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Salesforce: CRM Reference Guide (Lightning)

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Below are a list of the most common Salesforce terms you should become familiar with.

Account	An Account is an organization or company that you want to track. Examples: City of Albany; Solar City.
Activity (Tasks/Events)	Planned task or event, optionally related to another type of Record such as an Account, Contact, Lead, or Opportunity. Examples: Call to confirm status; Email an application.
Campaign	A Campaign is a grouping of contacts used for marketing outreach. It can be the vehicle for a direct mail program, seminar, print advertisement, email, or other type of marketing initiative. Campaigns have been organized into a hierarchy reflecting the NYSERDA Organizational Chart. The Program Campaign type allows program staff to create their own non-marketing campaigns in order to organize contacts, leads, and accounts.
Chatter	Chatter is a Salesforce collaboration application that helps you connect with people and share business information securely and in real time. Groups may also be created to collaborate with a group of users.

For more information on creating Chatter groups, take a look at the “Chatter at NYSERDA” and “NYSERDA CRM Naming Conventions” documents referenced in the Appendix at the end of this document.


Contact	Contacts are the individuals associated with Accounts.

Convert

Convert is the button on the Lead record that allows you to change a qualified Lead into an Account, Contact, and, optionally, an Opportunity. Information from the Lead fields are transferred into the appropriate Account, Contact, and Opportunity fields.

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Lead

A Lead is used to track prospects. It has the lowest data quality threshold (it only requires that you enter a name and a company), and it will often be the initial place an individual enters the system.

Objects

Objects represent database tables that contain your organization's information. All the tabs in the top menu bar are objects i.e. Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, Campaigns, etc.

Opportunity

An Opportunity can be added to an Account or Contact and used to track interactions such as a response to a NYSERDA offering or an indication that an Account is a prime candidate to partner with NYSERDA.

Records

A Record is a single instance of a Salesforce Object (i.e. an individual Lead, Contact, Opportunity, etc.). For example,

“John Jones”

John Jones might be the name of a Contact Record, and

“City

City of

Miami” might

Miami might be the name of an Account Record.

Related Lists

Related lists are information sections of data on an object’s record. You can view campaigns, opportunities, notes and more that are related to that record. To view a record’s Related Lists, click the Related tab.

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The Related Lists shown below are Project Activities, SQA Inspector

TimeOff

Time Off Details, and Projects Roles.

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Reports

A Report returns a set of Records that meets certain criteria and displays it in organized rows and columns. Report data can be filtered, grouped, and displayed graphically as a chart. Reports are stored in folders, which control who has access.

Salesforce Applications

Salesforce includes prebuilt applications (or apps) for customer relationship management (CRM) ranging from communication and outreach tracking to partner relationship management, marketing, and customer service. The two most used/relevant apps are NYSERDA CRM and NYSERDA Program.

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Upon logging into Salesforce, confirm that the CRM is active. This is indicated by either NYSERDA CRM or NYSERDA CRM Lightning in the top-left of the screen.

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To switch between the different Salesforce Applications, click the app launcher in the top-left corner. You can either search for an app in the search tool or click View ALl to see a list of all apps.

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Tabs

Tabs display those Objects and other content embedded in the current application.

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Data Governance

As users of Salesforce, you must follow the guidelines set guidelines set forth in the Operations and Procedures Manual, chapter 14 - Information Security and Data Governance. In the discharge of related duties, each employee shall observe the highest standards of business and personal ethics, while promoting NYSERDA's objectives and interests, and conduct themselves in a manner that will withstand public, media, legal, and organizational scrutiny.

You can also review the Data Governance approved platforms listthe Data Governance List of Approved Platforms & AI Inventory.

Personal Private and Sensitive Information (PPSI)

As a general principal, Personal Private and Sensitive Information (PPSI) should not be entered into Salesforce. If you have data or artifacts that can be classified as Personal Private and Sensitive Information per NYSERDA’s Data Governance guidelines, please seek out your Salesforce Liaison and to discuss how best to proceed with storage of this data. Your Liaison can then work with you to identify if a Salesforce Case should be submitted for review by the Salesforce Governance Council.

You should work with the Salesforce IT Team if you're looking to maintain moderate or highly confidential information in the CRM.

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There are two ways for a NYSERDA employee to login to Salesforce.

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If you need help please email SalesforceSupport@nyserda.ny.gov.

