Business Affiliations Subtask
Use this subtask to enter, edit, or view business affiliations for the lead/contact.
The fields on this subtask are enabled only for Qualified and Disqualified lead/contact qualified stages. You will be able to enter information for a New Lead once you change it to Qualified. If there are entries on this subtask and you change the stage to Disqualified, those entries will be retained.
Contents
Click New to add a record. You can add multiple business affiliation records for a single lead/contact record.
Field | Description |
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Business Type | Select a business type to indicate whether the lead/contact's affiliation is related to a Customer or to a Vendor. |
Business ID | Enter, or click
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Business Name | This field displays the customer/vendor name of the customer/vendor ID in Business ID. |
Type |
This field displays any of the following, depending on your entry in Business ID:
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Business Status |
This field displays the business status based on the Business ID selected. Valid values are:
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Company ID | This field displays the company ID based on the Business ID selected. |
Address Code | Enter, or click
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Contact ID/Line |
In Form view, this field is labeled Contact ID for customers and prospective customers, and Line for vendor and prospective vendors. It does not display if you have not selected a Business Type. In Table view, both the Contact ID and Line fields are displayed. In both Form and Table views, the field is enabled only if you entered/selected a valid value in
Address Code. Enter, or click
Alternatively, you can enter a new contact/line ID and enter values in the remaining fields. Upon save, this will create a new contact in the customer/vendor master record. If you leave the Contact ID/Line field blank, the remaining fields will not display any data and you will not be able to enter values in these fields. |
First Name |
If you selected an existing Contact ID/Line, this field displays the first name of the business affiliation contact. If you entered a new Contact ID/Line, enter the contact's first name in this field. If you left Contact ID/Line blank, you cannot edit this field. |
Last Name |
If you selected an existing Contact ID/Line, this field displays the last name of the business affiliation contact. If you entered a new Contact ID/Line, enter the contact's last name in this field. If you left Contact ID/Line blank, you cannot edit this field. |
Title |
If you selected an existing Contact ID/Line, this field displays the title of the business affiliation contact. If you entered a new Contact ID/Line, enter the contact's title in this field. If you left Contact ID/Line blank, you cannot edit this field. |
Phone Number |
If you selected an existing Contact ID/Line, this field displays the phone number of the business affiliation contact. If you entered a new Contact ID/Line, enter the contact's phone number in this field. If you left Contact ID/Line blank, you cannot edit this field. |
If you selected an existing Contact ID/Line, this field displays the email address of the business affiliation contact. If you entered a new Contact ID/Line, enter the contact's email address in this field. If you left Contact ID/Line blank, you cannot edit this field. |