This chapter provides an overview of persons and discusses how to:
Configure the Person component.
Define person information.
Define business contact information.
Define consumer information.
Define person of interest information.
This section discusses:
Sources of person information.
Persons.
Consumers and contacts.
Workers.
Persons of interest.
A person in PeopleSoft CRM is created in two ways: either by data entry within a CRM component or by integration with a HRMS system. To avoid unnecessary data redundancy and to maintain data integrity, person data often originates in the HRMS system and is imported into CRM using enterprise integration points (EIPs) to automatically synchronize data updates between systems. These EIPs are available for person data: CUSTOMER_CONSUMER, CUSTOMER_CONTACT, and WORKER.
See Also
Managing Enterprise Integration for PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM
A person in CRM has one or more of these roles: contact, consumer, worker, or person of interest. Persons with these roles are represented as business objects of the Individual type. CRM stores these business objects in the Person table (RD_PERSON).
Common information is stored for the person and additional information is stored for each specific role that the person has. You can configure the role-specific pages that appear when you initially access the Person component. The contact role pages appear by default. You can add or edit information for other roles that apply to the same person by clicking the appropriate link on the Summary page of the Person component. For example, the Edit Worker Information link enables you to edit information that pertains to the person in the Worker role.
Common Person Information
This information is available for all person roles:
Name.
Contact information.
User-defined fields.
User-defined fields provide the flexibility for you to define and enter additional person information that is not provided when you receive the product.
Details information.
This information identifies details about a person, such as a driver's license number, preferred contact methods, and privacy flags.
User profiles include the person's user IDs, roles, and system permissions.
Contact Info.
Notes.
More information.
Pages that contain information about a person's financial accounts and bill payees appear only for installations that have licensed PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Bill Presentment and Account Management or PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Banking Transactions. This visibility is controlled by the market that you specify on the User Preferences page.
See Defining Overall Preferences.
Attributes
You can configure the Person component to store installation-specific attributes. Because this is a configuration, attributes that you add are not supported by CRM. If you choose to configure additional attributes, you can make them visible on the Person component by using the Configure Person Component page.
See Configuring the Person Component.
See Also
Understanding Business Object Relationship Model Components
PeopleSoft Enterprise Bill Presentment and Account Management Preface
PeopleSoft Enterprise Banking Transactions 9 Preface
Much of the information that appears in the Person component for consumers and contacts is similar. Both consumers and contacts perform the same activities: purchasing, leasing, or contracting for products or services. The difference is that consumers are customers and act on their own behalf, whereas contacts act on behalf of a customer or customer site.
In CRM, consumers are represented as person business objects with a business object type of Individual and a role type of Individual Consumer. Consumer records are maintained in the Person table. Because consumers participate in business transactions, a record for each consumer is also created in the Business Contact (BC) table, which enables you to define records for sold-to, bill-to, and ship-to information for the consumer.
Contacts are represented as business objects with a business object type of Individual and a role type of Contact. When a person is added to the system as a contact, a record for the person is inserted in the Person table. When the person is associated with a company, consumer, or site, a record is inserted in the Business Object Relationship (BO_REL) table to capture the relationship between the person and the company, consumer, or site. In addition to maintaining contact information for the Contact role, you can also maintain a separate set of contact information for a particular relationship for a contact (such as postal and email addresses and telephone and pager numbers) for each company, consumer, and site relationship. This information is used to contact the person when you are performing the contact role for a specific customer or site.
Contact and Consumer Information
This information is available for both consumers and contacts:
National ID.
Credit cards.
Tasks.
See Working with Tasks.
Call reports.
Relationships.
Consumer-Specific Information
This information is available for consumers only:
Purchasing options.
See Defining Purchasing Options for Companies, Consumers, and Sites.
Status and currency data.
Tax exempt certificates.
Account team and plans.
See Managing Accounts.
Contacts.
You can associate contacts with a consumer. When you associate a contact with a consumer or one of the consumer's sites, a record is created in the Business Object Relationship table to capture the contact relationship between the contact and the consumer.
