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Relating an interaction to an account or case in Salesforce

Relating an interaction to an account or case in Salesforce

Background: Interactions handled by agents (phone, chat, or email) are required to be related to an account record (at minimum) in Salesforce.


When the interaction is related to a specific case or a case is generated from an interaction, the interaction should be related to the case for the customer account.

Interactions involving two or more customers (installer and homeowner for example) need to be related to both accounts.

All of the following steps can be completed while on the interaction or while in wrap-up.


Table of Content:


Relating Homeowner Interactions

Step

Action

Step

Action

1

  • When an interaction is received, check if the customer’s record automatically appears in SalesForce

IF the customer IS FOUND automatically:

  • Click on the Customer Card in the Upper left corner to open the Customer’s details

    • Under the “Current Interaction” section, the task will appear

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IF the customer is NOT FOUND automatically:

  • If the customer is not found, search for the customer’s name in the Search Box

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  • Once the customer is located, return to the softphone in SalesForce

  • Click on the Customer Card in the Upper left corner to open the Customer’s Details

    • Under the “Current Interaction” section the task will appear

 

 

2

  • Once you have the task in the Softphone, click on the small triangle icon

 

 

 

  • A new window will appear with two dropdown menus:

 


 

3

  • Once the Task is created in the system, you Must do the following:

    • Open the task

    • Click the “Assign to me button

    • Click “Finish

  • After that; you will be able to edit the following as needed:

    • Relates to

    • Additional Dispositions

 


Relating Installer / Sales Rep Interactions

Step

Action

Step

Action

1

  • When an interaction is received, check if the Installer/Sales Rep record automatically appears in SalesForce

IF IT APPEARS:

IF IT DOES NOT APPEARS:

 

2

  • If the customer’s contact information is not stored in any account in Salesforce, the record will not pre-populate.

 

 

3

  • Gather the customer information and search for the contact using the global search bar.

 

 

 

4

  • Does the Record exists?

IF YES:

Go to Step 6

IF NOT:

 

5

  • Navigate to the account associated with the customer by searching for the Org in the global search bar.

 

 

  • From the account home page, click on the ‘Related Contacts’ object and then click ‘New Contact’

 

 

 

  • Click on ‘Installer Contact

 

 

  • Navigate to the customer’s profile in Engine under User Settings.

 

 

  • Enter the contact information in Salesforce exactly how it appears under the Details section for the user.

  • Click ‘Save’ to create the contact

 

 

6

  • Once the customer is created, return to the softphone in SalesForce

  • Click on the Customer Card in the Upper left corner to open the Customer’s Details

    • Under the “Current Interaction” section the task will appear

 

  • Once you have the task in the Softphone, click on the small triangle icon

 

  • A new window will appear with two dropdown menus:

    • NAME:

      • This refers to the Person contacting You

    • RELATES TO:

      • This refers to the Account or Case they are calling about

 

 

 

 



 

7

  • Once the Task is created in the system, you Must do the following:

    • Open the task

    • Click the “Assign to me button

    • Click “Finish

  • After that; you will be able to edit the following as needed:

    • Relates to

    • Additional Dispositions

 


Associating more than one contact to a task record

Step

Action

Step

Action

1

  • Navigate to the task record and click the pencil icon to edit the Name field

 

 

2

  • Search the Name of the account you wish to add to the field (installer associated with the case or interaction)

 

 

3

  • Once both contacts have been added, click the Save button

 

 

4

  • Once the Task is created in the system, you Must do the following:

    • Open the task

    • Click the “Assign to me button

    • Click “Finish

  • After that; you will be able to edit the following as needed:

    • Relates to

    • Additional Dispositions

 

5

  • The interaction is now associated with the installer, the homeowner and the case.

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