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Find out how to create a new Purchase Customer Event

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Navigating to Purchase Customer Event

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CRM > CUSTOMER EVENTS > ACCESS CUSTOMER EVENTS

Explaining Purchase Customer Event Fields 

Name

Description

NumberAn auto generated number that uniquely identifies the customer event
Type*Determines the business behavior of the customer event, it is set automatically by each process which is creating the customer event, and it can be one of the following:
  • Purchase

  • Referral

  • Web

  • Social Media

  • Achievement

  • Spend Request
ClassificationThe classification of the customer event which can be optionally specified during the creation of the customer event.

Only the customer event classifications which are related to the specified customer event type, will be included in the list of available customer event classifications.

Life Cycle StateThe life cycle state of the customer event which can be posted or cancelled
Accounts Receivable*The accounts receivable related to the customer event
Performed By Unit*The unit that initiated the customer event
Performed Date*The date that the customer event was actually performed
DescriptionA description of the customer event
Process Immediately

Defines if the customer event should be processed immediately by various business processes or not. By default customer events are not processed immediately

Process Immediately will be checked (selected) and set to Read Only if the specific Customer Event type has been defined as to be Processed Immediately through the active Customer Events Definition

Reference Number*The reference number of the purchase
Total AmountThe total amount of the purchase
Net AmountThe net amount of the purchase
VAT AmountThe VAT amount of the purchase
Products*The purchased products, along with the total amount, net amount and VAT amount for each product
Financial TransactionThe CRM.COM financial transaction related to the purchase.

 

Creating & Saving, Validations & Restrictions

ActionValidations
Create

 Not Applicable

Save
  • The specified customer event classification is related to a customer event type that is the same type as the customer event's type
  • Mandatory Fields:
    • Types
    • Accounts Receivable
    • Performed By Unit
    • Performed Date
    • Reference Number
    • Products

 

Creating a Purchase Customer Event

Purchase customer events are representing purchases which were performed by customers either through an external system or within CRM.COM. The purchase might or might not be reflected to an invoice kept in CRM.COM.

  1. Search using the criteria available in the summary page
  2. From the top menu click on the NEW and select Purchase Customer Event 
  3. MAIN INFORMATION

    1. Provide required information
      1. Classification
      2. Accounts Receivable
      3. Reference Number
      4. Related Financial Transaction
      5. Performed By Unit
      6. Performed Date
      7. Process Immediately
      8. Description
        Purchase Customer Event - Main Information
  4. PRODUCTS

    1. Click on ADD and search and select products using the Search Modal
    2. Provide the required information
      1. Net Amount
      2. VAT Amount
      3. Total Amount

        Info
         Total Amount per product is automatically calculated based on the values specified in Net Amount and VAT Amount per each product. Also, the three total amounts on the bottom Net Amount, Total Amount and VAT Amount, will be automatically updated based on additions or removals of products.

         

        Purchase Customer Event - Products
  5. From the Action Menu click on SAVE
  6. LOG INFORMATION

    The following information is automatically set by the system on saving the Purchase Customer Event

    Include Page
    Log Information - Global
    Log Information - Global

Reward Related System Processing

Customer events can be directly linkedto linked to Rewards.
Once a Customer event is saved, if configured Reward Offers exist in the system, that are related to this type of customer event, then a number of steps will be executed by the system, required for the completing of the Rewards Process.
If the created Customer Event is set to PROCESS IMMEDIATELY then the following steps will be executed immediately. If not, then the following steps will be executed during the Rewards Run 

Below you can find the Reward Offer Types that are directly related to customer events of this type, along with the steps that will be execued by the system.

Utilise Free Capacity Reward Offer Type 

  • If the reward offer is classified as "Utilise Free Capacity" then:
    • The customer event will be awarded with the specified amount or percentage if the following conditions are met:
      • The customer event type is Purchase
      • The customer event was not already awarded by that offer (i.e., an award reward transaction for that specific customer event and reward offer do not exist)
      • The date and time that the customer event was performed is included in the offer's Day / Time Conditions
      • If segment conditions are specified then:
        • The participant should be included in at least one of the specified "included in" segments
        • The participant should not be included in any of the specified "not included in" segments
      • At least one product which is included in the customer event is also included in the product conditions
      • The unit that performed the event or the group that it belongs to is included in the organisational conditions
    • The award will be applied on each product which meets the product conditions. For example if the award is 1 Euro and 2 products meet the conditions then 2 Euros will be awarded (1 Euro per each product)
    • The process returns the customer event that will be awarded, the amount that should be awarded for each product and the reward offer that was awarded

