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2 | 2 | Manage lost opportunities |
3 | 3 | ========================= |
4 | 4 |
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5 | | -While working with your opportunities, you might lose some of them. You |
6 | | -will want to keep track of the reasons you lost them and also which ways |
7 | | -Odoo can help you recover them in the future. |
| 5 | +Not all opportunities result in successful sales. In order to keep the pipeline up to date, lost |
| 6 | +opportunities need to be identified. Specifying the reason why an opportunity was lost provides |
| 7 | +additional insight that can prove useful for future opportunities. |
8 | 8 |
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9 | 9 | Mark a lead as lost |
10 | 10 | =================== |
11 | 11 |
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12 | | -While in your pipeline, select any opportunity you want and you will see |
13 | | -a *Mark Lost* button. |
| 12 | +To mark a lead as lost, open the :menuselection:`CRM` application, and select a lead from the |
| 13 | +pipeline, by clicking on its corresponding kanban card. Doing so reveals that lead's detail form. |
14 | 14 |
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15 | | -You can then select an existing *Lost Reason* or create a new one |
16 | | -right there. |
| 15 | +Then, click :guilabel:`Lost`, located at the top of the lead's detail form. |
17 | 16 |
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18 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities01.png |
| 17 | +.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost-opps-lost-button.png |
19 | 18 | :align: center |
| 19 | + :alt: Buttons from the top of an opportunity record with the lost button emphasized. |
20 | 20 |
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21 | | -Manage & create lost reasons |
22 | | ----------------------------- |
| 21 | +This opens the :guilabel:`Lost Reason` popup. From the drop-down, choose an existing lost reason. If |
| 22 | +no applicable reason is available, create a new one by entering it into the :guilabel:`Lost Reason` |
| 23 | +field, and clicking :guilabel:`Create`. |
23 | 24 |
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24 | | -You will find your *Lost Reasons* under :menuselection:`Configuration --> Lost Reasons`. |
| 25 | +Additional notes and comments can be added below the lost reason designated in the :guilabel:`Lost |
| 26 | +Reason` field. |
25 | 27 |
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26 | | -You can select & rename any of them as well as create a new one from |
27 | | -there. |
| 28 | +When all the desired information has been entered in the :guilabel:`Lost Reason` pop-up window, |
| 29 | +click :guilabel:`Submit`. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost-opps-lost-reason.png |
| 32 | + :align: center |
| 33 | + :alt: Lost reasons popup with sample reasons. |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +Upon clicking :guilabel:`Submit`, the pop-up window disappears, and Odoo returns to the lead detail |
| 36 | +form, where a new red :guilabel:`Lost` banner is now present in the upper-right corner of the lead. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Create/edit lost reasons |
| 39 | +======================== |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +To create a new lost reason, or edit an existing one, navigate to :menuselection:`CRM app --> |
| 42 | +Configuration --> Lost Reasons`. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +To edit an existing reason, click on the reason that should be modified. When clicked, that reason |
| 45 | +becomes highlighted. Once highlighted, change the description of the selected lost reason by editing |
| 46 | +the :guilabel:`Description` field. When done, click :guilabel:`Save` in the upper-left corner. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +To create a new lost reason, click :guilabel:`Create` in the upper-left corner of the |
| 49 | +:guilabel:`Lost Reasons` page. Doing so reveals a new blank line in the :guilabel:`Description` |
| 50 | +field. Then, proceed to type in the new lost reason in that new line. Once ready, click |
| 51 | +:guilabel:`Save`. |
28 | 52 |
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29 | 53 | Retrieve lost opportunities |
30 | 54 | =========================== |
31 | 55 |
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32 | | -To retrieve lost opportunities and do actions on them (send an email, |
33 | | -make a feedback call, etc.), select the *Lost* filter in the search |
34 | | -bar. |
| 56 | +To retrieve lost opportunities in Odoo *CRM*, open the :menuselection:`CRM app` to the main |
| 57 | +:guilabel:`Pipeline` dashboard. Then, click the :guilabel:`Filters` drop-down menu, located beneath |
| 58 | +the search bar. |
35 | 59 |
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36 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities02.png |
| 60 | +.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost-opps-lost-filter.png |
37 | 61 | :align: center |
| 62 | + :alt: Search bar with lost filter emphasized. |
38 | 63 |
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39 | | -You will then see all your lost opportunities. |
| 64 | +From the :guilabel:`Filters` drop-down menu, select the :guilabel:`Lost` option. Upon selecting |