Sites.
Sites are the geographic locations where services are performed or products are sent. Site records are maintained in the Site (RD_SITE) table. When you associate a site with a consumer, a record is inserted in the Business Object Relationship table to capture the relationship between the site and the consumer.
Employment history and verification.
Contact-Specific Information
The Customers page is available only for persons with the contact role only.
A worker is any person who performs work for your organization, including employees and contractors. Worker information is used by the Support, HelpDesk, and Field Service applications and includes job detail and information that is used to manage worker assignment on service orders.
See Also
PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Call Center Applications Preface
A person of interest (POI) does not fit into either the contact, consumer, or worker categories, but is someone for whom your organization needs to maintain data. For example, you might consider pension payees, board members, or external students as POIs. The only required information for a POI is name, contact information, and POI type. Optionally, you can create a user profile for POIs.
POIs might also have job information if they originate in PeopleSoft HRMS. If the POI is created by integration with HRMS and does contain a job record, this data is stored in CRM and the user can view but not modify it. If a POI is created online in CRM, a job record cannot be created. Job information is not used for processing transactions within CRM, but, if available, it appears on the 360 Degree View pages.
Only basic person pages and not contact- or consumer-specific pages are available for a POI.
Select the Person default role.
Define POI types.
To define a person of interest type, use the Person of Interest Type (POI_TYPE_TBL) component.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RD_PERSON_CONFIG |
Set Up CRM, Common Definitions, Customer, Configure Person Component |
Select the default role and the pages that appear in the Person component when a user adds a person or views a person. |
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POI_TYPE_TBL |
Set Up CRM, Common Definitions, Customer, Person of Interest Type, Person of Interest Type |
Define the valid POI types. |
Access the Configure Person Component page.
Default Actions
Select the role that is added when a user selects Add Person from the menu and the role that appears when a user selects an existing person.
Configuration and Visibility
Business to Business, Business to Customer, and Mixed |
Select an option to indicate whether the CRM installation supports business-to-business, business-to-consumer, or both. The option that you select determines the default page object settings. |
Visible |
Select Yes to have the selected page or link appear on the Person pages that appear to the user. |
Access the Person of Interest Type page.
Job Record Required |
Select if job data is required when POI records of this type are brought into CRM by integration with another system. For records that originate in the CRM system, the system clears this check box. |
Source Indicator |
Select the source of POIs of this type. Value are: CRM,, External, HRMS, and SCM.. |
Modify System Data |
Click to modify the POI definition. The button label then changes to Stamp System Data. Click Stamp System Data to record changes and flag the definition as changed. |
To define person information, use the Person (RD_PERSON) component.
This section discusses how to:
View and update primary person information.
View and update person details.
Maintain user information.
Maintain sales team tasks for a person.
Access call reports for a person.
Access notes and attachments for a person.
Access billing accounts.
Maintain contact information for a person.
View and update person relationships.
View and update person profile information.
Note. The search page that is used to access person records has two versions, depending on whether the user can view secured worker data. This setting is controlled by permission lists.
