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Let's Hear it for Rules Based Record Creation

Post Author: Joe D365 |

Did you know that you can create or update multiple records at one time, using automated rules? Today's blog will tell you more about this handy feature and how to make it work for you!

This feature allows users to use multiple activity types (Appointment, Email, Phone call, Task, Service and Custom activities) to create or update records automatically. Rules can create multiple CRM records from one activity type and increase the efficiency of automatic record creation. Automatic record creation or update, eliminates the need of manually writing any code. Nice, right?!

While creating a rule, you need to define the conditions to create or update records into the system. You can also define post record creation or update actions. To enable the rule to update records, you must add an update step to the rule. You can collect additional information for the activity record by defining some channel properties while creating a rule. This requires a use of JSON parameter attribute from activity.

Once all rule creation/configuration is done, you will need to activate the rule which creates an out of the box workflow. The rule is able to read the incoming source activity data and to create or update records into the CRM system for Dynamics 365.

Similarly to all other CRM components or Web resources, rules can be added to the CRM solution and can be exported and imported to other Dynamics 365 organizations.

Steps to create and activate a rule:

Note: You need to have the customer service, sales manager, marketing manager or equivalent permissions to create and activate rules.

-Login to CRM and navigate to the Settings tab.

- Select either the Service Management or Business Management option.

- Click Automatic Record Creation and Update Rules.

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- To create a record creation and update rule, click New.

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- Type or modify information in the fields.

Ex: Name, Source Type, Queue etc.

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- Click Save.

- Under "Channel Properties," in the Additional Properties box, click a channel property group.

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- Under the "Specify Record Creation and Update Details" section, click + to define the conditions for creating or updating a record and specify the properties of the record.

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In the "Conditions" section, select the record, channel properties, fields, and relational query operators to specify when a target record should be created or updated.

- Click Save and Close

- Activate a newly created rule to put it into effect

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CRM Tip!
After the rule is activated, the only way to change the rule is to first deactivate it. Open the rule, and on the command bar, click the Deactivate option and viola - you are good to go!

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Happy CRM'ing!

Joe CRM
By Joe D365
Joe D365 is a Microsoft Dynamics 365 superhero who runs on pure Dynamics adrenaline. As the face of PowerObjects, Joe D365’s mission is to reveal innovative ways to use Dynamics 365 and bring the application to more businesses and organizations around the world.

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