This chapter provides an overview of customer self-service and discusses how to:
Sign in to PeopleSoft CRM self-service.
Register as a personal or business user.
Select the customers that business users represent.
Maintain name and sign-in information.
Maintain contact information.
Maintain contact address books.
Maintain consumer contact and address information.
Maintain consumer address books.
View internal contacts.
Send Contact Us messages.
Register products.
Note. You can access several of the pages that are discussed in this chapter from the pagelets in PeopleSoft CRM Portal Pack.
See Also
Working with PeopleSoft CRM Self-Service Pagelets
Self-service transactions enable customers to access information and transact business online. PeopleSoft CRM provides transactions for self-service users to:
Register and sign in.
Maintain their user profile (information about themselves and their relationship with you).
Send messages to you or to chat live online with a customer service representative (CSR).
Register products.
Perform application-specific functions such as ordering products and submitting support cases.
This chapter describes how users register, sign in, maintain their profiles, contact you, and register products. It also discusses the differences between self-service for consumers (personal users) and for contacts (business users). Application-specific transactions are described in the corresponding application PeopleBooks.
See Also
Working With Order Capture Self Service
Working with Self-Service Application Transactions
The CRM system exposes several self-service components and pages in the employee portal to make some of the self-service features available to Higher Education users in a non-self-service environment. These self-service objects are:
Sign In page.
Contact Us page.
Customer Registration page.
Contact Directory (internal contacts) page in the Service Center folder.
Change Profile Info component in the Manage Profile folder.
Default Addresses component in the Manage Profile folder.
Address Book component in the Manage Profile folder.
The system delivers new roles and permission lists that grant self-service page access to Higher Education users in the employee portal.
Role Update
New roles are created and need to be assigned to Higher Education user IDs in order to access self-service pages in the employee portal. These roles are:
HE Self Service - Common role.
The system assigns this role to all delivered Higher Education user IDs (with the SSS prefix) except for marketing-specific ones.
HE Self Service - Profile role.
Assign this role to user profiles for suspect prospect users. By default, this role is assigned to the delivered SSS_SUSP_PROSP user ID.
This role is associated with the CRHE1610 permission list.
HE Self Service - Faculty role.
Assign this role to user profiles for faculty users to ensure proper page access, for example, the Faculty Center, Internal Contacts page and the Contact Us page. By default, this role is assigned to delivered user IDs such as SSS_AA00100 and SSS_FACULTY.
HE Self Service - Student role.
Assign this role to user profiles for student users and applicant users to ensure proper page access, for example, the Student Center, Internal Contacts page and the Contact Us page. By default, this role is assigned to delivered user IDs such as SSS_AA00100 and SSS_CONST.
Permission List Update
Permission lists are created and updated to grant page access to Higher Education users. Permission lists relate to user IDs through roles.
CRHE1600 (HE Service Center Self Service) permission list: updated to include CRM_PORTAL_COMPONENTS (CRM Portal Components) menu. In this menu, Internal Contacts (WC_CNTACT_DIR_COMP) and Contact Us (WC_CONTACT_US) will be authorized
CRHE1610 (HE Manage Profile Self Service) permission list: newly added. Includes the RB_SELF_SERVICE (CRM Self-Service) menu.
This table shows, as delivered, the self-service components and page that are visible in the employee portal by user type:
User Type |
Sign In page |
Contact Us page |
Customer Registration page |
Manage Profile folder |
Internal Contacts page |
Student Center |
Faculty Center |
Self service guest (sample user ID: USGUEST) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
Administrator (sample user ID: PS) |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Suspect (sample user ID: SSS_SUSP_PROSP) |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Prospect (sample user ID: SSS_SUSP_PROSP) |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
Student (sample user ID: SSS_CONST) |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
Applicant (sample user ID: SSS_CONST) |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
Faculty (sample user ID: SSS_FACULTY) |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
Student and Faculty (sample user ID: SSS_AA00100) |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
See Getting Started with PeopleSoft CRM for Higher Education.
This section discusses how to sign in to PeopleSoft CRM self-service.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RX_LOGIN |
Sign In, Sign In |
Sign in to PeopleSoft CRM self-service. |
|
RX_EMAIL_PSWD |
Click the Lookup Password Hint link on the Sign In page. |
Request a password hint. |
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RX_EMAIL_PSWD2 |
Click the Continue button on the Forgot Password page. |
Answer a password hint question to complete the request for a new password. |
|
RX_EMAIL_PSWD_CNFR |
Click the Email New Password button on the Forgot Password - Email New Password page. |
Confirm that passwords are reset and mailed. |
Access the Sign In page (Sign In, Sign In).
