Conduct a consultation

During a consultation with a client, you can create a new client record in the system and sell a product. You can also interrupt the consultation and continue it at a later time.

Start a consultation

1. Click the Start consultation button (Fig. 1). The button is available if the client was found in the database.

   Fig. 1 Beginning a consultation

   

   If the client was not found, the consultation process will start as soon as the manager clicks the New customer button.
   After the manager starts the consultation, the contact page will open. The system will automatically create a case, in which all consultation themes will be recorded.

2. Select the product name in the consultation panel block (Fig. 2).

Fig. 2 Selecting a theme in the consultation panel

When you click a theme in the consultation block, the system runs the business process specified for that theme in the Consultation theme blocks lookup.

Postpone the consultation

Click the Postpone button (Fig. 3) to postpone a consultation for a later time.

Fig. 3 Postponing a consultation with the client

The consultation timer will pause and the postponed consultation will appear in the Continue consultation block.

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The Continue consultation block can contain multiple postponed consultations.

Click the Continue button in the Continue consultation block (Fig. 4) to resume the selected consultation.

Fig. 4 Resuming a consultation

Complete the conversation

To complete the consultation, click the End button (Fig. 5).

Fig. 5 Completing a consultation

The status of the consultation will be changed to Closed.

Handle consultation results

After you complete the consultation, a page will open where you can enter the consultation results and close the corresponding case (Fig. 6).

Fig. 6 Page for entering the consultation results

To enter results for the consultation:

1. Click the button on the Consultation themes detail.
2. Select the consultation theme in the Theme field.
3. Enter the result of consultation regarding the selected theme in the Result field.
4. Click the Complete button.

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See also

Set up the consultation panel