You create Opportunities in Pipeline Management to identify and track business opportunities, including possible revenue, people involved, current status, and expected, and actual outcome. When creating an Opportunity, you can link it to an Initiative. However, you cannot create an Opportunity from an Initiative.
Pipeline Management features are only available to Strategic Tier users.
To Create an Opportunity:
- Either:
- From any page, click
Global Add button > Add Opportunity, or
- From the Pipeline Management tab, click Add Opportunity.
- From any page, click
- Click the Target Company field. The Search and Add Company page will display.
- In the Search for Contacts field, type the name of the company to which you want to link to the Opportunity.
- Click the icon
beside the name of the company.
-
Click Add Selection when the correct Company for the Opportunity is displayed under Selected Company.
If the company that you want to add is not in the InterAction+™ database, you can add a new company by clicking Add a New Company.
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Optional: To add a primary contact, click the Primary Contact field. The Search and Add Person page will appear.
- Enter the primary contact's last name.
- Click
and select a contact.
- Click
beside the contact name.
- Click Add Selection when the correct contact is displayed.
- Under Primary Owner, select the name of the user who will lead the Opportunity.
- Click the Opportunity Type field and select the Opportunity Type.
- Create a Title for the Opportunity and enter it into the Title field.
- Optional: Enter a Description for the Opportunity.
- To link the Opportunity to an Initiative, click More, click on Initiative and select the Initiative to which you want to link the Opportunity.
- Optional: Other information about the Opportunity can be set by clicking MORE. For example, you can add a Source Contact, Referrals or estimated Start Date and End Date. You might also see your firm's additional Custom Fields to complete.
- To add the Location, click Add Location and select the Country from the dropdown menu.
- When all fields are completed as needed, click Create.