Getting Started
1. Introduction
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| Figure 1.1. Application Structure |
BorneoCRM is Borneosoft on demand
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software delivered over the
web. It provides professionals who are dealing with customers with the
tools that help them to work effectively and efficiently.
BorneoCRM consists of:
- Contact Management to manage customers' contacts and
companies.
- Calendar Management to manage tasks and events, set up
reminder, arrange meeting and send RSVP to participants.
- Product Management to store products information on offer to
the customers.
- Sales Management to manage sales process by creating leads
from contacts. Qualified leads are turned into opportunities that
include events, tasks, contacts, documents, notes, and products that
are associated with the opportunities. Quotations are generated
automatically from the information that has been kept in the
opportunities.
- Charts to analyze the customers profile and sales
performance.
- Integrated email with Spam and virus checking.
- Blog that allows you to post your weblog about your product
updates, feedback gathering or promotion.
- Administration that includes user and team creation and role
assignment.
BorneoCRM applications can be accessed
from standard browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6
and above or Mozilla Firefox version 3 and above.
The structure of the applications is
shown in Figure 1.1: Application
Structure. You start using the applications by adding your contacts by
entering them manually or by uploading the file that you export from
other applications. At the same time, you enter the details of your
meetings, events, and tasks into the application. You can ask the
application to send RSVP to the participants of your meeting. The
participants can reply by just clicking a link in the email to
indicate whether they want to attend or not. You can then check who
will be attending your meeting. You can also ask the application to
send email reminder to you before the meeting. You can set how early
and the frequency the reminder to be sent.
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You create leads by adding contacts with
role for each contact, events that are related to the leads, and tasks
that you need to do for the leads. You can set the rating of the lead as
hot, warm or cold. This helps you to concentrate your effort to the
leads that you think are more promising. You can set the status for each
lead whether you are still prospecting the lead or the lead has reached
a point where you want qualify the lead or disqualify the lead.
You can create opportunities from the
leads. When you create new opportunity from the lead, the lead status is
set to qualified automatically and the lead case is closed. You cannot
make any further modification to the lead. The contacts, events and
tasks related to the lead are also related to the new opportunity.
While opportunity is created, it will ask
you to select the account to which the opportunity is related. Accounts
are created from the companies that you have entered.
As the sales progresses, you can set the
sales stage in the opportunity accordingly. Every sales stage
corresponds to a probability to close the sales. Estimated revenue for a
opportunity is calculated by multiplying the opportunity's sales value
with the probability to close the sales. When the sales process ends
with purchase order being raised, the estimated revenue equals to the
opportunity's sales value.
You can enter pricing information and
availability to the products. You can also enter pricing adjustment such
as markup, discount, or profit margin to the products. It also allows
you to enter volume pricing where the price is different for different
number of unit. When you include the products into an opportunity, you
can adjust the pricing differently from what is initially set for the
products.
At any point of time, you can generate
quotation easily from an opportunity. You do not need to enter again
products information and their pricing. You can modify the quotation
style-sheet to your liking.
Supporting applications such as emails,
notes, documents and attachments are integrated with the rest of
applications. You can send RSVP or reminder emails from an event. You
set special dates in contact detail and attach emails that will be sent
to your contact before the special dates. You can send, for example,
happy birthday email automatically to your contact. If you want to add
special notes, you can send the automated email to yourself instead to
your contact.
You can add notes to leads and
opportunities whenever you have something that you need to remember.
Fast and easy search facility will help you to get the information back
easily.
Charts can be generated from the
information that is kept in the applications. There are many types of
charts to assist you to understand your customers better. It also gives
you a valuable insight into your sales process.
You can create teams that consist of your
sales team members and team manager. You can specify access right for
each team members. This will help in data sharing and minimizing data
redundancies.
Most of the activities are recorded as
part of the history. You can review what has been changed or what has
happened to the data.
2. Familiarizing With The Application
2.1. Starting The Application
Users access the application at
http://www.borneosoft.com by
entering logon name and password at the 'Logon to your account' box (see
Figure 2.1: Front
Page with Logon Box). The logon name and password will be transmitted in
secured connection. Or you can click the (+) sign to open up the secure
logon page
https://www.borneosoft.com/Borneosoft/logon.jsp
where you need to enter your username (e.g.j
ohn@doe.borneosoft.com) and
password (see
Figure 2.2: Logon Page).
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| Figure 2.1. Front Page with Login Box |
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| Figure 2.2. Logon Page |
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At the logon box, you can select
'Remember Me' if you want to subsequently access the application without
logging on. You can use this facility when you are sure that your
computer is not accessible by anyone else. Please do not select
'Remember Me' if you are using public computer or shared computer. It is
not selected by default.
