Smarter Sales Process in Dynamics CRM 2015 - Part 2: Revenue Estimation
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Webcast notes from "A Non-Developer's Guide to Smarter Sales Processes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015", as presented on MSDynamicsWorld.com on May 6th, 2015. The second part explores how the CRM 2015 calculated fields feature can be leveraged in simplifying the data entry and maintenance process for opportunity revenue estimates.
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Smarter Sales Process in Dynamics CRM 2015 - Part 2: Revenue Estimation
- 1. A Non-Developer's Guide to Smarter Sales Processes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 - Part 2: Revenue Estimation Jukka Niiranen 2015-05-06
- 2. About This Presentation • These are the slides from a live webcast on MSDynamicsWorld.com, presented on May 6th 2015 • The webcast recording is available on YouTube: http://bit.ly/crm15salesprocess • The topics are covered in more detail in blog posts at http://survivingcrm.com/
- 3. About Me • Dynamics CRM consultant from Helsinki • Working at Digital Illustrated Finland • Dynamics CRM addict since 2005 • Frequent blogger & #MSDYNCRM evangelist on social media – Blog: survivingcrm.com – @jukkan on Twitter • Microsoft MVP since 2013 • Focused on improving CRM solution usability & information work efficiency Jukka Niiranen @jukkan Consultant @ Digital Illustrated Microsoft Dynamics CRM MVP
- 4. Customizing Dynamics CRM as a Non-Developer • Point & click configuration/customization tools of Dynamics CRM have come a long way • The ratio of custom code vs. configuration in typical CRM solutions is decreasing • Solution delivery often requires the creative combination of several CRM configuration options • The goal of this article series is to demonstrate a few scenarios where such combinations are used for delivering new functionality for the CRM sales process
- 5. Part 2 Customization Scenarios Explored in This Series 1. Lead qualification • Streamline data entry for leads on existing accounts & contacts • Convert leads to influencers instead of new opportunities 2. Opportunity revenue estimation • Replace opportunity product lines with predefined cost estimate fields • Calculate opportunity total value from day & rate fields 3. Pipeline development • Capture opportunity count and revenue per sales stage • Schedule data snapshots of historical pipeline size
- 7. The Problem • Calculating estimated revenue with CRM can require a lot of clicks from the end user • Managing detailed product and price information in CRM product catalog and price lists can be troublesome • Cannot easily have a standard set of opportunity product line items included in all opportunities • Opportunity product editable grid cannot be customized to optimize data entry
- 8. Standard opportunity products grid Users must add every line item manually No ability to disable Write-in ProductsProduct pricing cannot be overriden in grid
- 9. The Solution • Create fixed fields for recording the revenue components directly onto the opportunity entity, with no line items • Use CRM 2015 Calculated Fields feature to sum up the estimated revenue across all the individual fields • Use a Real-time workflow to update the Est. Revenue field for the opportunity
- 10. Example Revenue Components for Projects • Consulting – Hours (decimal), Rate per hour (currency) – Total = Hours * Rate (currency) • Licenses – Users (whole), Months (whole), Rate per month (currency) – Total = Users * Months * Rate (currency) • Other – Other costs (currency) • Total Amount – Total = Consulting total + Licenses total + Other (currency)
- 11. Adding Custom Fields for Opportunity Simple fields = standard CRM data types Calculated fields = new CRM 2015 field type
- 12. Configuring the Calculated Field Formula In field definition window, click Edit Determine conditions for when to perform the calculation Build calculation formula by picking the fields via ”Intellisense”
- 13. Custom Opportunity Form for Project Sales Consulting revenue License revenue Other revenue Total revenue
- 14. Calculated Fields on the Opportunity Form Now we have a Total fields that get calculated on record save ...But the standard Est. Revenue field still remains blank
- 15. Setting the Est. Revenue field value (1) • Business Rules won’t work for updating the Est. Revenue field • You can’t set a standard field’s value to the value of a calculated field
- 16. Setting the Est. Revenue field value (2) • Real-time workflows can, however, access the calculated field’s value • Trigger the workflow on record create event and source field value change event • Set Est. Revenue to total cost
- 17. Est. Revenue Synchronized with Calculated Total Field Now the Est. Revenue field will automatically reflect the value from the calculated Total field
- 18. Final Notes
- 19. Next Steps • Read more articles on Microsoft Dynamics CRM customization best practices at http://survivingcrm.com/ • Follow @jukkan on Twitter for the latest #MSDynCRM related news and tips • Check out the Dynamics CRM webcasts series at http://msdynamicsworld.com/webcasts • Thanks for viewing these slides & enjoy customizing your Dynamics CRM environment!