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 |
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Report Type |
Pick list used to select the kind of report to run.
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:
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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.
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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. |
Project Notes |
Option to include or exclude project notes. The default value is exclude. User has the option to set UDFs for project notes.
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Ticket Notes |
Option to include or exclude ticket notes. The default value is exclude.
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Sales Assignment Cat. |
Search field used to select a specific Sales Assignment Category. |
Territory |
If a Territory is specified, only Contacts containing the Territory will be displayed.
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Territory Group |
If a Territory Group is specified, only Contacts containing the Territories assigned to the selected Territory Group will be displayed.
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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.
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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:
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Sales Rep Filter |
Pick list used to determine how the Sales Rep selected on the pre-filter is handled. Options are:
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CRM Reporting report buttons
Reports run via the "View" button on the CRM Reporting pre-filter.
Button |
Description |
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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.
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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 |
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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.
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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 Search 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.
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 |
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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 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.
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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 |
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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. |
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 |
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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. |
Displays the email address for the Contact Person. |
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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
Field/Flag |
Description |
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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. |
Opened via the "Add" or "Modify" buttons on the Sales Reps tab of the Edit Contact form.
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
Flag |
Description |
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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.
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Note |
Displays the contents of the note.
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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.
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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.