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Login to Salesforce (Production) from the NYSERDA Launch page at at launch.nyserda.org.

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Click the box labeled Salesforce.

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You will land on your Home page.

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Go to  nyserda.my.salesforce.com.

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Click the Log in with Employee Network Credentials link.

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You will be presented with the secureAuth login where you will enter your NYSERDA network username and password. You will then need a pin from your secureAuth app to access Salesforce.

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There are

two user interfaces

two User Interfaces for Salesforce that deviate slightly with how they look and work

a little different. The Lightning interface is preferred when you are using the CRM. When you login to Salesforce it may default to the Classic Interface. If you see the

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Salesforce Classic

This interface may be the default when logging into Salesforce CRM. If you see the Switch to Lightning Experience link in

the

Salesforce Classic

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then you have

been granted access

are able to switch to the

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Lightning interface. If you do not

have

see this link, you can request it via a

helpdesk

NYSERDA Helpdesk ticket.

If you need to switch back to the Salesforce Classic interface, you can find the link to switch back under the icon in the upper right. You should see the NYSERDA CRM Lightning in the upper left, but if you don’t

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Salesforce Lightning

The preferred interface when using Salesforce CRM. To switch to Salesforce Classic, click the Profile Icon in the upper-right of the screen and select Switch to Salesforce Classic from the drop-down. Alternatively, you can also click the App Launcher

, click the 3 square box

in the upper-left corner of the screen and search for and select NYSERDA CRM Lightning.

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A search bar

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called Global Search is located at the top of every page within Salesforce, and you may search for any Object or Record. It is important to search for an existing Record (i.e. Contact or Account) before creating a new Record to help avoid creating duplicates. Type in your inquiry and press Enter to view results.

To broaden your search results, you may use an * (asterisk) to bring up results that include any Object or Record that contains those characters.

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New records should only be created once

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you have thoroughly searched

Salesforce

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no existing Record, you can click the drop down arrow next to any Object tab

not already an existing record. There are two methods to create a new

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Option 1:

Click the drop-down arrow next to any Object Tab.

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Option 2:

Click

click

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specific Object

specific Object (i.e.

Lead,

Account, Contact, or Lead)

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the New

the New button near the top-right of the screen.

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Example

Use Case

: Sally Smith from Capital Solar called and asked to be emailed an application

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. Sally Smith is not in the CRM

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Search for

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If

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lists titled Contracts and click New. Fill in the required information for Sally and

Click “Save”

click Save.

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The purpose of utilizing this shared system is to allow anyone

at

in the Authority to search for and obtain any pertinent information about a NYSERDA stakeholder.

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Therefore, adding all new and relevant information to each

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Example

Use Case

: Sally Smith emailed you her completed application and you want to attach it as a file

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Record:

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Log into Salesforce and search for and click on Sally Smith.

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Scroll down to the

“related list” in Sally’s Record called “Notes and Attachments ”, and Click “Upload Files ”

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Select the file from your computer and

Click “Save”

click Save. Now

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the application will be

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accessible for anyone at NYSERDA to access.

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Create a

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Private List view for Accounts:

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Click the object's tab on the navigation menu. Accounts is the object in this example.

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Click the settings cog to view the List View Controls and click New.

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Enter a name for the List View. The API name will automatically populate when you click out of the List Name field. Ensure "Only I can see this list view" is selected. Then click Save.

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Enter filter criteria then click Save.

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all records display a Details tab and a Related tab. The Related tab shows a list of additional object related to that record. Additional information about the record are displayed here. You can create new related records by using the buttons on each Related List.

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Finding Find a Contact Record to Update

Use the Global Search to enter the name of the Contact that needs to be updated. Ensure the Account the Contact is assigned to matches the company your contact belongs to. There may be multiple Contacts with the same name but assigned to different Accounts for a reason i.e. Jane Smith can be assigned to the Volkswagen Account and another Jane Smith contact is assigned to the Tesla Account.

In addition to checking the Account, there are other ways to help determine which Contact record to use:

look for records that are more 'active' and have an activity history like emails, calls, tasks etc.
check what campaigns, if any, the Contact belongs to
confirm if the Contact has any program partnerships (if applicable)

What Can be Updated?

After the correct Contact record has been located, all fields on the record can be updated except the Account Name assigned to the record. If the Contact doesn't associate with the Account listed anymore, select the "No Longer with Company" checkbox.