When you click

button, you will be brought to the main page of the
application as it is shown in
Figure 2.3: Main Page. The main page
consists of 3 panels, the folder panel, the list panel and the
detail/chart panel (see
Figure 2.4: Main Page Layout).
The folder's content will be shown in the list panel every time a folder
is clicked in the folder panel. The item detail will be shown in the
detail panel every time a list item is clicked.
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| Figure 2.3. Main Page |
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| Figure 2.4. Main Page Layout |
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You can logout by clicking 'Logout'
button at the top-right corner or by clicking the menu: File, Logout. If
you select 'Remember Me' before, it will be reset and you have to logon
again the next time you want to access the application.
2.2. Common Tasks
There are some common tasks that applies
to all type of folders. They are related to managing folders and common
tasks related to list of items inside the folders.
2.2.1. Common Tasks Related to Folders
You can create new folders, copy, move,
rename and trash folders. Trashing folders do not remove them from the
storage, you can move the folders out of the Trash folder again. By
emptying Trash folder, any folders inside the Trash folder will be
removed from the storage permanently.
Creating New Folders
- Click the folder where you want to put your new folder is.
- Click the menu: Edit, 'New Folder...'. A dialog box will
appear (Figure 2.5: Creating New
Folder). You can add more than one folder by clicking 'More Entries'.
- Click 'Add' to add the folders (Figure 2.6: Added Folders).
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| Figure 2.5. Creating New Folder |
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| Figure 2.6. Added Folders |
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Copying Folder
- Click the folder that you want to copy.
- Click the menu: Edit, 'Copy Folder...'. A dialog box will
appear (Figure 2.7: Copying Folder).
- You can modify the name of the folder for the new copy.
- Click one of the folders under 'Destination:' where you want
to put the copy of the folders (Figure 2.7: Copying Folder).
- Click 'Paste' to paste the new folders into the destination
folder (Figure 2.8: Copied Folder).
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| Figure 2.7. Copying Folder |
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| Figure 2.8. Copied Folders |
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Moving Folder
- Click the folder you want to move.
- Click the menu: Edit, 'Move Folder...'. A dialog box will
appear (Figure 2.9: Moving Folder).
- You can modify the name of the folder that you are going to
move.
- Click one of the folders under 'Destination:' where you want
to move the folder to (Figure 2.9: Moving Folder).
- Click 'Paste' to move the folder to the new location (Figure 2.10: Moved Folder).
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| Figure 2.9. Moving Folder |
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| Figure 2.10. Moved Folders |
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Renaming Folder
- Click the folder that you want to rename.
- Click the menu: Edit, 'Rename Folder...'. A dialog box will
appear (Figure 2.11: Renaming Folder).
- Rename the folder.
- Click 'Update' (Figure 2.12: Renamed Folder).
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| Figure 2.9. Renaming Folder |
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| Figure 2.10. Renamed Folders |
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Trashing Folder
- Click the folder that you want to move to Trash folder.
- Click the menu: Edit, 'Trash Folder …'. A dialog box will
appear (Figure 2.13: Trashing Folder).
- Click 'Trash' (Figure 2.14: Trashed Folder).
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| Figure 2.13. Trashing Folder |
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| Figure 2.14. Trashed Folders |
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2.2.2. Common Tasks Related to Items
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| Figure 2.15. Contacts |
For common tasks involving items, we
will use Contacts as illustration purpose, see Figure 2.15: Contacts.
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Creating New Item
- Click the folder where you want the item to be put into.
- Click the 'New' button on the toolbar (Figure 2.15: Contacts), or click the
menu: Edit, 'New Item'.
- A dialog box will appear for you to enter the contact details.
- Click 'Save' button on the toolbar to save the contact details
(Figure 2.16: Saving Contact).
- Click the browser close button, or click the menu: File,
'Close Window'.
- The new contact will appear on top of the list (Figure 2.17: Saved Contact). If
the new contact is not in the list, click the folder you selected in
step 1 again to refresh the list. If the new contact is in another
page, search the new item using the name.
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| Figure 2.16. Saving Contact |
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| Figure 2.17. Saved Contact |
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Copying Item
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| Figure 2.18. Selecting Contact |
- Select the contact that you want to copy in the list by
clicking the check-box at left most position of the list item (Figure 2.18: Selecting
Contact).
- Click 'Copy' button on the toolbar or click the menu: Edit,
'Copy Item...'. A dialog box will appear (Figure 2.19: Copying
Contact).
- Select the destination of the folder where you want the new
copy to be put into (Figure 2.19: Copying
Contact).
- Click 'Paste'.
- The new contact will be added to the list. If the new
contact is not in the list, click the folder you selected in step 1
again to refresh the list. If the new contact is in another page,
search the new item using, for example, the name (Figure 2.20: Copied Contact).
