Customer Management Preferences

Form ID: (CR101000)

You use this form to provide general settings for the customer relationship management (CRM) functionality.

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General Tab

On this tab, you can assign numbering sequences to records related to customer relationship management and specify default values for some of the elements on data entry forms.

Table 1. Numbering Sequences Section
Element Description
Opportunity Numbering Sequence The numbering sequence to be used to assign IDs to opportunities.
Case Numbering Sequence

The numbering sequence to be used to assign IDs to cases.

This box is available only if the Case Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Mass Mail Numbering Sequence The numbering sequence to be used to assign IDs to emails.
Campaign Numbering Sequence The numbering sequence to be used to assign identifiers to campaigns.
Quote Numbering Sequence

The numbering sequence to be used to assign identifiers to opportunity-based sales quotes.

This box is available only if the Sales Quotes feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Table 2. Data Entry Settings Section
Element Description
Default Lead Class The lead class to be inserted as the default class for a new lead that is created on the Leads (CR301000) form. The default class can be overridden.
Default Contact Class The contact class to be inserted as the default class for a new contact that is created on the Contacts (CR302000) form. The default class can be overridden.
Default Business Account Class The business account class to be inserted as the default class for a new business account that is created on the Business Accounts (CR303000) form. The default class can be overridden.
Default Opportunity Class The opportunity class to be inserted as the default class for a new opportunity that is created on the Opportunities (CR304000) form. The default class can be overridden.
Default Case Class

The case class to be inserted as the default class for a new case that is created on the Cases (CR306000) form. The default class can be overridden.

This box is available only if the Case Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Table 3. Miscellaneous Settings Section
Element Description
Allow Estimating

A check box that indicates (if selected) that the Estimates tab is displayed for opportunities on the Opportunities (CR304000) form and the estimate value is added to the opportunity totals.

This box is displayed only if the Estimating and the Manufacturing features are enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and all the required settings are filled in on the Estimate Preferences (AM103000) form.

Allow Configuration Entry

A check box that indicates (if selected) that the Configure button is enabled on the Details tab of the Opportunities (CR304000) form for stock items with an active configuration ID, which is specified on the Manufacturing tab of the Stock Items (IN202500) or Item Warehouse Details (IN204500) form.

This box is displayed only if the Product Configurator and the Manufacturing features are enabled on the Enable/Disable Features form.

Normalize Validation Scores

A check box that determines how the calculation of the validation scores is performed for a pair of record types on the Duplicate Validation (CR103000) form. The grams are calculated as follows, depending on the state of the check box:

  • Selected: When a validation score is calculated for a record, the system checks whether the record fields with score weights have values in the new record. If all the fields have values, the validation score is the total sum of the grams (that is, the recalculated score weights specified in the Score Weight column of the table on the Duplicate Validation (CR103000) form). If a field with a score weight in the new record is empty, the system sets the score weight for this field to 0 and recalculates the score weights of the remaining populated matching fields. The fewer populated fields, the higher the value of the recalculated score weights for other fields. In this case, the sum of grams must be equal to the threshold value that is defined in the Validation Score Threshold box on the Duplicate Validation (CR103000) form.
  • Cleared: The validation scores are calculated according to the duplicate validation rules specified for the pair of records and do not depend on the number of the empty matching fields that the system has checked for duplicates in the record.
Copy Notes

A check box that indicates (if selected) that notes attached to the original entity—such as a lead, contact, sales quote, or opportunity—will be copied to new entities created from the original entities.

The following notes will be automatically copied:

  • Notes from a lead to a new opportunity, business account, or contact that is created based on the lead
  • Notes from a contact to a new business account that is created based on the contact
  • Notes from a sales quote to a new contact, business account, invoice, or sales order that is created based on the sales quote.
  • Notes from an opportunity to a new contact, business account, sales order or invoice that is created based on the opportunity
Note: The following notes will not be automatically copied from the original entity to the new entity:
  • Notes from a contact to a new lead or opportunity that is created based on the contact
  • Notes from a business account to a lead or opportunity that is created based on the business account
  • Notes from a business account, customer, or vendor to a new contact that is created based on the business account, customer, or vendor
Copy Attachments

A check box that indicates (if selected) that files attached to the original entity—such as a lead, contact, sales quote, or opportunity—will be copied to new entities created from the original entities.

The following files will be automatically copied:

  • Files from a lead to a new opportunity, business account, or contact that is created based on the lead
  • Files from a contact to a new business account that is created based on the contact
  • Files from a sales quote to a new contact, business account, invoice, or sales order that is created based on the sales quote
  • Files from an opportunity to a new contact, business account, sales order or invoice that is created based on the opportunity
Note: The following files will not be automatically copied from the original entity to the new entity:
  • Files from a contact to a new lead or opportunity that is created based on the contact
  • Files from a business account to a lead or opportunity that is created based on the business account
  • Files from a business account, customer, or vendor to a new contact that is created based on the business account, customer, or vendor
Default Rate Type

The default rate type for the currency used in CRM.

