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Linking Records to Your Selected RecordYou can link records to the record you are currently working on. You can create links when you create or update a record, and you can also add links from the Detail page for a record. Linking of records is referred to as smart associations in Siebel CRM On Demand. Linking associates records with each other so that you and others who have access rights to the record have a full view of the information. About Single and Multiple AssociationsThere can be single or multiple associations between records. For example, if your company administrator has enabled multiple associations, you might link multiple contacts with a task, as you are creating or editing the task. On the Task Edit screen, when you click the Lookup icon on a Contact fields, the Lookup window is pre-filled with contacts associated with the account that was specified for the task. You can then select one or more contacts in this Lookup window to associate those contacts with the task. This capability is not available for all associations; it only exists for certain configured association controls. For example, if the Account field in a Task record has a valid value, and you click the Lookup icon for Opportunities, the window is not pre-filled with records, but you can select a list of opportunities from the drop-down list. Automatic Resolution of Field ValuesWhen you are searching for records, and where there is a single association, you can type in the name of the associated record and the application automatically attempts to resolve the association. For example, when creating a task, you can type in the account name field. When you save the field, the application automatically searches for accounts that match. If a unique match is found, the appropriate account is used. If no matches or multiple potential matches are found, you are presented with a Lookup window where you can perform additional searches, and select the appropriate account. Linking Records from the Detail PageFrom a record Detail page, the application lets you do one of the following:
New records are added to the database at the same time that they are linked to the selected record. For example, an activity you create from the Lead Detail page is linked to the lead, and then appears in the Activities pages. To link an existing record to your selected record
To create a new record and link it to your selected record
To remove or delete a linked record
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Published 05/11/2007 |