This chapter discusses how to work with the SmartView.
This section discusses how to:
View the SmartView.
Configure SmartViews.
Personalize templates for display.
Configure display options for historical data.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
RPM_DASHBOARD |
My SmartViews, My SmartViews |
View the SmartView. |
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RPM_CAMPAIGN |
Select Create Campaign from the Action field and click the Go button. |
Create campaigns for selected accounts or segments. |
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RPM_CORRESPONDENCE |
Select Create Correspondence from the Action field and click the Go button. |
Create correspondence requests for selected accounts or segments. |
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RPM_DIALOG |
Select Create Dialog from the Action field and click the Go button. |
Create advisor dialogs for selected accounts or segments. |
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RPM_SETUP |
Click the Configure toolbar button on the My SmartViews page. |
Select audience or segment groups that the SmartView is built for and templates that are used to look at the SmartView. |
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RPM_PERSONALIZE |
Click the Personalize toolbar button on the My SmartViews page. |
Select which goals or metrics and their data types to display on the SmartView. |
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RPM_HISTORY |
Click the Edit History link on the Personalize Template page. |
Configure options to display historical data. |
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Create Plan |
RPM_PLANS |
Select Create Account Plan from the Action field and click the Go button. |
Create account plans for selected accounts. |
Audience Plan |
RSP_PLANNING |
Select Create Audience Plan from the Action field and click the Go button. |
Create audience plans for selected audiences. |
Access the My SmartViews page.
The view of this page pertains to the sign-in user. When users access this page for the first time, the system displays the Configure My SmartView Profile page where they select at least one audience or segment group and one template to build their own SmartViews. On the My SmartViews page, users review how each member of the selected audience or segment group performs based on the retrieved data that is defined from the selected template. They can personalize the SmartView by choosing which goal or metric data columns to appear and how historical data is handled. Users can also make changes to target values directly in the SmartView and save changes to the corresponding plan, if a plan template is used. If necessary, they can perform actions on selected audience or segment group members.
When users click the segment or audience link to transfer to the actual segment and audience, the customer counts that are displayed in parenthesis on the My SmartViews page can be different from what is shown in the component. It is because the number on the My SmartViews page denotes the number of companies or partners in that audience or segment, whereas in the actual component, the number is translated to the number of contacts that are associated with the companies or partners.
The SmartView shows a maximum of eight terms. Every historical data for a term is also treated as a term. SmartViews provide the personalization option for users to refine the data they wish to see if there are more than eight terms.
Time Frame |
Select a time period within which the SmartView is displayed. The selected template dictates the available time frames in this drop-down list box. When you select a different template, the values in the Time Frame field may change accordingly. For planning templates, the time frame selection always include the current period specified in the template, the one prior and the one after the current period. For SmartView templates, the time frame selection consists of the applicable time frame period type in the system in regards to the current time you're looking at the SmartView. For example, if you access your SmartView in January 1, 2004, the applicable time frame may include 2004 January, 2004 first quarter, 2004 fiscal year and so on, depending on the time frame period types that are defined. For each one of these time periods, the selection also includes the one that's prior and the one that's after. In other words, for the 2004 January time period, additional time frames 2003 December and 2004 February become available in the Time Frame drop-down field. |
Update Display |
Click to refresh the My SmartViews page. Make sure to click this button after making changes to the SmartView, Template, Time Frame or Currency field. |
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Indicates the audience list. Clicking the adjacent audience link transfers you to the actual audience in the Manage Audiences component in a new browser window. |
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Indicates consumers. Clicking the adjacent consumer link transfers you to the actual consumer in the Consumer component in a new browser window. |
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Indicates partners. Clicking the adjacent partner link transfers you to the actual partner in the Partner component in a new browser window. |
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Indicates companies. The lowest level of a segment group or audience is always companies. Clicking the adjacent company link transfers you to the actual company in the Company component in a new browser window. |
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Indicates the segment group. |
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Indicates segments. Clicking the adjacent segment link transfers you to the actual segment in the Segment component in a new browser window. If you're in metric mode, click the second folder button of a segment to view a list of customers that belong to the segment. The presentation is identical to viewing an audience. Click the third folder button to return to the segment group view. This drill down capability is not applicable to the plan mode. |
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Click to save changes you make on target values to the corresponding plan. This button doesn't apply if the SmartView is in the metric mode (meaning a SmartView template is in use). |
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Click to access the Email SmartView page where you can send email to interested parties with the SmartView as a .csv attachment. Users need to have an email address defined in the CRM system to send emails on this page. The SmartView is sent to the users's email address that is specified for the business type on the Worker page. |