This box is displayed only if the Multicurrency Accounting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features form

Enable Rate Override

A check box that indicates (if selected) that you can override the default currency rate for CRM.

This box is displayed only if the Multicurrency Accounting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features form

Table 4. Assignment Settings Section
Element Description
Lead Assignment Map

The map to be used for the automatic assignment of leads. You can create and modify the assignment rules by using the Assignment and Approval Maps (EP205500) form.

This assignment map is used by default for a lead if no other assignment map is specified on the Lead Classes (CR207000) form for the lead class of the lead.

Contact Assignment Map

The map to be used for the automatic assignment of contacts. You can create and modify the assignment rules by using the Assignment and Approval Maps form.

This assignment map is used by default for a contact if no other assignment map is specified on the Contact Classes (CR205000) form for the contact class of the contact.

Business Account Assignment Map

The map to be used for assigning business accounts. To view and modify the assignment rules, use the Assignment and Approval Maps form.

This assignment map is used by default for a business account if no other assignment map is specified on the Business Account Classes (CR208000) form for the business account class of the business account.

Opportunity Assignment Map

The map to be used for the automatic assignment of opportunities. To view and modify the assignment rules, use the Assignment and Approval Maps form.

This assignment map is used by default for an opportunity if no other assignment map is specified on the Opportunity Classes (CR209000) form for the opportunity class of the opportunity.

Case Assignment Map

The map that defines assignment rules for cases. To view and modify the assignment rules, use the Assignment and Approval Maps form.

This box is available only if the Case Management feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Table 5. Quote Approval Settings Section

This section is available only if the Sales Quotes and Approval Workflow features are enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

For more information about approval of quotes, see Opportunity Management: Sales Quotes.

Element Description
Approval Map The approval map used to assign quotes to employees for approval. To view and modify the approval rules, use the Assignment and Approval Maps form.
Pending Approval Notification

The notification template that the system uses to generate notification emails for employees who approve quotes. An employee receives an approval notification when a quote requires approval from this employee.

You can select a predefined notification template or use the Email Templates (SM204003) form to create a new notification template.

Attention: Only original approvers assigned through an approval map can receive notifications about pending approvals. If an approver has an assigned delegate and approvals are reassigned to this delegate, the delegate will not receive pending approval notifications. For more information about delegates, see Approval Configuration: Delegation of Approvals.

Mailing & Printing Tab

On this tab, you maintain a list of mailings that may be selected on the Mailing & Printing tab of the Business Account Classes (CR208000) form and on the Mailing & Printing tab of the Business Accounts (CR303000) form.

By default, this tab provides a predefined mailing to be used for sending quotes to particular customers.

The tab includes the Default Sources table, with the list of mailings, and the Default Recipients table, with the list of recipients.

Table 6. Default Sources TableBy using this table, you can view and modify the list of mailings to be available by default for business account classes. The settings here are used as follows:
  • To provide default values for the mailing settings for sales contacts
  • To specify the mailings to be used to inform employees of your company, if needed, about changes in the documents of sales contacts

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Column Description
Active A check box that indicates (if selected) that this mailing is active. Emails will be sent for only active mailings.
Mailing ID The unique identifier of the mailing.
Branch The branch for which this mailing is defined.
Default Email Account The system email account to be used by default for sending emails for this mailing to customers of the class. If no account is specified, the default system account will be used.
Report The report to be used by default as the email body for the mailing.
Email Template The email template to be used for generating personalized emails for this mailing.
Format The format in which the report, if a report is used, will be sent by default if a recipient has no preferences. One of the following options may be selected: HTML, Excel, or PDF.
Recipients

The way the system specifies recipients in the generated email.

The following options are available:

  • Add Recipients: On the generation of an email to which these settings apply, the system will copy the recipients specified for the selected email template, if one has been specified for the mailing, and from the Default Recipients table on this tab.
  • Override Recipients: On the generation of an email to which these settings apply, the recipients will be copied only from the Default Recipients table on this tab. The recipients specified in the email template or report associated with the mailing will not be included in the generated email.
Table 7. Default Recipients Table

You use this table to view and modify the list of default recipients for mailings. This list is used primarily to provide default contact types; if necessary, you can also specify an employee of your company to receive electronic copies of documents of sales contacts.

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Column Description
Active A check box that indicates (if selected) that this contact or contact type is active. Only active recipients will receive emails for the mailing.
Contact Type

The type of contact to receive the mailing.

This box contains one of the following options:

  • Account Email: The contact specified as the customer's primary contact
  • Employee: The employee of your company who handles the documents of sales contacts
  • Contact: The contact specified as the customer's contact
  • Account Location Email: The contact specified as the customer's shipping contact
Contact ID

The mailing recipient.

A recipient can be specified only if Contact or Employee has been specified in the Contact Type column. This recipient will by default receive emails with documents of all customers of the class.

Format The format in which the document (formatted according to the selected report if applicable) will be sent for recipients of this type by default. One of the following options may be specified: HTML, Excel, or PDF.
Add To The option (which can be To, CC, or BCC) that corresponds to the element in which the recipient will be included in the generated email.