Exporting data
Any data can be exported from a standard or custom Report for
any data type. You can create a custom report to select those
data records that you would like to export, then run the report
and select which of the data records in the report you would like
to export. Click the export button to download a .csv file containing
the records you have selected for export. This file can be used
for import into other programs such as Excel or for manual integration
of your Salesboom data with other applications.
Mail merge your customer data into your
documents for mailing or emailing
Salesboom Mail Merge is a simple way to perform a find/replace
of specific portion of a document with the corresponding Salesboom
field values for each record in a custom report. All Mail Merge
implementations are compatible with Microsoft Word and WordPerfect
documents as well as any OpenOffice.org compliant documents.
Create a new document with a file that defines a mail merge document.
(like a mailout) and replaces tags with the field values of for
each record to be merged. Perfect for sending out customized mailings
to your leads, accounts, contacts and opportunities via email,
direct mail or for mass creation of quotes, contracts, documents,
etc.
To accomplish any of the mail merges – email or direct
mail, you must first create a template that is written and formatted
using Microsoft Word or any OpenOfice.org compatible document.
Any piece of information in your document template can be replaced
by the specific value of any Salesboom field so that the resulting
Mail merge document or email blast is personalized to the recipient.
All you need to do is backspace out the first name of the recipient
with a tag <<first_name>> and repeat for any field
you would like customized to the recipient’s data stored
in Salesboom CRM. Salesboom provides a web based Mail Merge tag
generator that can generate the tags you need replacing with dynamic
content pulled from your real time company data. You can be pretty
careless with your naming; for example << Field NAME>>
and <<fIeld Name>>, etc. will all work.
Simply create a custom report on any object type and get exactly
the object you are looking for. So if we had 50 records to mail
merge, the document would be 50 pages Long. The result is a downloadable
Micorsoft Word or OpenOffice.org compatible document that can
be printed on letters, postcards, labels, stickers, etc.
Email Merge
To perform a mail merge, create a custom report and click "Send
Mass E-Mail" button on report results page.
The e-mail merge works for Plain Text/HTML formatted e-mails.
Merge with Excel and Open Office
I successfully created a spreadsheet through Java in Open Office,
formatting the text and setting up columns and formulas. ("First
Step" chapter of the Developer's Guide) I am now working
on documents and will do find/replace next (for my mail merge
tags, I have a code snippet from the developer's guide that does
this.) and learn more about adding to my document. (I will have
to make n copies of the document inside of one single document
to create a maill merge for n record.)