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A lead is a contact at any entity (company, institution, organization, etc.) that NYSERDA or its contractor would like to interact with for the purpose of outreach, but do not yet.

A Lead record assumes that your “lead” is a new contact at a new account; therefore, a lead record contains a unique combination of Contact and Account fields. Once that lead is established and ready to be converted, those fields will be transferred to a new or existing Account, and a new contact.

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The 2 Lead record types that should be used are NYSERDA Lead and Outreach Lead:

NYSERDA Leads are used primarily for Web-To-Lead functionality and hold generic contact information.

Outreach Leads hold a lot of information specific to the NYSERDA Outreach process, including the ability to delineate specific program outreach.

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Creating a New Lead

Leads can be imported from an Excel sheet or manually entered. To import Leads, submit a Jira ticket and include the Leads Import template Template file with all of your Leads. aura

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Click the drop down icon next to 'Leads' on the navigation menu, then click New Lead.

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Select the Lead record type and click Next.

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Fill in all fields marked with a red asterisks (*) and any additional information you have about the Lead. Then click Save.

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Click the drop down icon next to 'Leads' on the navigation menu, then click New Lead.

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Select the Lead record type and click Next.

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Fill in all fields marked with a red asterisks (*) and any additional information you have about the Lead. Then click Save.

Be sure to select the correct Account Record Type

Contact - A new Contact can be created, or the Lead can be converted to an existing Contact. If the Contact name matches an existing Contact, Salesforce will display it as an option rather than creating a new one. You can also search for a Contact.

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Leads should be converted to once the Lead relationship develops and/or that relationship involves a project. They can be converted into Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities. You may want to convert a lead to an Account in the following situations:

When the Lead shows interest in applying for a program (Opportunity)
When needing to create Sites/Locations
When needing to create Contact Roles

To convert a lead, select the Convert button at the top of that Lead record to bring up the Convert Lead screen. In the Convert Lead screen, you will need to make the following selections based on the information in the table below. Your name will default as the Record Owner, and the Converted Status will default to Qualified. These fields can remain unchanged.

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Account

A new Account can be created, or the Lead can be converted to an existing Account. If the Account name matches an existing Account, Salesforce will display it as an option rather than creating a new one. You can also search for an Account. Be sure to select the correct Account Record type .

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Leads should be converted to once the Lead relationship develops and/or that relationship involves a project. They can be converted into Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities. You may want to convert a lead to an Account in the following situations:

When the Lead shows interest in applying for a program (Opportunity)
When needing to create Sites/Locations
When needing to create Contact Roles

To convert a lead, select the Convert button at the top of that Lead record to bring up the “Convert Lead” screen. In the Convert Lead screen, you will need to make the following selections:

Account - A new Account

can be created, or the Lead can be converted to an existing

Account

Contact. If the

Account

Contact name matches an existing

Account

Contact, Salesforce will display it as an option rather than creating a new one. You can also search for

an Account.

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Opportunity

A new Opportunity can be created, or the Lead can be associated to an existing Opportunity. You can also search for an Opportunity or opt to not create an Opportunity when the Lead is converted by selecting the checkbox under the Record Type.

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Your name will default as the Record Owner, and the Converted Status will default to Qualified. These fields can remain unchanged.

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Using the Salesforce web to lead functionality, we are able to create public facing forms that allow the capturing of lead information directly into a specified campaign.

For example, a web to lead form can be added to an outreach website to collect customer information. The information is collected and creates a new Lead in Salesforce .

For more information, please contact your Salesforce Liaison.

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An Account is an organization or company that you want to track. Examples: City of Albany; Solar City. Contacts are the individuals associated with Accounts.

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When adding a new accountAccount, you will be asked to choose a “Record Type” a Record Type for which there are 2 two choices. :

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Business Account just means this : This is a company under which you will be adding contacts. This should be used the a majority of the time when creating new accounts.

Individual Account : This is for residential customers or individuals that are not no representing a company in the CRM. This would is rarely be used. The name would be something like ‘John John Smith Individual Account’ Account and it would have one once contact under it, “John Smith”.

: John Smith.

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Contacts can be created from multiple places in Salesforce.

Here are the most common 3 places:

The three most common locations are shown below. Contacts must always be assigned to an Account.

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Click the drop-down arrow on the Contacts Tab and click

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Click

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click

click New in the upper-right of the screen.