Note. In addition to the self-service application, this page is also available in the employee portal to Higher Education users who are associated with the right role and permission list to access the page.
See Self-Service Page Visibility.
Returning Users
Enter the User ID and Password and click the Sign In button.
If you are already set up as a customer in the CRM system but do not have a self service sign-in, click the Create Sign In link to authenticate yourself as an existing user and create a new self service user ID and password.
You can register as a personal or business user.
Either personal or business user registration causes the system to create a user ID that is associated with the new consumer or contact record, which the visitor can use to sign in on subsequent visits. The user ID is cloned from the guest ID that was active when the user registered. Menu navigation options, and in some cases, page appearances depend on the user's role or roles.
Personal User Registration |
Click this link to establish a personal user ID. When a site visitor registers as a personal user, the system creates a consumer record for that user. |
Business User Registration |
Click this link to establish an ID as a contact for a company that is already set up in PeopleSoft CRM. When a site visitor registers as a business user, the system creates a contact record that is associated with the customer that the visitor specifies. Visitors must provide customer codes and keys that their site administrators give them for authentication purposes. |
When users first access the site, they are automatically logged in using the guest ID that you identify in the configuration properties file. As long as that ID has the appropriate permissions, users can use the site with limited access. Then, users can sign in with their own user IDs and passwords to further identify themselves and acquire additional access.
For example, users who accesses the site as guests can access the product catalog but cannot view order statuses. Once the users sign in, they can access both the product catalog and order statuses. Even after users sign in with their own user IDs, the guest ID controls certain site characteristics such as the site language.
Select a website |
Select a value to switch to a different ID. Depending on how you define guest IDs, the IDs may control the site language, the business unit whose data appears, or other site characteristics. You can change the delivered field label to more accurately reflect the guest ID options that you establish (for example, the Select a Location field with United States, European Market, and Asia values. If you have only one site, you can hide this section from the user). |
See Also
Registering As Personal or Business Users
Setting Up Customer Self-Service
Access the Forgot Password page (click the Lookup Password Hint link on the Sign In page).
To request a new password, enter your user ID and click Continue.
Access the Forgot Password - Email New Password page (click the Continue button on the Forgot Password page).
You must correctly answer a personalized password hint question before the system creates and sends a new password.
Email Address |
The system displays your primary address, which is the address to which the system sends the new password. |
Email New Password |
Click after entering an answer to complete the request. After you click this button, a confirmation page appears. |
This section discusses how to register as either a personal or business self-service user.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RX_LOGIN |
Sign In, Sign In |
Sign in to PeopleSoft CRM self-service. |
|
RX_REGISTER |
Click the Personal User Registration link on the Sign In page. |
Register as a personal user. |
|
RX_REGISTER_REPCHK |
Click the Business User Registration link on the Sign In page. |
Identify the company for a business user. |
|
Register as a business user for <company> |
RX_REGISTER_REP |
Click the Continue button on the Business User Registration page. |
Register as a business user. |
Customer Registration |
RX_REGISTER_CSTCHK |
|
Register as an existing customer. |
Customer Registration |
RX_REGISTER_CST |
Click the Continue button on the Customer Registration page. |
Enter user ID and password information to complete the process of registering as an existing customer. |
Partner Registration |
RX_REGISTERPARTNER |
Partner Registration |
Register a partner company. |
RX_REGISTER_CNFRM |
Click the Submit Registration button on the Registration page or the Register as a business user for <Your Company> page. |
Review registration information. |
Access the Personal User Registration page (click the Personal User Registration link on the Sign In page).
When you click the Submit Registration button, the system creates a new user ID and a new consumer record.
If a terms of service and privacy policy are set up for the self-service site, additional text containing links to these policies appears on this page. Be sure to read the terms of service and privacy policy before submitting the registration. By submitting the form, you are legally consenting to the terms in these documents.
Access the Business User Registration page (click the Business User Registration link on the Sign In page).
Set up keys on the Business User Registration Setup page. You give customers their company codes and keys, and they share the information with users whom they want to register under their company codes.
When a user registers, the new contact record is associated with the company that you specify on this page.
Note. When you set up a key, you can limit the number of times that it is used.
See Also
Access the Register as a business user for <company> page (click the Continue button on the Business User Registration page). This page is similar in usage to the page for registering as a personal user.
See Registering As a Personal User.
Access the Customer Registration page (click the Create Sign In link on the Sign In page).
