PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management Application Fundamentals Preface

This preface discusses:

• Additional resources.

• PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management (CRM) business object management.

• PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM product and item management.

• PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM automation and configuration tools.

• PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM services foundation.

• PeopleTools PeopleBooks.

Note. This PeopleBook documents only page elements that require additional explanation. If a page element is not documented with the process or task in which it is used, then either it requires no additional explanation or it is documented with common elements for the section, chapter, PeopleBook, or product line.

Additional Resources

The following resources are located on the PeopleSoft Customer Connection website.

PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Business Object Management

The PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Business Object Management PeopleBookdiscusses how to create and manage customer and worker business objects in PeopleSoft CRM.

The PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Business Object Management PeopleBook has these four parts:

• Business Object Management Basics.

  This part provides an overview of the business object relationship model and discusses setting up role types, relationship types, and control values.

• Data Management for Organization Business Objects.

  This part discusses how to set up and manage companies, sites, and partner companies.

• Data management for Individual Business Objects.

  This part discusses how to set up and manage persons, including contacts and consumers, and workers.

• Business Object Management.

  This part discusses how to define and use business object searches, quick create, and the customer identification framework to manage business objects.

• Customer and Worker Data Integrations.

  This part discusses how to integrate customer and worker data with other systems.

See Also

PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Business Object Management PeopleBook

PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM Product and Item Management

The PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Product and Item Management PeopleBook discusses how to set up products in PeopleSoft CRM, including installed products, product packages, and products that are service offerings such as service agreements and warranties.

See Also

PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Product and Item Management PeopleBook

PeopleSoft CRM Automation and Configuration Tools

The PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Automation and Configuration Tools PeopleBookdiscusses automation and configuration tools that are common to multiple PeopleSoft CRM applications. This is an essential companion to the PeopleSoft CRM Application Fundamentals PeopleBook.

There are three parts to the PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Automation and Configuration Tools PeopleBook

• Correspondence Management.

  This part discusses notifications and correspondence requests.

• Automation Tools.

  This part discusses PeopleSoft CRM workflow, the active analytic framework (AAF), and scripts.

• Configuration Tools.

  This part discusses configurable search pages, configurable toolbars, attributes, and industry-specific field labels and field values.

See Also

PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Automation and Configuration Tools PeopleBook

PeopleSoft CRM Services Foundation

The PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Services Foundation PeopleBook discusses configuration options that are common to PeopleSoft Integrated FieldService and the PeopleSoft call center applications (PeopleSoft Support, HelpDesk, and HelpDesk for Human Resources).

There are four parts to the PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Services Foundation PeopleBook

• Entitlement Management.

  Entitlement management enables users to manage agreements and warranties.

• Solution Management.

  Solution management enables users to establish a set of predefined solutions that can be used by call center agents and field service technicians to resolve customer problems.

• Time Management.

  Time management enables users to log time for the work performed on service order lines and cases.

• Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) integration.

  The integration with ESRI, a mapping software, enables users to view the location of reported cases and the location of field service activity through Map Dashboard.

See Also

PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM 8.9 Services Foundation PeopleBook

PeopleTools PeopleBooks

Cross-references to Enterprise PeopleTools documentation refer to the Enterprise PeopleTools 8.45 PeopleBooks.

About These PeopleBooks

A companion PeopleBook called About These PeopleBooks contains general information, including:

• Related documentation, common page elements, and typographical conventions for PeopleBooks.

• Information about using PeopleBooks and managing the PeopleBooks Library.

• Information on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) country and currency codes used within PeopleBooks.

• A glossary of useful PeopleSoft terms that are used in PeopleBooks.

See Also

Preface

Using PeopleBooks

Managing the PeopleSoft Online Library and PeopleBooks

Appendix: ISO Country and Currency Codes

Glossary