See Also
Understanding PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Security
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RD_PRSN_SRCH |
Customers CRM, Search Person |
Search for an existing person. This search page appears only for users who can view a worker's secured information. |
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Person Search |
RD_PRSN_SRCH_SEC |
Customers CRM, Search Person |
Search for an existing person. This search page appears only for users who cannot view a worker's secured information. |
RD_PRSN_PRIMARY |
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View and update primary (most important and frequently accessed) person information and select the person role to access. As delivered, the Business Contact role appears by default. |
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RD_PRSN_UDF_L_EDIT |
Click the Edit User Defined Field Labels link on the Person - Primary page. |
Modify the system-defined labels that appear for user-defined fields. |
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RD_PRSN_DETAILS |
Click the Details link on the Person page. |
View and update person details. |
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PD_PERSON_CC |
Click the Credit Card link on the Person page. |
Maintain the customer or contact credit card information. |
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RD_PERSON_USER |
Click the User Profiles link on the Person page. |
Maintain user information for a person who is permitted to access the online system. |
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RD_TASK_LIST |
Select the Tasks tab on any page in the Person component. |
Maintain sales team tasks for contacting a consumer or contact. |
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RD_PRSN_CALL_RPTS |
Select the Call Reports tab on any page in the Person component. |
Access call reports for a person. |
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RD_PRSN_CALL_RPTS |
Select the Call Reports tab on any page in the Person component. |
Access call reports for a person. |
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RBT_ACCOUNT_PG |
Select the Billing Accounts tab on any page in the Person component. |
Access a person's billing account. |
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RD_PRSN_ADDR_BOOKS |
Select the Contact Info tab on any page in the Person component. |
Maintain contact information for a person. |
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RD_PERSON_REL |
Select the Relationships tab on any page in the Person component. |
View and update the person's relationships with other business objects. |
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RD_PROFILE |
Select the More Info tab on any page in the Person component. |
View and update a person's marketing profile data. |
Access the Person (<Role>) - Person: Primary page.
Note. The Person component is used to enter and maintain persons with the Business Contact, Consumer, or Person of Interest roles. The specific role with which you are working is noted with the (<Role>) label in the page title; for example, Person (Business Contact).
When you first access this page in add mode, the page is titled Person (Business Contact). When you access information for an existing person who either has the Contact role only or both the Contact and Consumer roles, the page is titled Person (Business Contact). The page is titled Person (Consumer) if you are viewing information for a person who has only the Consumer role.
You can configure which role appears by default when you add a person or search for a person who has both the Contact and Consumer roles.
See Configuring the Person Component.
The links at the bottom of the page enable you to view information for another person role. Different links appear depending on which role is currently shown. For example, when the Consumer pages appear, the link is Add Contact Information or Edit Contact Information. The links show the wordsAdd or Edit depending on whether the role information already exists for the person.
Add Consumer Information and Edit Consumer Information |
Click to add the Consumer role to the person or, if the Consumer role already exists for the person, to edit consumer information. The common information appears, but consumer-specific pages appear instead of contact-specific pages. Note. This link appears if the Contact pages for a person currently appear. |
Add Contact Information and Edit Contact Information |
Click to add the Contact role to the person or, if the Contact role already exists for the person, to edit contact information. Note. This link appears only if the Consumer pages for a person currently appear. |
Add Worker Information and Edit Worker Information |
Click to add or edit worker information for the person. The common information appears, but worker-specific pages appear instead of contact-specific pages. Note. The Worker component is the primary place where worker information is viewed and updated. See Defining Workers. |
Add Person of Interest Information and Edit Person of Interest Information |
Click to add or edit person of interest information for the person. |
Enter basic name information. The name information appears differently depending on the country that is specified for the user. For example, in Japan, the last name appears in order before the first name.
See Updating Name Information, Defining Overall Preferences.
For double-byte operating systems, you can enter the name and address information in alternate character format.
See Implementing Alternate Character.
Enter address, phone, and email information. Two Contact Info Entries regions appear on this page: one for home information and one for business information.
See Maintaining Contact Information for Business Objects.
Alternate Character
For double-byte operating systems, you can enter the name and address information in alternate character format.
See Implementing Alternate Character.
You can define up to 10 fields in which to enter and store information that is useful to you. This information is stored on a separate table in the database and is available for users that you create.
Edit User Defined Field Labels |
Click to enter labels for user-defined fields. For example, you might change the label Field 1 to Name of Pet. |
Access the Person (<Role>) - Person: Details page.
The example that is shown is for the Business Contact role. If you are viewing information for a person with the Consumer role, the Purchasing Options and Status and Currency Data page regions appear.
Privacy |
Select an option to indicate restrictions on ways of contacting the person. |
This page region appears only for a person with the Consumer role.