Note. In addition to the self-service application, this page is also available in the employee portal to Higher Education users who are associated with the right role and permission list to access the page.
See Self-Service Page Visibility.
If you already exist in the PeopleSoft CRM system as a customer or contact, you can register as a self-service user. You must enter information that identifies you to the PeopleSoft CRM system before you can complete the self-service registration process.
The fields that are available for entry on this page depend on how the user registration for existing customers is set up.
Continue |
Click this button to access a page where you enter sign in information, including user ID and password. |
Access the Registration Confirmation page (click the Submit Registration button on the Registration page or the Register as a business user for <Your Company> page).
One of two buttons appears here, depending on what you were doing before you registered. Click Continue Shopping to access the product catalog. Click Checkout to go directly to the checkout page.
The Continue button is not visible on the page for Higher Education users who access the page in the employee portal, the Continue button is not visible.
This section discusses how to select customers.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
CUST_SELECT |
Customer Selection, Customer Selection |
Select customers for the current session. This page is available for users that are set up as brokers who buy for multiple companies. |
Access the Customer Selection page (Customer Selection, Customer Selection).
Select a customer from the customer list.
This section discusses how to:
Review name and sign-in information.
Change names.
Change passwords.
Change password hints.
Note. This process is the same for consumers and contacts.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RX_NAME_SIGNIN |
Manage Profile, Change Profile Info |
Review and edit name, password information, and privacy preferences. |
|
RX_NAME_CHNG |
Click the Change Name button on the Manage Profile - Change Profile Info page. |
Update name information. |
|
RX_PSWD_CHNG |
Click the Change Password button on the Manage Profile - Change Profile Info page. |
Enter passwords. |
|
RX_HINT_CHNG |
Click the Change Password Hint button on the Manage Profile - Change Profile Info page. |
Enter password hints. |
|
Manage Profile - Change Privacy Preference |
RX_PREF_CHNG |
Click the Change Preferences button on the Manage Profile - Change Profile Info page. |
Select privacy options for screening communications. |
Access the Manage Profile - Change Profile Info page (Manage Profile, Change Profile Info).
Note. In addition to the self-service application, this page is also available in the employee portal to Higher Education users who are associated with the right role and permission list to access the page.
See Self-Service Page Visibility.
This section discusses how to maintain contact information.
Access the Manage Profile - Default Addresses page (Manage Profile, Default Addresses).
Note. In addition to the self-service application, this component is also available in the employee portal to Higher Education users who are associated with the right role and permission list to access the page.
See Self-Service Page Visibility.
Access the Manage Profile - Contact Information page (click the Change Contact Information button on the Manage Profile - Default Addresses page).
The Add New Address button transfers you to a page where you can add address information. The Add New Phone and Add New Email buttons add a new row to the Phone or Email grid for you to enter the new information. The user can edit their current phone numbers and email addresses directly on this page.
This section discusses how to:
Review customer addresses.
Review customer contacts.
Review customer primary information.
Create customers or contact addresses.
Create customer contacts.
Select existing contacts.
Select existing addresses.
Maintain name, role information, and relationship address for customer contacts.
Update customer or contact addresses.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RX_ADR_CUST_INFO |
|
Review addresses that are associated with the customer. |
|
RX_ADR_CUST_CNTCT |
Click the View Contacts link on the Address Book: View Addresses page or the Address Book - Customer's Primary Information page. |
Review contacts that are associated with the customer. |
|
RX_ADR_CUST_DFLTS |
Click the View Customer's Primary Information link on the Address Book (View Addresses) or Address Book (View Contacts) page. |
Review default contacts and addresses that are used for specific purposes. |
|
RX_ADR_REP_ADDR |
Click the Add New Address button on the Address Book - Contact Information page. |
Add a new address for a contact. |
|
RX_ADR_NEW_REP |
Click the Add New Contact button on the Address Book (View Addresses) page or the Address Book (View Contacts) page. |
Create new contacts or new addresses for the customer. |
|
RX_ADR_USE_CNTCT |
|
Select new primary contacts for the roles that appear on the Address Book - Customer's Primary Information page and to copy the contacts into new address book entries. |
|
RX_ADR_SEL_CUST_DF |
|
Select new primary addresses for the address roles that appear on the Address Book - Customer's Primary Information page and copy the addresses into new address book entries. |
|
RX_ADR_REP_INFO |
|
Edit an existing contact's information. |
|
RX_ADR_CUST_ADDR, RX_ADR_NEW_ADDR, RX_ADR_NEW_REP |
|
Add a new address for a customer. You do not need to associate the address with a specific contact. |
|
RX_ADR_CUST_ADDR, RX_ADR_REP_ADDR |
|
Modify existing addresses. |
|
RX_ADR_DEL_CONFIRM |
Click the Delete link on the Address Book (View Addresses) page or on the Address Book (View Contacts) page. |
Confirm that you want to delete an address or contact. A deleted address is removed from the contact's address book but remains in the system with an end date that is equal to the date on which it was deleted. |
Access the Address Book: View Addresses page (Manage Profile, Address Book).