| 65 | +:guilabel:`Lost`, only the leads that have been marked as `Lost` appear on the :guilabel:`Pipeline` |
| 66 | +page. |
40 | 67 |
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41 | | -If you want to refine them further, you can add a filter on the *Lost |
42 | | -Reason*. |
| 68 | +To filter leads by a specific lost reason, select :menuselection:`Filters --> Add Custom Filter`. |
| 69 | +Doing so reveals another drop-down menu with three fields. |
43 | 70 |
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44 | | -For Example, *Too Expensive*. |
| 71 | +In the top field drop-down menu, select :guilabel:`Lost Reason`. In the second field drop-down menu, |
| 72 | +select :guilabel:`Contains`. Then, in the third field of the :guilabel:`Add Custom Field` sub menu, |
| 73 | +type in the specific keyword(s). Lastly, click :guilabel:`Apply`. Upon clicking :guilabel:`Apply`, |
| 74 | +Odoo reveals all the lost leads with a reason that contains that specified keyword(s). |
45 | 75 |
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46 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities03.png |
| 76 | +.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost-opps-lost-custom-filter.png |
47 | 77 | :align: center |
| 78 | + :alt: Search bar with custom filter added for lost reason. |
48 | 79 |
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49 | 80 | Restore lost opportunities |
50 | 81 | ========================== |
51 | 82 |
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52 | | -From the Kanban view with the filter(s) in place, you can select any |
53 | | -opportunity you wish and work on it as usual. You can also restore it by |
54 | | -clicking on *Archived*. |
| 83 | +To restore a lost opportunity, navigate to the main :guilabel:`Pipeline` dashboard on the *CRM* app, |
| 84 | +open the :guilabel:`Filters` drop-down menu, and select the :guilabel:`Lost` option. Doing so |
| 85 | +reveals all the lost opportunities on the :guilabel:`Pipeline` page. |
55 | 86 |
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56 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities04.png |
57 | | - :align: center |
| 87 | +Then, click on the kanban card of the desired lost opportunity to restore, which opens that lead's |
| 88 | +detail form. |
58 | 89 |
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59 | | -You can also restore items in batch from the Kanban view when they |
60 | | -belong to the same stage. Select *Restore Records* in the column |
61 | | -options. You can also archive the same way. |
| 90 | +From the lost lead's detail form, click :guilabel:`Restore` in the upper-left corner. Doing so |
| 91 | +removes the red :guilabel:`Lost` banner from the lead form, signifying the lead has been restored. |
62 | 92 |
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63 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities05.png |
| 93 | +.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost-opps-restore.png |
64 | 94 | :align: center |
| 95 | + :alt: Lost opportunity with emphasis on the Restore button. |
65 | 96 |
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66 | | -To select specific opportunities, you should switch to the list view. |
| 97 | +Restore multiple opportunities at once |
| 98 | +-------------------------------------- |
67 | 99 |
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68 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities06.png |
69 | | - :align: center |
| 100 | +To restore multiple opportunities at once, navigate to the main :guilabel:`Pipeline` dashboard in |
| 101 | +the *CRM* app, open the :guilabel:`Filters` drop-down menu, and select the :guilabel:`Lost` option. |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +Next, select the list view option, which is represented by the three-line :guilabel:`☰ (list)` icon |
| 104 | +in the upper-right corner. Doing so places all the leads from the :guilabel:`Pipeline` page in a |
| 105 | +list form. With the list form chosen, select the checkbox to the left of each desired |
| 106 | +opportunity/lead to be restored. |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +Once the desired opportunities/leads have been selected, click the :guilabel:`⚙️ Action (gear)` |
| 109 | +drop-down menu at the top of the :guilabel:`Pipeline` page. From the :guilabel:`⚙️ Action (gear)` |
| 110 | +drop-down menu, select :guilabel:`Unarchive`. |
70 | 111 |
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71 | | -Then you can select as many or all opportunities and select the actions |
72 | | -you want to take. |
| 112 | +Doing so removes those selected lost opportunities from the :guilabel:`Pipeline` page because they |
| 113 | +no longer fit into the `Lost` filter criteria. To reveal these newly-restored leads, delete the |
| 114 | +`Lost` filter from the search bar. |
73 | 115 |
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74 | | -.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost_opportunities07.png |
| 116 | +.. image:: lost_opportunities/lost-opps-unarchive.png |
75 | 117 | :align: center |
| 118 | + :alt: Action button from list view with the Unarchive option emphasized. |
76 | 119 |
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77 | 120 | .. seealso:: |
78 | | - * :doc:`../performance/win_loss` |
| 121 | + :doc:`../performance/win_loss` |
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