This page region appears only for a person with a contact role in the financial market.
Access the Person (<Role>) - User Profiles: User Summary page.
In the User Summary region, the user IDs that are already associated with the person appear. If no users are associated, then no user information appears.
User ID |
Click a user ID to access the detailed user profile information. |
Add New User |
Click to add a new user. When you click this button, more fields appear on the page for you to enter information about the user. |
User Information Detail
Access the Person (<Role>) - Person: User Profiles: User Information Detail page.
Enter user ID, password, and permission list information for the user.
You can grant security roles to the person who is associated with the user ID. The Role Name field lists only roles that you have permission to grant based on your user ID.
See Also
Setting Up Security and User Preferences
Access the Person (<Role>) - Tasks page.
See Working with Tasks.
Access the Person (<Role>) - Call Reports page.
See Working with Call Reports.
Access the Person (<Role>) - Notes page.
See Working with Notes and Attachments.
Access the Accounts page.
Access the Person (<Role>) - Contact Info page.
See Maintaining Contact Information for Business Objects.
Access the Person (<Role>) - Relationships page.
See Working with Notes and Attachments.
Access the Person (<Role>) - More Info (more information) page.
See Working with Business Object Profiles.
This section lists the pages that are used to define information for business contacts.
This section discusses how to:
Maintain tax exempt information for a consumer.
Maintain purchasing options for a person.
Define account teams.
Define account plans.
Maintain consumer contact information.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RD_CONSUMER_BC_OPT |
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Maintain purchasing options for a person. |
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RD_PERSON_EMPLOY |
Click the Employments link on the Person page for a person with the Consumer role. |
Add a person's employment history. |
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RD_TAX_EXEMPT_CONS |
Click the Tax Exempt Certificate link on the Person page for a person with the Consumer role. |
Maintain a person's tax exemption information. |
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RD_ACCOUNT_TEAM |
Select the Account Team tab on any page in the Person component for a person with the Consumer role. |
Define the account team that is assigned to the consumer. |
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RD_ACCOUNT_PLAN |
Select the Plan tab on any page in the Person component for a person with the Consumer role. |
Define the account plan for the consumer. |
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RD_CONSUMER_REP |
Customers CRM, Search Person, Person (Individual Consumer), Contact Info Click the Contacts link. |
Maintain the list of contacts for a consumer. |
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RBQ_QCREATE |
Click the Add Contact button on the Contacts page for a consumer. |
Add a contact to a consumer. |
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RBQ_QCREATE |
Click the Edit button for any listed contact of a consumer. |
Maintain information for an existing company contact, including purchasing options and contact information. |
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RD_CONSUMER_SITE_2 |
Click the Sites link on the Contact Info page for a person who is a consumer. |
Maintain the list of sites for a consumer. |
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RBQ_QCREATE |
Click the Add Site button on the Sites page for a consumer. |
Add a site to a consumer. |
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RBQ_QCREATE |
Click the Edit button for any listed site of a consumer. |
Maintain information for an existing company site. |
See Also
Maintaining Contact Information for Business Objects
Access the Person (Consumer) - Person: Tax Exempt Certificate page.
See Defining Company Business Objects.
Access the Person (Consumer) - Person: Purchasing page.
See Defining Purchasing Options for Companies, Consumers, and Sites.
Access the Person (Consumer) - Account Team page.
You can add team members to the account team individually or automatically by using sales territory trees and assignment groups.
See Assigning Team to an Account.
Access the Person (Consumer) - Plan page.
This page lists the account plans that are defined for the consumer. You can click a listed plan to drill down to its detail.
Access the Person (Consumer) - Contact Info page.
The Contact Info page enables you to maintain addresses, contacts, and sites for the consumer.
See Defining Customer Contacts, Defining Customer Sites.
To define POI information, use the Person (RD_PERSON) component. The information that you can enter for persons of interest is basic person data, as described previously in this chapter. If the POI originated in a HRMS system, the person might have job records associated with them.