{"id":3923,"date":"2013-05-16T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T10:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2013-05-16T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T10:25:18","slug":"set-birthday-reminders-in-sage-crm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/05\/16\/set-birthday-reminders-in-sage-crm\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Birthday reminders in Sage CRM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Sage CRM, there is a wide range of different functionality. One of that useful functionality is Escalation rules that we can use in our daily basis work like setting notification for user or sending mail to client based on some criteria and many more. By using the same functionality, users can set Birthday reminders for their customers. They can even send birthday wishes to them via email.<br \/>\n<strong>To do the same follows below mentioned steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Login into Sage CRM as an Administrator<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Add a new date field in <em>pers_birthday<\/em> in person table.<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0Then to create an escalation rule, navigate to <strong>Administration &gt;&gt; Advanced Customization &gt;&gt; Escalation<\/strong> and click on \u201c<strong>New\u201d<\/strong> button. You will get the below screen.<br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Fill in the following information as given below;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Tick the Table option:<\/strong> Select the \u201c<strong>Person<\/strong>\u201d entity.<br \/>\n<strong>Rule Name:<\/strong> Birthday Reminder (As per your need).<br \/>\nSelect the Rule Enabled check box.<br \/>\n<strong>Trigger SQL Clause:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>datepart(day,pers_birthday-5) = datepart(day,getdate()) <\/em><br \/>\n<em>and datepart(month,pers_birthday)\u00a0 = datepart(month,getdate())<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1.-Escalation.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3924\" title=\"Escalation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/1.-Escalation-1024x528.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"367\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<a title=\"Notification Features in Sage CRM v7.2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/04\/18\/notification-features-in-sage-crm-v7-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Notification Features in Sage CRM v7.2<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Click on \u201cSave\u201d button and it will redirect you to the below grid.<br \/>\n<strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0Here click on hyperlink of \u201cBirthday Remainder\u201d escalation rule.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2.-Escalation.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3925\" title=\"Escalation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/2.-Escalation-1024x385.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>7.<\/strong>\u00a0In this screen, click on \u201cNew\u201d Button to create a new action for the created rule<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3.-Escalation.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3926\" title=\"Escalation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/3.-Escalation-1024x649.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"452\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>8.<\/strong>\u00a0Here, click on the \u201c<strong>Show Notification on Screen<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4.-Escalation.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3927\" title=\"Escalation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/4.-Escalation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>9.<\/strong>\u00a0Users will be navigated to below screen. Here, set column as pers_deleted and Message as #pers_firstname# <em>Birthday Coming Up.<\/em> (You can change the message as per your convenience). Then, click on Save button.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/5.-Escalation.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3928\" title=\"Escalation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/5.-Escalation-1024x156.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hence, now if there are any person, whose birth date matches with the current day and month, it will show notification message on the screen 5 days before the birth date.<br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">As a result, by following the above given steps, users can explore an additional feature of Sage CRM and can set birthday reminder notifications in Sage CRM.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Why Notify Time Field is used in Escalation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2012\/04\/18\/why-notify-time-field-is-used-in-escalation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Notify Time Field is used in Escalation<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Forecasting \u2013 Reports to field in CRM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/04\/22\/forecasting-reports-to-field-in-crm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forecasting \u2013 Reports to field in CRM<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Document Upload Notification in Sage CRM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/04\/23\/document-upload-notification-in-sage-crm\/\" target=\"_blank\">Document Upload Notification in Sage CRM<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0<a title=\"Email Screen in Sage CRM 7.2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagecrm\/2013\/04\/26\/email-screen-in-sage-crm-7-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Email Screen in Sage CRM 7.2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Sage CRM, there is a wide range of different functionality. 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