Addresses that are associated with the customer appear on this page. If the address is associated with a specific site, the site name appears as well.
Address Filter |
Select Show all addresses, Show billing addresses, Show install-to site addresses, Show shipping addresses, or Show sold-to addresses. |
Billing, Shipping, and Sold To |
Primary appears in the appropriate column for the primary billing, shipping, and sold-to addresses. Yes appears in the appropriate column for additional addresses. To change a company's primary addresses, access the Address Book - Customer's Primary Information page. |
Deleting Addresses
When you click the Delete link for an address, the Delete Confirmation page appears.
If the address is associated with a contact, you can select whether to delete the address for all contacts who use this address or only for the current contact.
If you delete the address for all contacts but the address is a default bill to, ship to, or sell-to address, the system does not delete the address. Instead, the system removes any associations that contacts have to this address.
Access the Address Book: View Contacts page (click the View Contacts link on the Address Book: View Addresses page or the Address Book - Customer’s Primary Information page).
Contacts who are associated with the customer appear on this page.
Billing, Shipping, and Sold To |
Primary appears in the appropriate column for the primary billing, shipping, and sold-to contacts. Yes appears in the appropriate column for additional contacts. To change a customer's primary contacts, access the Address Book - Customer's Primary Information page. |
Access the Address Book: Customer's Primary Information page (click the View Customer’s Primary Information link on the Address Book: View Addresses or Address Book: View Contacts page).
The customer's overall primary contact and address and primary billing, shipping, and sold-to contacts and addresses appear on this page. You can modify the contacts and addresses or select a new primary contact and address.
Access the Address Book: Create New Address page (click the Add New Address button on the Address Book: View Addresses page).
This page is similar to the Create New Address page.
Enter the new address information. If the address is a billing, shipping, or sold-to address, select the appropriate address role check box.
Note. The Address Roles appear only for users who are contacts of companies, not for end consumers.
Access the Address Book: Create New Address page (click the Add New Contact button on the Address Book: View Addresses page or the Address Book: View Contacts page).
This page is similar in use to page that is used to create new contact addresses, except that it contains additional lines for you to enter contact information.
Contact Information
If the new contact is a billing, shipping, or sold-to contact, select the appropriate contact role check box.
One use only - not a permanent address or contact |
Select to create a temporary contract and address just for the corresponding transaction. Note. This field appears only if you are adding a shipping address. |
Access the Address Book: Select Contact page (click a Replace link on the Address Book - Customer’s Primary Information page).
Access the Address Book - Select Address page (click a Replace link on the Address Book - Customer’s Primary Information page).
Access the Address Book - Contact Information page (click the Edit link on the Address Book - Customer’s Primary Information page).
If the contact is a billing, shipping, or sold-to contact, select the appropriate contact role check box.
Click Edit or Delete to maintain the address for the contact-to-customer relationship. Click the Add New Address button to enter a new address for this relationship.
Access the Address Book - Update Address page (click the Edit link on the Address Book - Customer’s Primary Information page).
This page is almost identical to the Address Book - Create New Address page. Unless you are a contact of a customer, the Address Roles are not visible.
This section lists the pages that consumers use to maintain their contact and address information.
Note. These pages are similar in appearance and usage to the pages that are used to maintain address information for contacts. You must be signed in as a customer to view these pages.
See Maintaining Contact Information.
This section lists the pages that consumers use to maintain their address books.
Note. These pages are similar in appearance and usage to the pages that contacts use to maintain their address books. Differences in usage are explained below
See Maintaining Contact Address Books.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RX_ADR_CONSUMER |
Manage Profile, Address Book |
Review addresses that are associated with the consumer. |
|
RX_ADR_CUST_ADDR |
Click the Edit link on the Address Book page. |
Modify addresses in the address book. |
|
RX_ADR_NEW_REP |
Click the Add New Address button on the Address Book page. |
Create addresses in the address book for the consumer. |
|
RX_ADR_SEL_CUST_DF |
|
Select addresses to copy into new address book entries. |
|
RX_ADR_DEL_CONFIRM |
Click the Delete link on the Address Book page. |
Confirm that you want to delete the address, and select whether to delete it for all users or the current user. |
Access the Address Book page (Manage Profile, Address Book).