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Click

the

the Accounts

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the

the Global Search to pull up

the

the Account the

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new Contact will be assigned to. Then, click

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the Related

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Related Lists and

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Finding a Contact Record to Update

Use the Global Search to enter the name of the Contact that needs to be updated. Ensure the Account the Contact is assigned to matches the company your contact belongs to. There may be multiple Contacts with the same name but assigned to different Accounts for a reason; i.e. Jane Smith can be assigned to the Volkswagen Account and another Jane Smith contact is assigned to the Tesla Account.

In addition to checking the Account, there are other ways to help determine which Contact record to use:

look for records that are more 'active' and have an activity history like emails, calls, tasks etc.
check what campaigns, if any, the Contact belongs to
confirm if the Contact has any program partnerships (if applicable)

What Can be Updated?

After the correct Contact record has been located, all fields on the record can be updated except the Account Name assigned to the record. If the Contact doesn't associate with the Account listed anymore, select the "No Longer with Company" checkbox.

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Duplicate Management

Duplicate management features are set up and turned on by default for business accounts, contacts and leads. Here’s how duplicate management works:

When a user tries to save a new record, the record is first compared with existing Salesforce existing Salesforce records to identify possible duplicates. The criteria used to compare records and identify the possible duplicates are defined by a a matching rule .
Next, a list of possible duplicates is returned. What happens when the record being saved is identified as a possible duplicate depends on what ’ what’ s defined in the the duplicate rule. For example, the duplicate rule could block users from saving the possible duplicate record or allow them to save it anyway. Both the Block and Allow options include an alert, which tells users why they can’t save the record and what to do about it. The Allow option includes the ability to report on the duplicate records.

How to Select Which Account & Contact Record to Use

When duplicate results display for Accounts and Contacts, first look for the one that most closely matches your search criteria. Look for records that are more completely filled out with information, have activity history, project history, has a supplier ID, etc. More often than not, the erroneous duplicate record will have little-to-no activity on the record.

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To create a new Opportunity record, click the drop down arrow on the Opportunities tab and click New Opportunity. Select either a NYSERDA Opportunity or Outreach Opportunity. All fields marked with a red asterisks (*) must be entered:

Opportunity Name - Create a name to keep track of your Opportunity. Most naming conventions include the contact's name and company or program for which they're interested in applying.

Account Name - Enter the Account associated with the Opportunity. If the Account doesn't exist, a new one can be created within the same window.

Close Date - Enter a date you think the Opportunity will occur. It can be any date in the future.

Stage - Select a stage that is the best description of where the Opportunity progress is or the project application status.

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NYSERDA Opportunity vs Outreach Opportunity

NYSERDA Opportunities are used to delineate prospective projects and/or applications. Outreach Contractors use Opportunities to note when programmatic outreach is being performed on the Account.

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An Opportunity can be added to an Account or Contact and used to track interactions such as a response to a NYSERDA offering or an indication that an Account is a prime candidate to partner with NYSERDA.

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NYSERDA Opportunities are used to delineate prospective projects and/or applications. Outreach Contractors use Opportunities to note when programmatic outreach is being performed on the Account.

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Select either a NYSERDA Opportunity or Outreach Opportunity.

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All fields marked with a red asterisks (*) must be entered:

Opportunity Name	Create a name to keep track of your Opportunity. Most naming conventions include the contact's name and company or program for which they're interested in applying.
Account Name	Enter the Account associated with the Opportunity. If the Account doesn't exist, a new one can be created within the same window.
Close Date	Enter a date you think the Opportunity will occur. It can be any date in the future.
Stage	Select a stage that is the best description of where the Opportunity progress is or the project application status.

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An activity may be a task or event completed or scheduled by a Salesforce User. All interactions with Customer and/or Strategic Partner Accounts and Leads should be entered as Activities.

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Tasks can be created on Lead, Contact, and Opportunity records.

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Click the New Task button to create a task.

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Events can be created for Accounts, Contacts, Leads, and Opportunity records. Events display on your calendar in Salesforce. The details are not shared with other users.

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Click the New Event button to create an event.

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Fill in all required fields and any additional details about the event. Subjects prepopulate if you click in the Subject field, or you can type a custom Subject.

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Events display on your calendar in Salesforce. The details are not shared with other users.

