Siebel Assignment Manager Administration Guide


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Assignment Manager Concepts

Assignment Manager Concepts Overview

Assignment Manager Components Overview

Assignment Manager Administration Views

About Assignment Objects

About Assignment Object Properties

About Assignment Candidates

About Assignment Rules

About Assignment Rule Groups

About Different Modes of Running Assignment Manager

About Server Key Maps

About Assignment Manager Rule Cache Files

About Assignment Rule Sequencing

About Assignment Criteria and Criteria Methods

About Column-Based Attributes Versus Row-Based Skills

About the Required Attribute for Assignment Criteria

About Assignment Criteria Values

About Assignment Skills

About Assignment Scoring

About Assignment Workload Criteria

About Activity-Based Assignment

About Availability-Based Assignment

About Multitiered Assignment

Assignment Operation Modes

About Interactive Assignment

About Dynamic Assignment

About Batch Assignment

About Mobile Assignment

About Contact Denormalization

About Product Denormalization

Dynamic Candidates

About Single- Versus Multiple-Owner Dynamic Candidate Types

About Team-Based Assignment Criteria

Delegated Assignment

About Hierarchical Rule Groups

About the Rule Group Explorer

About Assignment Rule Inheritance and Templated Criteria


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Assignment Methodology, Strategies, and Scenarios

Assignment Methodology

Assignment Strategy Considerations

Assignment Strategy for Sales Organizations

Example of Creating Sales Assignment Rules Based on Territories

Example of Creating Sales Assignment Rules That Combine Criteria

Scenarios for Using Multitiered Assignment with Sales Assignment Rules

Assignment Strategy for Service Organizations

Example of Creating Field Service Assignment Rules Using Availability

Scenario for Assigning Candidates Dynamically

Examples for Using Delegated Assignment

Scenario for Working with Delegated Administrators

Delegated Assignment Example 1: Assignment Administrator Tasks

Delegated Assignment Example 2: 2nd-Tier Delegated Administrator Tasks

Delegated Assignment Example 3: 3rd-Tier Delegated Administrator Tasks

Delegated Assignment Example 4: 3rd-Tier Delegated Administrator Tasks
for Partners

Summary for Working with Delegated Administrators


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Assignment Object Configuration

Assignment Manager Configuration Overview

Assignment Object Configuration Concepts

Assignment Manager Object Types

Assignment Manager Object Hierarchy and Relationship

Assignment Object Configuration Overview

Creating Assignment Objects

Configuring Assignment Objects

Configuring Assignment Objects for Dynamic Candidates

Configuring Assignment Objects for Dynamic Candidate Attributes

Configuring Assignment Object User Properties

Configuring Assignment Objects for Interactive Assignment

Configuring Interactive Assignment for an Assignment Object Using Server
Key Mappings

Configuring Assignment Objects for Availability-Based Assignment

About Creation of Activities for Employees During Availability-Based Assignment

Configuring Assignment Objects for Multitiered Assignment

Configuring Assignment Objects for Team Scoring

Assignment Criteria Configuration

Configuring Assignment Attributes

Configuring Assignment Attribute Columns

Configuring Assignment Criteria

Configuring Assignment Criteria Attributes

Disabling an Assignment Attribute

Creating New Skills

Example of Using Skill Tables

Creating Workflow Policy Components

Example of Creating a Workflow Policy Component

Workflow Policy Components Inactivated by Default

Server Administration After Configuring Assignment Manager


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Assignment Rule Administration

Migrating Assignment Rules

Process of Defining Assignment Rules

Creating Assignment Rule Groups

Creating Assignment Rules

Defining Server Key Maps

Defining Assignment Rule Sequences

Creating Assignment Criteria

Creating Assignment Criteria Values

Creating Criteria Values as Skills with Expertise Codes and Weighting Factors

Defining Assignment Workload

Adding Employees, Positions, and Organizations to Assignment Rules

Assigning Skills to Employees, Positions, and Organizations

Releasing Assignment Rules


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Assignment Rule Administration for Delegated Assignment

Delegated Assignment Rule Administration Overview

Process of Making an Assignment Rule Inheritable

Creating Child Assignment Rule Groups

Adding Owners to the Inheritance Access List

Adding Criteria Templates to Assignment Rules

Process of Inheriting and Refining Delegated Assignment Rules

Inheriting Delegated Assignment Rules

Applying Templated Criteria to Inherited Assignment Rules

Process of Delegating Assignment Rules to Others

Adding Designees to Assignment Rule Groups


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Running Assignment Manager

Considerations Before Running Assignment Manager

About Excluding Candidates from Assignment

About Excluding Expired (Terminated) Person Candidates from Assignment

Preparing to Run Assignment Manager

Checking the State of the Assignment Manager and Server Request
Broker Components

Configuring the Assignment Manager Component

Configuring Assignment Manager Event Logs

Server Administration Requirements for Assignment Modes

Server Administration Requirements After Configuration

Running Assignment Manager in Interactive Mode

Running Interactive Assignment for a Service Request—An Example

Assignment Manager Integration

Running Interactive Assignment Using the Command-Line SRVRMGR Utility

Running Assignment Manager in Dynamic Mode

Generating Triggers for Dynamic Assignment

Generating Triggers Using the Command-Line SRVRMGR Utility

Running Workflow Monitor Agents

Activating Assignment Policies

Assignment Manager Performance in Dynamic Mode

Running Assignment Manager in Mobile Mode

Running Assignment Manager in Batch Mode

Running Batch Assignment Using the Command-Line SRVRMGR Utility

Assignment Manager Performance in Batch Mode

Running Multiple Instances of Assignment Manager in Batch Mode


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Advanced Assignment Manager Configuration

Considerations for Advanced Assignment Manager Configuration

Creating Assignment Rules to Assign Two Objects

Assigning Objects Based on the Primary Address

Assigning Child Accounts Based on Parent's Primary Address

Reassigning Accounts to a Different Primary Position

Routing of Assignments to Mobile Users

Maintaining the Manually Assigned Primary Position

Stopping Assignment of the Default Organization

Stopping Assignment of Organizations for Accounts

Setting the Lock Assignment Default Value for Activity Assignment Objects

Configuring Assignment Objects to Copy Additional Columns to the Team Table


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Version Compatibility

Assignment Manager System Preferences Compatibility

Assignment Manager Tables Version Compatibility

Assignment Manager Command Line Options Version Compatibility


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Assignment Manager Error Messages

Understanding Assignment Manager Error Messages

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Siebel Assignment Manager Administration Guide