You can quickly add and view records using mini pages.
How to add records using the mini page
When you add records in the [Contacts], [Accounts], [Activities], [Leads], [Opportunities] sections, a mini page opens. Fill the page out and save the changes (Fig. 1).
How to view the mini page of a record
You can view mini page for contacts, accounts, activities, leads and opportunities. When you hover the mouse cursor over a hyperlink to open these records, a mini card is displayed (Fig. 2).
Mini pages contain only those fields that are filled in for the corresponding record. If, for example, the [Address] field is not filled in on the account page, it is not displayed in the mini page of this account.
Which actions are available in mini pages
With mini pages, you can perform the basic actions available on the edit page of the corresponding records.
To make a call, click the button and select the required number (Fig. 3).
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If the phone integration settings are not set, the button will display phone number. Call management is covered in a separate article.
To send an email, click the and select an email address.
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Working with emails is covered in a separate article.
To open records that are displayed in the mini page, click the corresponding hyperlink (Fig. 4).
To open the edit page of a record from its mini page, click the button in the upper right part of the mini page.
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The information and available actions are different for the contact, account and activity mini pages.
In addition to the ability to call or send emails, you can also create tasks and contacts from the mini pages in the [Accounts] section, as well as view the location of an account on the map.
You can use mini pages in the [Contacts] section to make calls, send emails and check contact's current local time.
To create a task or a contact, click the and select the required action. To view the location of the account on the map, click the button.
Additional options available in the activity mini page
In addition to making calls and sending emails directly from an activity mini page, you can also:
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Schedule employee and customer activities in different timezones, taking into account the time difference. More information about working with contacts in different time zones is available in a separate article.
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Edit planned date and time.
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Change activity status. If an activity status is “Not started” or “In progress”, you can complete or cancel it as well as specify its result using the mini page.
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Add connected records to an activity mini page.
The information available in an activity mini page depends on which fields are filled in on the activity record page (Fig. 5). If, for example, the [Contract] field is not filled in on the account page, it is not displayed in the mini page of this account.
How to add connected records to an activity mini page
Using mini pages, you can connect an activity to a different system record. To connect an activity to a contract:
1.Enable editing by clicking the button at the top right corner of the mini page.
2.Click the button in the [Connected to] block to add the [Contract] field to the mini page and select a contract from the list.
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The list of contracts displayed when you hover the mouse cursor over the [Contract] field, is filtered by the [Account] field.
How to add activity participants
1.Click the button to open the record page.
2.Go to the [Participants] tab and click the button, then select a contact (Fig. 6).
You can exit the edit mode by clicking the button or pressing the “Esс” key.
See also
•How to configure mini pages for using in a section
•Example of creating mini pages