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Click to access the Filter SmartView page to filter customers that you see on the SmartView. By default, the SmartView shows 300 rows of data (recommended). Specify the row display setting on the SmartViews System Data page. If you want to change the filter criteria, click the Change Filter button to access the Filter SmartView page and modify the values. Click the Remove Filter button to delete the filter. These two buttons appear only when you have applied filter to the audience or segment group on your SmartView. Note. The Apply Filter button does not appear in plan mode. |
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Click to access the Configure My SmartViews Profile page to select audience (and segment groups) and templates to view the SmartView. |
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Click to access the Personalize Template page to select which goals or metrics and their data types to display on the SmartView. |
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Click to update the actual data immediately for goals and metrics that have enabled for real time update. The update applies to data in the time period you're currently viewing. |
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Click to validate the aggregated target values of accounts (or child segments) with the total value at the audience (or segment) level and show the result as popup window messages. The system disables this button when a SmartView or an account template is in use, or when a filter is applied. This functionality is not applicable to goals or metrics that cannot be aggregated as defined. |
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Click to export the SmartView grid to a spreadsheet in a new browser window. |
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Click to access the Summary page to view information pertaining to the corresponding customer. Both icons provide information on the data fetching result and list out existing plans that the corresponding customer may have. The alert icon (the one with the exclamation point) is used typically when the system is unable to get certain data and someone in the team may need to review the issue. If you want to take a quick look at the data fetching result and don't want to click the icon every single time, put the cursor over the links; the hover text has the information on the result. |
Action |
Select an action to perform for selected customers. System-delivered options include Plan, Campaign, Dialog and Correspondence. You can create custom actions by writing application class code and referencing it in the SmartViews System Data page. You can select to add an audience plan or account plan if you view an audience using a planning template (for audience and segment) on the My SmartViews page. Create one type of plan for the selected customers or accounts at a time. If you create a campaign for an activity type that uses any of the listed marketing channels, you need to enter the corresponding required values on the Activities page of the Marketing Programs component to save the campaign:
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Access the Configure My SmartView Profile page.
Highlight Real-time Data |
Select to let the system highlight the new and changed data in yellow after the fetch realtime data process is complete. |
SmartView
This grid lists the audience and segment groups that become available for selection in the SmartView drop-down list box on the My SmartViews page. Select an entry as a default value that always show up in the SmartView field. To add a new audience or segment group, click the corresponding button to add a new row. If you don't have PeopleSoft Marketing in the system, the Add Segment Group button does not appear.
Note. If you access this page and change the default SmartView while you're in the My SmartViews page, the change takes effect the next time you access the My SmartViews page, for example, when you click the My SmartViews link on the left navigation menu.
Currency Code |
Select the default currency to use when this audience or segment group is selected. |
Total Count |
Specify the number of customers in this audience or segment group. |
Template
This grid lists the templates that can become available in the Template drop-down list box on the My SmartViews page. While you can select templates of active or draft statuses, only the active ones are available for selection on the My SmartViews page. Specify an active template to be the default one to use whenever you access the page.
Note. If you access this page and change the default template while you're in the My SmartViews page, the change takes effect the next time you access the My SmartViews page, for example, when you click the My SmartViews link on the left navigation menu.
Access the Personalize Template page.
The Status, Target, and Variance check boxes are disabled if you select a SmartView template.
Enable |
Select to show the corresponding goal or metric on the My SmartViews page. |
Status, Target, Actual, Variance and History |
Select the corresponding check box to display data about the goal or metric on the SmartView:
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Edit History |
Click to access the Set Template Metric History page and specify the criteria for displaying historical data on the SmartView. |
Access the Set Template Metric History page.
Period Type and Number of Past Periods |
Displays the time periods for which historical data can be displayed. The available periods are determined by what have been defined in the system. For example, if the monthly period type exists in the system, you can see two period types on this page that pertains to it: monthly and same month of past years. If you enter 2 as the number of past periods for the monthly period type, that means the system returns two columns of past data for the previous two months, based from the current date. If you enter 2 as the number of past periods for the same month of past years period type, that means the system returns two columns of past data for the same month as the current date in the past two years. The relevant time frame periods in the past must be defined for the past data to be displayed. |
Target |
Select to display the target value of the past periods (not available if the SmartView is in the metric mode). Past target values are not editable. The Prorated-T column (reflecting current data) does not apply to historical target data. |
Actual |
Select to display the actual value of the past periods. |
Variance |
Select to display the current variance value (not available if the SmartView is in the metric mode). |
History Variance |
Select to display the history variance of the current and the past data. History variance applies to time period of the same type. |
See Also
Defining Holiday Schedules, Time Frames, and Sales Quota Rollups