Note. In addition to the self-service application, this page is also available in the employee portal to Higher Education users who are associated with the right role and permission list to access the page.
See Self-Service Page Visibility.
If the address is associated with a contact, the contact's name appears in the name columns. If the address is associated only with a consumer, the consumer's name appears in the name columns.
Access the Address Book - Delete Confirmation page (click the Delete link on the Address Book page).
When you delete a consumer address that is not associated with a contact, the system displays only the Yes - Delete and No - Do Not Delete buttons on this page.
If the address is associated with a contact, you can select whether to delete the address for all contacts who use this address or only for the current contact.
If you delete the address for all contacts but the address is a default bill to, ship to, or sell-to address, the system does not delete the address. Instead, the system removes any associations that contacts have to this address.
This section discusses how to view internal contacts.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
WC_CONTACT_DIR |
|
View the names and contact information of people in an organization who are available for customers to contact for assistance. |
Access the Contact Directory page (Customer Care, Internal Contacts, Contact Directory).
(Email) |
Click to open your email application to send an email message to the corresponding contact using the listed email address. |
Return to Customer Care |
Click to return to the parent folder (Customer Care). For Higher Education users to return to the parent folder (Service Center) of the Contact Directory page, use the PeopleTools navigation path link on the top of the page. |
This section discusses how to send Contact Us messages.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
WC_CONTACT_US |
Contact Us, Contact Us |
Self-service users can send messages to your organization. |
Access the Contact Us page (Contact Us, Contact Us).
Note. In addition to the self-service application, this page is also available in the employee portal to Higher Education users who are associated with the right role and permission list to access the page.
See Self-Service Page Visibility.
Each subject-topic combination is associated with a workflow action that you specify. The workflow action sends a notification that alerts the recipient to the newly submitted message.
If you use the 360-Degree View feature, the system creates an interaction when the user sends the message. In this situation, the notification normally includes a link to the new interaction.
If the user requests a confirmation email, the system sends a message based on the Contact Confirmation email template. You cannot choose a different template for the confirmation email. You can, however, modify the text of the template.
Expand this page region and click the Start Chat button to initiate a two way chat session with a support agent.
This section appears if the page is chat-enabled on the Chat Enabled Page Setup page.
See Also
Setting Up Customer Self-Service
Setting Up PeopleSoft CRM Workflow
Working with PeopleSoft CRM Self-Service Pagelets
This section discusses how to:
Register products.
Enter product registration information.
Page Name |
Definition Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RF_PROD_REG_SRCH |
Product Registration, Product Registration |
Register new or existing products. |
|
RF_PROD_REG_DET |
Click a product link in the Your Existing Products group box or the New Product group box (after locating the product from product catalogs) on the Product Registration page. |
Enter product registration information. |
See Also
Setting Up Product Registration
Access the Product Registration page (Product Registration, Product Registration).
The Product Catalog group box lists the catalogs that you can use for product registration. Depending on how a catalog is set up, you can view a simple list of products, a list of product categories, or both. Regardless of whether you need to browse through different levels to find a product, click a product link to access the Product Registration - Product Registration Details page and submit the product registration.
Note. In addition to registering products in PeopleSoft CRM self-service, users can also contact CSRs, who can register products for customers through the 360-Degree View.
See Also
Access the Product Registration Details page (click a product link in the Your Existing Products group box or the New Product group box (after locating the product from product catalogs) on the Product Registration page).
The Registration group box displays the name of the product that you selected from the catalog, as well as the installed product fields that you selected during setup to appear for product registration purposes.
Administrators can define the fields that appear on this page by using the Product Registration Setup page. Modify these fields for a specific product on the Installed Product page in the Product Definition component. Also, when defining these fields, you can specify whether a user can modify the field value on existing installed products.
In this example, self-service users can enter the serial ID, purchase date, site, location details, and comments for the registration. When the product registration is submitted successfully, the system displays a record of it with the date of registration in the Your Existing Product group box. The system updates the associated installed product with the information that the user entered during product registration. If it is a new product, the system creates an installed product with a status of Installed.
Submit |
Click to submit and save the product registration. The system automatically populates the registered date with the current system date when you submit the registration. |
Cancel and Return |
Click to return to the Product Registration page. |