Category Archives: Tech News
Module Menu Page in SugarCRM

Quickly navigate to a specific module in a categorized, list view module page. Earlier this week I watched one of Epicom’s engineers demo some of the projects he completed for a client. The client’s system was very sophisticated and it involved several custom modules, workflows, and integrations that were necessary for the company to run its business. With the customization came the addition of several custom modules. It became difficult for the client to navigate through the large drop down

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Whiteboard for SugarCRM

Organize projects in SugarCRM as you would on your conference room whiteboard, but with greater ease and accuracy. How can you live out of your CRM system if your business planning and project management is still done on the conference room whiteboard? One of our clients wanted to move their entire business process into their SugarCRM system. This included time tracking of employee hours/wages and project scheduling. The company is in the construction industry and has several active work sites

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Adding Legal Language to Quotes and Contracts

Modify and add legal language to documents through a custom catalog in SugarCRM. Epicom recently went through the process of updating our legal language for professional services and hosting. I wasn’t directly involved, but I know that it was a large project. Each contract and quote for products and services has to include some kind of legal language. This is the case for most companies and when an exception occurs for certain products, it can get a little messy. The

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Epicom Engineers’ Favorite Projects of 2011

Epicom Engineers reveal their favorite customer projects of the year. We’ve completed dozens of customer projects including CRM customizations, integrations, and product development over the past year. Here are some of the most rewarding, challenging, and fun projects of the year: Tommy Wiebell 1. Appointment Scheduler – Companies can search stores by zipcode and hours open to schedule in-store appointments for customers. The user can specify the search radius and only the available appointment slots and stores will display. 2. Master Dashlet

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Report on all Activities in SugarCRM

One of the more common requests from our clients is to enable them to run a single report on all activities in SugarCRM. Activities include emails, tasks, meetings, notes, and calls. Sugar out-of-the-box, only allows users to report on a single activity. For example, you can report on how many calls your sales reps made last month, but you can’t see the number of calls made and meetings scheduled from the same report. The Solution: Epicom built a module in

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Manage User Dashlets

Give users a jumpstart to using SugarCRM by managing their dashlet pages. When a company first implements SugarCRM, default dashlet pages are displayed for each user. Dashlet pages are the subtabs underneath the home page in SugarCRM. These dashlets are a quick view into several components of Sugar right from the home screen. Users can setup dashlets to display any number of reports, new leads, open tasks, and so much more. It may take some time for a new user

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Advanced Google Maps in SugarCRM

Plot and route directions to all of your leads and customers using Google Maps in SugarCRM. One of Epicom’s customers wanted to use Google Maps in their SugarCRM system to plot out all of the leads that are within a certain radius of an existing client. The company often traveled to visit their clients and wanted to visit certain leads that may be along the way. The company has several home bases and also needed to plot driving directions from

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Filters in SugarCRM’s Select Menu

Additional filters shorten search time in SugarCRM’s select menu. The ability to filter is critical when your data count gets into the hundreds of thousands in your CRM system. Epicom ran into this issue when trying to organize our customer support cases in SugarCRM. Each month our engineers create hundreds of case records. Each of these cases has to be assigned to a project so it can be billed correctly. To relate a project to a case, Epicom clicked the

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The Text Message Lottery Game in SugarCRM

Trade show lottery game uses SMS text message integration in SugarCRM. The job of manning the booth may not be for everyone. It’s several hours on your feet and trying your best to convince others that your product is better. It’s challenging to do something that makes your company memorable in a sea of booths. Instead of money blowing machines, spin wheels, or golf putting games, Epicom decided to build a lottery game in SugarCRM. HOW IT WORKS Conference attendees

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