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Summary / TL:DR: This article will help you understand the Notes screen in Advantage.

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This is a review of the Customer Notes screen.  This is where customer contact notes are viewed.  This screen is accessed through the Customer Service ribbon icon Notes

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Table of Contents

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Recommended Display

There are 2 ways to view customer account notes.  The recommended view is Diary view.  From the Customer Notes screen, select Diary under the search area and at the bottom left of the search results box, select Set as default tab.  This will ensure the display is always Directory view when performing searches.

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Searching Customer Notes

Depending on the number of contacts a customer makes, there may be many notes on an account.  There are various search methods available to limit search results.

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Additional filters are available from this screen.  For more on filters, go here.

Search By

Advantage will automatically pull up notes for the customer selected.

  • Customer/System - If no customer was selected prior to clicking on the icon, the customer will be blank. Searches can be performed from here directly. For more on searching for accounts, go here.

  • Contact Action - not used.

  • User ID - notes can be limited by filtering by the user who created the note.

  • Date - notes can be filtered by searching by date the note was created.

Note Text

Searches by text within a note. Can be used to search by a keyword/item listed in the note text.

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Note Actions

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Add Note

Used to add a new note to the customer account.

Add Ticket

Not used.

Change Note

Used to change an existing note.

Delete Note

Used to delete an existing note.

Inquire Note

Used to inquire on a note for more details.

View Document

Used to view a document associated with a note. This is generally used for viewing a letter or e-mail that has been created and sent from Advantage by customer service.

Overview

Displays the Customer Overview dialog box for more details on the customer's account.

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Notes Detail

When Inquire Note is selected, the Notes Detail dialog box will appear. The Ticket Details, Chronic Tickets and Extension Holds tabs are not used.

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Customer

The customer number and name associated with the note.

Note ID

Unique identifier of the note.

Customer Type

Displays type of customer.

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Details

The details tab is the default tab that displays when Inquire Note is selected.

System Name

Defines the module associated with the note. This fills in based on what screen the Notes icon was accessed from.

  • AMB - Agreement Related Contacts

  • ARP - ARP Contacts

  • BIL - Invoice Special Handling Note

  • CIR - Subscription Related Contacts

  • CTM - Customer Alert Contacts

  • DUP - Duplicate Consolidation Note

  • LTR - Letters

  • MOD - Subscription Modifications

  • MSC - Miscellaneous Customer Comment

  • ORD - Master Order

  • PRO - Product Related Contacts

  • SVC - Customer Service Contact

  • TEL - Telesales Contact

  • TSK - Task Escalation

  • WEB - Web Contact

Reason Category

Groups together

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a category of contact reasons. Generally these are setup

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by affiliate or customer service group. 

Reason

Identifies the customer's reason for contacting. Reasons are attached to Reason Categories.

Subject

Subject for the note.

Communicated by

Identifies the method of contact by the customer.

  • CALLBK - Customer Callback

  • CLICK - Click to Chat

  • CONFRNCE - Conference

  • EMAIL - Email Contact

  • EWO - Emergency Web Order

  • FAX - Fax

  • MAIL - Mail

  • OFFCHAT - Offline Click to Chat

  • OUTBOUND - Outbound

  • PHONE - Inbound Phone

  • SVC - Work in the NAC

  • TASK - Task

  • V-MAIL - Voicemail

  • WEB - Web

Cross-Sell Path

Identifies either the phone number

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or product line/affiliate the call is associated with.

Docket Number

Used to display incoming email/scanned mail. When available, displays

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Regarding Product

Identifies the item number associated with the contact.

Action

Identifies the follow-up action associated with the contact. Actions are tied to reasons. This is generally used to associate a letter with a note.

Done

Date action complete

Send Response

When entering a note, used to generate a letter from the note directly.

Follow Up Date/Time

Displays date and time for follow-up if a note was marked to follow-up.

Follow Up User

User associated with the note.

Done

Used to designate the date a note was completed. Used when managing contacts in the NAC.

Inbound Email Address

Displays the inbound email address associated with a note generated from an email.

Inbound Email Subject

Displays the inbound email subject associated with a note generated from an email.

Note Text

Free form entry of notes detailing the contact.

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Note Letters

Note Letters displays letters generated from a note to a customer from Advantage.

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These are the recommended customized columns from this screen.  There are more columns available.

Letter Code

Identifier of the letter.

Letter Status Description

The description of the status of the letter.

  • Letter Sent - letter has been sent to the customer.

  • Letter Ready to be Sent - letter created, but not sent to the customer.

Transmission Method Description

How the letter was sent to the customer.

  • Email

  • Mail

Done Date

Used to designate the date a note was completed.

Email Address Used

When letters are sent by email, displays the email address the letter was sent to.

Outbound Email

Email address the letter was sent from.

Email Subject

Subject line associated with the letter.

Add Note Letter

Not used.

Change Note Letter

Not used.

Delete Note Letter

This button deletes the letter from the account. Not recommended.

Inquire Note Letter

Not used.

Review Note Letter

This button will open a view of the letter sent to the customer.

Send Note Letter

When a letter is in 'Letter Ready to be Sent,' this button will send the letter.

View Note Letter Document

Not used.

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Note History

Displays history of the note.  Used for tracking note history associated with NAC.

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These are the recommended customized columns from this screen.  There are more columns available.

Note History

Customer Number

Account number associated with the note.

Update Time

Date of update.


Note Action Code

Action code associated with note.

Action Performed On

Date action was performed on.

Reason

Follow-up Reason associated with note.

Note Events

Creation Time

Date of creation.


Note Activity Event

Event associated with the note. 

Agent Name

Agent associated with the event.

Folder Name

Folder in NAC note was in for the event.

Order Number

Order Number assoiciated with the event.

Transfer Reason

Displays reason for transfer if the note has been transferred.

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Documents

This tab is a view of any documents associated with the note.  Documents include letters sent to a customer from Advantage.

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Info

These are the suggested customized columns from this screen.  There are more columns available.


Type

Type of document.


Date Recorded

Date the letter was sent to the customer.

Path/File Name

Unique identifier of the letter sent.

Add Document Link

Not used.

Delete Document Link

This button deletes the letter from the account. Not recommended.

View Document

This button will open a view of the letter sent to the customer.

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Wrap up

You should now have an understanding of the Notes screen in Advantage.

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