Who a record goes to, how much any one person is given, and what happens to the rest.
In this section
1
Decide who a new lead goes to
Rules instead of whoever happened to press the button.
2
Write an assignment rule
Every box on the form, what it does, and what breaks if you get it wrong.
3
When a rule runs
On create, on edit, or both — and what "on edit" really means.
4
Cap how much one person is given
A limit per person, the backlog cap that matters more, and somewhere for the rest to go.
5
When everybody is full
Where the overflow goes, and how it gets moved on afterwards.
6
Who can set assignment rules
Your own reports if you are a manager, anybody if you are an administrator.
7
Why did this lead come to me?
Every assignment writes down what decided it.
8
Every module, one by one
What routing means for each of the thirty-nine modules that take rules.
9
Leads
The one everybody starts with.
10
Customers
Who owns the relationship once somebody is actually buying.
11
Companies
The organisation a lead or contact belongs to.
12
Deals
An opportunity with a value and a stage.
13
Tasks
Work somebody has to do.
14
Visits
A field call.
15
Quotations
Who is answerable for a quote — chasing it, revising it, and knowing why it was lost.
16
Sales orders
A confirmed order.
17
Proforma invoices
A request to pay before the goods move.
18
Invoices
The tax invoice.
19
Bills of supply
The document you raise when GST is not charged — exempt goods, or a composition dealer.
20
Retainer invoices
An advance against future work.
21
Credit notes
Money going back.
22
Delivery challans
Goods moving without an invoice — job work, samples, goods on approval.
23
Vendors
Which buyer looks after which supplier.
24
Purchase orders
Who is answerable for an order placed with a supplier — chasing delivery, checking what arrives, and approving…
25
Purchase bills
The supplier’s invoice.
26
Debit notes
Money going back to you from a supplier — short supply, rejection, a rate difference.
27
Payments made
Money going out.
28
Items
Who looks after a product — its pricing, its stock levels, its supplier.
29
Stock transfers
Goods moving between your own locations.
30
Stock adjustments
A correction to what the system thinks you hold.
31
Assemblies
Building one stocked item out of others — a kit, a set, a bundle.
32
Packages
What physically goes in a box for despatch.
33
Bills of materials
The recipe for making something.
34
Manufacturing orders
A production run.
35
Quality inspections
A check before stock is accepted.
36
Projects
Who runs the job.
37
Project tasks
Individual work inside a project.
38
Subscriptions
Recurring revenue.
39
Documents
The internal record behind every sales and purchase document.
40
Files
An uploaded file in the Documents module.
41
Expenses
Whose expense it is, and therefore who answers a query about it.
42
Payments received
Money coming in.
43
Manual journals
A hand-written accounting entry.
44
Fixed assets
Plant, equipment, vehicles.
45
Warranties
A registered warranty and any claim against it.
46
Circles
A named group of staff.
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Project groups
A project roster.
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