Exchange Connector

Learn about the general and technical aspects of configuring exchange connector on CG/LSI template.

The standard product Aurea CRM exchange connector has been adapted to allow the following functionality in the LSI Template:

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Action

Outlook

CRM

Direction

Result

1

New

Appointment

Activity (Visit)

Outlook to CRM

- After synchronization link to CRM item appears in text

- Location is transferred from Outlook to CRM

- Reminder duration is transferred from Outlook to CRM

2

New

Appointment

Activity (Visit)

CRM to Outlook

Appointment is created in both systems

3

Update

Appointment

Activity (Visit)

Outlook to CRM

Appointment updated, e.g. new time in both systems

4

Update

Appointment

Activity (Visit)

CRM to Outlook

Appointment updated, e.g. new participant in both systems

5

Delete

Appointment

Activity (Visit)

Outlook to CRM

Appointment is flagged "Connector deleted" in CRM

6

Delete

Appointment

Activity (Visit)

CRM to Outlook

Appointment is deleted in both systems.

7

New

Email

Activity (Email)

Outlook to CRM

Appointment/Email in both systems

8

New

Email

Activity (Email)

Outlook to CRM

Complete mail is stored as ".msg" file as linked document (D1)

9

New

Email

Activity (Email)

Outlook to CRM

With email address not existent in CRM as FROM --> Email is flagged "Connector Missing participants" and in "Missing Participants" email address is listed. Email is linked to "TO" - the Rep.

10

New

Email

Activity (Email)

Outlook to CRM

With email address not existent in CRM as CC --> Email is flagged "Connector Missing participants" and in "Missing Participants" email address is listed. Email is linked to "FROM" person.

11

New

Task

Task

CRM to Outlook

Task is present in both systems. With updateCRM there are 2 new catalogue fields "InProgress" and "Approved".

12

Update

Task

Task

CRM to Outlook

Task updated in both systems

13

Update (status)

Task

Task

Outlook to CRM

Change status in CRM

14

Delete

Task

Task

CRM to Outlook

Task deleted in both systems

15

New

Absence

Activity

CRM to Outlook

Other Appointments with type "Holiday" are created as Appointment "Tentative" in Outlook, all others with "Out of Office".

16

Update

Absence

Activity

CRM to Outlook

Absence is updated.

Technical

The following files have been adapted to implement the functions in the LSI Template. These files contain no customer specific configuration as e.g. user, exchange server name.

All customizations are prefixed with “Customised”.

All activations, i.e. standard functionality, which are not active by default, are prefixed “Activated”.

Connector Files:

\<Connector Installation directory>\FieldMapping.xml

\<Connector Installation directory>\SynchroConnectorConfig.xml

Interface Files:

\<Interface Installation directory>\xml\Forms.xml

\<Interface Installation directory>\xml\SyncML_gw2mm.xslt

\<Interface Installation directory>\xml\SyncML_mm2gw.xslt

While setting up the Exchange Connector please also refer to the Technical Guides of Connector and Interface on our support.aurea.com website.