of the CRM reports, then click the "Sync Outlook" button on the resulting list. At this point, Deacom reviews each Contact record and identifies those that have this "Sync Outlook" flag checked. The system will next copy the Next Action and Contact People fields for all records that have this flag checked and displays a prompt stating “You are about to sync X number of records to Outlook. Click Yes to continue." At this point, the Contact People will be created as Outlook Contacts and the information in the Next Action fields will be used to create Outlook calendar events in the Outlook account of the user currently logged into Deacom.

Notes:

1. If there is no Next Action Time set, the Next Action will appear as an all day event on the calendar. If there is a Next Action Time, the Next Action will be set at that time on the calendar for a duration of 15 minutes.

2. The "Outlook Auth Type" field in System > Options needs to be set when using the Sync Outlook feature.

Address tab

Houses information pertaining to the physical address, phone number, and website of the company.

News Feed tab

Displays date and informational results from Google News and/or Yahoo! Finance, depending on information entered elsewhere on the Contact record. For the News Feeds to become active, the automation console or the automation service must be running. This enables Deacom to access the web and begin pulling news articles from the selected source(s). The feeds automatically refresh every hour allowing for the most recent information to be displayed.

Flag

Description

Pull From Google News

Requires a Company name on the Contact header to filter through Google News results, allowing Deacom to pull these articles from internet

Pull From Yahoo!

Finance Requires the "Stock Symbol" field in the Marketing tab to be populated with a valid stock market symbol to filter through Yahoo! Finance results.

Marketing tab

Houses information pertaining to the revenue, number of employees, parent company name, and stock symbol (used in conjunction with the "Pull from Yahoo! Finance" flag on the News Feed tab) of the company. Also allows users to assign the selected record to a Market and Sub-Market.

Campaigns tab

Displays information regarding Campaigns sent to the selected Contact and allows the user to add or modify Email Results. User can add a new campaign by selecting the 'Add' (+) button. Pressing Send Campaign Email button will send email to contact persons. Refer to the Sending Contact Communications page for more information. Users can filter information in CRM records based on the date campaign emails were sent. Select the Campaign Date option in the Date Based On field in the CRM pre-filter.

User Fields tab

User Fields, managed via Tools > Maintenance > User Fields, that have a "File" selection of "CRM" will display on the Edit Contact form. For more information and process steps on configuring User Fields, refer to the Configuring User Fields and User Calculations page.

Note: Users can search CRM User Fields, via the Custom Criteria section of the pre-filter, to filter for contact records. Also, dtcrmproj and dttick User Fields are available pre-filter options on the CRM and Ticket pre-filter forms.

People tab

Displays a summary of all Contact People that belong to the selected Contact record.

Edit Contact People form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Contact People section of the People tab.

Form header

Button

Description

Google

Displays Google results for the first and last name of the contact person as well as the Company name.

Send Email

Displays list of email templates, allowing the user to send an email directly to this contact person.

Open Quotes

If clicked, displays only the open quotes assigned to this contact person.

LinkedIn Searches

LinkedIn for the first and last name of the contact person.

Write Letter

Displays list of letter templates, allowing the user to write a letter to be printed and mailed to the contact person.

General tab

Field/Flag

Description

First Name

First name of the Contact Person.

Last Name

Last name of the Contact Person.

Title

Job title for the Contact Person.

Dear

Displays the name that will be used to address emails and letters for the Contact Person.

Salutation

Search field used to assign a Salutation for the Contact Person.

Phone, Extension

Displays the phone number and extension.

Country

Displays the country in which this Contact Person resides.

Country Code

Search field used to select the Country Code for the phone number specified.

Cell, Home

Displays the cell and home phone numbers.

Email

Displays the email address for the Contact Person.

Mass Email

Pick list used to determine if the selected Contact Person will receive emails as a result of the "Email All" button, the Campaign feature, both, or neither.

Monitor Email

Pick list used to determine if emails sent from the email address listed will be recorded and saved as part of the Contact record. Users have the option to record the body of the email only, the body and attachments of the email, or none.

Default

If checked, this is the default Contact Person for the selected Contact record.

Active

If checked, this record is active. Only active records may be used in the system.

User Fields tab

User Fields, managed via Tools > Maintenance > User Fields, that have a "File" selection of "Contact Person" will display on the Edit Contact People form. For more information and process steps on configuring User Fields, refer to the Configuring User Fields and User Calculations page.

Sales Reps tab

There are no limitations to the number of Sales Reps who can be assigned to a contact, however, the commission percentages must be divisible by 100. If there is no primary Sales Rep set on a Contact record, and the user is set to a Sales Rep restriction, they will be able to add themselves as the primary Sales Rep.

In addition, if the user is restricted to a Sales Rep, the Sales Rep they are restricted to will be displayed on this tab when adding a new contact. In addition, companies have the option of using Territories to assign and manage sales assignments. This option is controlled by the "Territory" field on the Sales Reps tab. When selecting a Territory on a Contact, if there are existing sales reps assigned, users will be prompted if they want to overwrite the existing sales reps. Note that when using Territories as a method to assign sales reps, the system will disable the add/modify/delete buttons on the Sales Assignments tab.

Edit Sales Rep form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Sales Reps tab of the Edit Contact form.

Field/Flag

Description

Sales Rep

Search field used to select a Sales Rep.

Percentage

The percent commission that the selected Sales Rep receives.

Assignment Category

Search field used to select the default Sales Assignment Category for which the selected Sales Rep is responsible for on related to this Contact.

Primary

If checked, this is the primary Sales Rep for the Contact record.

Replace Rep with User Shipping Order

If checked, during the shipping process, the Sales Rep on the Sales Order will be replaced with the user performing the transaction.

Work Flow tab

Work Flows, managed via Tools > Maintenance > Work Flows, that are assigned to Contacts will populate on the Work Flow tab of new Contact records entered for the company. Users also have the ability to add Tasks specific to one, but not all Contacts.

Notes tab

Displays notes related to the Contact.

Edit Contact Note form

Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Notes section of the Edit Contact form.

Section tab

Field

Description

Date and Time

Displays the date and time that a Note was added to the record.

User

Displays the User who saved the note.

Contact Person

Displays the Contact Person, defined on the People tab of the Contact record, that the note is in reference to.

CRM Note Type

Displays the CRM Note Type for the selected Contact record. CRM Note Type Security controls access to what CRM Note Types are displayed here. A user must have access to at least one CRM Note Type to add a Contact Note record.

Note

Displays the contents of the note. Users have the option of specifying Pre-Defined Notes on the CRM Note Type. If a Pre-Defined note is defined it will be defaulted in the "Note" field on this form but may be modified by the user.

Note: Users can attach documents to individual contact notes via the "View Docs" button on the Edit Contact Note form.

User Fields tab

User Fields, managed via Tools > Maintenance > User Fields, that have a "File" selection of "Contact Notes" will display on the Edit Contact Note form. For more information and process steps on configuring User Fields, refer to the Configuring User Fields and User Calculations page.

Note: users can search Contact Notes and Contact People User Fields, via the Custom Criteria section of the pre-filter, to filter for specific contact records.