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Quick Texts can be used on Tasks in the Comments field. A Quick Text lets

you

you insert predefined messages

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like greetings, answers, and common responses. Click inside the Comments field and then click the

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to select a

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Emails can be sent from Contact, Lead, and Opportunity records. Rather than sending an email from Outlook, you can search and open the Contact or Lead record and compose an email in

Salesforce:

Salesforce. Salesforce provides the option to create and Activity as either a Task or an Event. Most Activities may be recorded as Tasks. An Activity should be created as an Event only if the Activity was an event in which outreach was conducted broadly to multiple existing or potential Customers and/or Strategic Partners. Events have additional fields (e.g., Event location, Agenda, etc.) that may be filled out if useful.

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Click the Email button.

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Click the Email button

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The email will automatically populate with the Contact's email address.

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You can preview the email and then click Send.

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Enter the Subject and compose the email.

See the below tips for some of the buttons on the email composition screen:

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Quick Texts allow you to enter short, prewritten messages. You can create new Quick Texts or use any that are saved in a shared folder.

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Add an Attachment/File

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Click to add an attachment

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Merge Fields pull in details about the record using a special shorthand code. For example {

{{Recipient.FirstName}}} will populate the Contact or Lead's first name in the email.

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{{Recipient.FirstName}}} will populate the Contact or Lead's first name in the email.
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You can preview the email and then click Send. In the email preview, you'll be able to see what information populates in the Merge Fields if you used any

Salesforce provides the option to create and Activity as either a Task or an Event. Most Activities may be recorded as Tasks. An Activity should be created as an Event only if the Activity was an event in which outreach was conducted broadly to multiple existing or potential Customers and/or Strategic Partners. Events have additional fields (e.g., Event location, Agenda, etc) that may be filled out if useful

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A Campaign is a grouping of contacts used for marketing outreach. It can be the vehicle for a direct mail program, seminar, print advertisement, email, or other type of marketing initiative. Campaigns have been organized into a hierarchy reflecting the NYSERDA Organizational Chart. The Program Campaign type allows program staff to create their own non-marketing campaigns in order to organize contacts, leads, and accounts.

Campaigns Ca mpaigns are a way to group all of your contacts together in a list which allows Marketing to send out an email to all the campaign members.

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To add an individual to an existing Campaign

you must first

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, open the Contact or Lead

or Contact Record.

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Once you are in the Contact or or Lead record, scroll down to the “Campaign History” the Campaign History related list and click the “Add Add to Campaign” Campaign button.

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Enter the campaign name and press Enter the Campaign Name and click Enter.

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Click the name name of the campaign then click Campaign from the list and click Next.

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Once you select the correct Campaign you would like to use, you will be brought to the “New Campaign Member” Record and must select a status for the Record and click on the New Campaign Member record and click Save. You can leave all the other default information and just click Save. .

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Only Salesforce Administrators and Marketing

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& Communications staff can create new Campaigns to be

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used for mass email purposes.

Program staff

members

can create new Program Campaigns without submitting a

help ticket or going through marketing. These campaigns are not to be used for mass email sends.

Help Desk Campaign Import List ticket. Program Campaigns cannot be used to send mass email communications.

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Click the drop-down arrow next t o Campai gns to Campaigns in the navigation menu and click , then click New Campaign.

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Selec t the Select the Program Campaign record type (it will default to it) and click Next.if not already selected and click Next.

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Enter the the Campaign Name and select and select Program-managed Campaign Campaigns for the Typetype, then click click Save. Additional details can be added to the campaign record , but this is all that is required to create the program campaign.

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Campaign names should follow a general naming convention. It should include the program area and a description of who the Contacts/Leads are in the campaign. If applicable, a date can be included.

Examples:

02_27_24 Clean Energy Hubs - Residential Summer Workshop Webex Attendees
2023 NY Sun - Commercial Solar Inspectors
Disadvantaged Communities - WeAct Stakeholders

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Click the the Related tab and then click click Add Contacts or or Add Leads to add people individuals to the campaign..

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Only Campaign Owners

Who can manage a campaign?

Only campaign owners

can make changes to a campaign.

Campaign owners

Campaign Owners are assigned when the Contact Import List

campaign

ticket is created. The

person making

individual submitting the request will be the

campaign owner

Campaign Owner unless

otherwise

other noted in the ticket.

What changes can be made to a campaign?

