sage saleslogix v7.5 whats new!. benefits overview deploy a comprehensive web crmconnected or...
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Sage SalesLogix v7.5
What’s New!
Benefits Overview
• Deploy a Comprehensive Web CRM—connected or disconnected• Streamline the complex task of processing leads with Extensive Lead
Management capabilities • Quickly and easily interact with data with Simplified Access to Targeted
Information• Improve productivity with Usability Enhancements • Experience Rich, Personalized Views of Information using mashups
and more• Streamline IT administration with Customization, Administration, and
Web 2.0 Technology enhancements
COMPREHENSIVE WEB CRM
Comprehensive Web CRMConnected or Disconnected
Access Sage SalesLogix via a Web browser—whether you’re connected or disconnected—without sacrificing usability, customizations, or a rich user experience.
Comprehensive Web CRMFull Customer Service Functionality
Create, manage, and activate Contracts, as well as monitor Contract usage.
Create, assign, manage, and change the status of Returns as well as monitor returned and shipped assets via the Web.
Associate Assets with Accounts, Tickets, Defects, Contracts, or Returns so employees have all the details they need to better service customers.
Comprehensive Web CRMSales Orders
Create and modify Sales Orders via the Web.
EXTENSIVE LEAD MANAGEMENT
Extensive Lead ManagementLead De-duplication Wizard
Use the Leads Import Wizard to easily perform lead de-duplication upon. Leads are automatically de-duped against current Leads and Contacts in the system.
Extensive Lead ManagementActivities for Leads & Group Actions
Make Leads the subject of a meeting, phone call, or a to-do task; record notes; and more to ensure action is taken—and perform these actions en mass, streamlining efficiencies.
Extensive Lead ManagementCreate a Response
Create a “Pre-Opportunity” upon import to indicate an expressed interest in your product or service. Create a Response when a lead is not ready to be converted to an Opportunity or one that isn’t associated with a campaign—ensuring a potential sale does not fall through the cracks.
Extensive Lead ManagementAutomatic Lead Routing
Leads
Act on hot leads fast! Use the out-of-the-box lead routing process or customize rules so Leads are automatically directed to individuals or teams based on criteria you define.
SIMPLIFIED ACCESS TO TARGETED INFORMATION
Simplified Access to Targeted InformationDynamic List Building
Select multiple records at once and perform an action using the right mouse button.
New Task Pane provides Filters, Common Tasks, Process Tasks, and Group Tasks for quick access to important information and actions.
Groups are organized in tabs for quick access with drag & drop and right mouse button abilities.
Scrolling instead of paging through lists of data.
Use filters to identify useful data and quickly create ad-hoc groups.
Simplified Targeted InformationSummary View
View key information in a compressed viewing area. Drill down for more information if you need to.
Hover over data points for more information.
USABILITY ENHANCEMENTS
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityImproved Layout and Design
New Header
New Title Bar
Left Nav Bar enhancements including the ability to expand/collapse.
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityMulti-tab Expansion
Create the perfect workspace by adding as many middle panes as you want.
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityExpanded Right-mouse Button Ability
Right-click in Tab areas and Lists to quickly get more options and actions.
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityAttachment Improvements
Associate attachments to meetings, phone calls, to-do items, e-mails, notes, and personal activities. E-mail messages sent through Send SLX/Record to History are preserved exactly as they were sent (with HTML links, images, etc.) intact.
Attach an activity to a lead or a contact
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityEnhanced Drag & Drop Tabs
When customizing your workspace, a visual indicator indicates which tab you’re moving and where—improving user adoption and reducing errors.
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityRedesign of Lookup
Newly designed Lookup Popups have enhanced power and flexibility so that whichever Lookup you’re using—it will be similar in appearance, behavior, and functionality.
New tree structure expedites searching for users.
Usability Enhancements Deliver Improved ProductivityExpanded Synchronization Capabilities
• In addition to server-side synchronization, desktop synchronization is compatible with the Sage SalesLogix Web Client, including the capability to synchronize activities, to-dos, calendar items, contacts, etc. The desktop synchronization option is on the new, modern Web-based architecture, de-coupled from the Windows Client, so it synchronizes when it needs to—independent of the client. [open question to Dave. Slide not final.
