New Home Screen Design 10.3

New and improved home screen allows user to see all modules and features at a glance. The Color band on top of the screen displays different Category names on mouse over.

When a category is selected it updates the Queries and Report items according to the selected category. Maximum of 8 categories can be displayed as color bands and the rest will be under blue More Button.

 

Select categories for home screen

  1. Click on the blue setup icon to open the category selection page.
  2. Click on the checkbox to select the categories to be displayed on the home screen color band, then refresh the home screen.

Note:

  • Maximum of 8 categories can be displayed on the home screen.
  • If a use goes to the more button and clicks on a category that is not on the color band already it creates a dynamic temporary 9th color band.

  1. Once all the selected Categories are added to the color bar. Mouse-over to view all the categories on the color band and click on a color to select the Category.
  2. When a Category is selected it updates the query and report items according to the selected Category.

Recent Items:

Recent items displays your recent activities in the CRM and allows you to pin and save the favorite or actively used items for later use.

  1. The Drop down on the side lets user’s select Pinned items or Recent items on the list. By default Recent Item’s list are selected.
  2. Recent items keep on changing when the user uses the application.

Pinned

  1. Users will be able to save their favorite Items By pinning them. To Pin an item move the mouse over the Item and click on the pin icon.
  2. To see the pinned list, select pinned option from the dropdown list as shown below.

5.  The pinned list contains all the pinned items or all the favorite items

6.  To Unpin any item, move the mouse over the item and click on remove pin  icon.

  1. After using the application for sometimes you can refresh the list of recent items by clicking on the recent items Icon.

Filter

  1. Recent Items can be filtered using the Object Dropdown of the Search. Respective Icons will show up beside the record.
  2. Select an object from the dropdown list, and then click on the recent Items Icon to refresh the list. Respective Icons will show up beside the record.

Queries:

A Query is a request for information from a database. Here the users can look up different queries such as List of all Opportunities or the list of selected customers. Users can even add frequently used queries to the list and build and design new queries using Query Manager located at the top of the list.

When a Category is selected form the color bar at the top of the screen, Queries related to that category will be displayed.

  1. Users can add more Queries using the “+” sign
  2. Clicking on the “+” sign opens the window shown below.
  3. User can Select Table for the query, from the dropdown list.
  4. Select Query associated with the table from the dropdown list.
  5. Click on Add to add the query to the list or click on Close to close window without any changes.
  6. User can delete a query by moving the mouse over the query and clicking on X.

Reports:

Reports are detailed and informative list of records in an organized format for specific audience or purpose. A Report helps the users to make educated decisions based on the report. Users will be able to add their favorite reports to the list for convenient access. They can also build new reports with the help of Report Manager at the top of the list.

When a Category is selected form the color bar at the top of the screen, Reports related to that category will be displayed.

  1. Users can add more Reports using the “+” sign

  • Clicking on the “+” sign opens the window shown below.

  • User can select the Table for the Report from the dropdown list.
  • Select a Report associated with the table from the dropdown list.
  • Click on Add to add the query to the list or click on Close to close window without any changes.

2.  User can delete a query by moving the mouse over the report and clicking on X.

Links:

Links displays the list of all the inbuilt tools and links in SF CRM, as well as allows the user to add new links according to their needs and wants. Users will be able to add their most frequently used links, their website, marketing link etc.

When a Category is selected form the color bar at the top of the screen, Links related to that category will be displayed in addition to the fixed links or the links to the inbuilt tools in the CRM.

Note: Fixed links cannot be deleted and will appear same for all selected categories.

  1. Links will display the list of inbuilt tools and links in the application.
  2. Users can add new links using the “+” sign.

  • Clicking on the “+” sign opens the window shown below.

  • Type in the URL Title.

 Example: Soffront

  1. Then type in the URL address.

Example: www.soffront.com

  1. Click on Add to add the link to the list or click on Close to close window without any changes.
  2. User can delete a link by moving the mouse over the link and clicking on X except the fixed links.

Home Page Setup

Step 1: Special permission Setup

In User Group, Special Permission allows Administrators to make Home Setup available or unavailable from My Setup menu for other users.

Note: Only Administrator can make Home Setup available or unavailable for other user groups.

Follow the steps below:

  1. On Home page click on Setup under Links to go to Setup page.

2.  On Setup page click on User Groups under Users & Groups Setup. Select the user group for whom you want to make Home Setup available from My Setup Menu then click on Modify.

  1. On the modify user group page
  • Click on Special button, this will display a list of Special Privileges.
  • Select Home Setup from the list then click on Add
  • Home Setup will be added to Granted Privileges
  • Click on Save to save your settings.

  1. Home Setup option is available under My Setup menu in Setup page for the selected user group.

Step 2: Home Setup – Create a category

Users will be able to manage their home screen Categories using this screen. They can add New, Modify, Modify Order and Delete and categories on their home page from this screen.

Add a New Category

  1. Click on Home Setup under My Setup menu on Settings Page. This page displays a list of Home Categories which can be added to the color band in Home screen.

2.  Click on New Button on Home Category page to add a new Category.

  • Name: Give a name to the category. Example : Services
  • Table: Select a table from the dropdown list. All Queries and Reports for this category are associated with the selected table. The Available Queries and Available Reports lists get populated when the table is selected.
  • Color: Select the color that will represent the category in the color bar

Add Queries

  • Available Queries: List of Queries available for the selected table.

  • On Home Page: This list contains all the Queries that will be displayed on the Home screen when the particular Category is selected. Select Queries from Available Queries list and click on Add button to add it to the On Home Page

Add Reports

  • Available Reports: List of Reports available for the selected table.

  • On Home Page: This list contains all the Reports that will be displayed on the Home screen when the particular Category is selected. Select Reports from Available Reports list and click on Add button to add it to the On Home Page

Add Links

  • Link Name: If you want to add a link to your home screen under the selected category, type in a name for the link. Example: Website, landing page etc.
  • URL: Type in the URL for the link. Example:com
  • After adding the Link Name and URL, click on Add to add it to the On Home Page
  • This will add the link to the Home Screen when the particular Category is selected.

  • Users can also delete the link by selecting it from the On Home Page list then clicking on Remove
  1. Click on Save to save settings for Queries, Reports and Links for the Category. The category will be added to the Home Categories list.
  2. Refresh Home screen then click on the blue button to find your added category.

Note: Any query /report/link added dynamically from the Home Page will automatically be listed in this screen.

Edit: Edit allows user to make changes to existing categories.

  1. Select the category from the list then click on Edit, modify according to need.
  2. Then Click on Save button to save all changes.

Delete: Delete allows users to remove a category permanently when not in use.

  1. Select the category from the list then click on Delete.

Modify order: This will allow users to setup the order in which the categories will be displayed on the Home Screen.

  1. Select a category from the list then change the Order number to change its position on the color bar.
  2. Click on Save to save changes.

 

Home Setup for Group Default:

The Home Setup under Group default allows Administrators to Manage (New, Modify Categories, and Delete), Reset and Update the home Screens of the users in a Specific group.

 

New: This button will open a Pop-up, where users can enter the Name for the Home Screen Template. Once Saved the Template will be created and will be available for Modification using the Modify Categories Button.

Modify Category: Clicking on this button will open setup page with all its functions. This will allow the Admin/Administrators to create categories and design the Template.

Delete: This will allow Administrators to delete any unused Home Templates.

Reset: This will Reset the home of the user with the one assigned by the Administrator.

Update: will update the Existing Home Template of the users with the home designed by the Admin.

In this process New Categories and there corresponding Queries will be available on the Users Home page. Any updates in existing categories will also be available for the users post update.