The campaign owner may update the Contacts and Leads associated to the campaign. If there are less than 5 updates needed i.e. adding or removing 5 Contacts or Leads, then the campaign owner may make those changes. If more than 5 Contacts or Leads need

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However, Campaign Owners may update Contacts and Leads associated with the campaign if less than five (5) updates are required. If more than five (5) Contacts or Leads are required to be added or removed

on

from the campaign,

create a new Campaign Import ticket request to have the Marketing team

Campaign Owners must submit an additional Contact Import List ticket to have Corporate Marketing make the mass

updates

update.

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When the Marketing team sends out email blasts, an email shell campaign is created to use for the marketing email send out. The other campaigns, i.e. source campaigns, are used to identify who the email blast should go to.

Example:

The NY Sun team wants to send an email blast to Residential and Non-Residential customers about an upcoming workshop. The Marketing team creates a new campaign to send the email blast and uses the NY Sun Residential and NY Sun Non-Residential campaigns as the source campaigns. The new workshop campaign email will be sent to all members in the NY Sun Residential and NY Sun Non-Residential campaigns. A report is then generated from the marketing email send.

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Any time a Campaign Import List is requested, the Marketing Team will ask for which Interest Area to associate the campaign. There is a general opt-in list that sends 1 to 2 emails per month based on those interest areas.

Subscriber Preferences:

A customer can update their subscriber preferences by visiting https://portal.nyserda.ny.gov/CustomerPreferences. After customers update their preferences, it's updated in Salesforce on a monthly basis.

As a reminder, users can always update their preferences to be resubscribed to an interest area. It is good practice to occasionally send your contacts the Customer Preferences link to resubscribe.

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The simplest way to track CRM Outreach activities as they related to email sends is to create a Program Import List for the outreach activity invitees. Submit an email request and advise which campaigns should be used for the email send.

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The Marketing team can use Journey Builder to automate emails and notifications to campaign email send recipients such as 'Don't forget to register' or 'Thanks for registering' type of emails. Reach out to your Project Manager and the Marketing team to discuss further.

Text messaging will also be available in the future as ways to communicate with campaign members.

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Program communications are not sent through Marketing Cloud. Program communications should be sent via Outlook. Campaign member lists can be exported from Salesforce to use in your Outlook email.

Marketing communications include NYSERDA branding, can be seen as a marketing deliverable, and are sent through the Marketing team.

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The major difference between sending marketing emails through Outlook vs Marketing Cloud is Marketing Cloud gives the recipient the option to unsubscribe. Communicating to stakeholders needs to be from Marketing Cloud (via the Marketing Team). Make sure there is the ability to offer an unsubscribe option.

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Don

Don't send any emails to campaign members from Salesforce. Use Outlook or submit a request to the Corporate Marketing team.

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When updating anyone about public facing items, the email send needs to go through the Marketing team.

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Reports allow you to view a collection of data points and filter them in in different ways. Reports can be stored in a public folder to be shared with others other or saved in a private folder. Reports can be scheduled to run at any specified time, times and they can also be exported into Excel documents.

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Access thethe Reports tab.

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Click Click New Report.

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Search for a report type , select it, then click Start Report.

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To see a list of all report typesall Report Types, click the the All category. You can then type Click on any object in the object on which you want to reportlist to generate a report with that information. You can also select a category based on the type of report you want to run. For example, a report about about Contacts would be in the the Accounts & Contacts category while a report about about Campaigns would be in the Campaign category. Reports about about Emails, Events, and Tasks, and Events will be an Activities report. Before clicking would be in the Activities category.

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Click Start Report. Before clicking Start Report, you can see a list of fields that are available in the report to

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ensure the information you

need

require is available.

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Select the fields to include in the report. The fields list may be collapsed , initially. Click the arrow to expand and view the all available fields.

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Update the filters to narrow down the data as needed required data.

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Save, Run, or Save & Run the report. You’ll You will be prompted to name and save the report in a private Private or public Public folder.

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It is possible to run a report that someone else has already saved in a public public or shared folder.

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Open the Access the Reports tab.

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To search for the report itself, click Click All Reports in the left-hand panel . To to search for the report folder, click a specific report. Click All Folders in the left-hand panel instead to search for a specific report folder.

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Type Type in the name of the report or folder the Report or Folder in the search bar in at the top right inside of the the Reports window.

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click Run.

click Run.

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To export a report

click the drop-down arrow

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