RICH, PERSONALIZED VIEW OF INFORMATION
Rich Personalized Views of InformationMashups
It’s easy to create mashups from external sources such as Google Maps, Hoovers, LinkedIn, ERP applications, etc. and mix it with internal Sage SalesLogix data, providing a rich user experience to simplify data for viewing or analysis.
Use the Mashup Editor to create, modify, publish, and display mashups
Rich Personalized Views of InformationTimeline Visualizations
Experience a holistic view of an Account or Ticket all in one place. Out-of-the-box, timeline visualization appear in Accounts and Tickets areas, providing a graphical representation of events over a period of time—past, present, and future. Or, you can create, customize, and embed a timeline in most areas of the application.
Rich Personalized Views of InformationWelcome Page
Get a quick, at-a-glance view of the features and information you use the most—increasing your productivity.
Sparkline charts provide a unique way to view campaign response data
Customize your workspace by adding or deleting the components.
CUSTOMIZATION, ADMINISTRATION & WEB
2.0 TECHNOLOGIES
Customization, Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology Web Services
• Now Expose any Entity or a business rule to a RESTful-based Web service—allowing you to integrate and enhance Sage SalesLogix data with information from outside the application.
• RESTful services in Sahara– Process orchestration– Lookups– Summary View– Legacy Groups
• SData– Full CRUD support for all SLX entities – HTTP Digest (extended from SData
Framework) – SLX authentication• Benefits
– Simple Extensibility, human readable– Direction for all integration & integration
contractsConsumer
Provider
Customization, Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology Form Controls
• Two new form controls enable you to embed images and sparkline charts, so you can customize the application to address your specific needs and provide users with a unique view of key data.
Customization, Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology Application Architect Enhancements
• Streamline deployment and administration of Sage SalesLogix, including:– The ability to launch model entity wizards from the
Application Toolbar – The ability to recognize which entities have been
customized from the project explorer tree view– A dockable data sources view – New portal creation wizard– Application Architect remembers settings for each
project– Enhanced build output window– Quick Form design improvements
• New Data Sources toolbar allows drag/dropping properties onto forms
• Adding Image control– New and improved Code Snippet Action
• New code-generated form interface parameter provides IntelliSense for properties, current entity, and current workitem
• User VB.NET or C#• No need to merge on upgrades!
Customization, Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology Application Architect Enhancements
• New template mapping tool– Much easier to change page
templates– Workspaces don’t need to have
same name
Customization, Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology Application Architect Enhancements
• Deployment Explorer– Central deployment management
• Manage multiple deployment targets and portals in one place• Save multiple configurations (Test, Production, Local)
– Create deployment snapshots• Save a snapshot of one or more portals• Deploy from saved snapshot• Don’t have to worry about changes made to project from one deployment to another when
using snapshots
• Bundle Management– Create bundle from project differences
• Includes ability to select project backups
• Image Management– Global image resource manager being made available from Project Explorer– Ability to bundle images on their own– Future “Global string resource manager” will follow same pattern
• Code Snippets– CTRL-F: Search and Replace!
Customization, Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology Process Orchestration
• Create or modify processes for any Entity in the system such as an account, contact, opportunity, or ticket
• Build powerful single-step processes, such as lead routing or service ticket capture and distribution, or create multi-step and multi-stage processes that can react to user interactions and suggest next steps
• Use sample processes for sales process automation and lead routing out of the box; or customize any process to address unique industry or business needs
Summary
• Deploy a Comprehensive Web CRM—connected or disconnected
• Streamline the complex task of processing leads with Extensive Lead Management capabilities
• Quickly and easily interact with data with Simplified Access to Targeted Information
• Improve productivity with Usability Enhancements • Experience Rich, Personalized Views of Information using
mashups and more• Streamline IT administration with Customization,
Administration, and Web 2.0 Technology enhancements
Contact Dick Wooden at Success with CRM Consulting Inc. www.SuccessWithCRM.com Office: 269-445-3001 for taking the next step.