Increase Revenue, Transaction Based Reward Offer type

  • If the reward offer is classified as "Increase Revenue, Transaction Based" then:
    • The customer event will be awarded with the specified amount or percentage if the following conditions are met:
      • The customer event type is Purchase
      • The customer event was not already awarded by that offer (i.e., an award reward transaction for that specific customer event and reward offer do not exist)
      • If segment conditions are specified then:
        • The participant should be included in at least one of the specified "included in" segments
        • The participant should not be included in any of the specified "not included in" segments
      • The customer event total amount is withing the transaction value range specified in the transaction conditions
      • The unit that performed the event, or the group that it belongs to, is included in the organisational conditions
    • The award will be applied at the level of the customer event (i.e., once)
    • The process returns the customer event that will be awarded, the amount that should be awarded and the reward offer that was awarded

Increase Revenue, Product Based Reward Offer Type

  • If the reward offer is classified as "Increase Revenue, Product Based" then:
    • The customer event will be awarded with the specified amount or percentage if the following conditions are met:
      • The customer event type is Purchase
      • The customer event was not already awarded by that offer (i.e., an award reward transaction for that specific customer event and reward offer do not exist)
      • If segment conditions are specified then:
        • The participant should be included in at least one of the specified "included in" segments
        • The participant should not be included in any of the specified "not included in" segments
      • At least one product which is included in the customer event is also included in the product conditions, and the product amount is within the value range specified for each product
      • The unit that performed the event, or the group that it belongs to, is included in the organisational conditions
    • The award will be applied on each product which is meeting the product conditions. For example if the award is 1 Euro and 2 products meet the conditions then 2 Euros will be awarded (1 Euro per each product)
    • The process returns the customer event that will be awarded, the amount that should be awarded for each product and the reward offer that was awarded

Reward Loyalty, Transaction Amount Based Reward Offer Type

  • If the reward offer is classified as "Reward Loyalty, Transaction Amount Based" then:
    • The customer event will be awarded with the specified amount or percentage if the following conditions are met:
      • The customer event type is Purchase
      • The customer event was not already awarded by that offer (i.e. an award reward transaction for that specific customer event and reward offer do not exist)
      • If segment conditions are specified then:
        • The participant should be included in at least one of the specified "included in" segments
        • The participant should not be included in any of the specified "not included in" segments
      • The total amount of purchase customer events which were performed within the specified period and were not already rewarded by that offer, is within the specified value range
      • The unit that performed the event, or the group that it belongs to, is included in the organisational conditions
    • The award will be applied once, calculated based on the total amount of all customer events
    • The process returns all the customer events that will be awarded, the amount that should be awarded and the reward offer that was awarded

Reward Loyalty, Transaction Number Based Reward Offer Type

  • If the reward offer is classified as "Reward Loyalty, Transaction Number Based" then:
  • The customer event will be awarded with the specified amount  if the following conditions are met:
    • The customer event type is Purchase
    • The customer event was not already awarded by that offer (i.e. an award reward transaction for that specific customer event and reward offer do not exist)
    • If segment conditions are specified then:
      • The participant should be included in at least one of the specified "included in" segments
      • The participant should not be included in any of the specified "not included in" segments
    • The total number of purchase customer events which were performed within the specified period and were not already rewarded by that offer, is within the specified value range
    • The unit that performed the event, or the group that it belongs to, is included in the organisational conditions
  • The award will be applied once
  • The process returns all the customer events that will be awarded, the the amount that should be awarded and the reward offer that was awarded

REWARD AWARD TRANSACTION 

The system will evaluate the customer event and accordingly apply any available Reward Offers. If a Reward Offer is applied then a Reward Award Transaction will be created and relate to the Customer Event created and the Wallet Transaction, if one was created. This information will be available under REWARD AWARD TRANSACTION.

 

Purchase Customer Event - Reward Award Transactions

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To find out more about Award Reward Transactions visit: Viewing & Cancelling Award Rewards Transactions

SPEND REQUESTS

This section provides information regarding Spend Request Customer Events that are related with the specified purchase customer event using its wallet. This information is available only after a Spend Request Customer Event is submitted against the specified purchase customer event.

Purchase Customer Event - Spend Requests

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To find out more regarding Spend Requests visit Creating Spend Request Customer Events & Viewing & Cancelling Spend Rewards Transactions

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