Creating a Literature Record

The following procedure shows you how to create a literature record.

To create a literature record

Navigate to the Administration - Document screen, then the Literature view.

In the Literature list, create a new record and complete the necessary fields.

Click New File.
Browse to and select a file from your local drive, and then click Open.

The name of the file attachment appears in the Name and File Name fields. The new record is added to the Literature list. Some information appears in the Literature list and other information in the More Info view.

Enter information for the new record in the Literature list and the More Info view as required. Some fields are described in the following table.

View	Field	Description
Literature List	Name	Enter the name of the literature record. It is recommended to remove any dot extension added in the Name field by default when you load the file.
Literature List	File Name	Click Browse and in the Choose File dialog box, select the document file. You can also enter the file name manually.
Literature List	Description	(Optional). Enter a description of the content.
Literature List	Literature Type	Select the type of the literature as Message. You must set this field to Message type, because the Literature Type field is used to filter the literature items that are available in Personalized Content Delivery.
Literature List	Access Level	(Optional). Select the access level for the content.
Literature List	Unzip On Download	Select this check box to download zip files and then unzip them so that you will be able to see the zip file items in the PCD Viewer. If not selected, then zip files are downloaded only but not unzipped. In such cases, you will be unable to see the zip file items in the PCD Viewer.
Literature List	Rating	(Optional). Select the rating for the content, if any.
Literature List	Thumbnail Image	(Optional). Click Browse and in the Images dialog box, select the image that you want and click OK. The associated thumbnail image file is used in Personalized Content Delivery Planner.
Literature List	Audience	(Optional). Enter the intended audience for the content.
Literature List	Speaker Notes	(Optional). Enter any Speaker notes for the content.
Literature List	Detail Product	(Optional). Click Browse and in the Pick Product dialog box, select the product name for which this message is created and click OK.
Literature List	Verification Status	Set to default value of Not Verified. After the Administrator verifies that the content can be loaded and displayed in Personalized Content Delivery Viewer, the verification status is set to Success or Failed.
Literature List	Legal Approval Date	(Optional). Select the date the content was approved by Legal.
Literature List	Legal Approval	(Optional). Select if content was approved by Legal.
Literature List	Legal Approver	(Optional). Select the Legal approver of the content.
Literature List	Marketing Approval Date	(Optional). Select the date the content was approved by Marketing.
Literature List	Marketing Approval	(Optional). Select if content was approved by Marketing.
Literature List	Marketing Approver	(Optional). Select the Marketing approver of the content.
Literature List	External Author	(Optional). Enter the name of the author of the content.
More Info	Synopsis	(Optional). Enter a brief synopsis of the content.
More Info	Release Date	Select a date after which this content can be used in Personalized Content Delivery. This is required for records of Literature Type equal to Message.
More Info	Expiration Date	Select a date after which this content should not be used in Personalized Content Delivery. This is required for records of Literature Type equal to Message.
More Info	Distribution Method	Select Publish to automatically distribute the content to remote users based on permissions.
More Info	Questionnaire	(Optional). Click Browse and in the Questionnaire dialog box, select the Template Name that you want, and click OK. Sales assessment templates for Messages are created in the Data Administration screen, then the Sales Assessment Templates view, where assessment template type must be set to Message.

Note: Do not associate any Accounts, Competitors, Industries and Products to the content as this action might result in unnecessary distribution of content based on associated visibility.

In addition, do not change Local (Checked), Request (Unchecked), Update File (Checked) and Internal (Checked) fields. If you uncheck Internal, Literature is available as an enclosure in the Correspondence screen, and it is displayed in the Competitive Literature list of the Competitors screen.