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About Configuring Objectives


This section contains information that may be useful to configurators making changes to this module.

The procedures documented in this chapter include buttons that invoke specialized methods, as described in Table 23.

Table 23. Buttons And Methods For Objectives Configurators
Button
Method
Description
Supported On

Commit

CommitAccnt

Writes account names from temporary targeting tables to permanent tables where objectives are stored.

Applet Layer

Apply

ScheduleVisits

For all the recommended activities in the objective, copies the activities and associates them to each account in the objective. The assignment of the activities depends on the way the recommended activities has been set up.

Applet Layer

If Territory Management is to be used, then you must either flag each recommended activity as Assign to All or define a role or category to which the activity will be assigned. Table 24 details the ways in which activities must be assigned if Territory Management is used.

Table 24. The Ways in Which Activities Must Be Assigned If Territory Management Is Used
Assign To All
Role/Category
Routine
Result

Y

N

Y

Creates one activity record for each team member, and marks each one as a routine activity.

Y

N

N

Creates one activity record and assigns all team members to the same activity.

N

Y

Y

Creates one activity record and assigns a specific team member based on the member's role/category match and marks the activity as a routine activity.

N

Y

N

Creates one activity record and assigns primary and specific team members based on the member's role/category match.

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