Steps to Update or Promote Salesforce Contact to the Sage 100 ERP Using GUMU™ Lightning Interface

By | October 6, 2022

In this blog, we will discuss how a user can Update or Promote Salesforce Contact to the Sage 100 ERP system using GUMU™ Lightning Interface. This blog list further enhancement to the point discussed in the existing blog.

In the Sage 100 (US) system, each account has one or more than one Contact, whereas Salesforce supports multiple contacts. In this blog, we will discuss how to promote Contacts from Salesforce to Sage 100 ERP. As well as how to update existing contact records in Real-Time using the GUMU™ Lightning version.

Note:

Ensure that the “GUMU™ SAGE ERP Integration for Salesforce” Package is installed in your org.
To Promote Contact, it is mandatory that the associated Account should be Promoted/Linked with a Sage 100 ERP record

Below are the steps to Update or Promote Salesforce Contact to the Sage 100 ERP system using GUMU™ Lightning Interface:-

  • Log in to your Salesforce Org.
  • Go to the app launcher and find the “GUMU™ Integration” App. The app is available on Salesforce AppExchange.
  • Click on “GUMU™ Integration.”
GUMU Integration App
GUMU Integration App
  • Click on the “Account” tab, and select Promoted/Linked Account for which you want to promote Contact.
  • Open this particular account and find a contact on the related section tab.
  • Click on the new button as displayed in the below image.
Account Layout
Account Layout
  • Once the Contact page is open, fill in all the required field information and click on the save button.
  • Which will Save contacts in Salesforce and promote/link to the Sage 100 ERP system.
New Contact Information
New Contact Information
  • In addition, you can view the promoted Contact in the Sage 100 System as displayed in the below image.
Update or Promote Salesforce Contact to the Sage 100 ERP system
Promoted Contact in Sage 100 ERP

Promote Contact using the GUMU™ Promote Contact Button :

Note:-

To promote Contact, first, create promote contact button on the contact object and add it to a page layout.
If you don’t want to contact Promotion on the Save button. Then you can disable the Run Trigger button present on the GUMU™ Configuration screen.

Step to disable the Run Trigger button:-

  • Go to the app launcher and find the GUMU™ Settings” App.
GUMU Settings App
GUMU Settings App
  • Click on the “Configuration” tab and find the Gear button on the right-hand side of the GUMU™ Configuration Screen.
Configuration Screen
Configuration Screen
  • Next, click “Other” on the Application Configuration Screen.
Application Configuration
Application Configuration
  • Finally, disable the “Run Trigger” button.
Application Configuration-Run Trigger
Application Configuration-Run Trigger
  • Now we can add another Contact to check contact promotion functionality:
New Contact
New Contact
  • After Creating a new contact, click on the “Promote Contact” button.
Promote Contact Button
Promote Contact Button
  • After clicking promote Contact Button, Contact will be promoted to the Sage 100 ERP system.
Promoted Contact
Promoted Contact
  • You can view the Promoted Contact in the Sage 100 System as displayed in the below image.
Promoted Contact in Sage 100 ERP System
Promoted Contact in Sage 100 ERP System
  • If Contact is already promoted/linked to the Sage 100 ERP system, it will display the message “Contact is already Promoted.”
Contact Layout-Promoted Contact
Contact Layout-Promoted Contact
  • If your Associated account is not promoted, then your Contact will not be promoted and display the “Associated Account is Not Promoted” message.
Contact Layout-Error Message
Contact Layout-Error Message

Following the above steps, you can promote Contact to the sage 100 ERP system using GUMU™. If you still have queries or any related problems, don’t hesitate to contact us at salesforce@greytrix.com.

We hope you may find this blog resourceful and helpful. However, if you still have concerns and need more help, please get in touch with us at salesforce@greytrix.com.

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