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New Follow-Up Call

New Follow-Up Call

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New Follow-Up Call

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Usage:

This option allows you to automatically create a Follow-up Call and assign it to the appropriate department. This option is useful when an employee is required to call back a customer due to missing information or to follow up with a first time customer.  

 

Prerequisites:  

Before creating a Follow-up Call please make sure users have configured the setup options for calls according to your needs.

The following topic describes the available options for call settings:

Define which fields will be required for newly created calls at File > Global Settings > Global > Calls.

Additionally, verify that you have added the necessary prerequisites to the database such as:

Department: File > Global Settings > Global > Products & Tasks Lists > Departments

Call Type: File > Global Settings > CRM Lists > Calls > Types

Description: File > Global Settings > CRM Lists > Calls > Descriptions

Status: File > Global Settings > CRM Lists > Calls > Status

 

Navigation: There are several navigation paths to create follow up calls from but the result is always the same. Choose the navigation path that is most convenient to the operations performed:

 

1. Customer form > New Follow-Up Call

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New Follow-Up Call navigation

2. Tools > New Follow-Up Call

 

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3. Customer menu > New Follow-up Call

Note: Customer menu is available only when the customer form is open and the top active window.

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New Follow-up Call navigation

4. Customer > 3.Calls and Notes > New Call > Follow-Up Call option

Note: To access the Call form and create or update a Call please see details in this topic.

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New Follow-Up Call navigation

5. Customer > 4.Cases tab > Create or open an existing case for editing > 5. FollowUp Call tab

Note: For more details about creating a case please see How to create a case.

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New Follow-Up Call navigation

 

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See also:

How to create a Case

How to create a Call