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| Figure 2.19. Copying Contact |
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| Figure 2.20. Copied Contact |
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Moving Item
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| Figure 2.22. Moving Contact |
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| Figure 2.23. Moved Contact |
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Trashing Item
- Select the contact in the list that you want to put into Trash
folder by clicking the check-box at left most position of the list item
(Figure
2.24: Selecting Contact to put into Trash folder).
- Click 'Trash' button on the toolbar or click the menu: Edit,
'Trash Item'.
- The selected contact is moved into Trash folder (Figure 2.25:
Contact put into Trash Folder).
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| Figure 2.24. Selecting Contact to put
into Trash folder |
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| Figure 2.25. Contact put into Trash
Folder |
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Restoring Trashed Item
- Select the contact in the list that you want to restore from
Trash folder by clicking the check-box at left most position of the
list item (Figure
2.26: Restoring Contact from Trash folder).
- Click 'Move' button on the toolbar or click the menu: Edit,
'Move Item...'. A dialog box will appear (Figure 2.22: Moving Contact).
- Select the destination of the folder where you want the
contact to be moved into (Figure 2.22: Moving Contact).
- Click 'Paste'.
- Click the destination folder, you will see the contact is
moved from the Trash folder to the destination folder (Figure 2.27: Restored
Contact).
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| Figure 2.26. Restoring Contact from
Trash folder |
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| Figure 2.27. Restored Contact |
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Deleting Selected Item
(Note: Item will be
deleted permanently. It cannot be restored)
- Select the contact in the list that you want to delete
permanently by clicking the check-box at left most position of the list
item (Figure 2.28:
Deleting Contact Permanently).
- Click 'Delete' button on the toolbar or click the menu: Edit,
'Delete Selected Item'. It will show an alert to remind that the
deletion cannot be restored (Figure 2.29: Deleting
Contact Alert).
- Click 'OK'. The contact is deleted permanently.
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| Figure 2.28. Deleting Contact
Permanently |
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| Figure 2.29. Deleting Contact Alert |
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Deleting All Item in a Folder Permanently
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Figure 2.31. Alert to Remind that All
Items will be Deleted Permanently |
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Figure 2.32. All Items inside
Selected
Folder are Deleted Permanently |
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Emptying Trash Folder
(Note: ALL Item in
the Trash folder will be deleted permanently. They cannot be restored)
- Click the top folder or any sub folder of the folder type you
want to empty the trash folder (Figure 2.33: Emptying
Trash Folder).
- Click 'Empty' button at the toolbar or click the menu: Edit,
'Empty Trash'. It will only empty the Trash folder of the selected
folder type, in this example, it will only empty Contact Trash folder.
An alert to remind that the deletion cannot be restored is shown (Figure
2.34: Alert before Emptying Trash Folder).
- Click 'OK'. All items in the Trash folder are deleted
permanently.
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| Figure 2.33. Emptying Trash Folder |
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Figure 2.34. Alert before Emptying
Trash Folder |
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2.3. Navigating the Item List
Each folder type has different kind of
columns in its item list. For example, item list for Mail folder type
has: flags column (mail priority flag, attachment flag, and follow
flag), From, Subject, and Date (received date) column; item list for
Contact folder type has: flags column (priority flag), Name, Email, Work
telephone, Mobile phone, and Company column.
You can sort the column by clicking the
column header. Clicking again the column header will sort the column in
the opposite direction (
Figure
2.35: Sorting Contact Item List by Name in Descending Order and
Figure
37: Sorting Contact Item List by Name in Ascending Order).
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Figure 2.35. Sorting Contact Item
List by
Name in Descending Order |
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Figure 37. Sorting Contact Item List
by
Name in Ascending Order |
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You can also sort the column by accessing
the Sort menu, see
Figure
2.37: Sorting using Menu.
The item list will show 50 items per
page. If there are many items in the list, you can browse through the
list by clicking the the left and right arrow at the top right corner of
the item list panel. You can also go to the first page or last page by
clicking the first and last arrow, see
Figure 2.36: Paging the
Item List.
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| Figure 2.37. Sorting using Menu |
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| Figure 2.36. Paging the Item List |
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2.4. Searching and Filtering Item List
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| Figure 2.39. Searching Contact with
Phrase Agustin |
You can find the item efficiently by
searching it. You can type any phrase into the search field and press
'Enter' or click the search button. For example, you can search your
contact with the phrase Agustin. Any item that contains Agustin will
be shown, see Figure
2.39: Searching Contact with Phrase Agustin. If you add another
phrase, more result that matches the phrases will be shown. For
example, when you enter phrases: Agustin Washington, all items that
contains in any field Agustin or
Washington will be shown, see Figure
2.40: Searching with More Phrases: Agustin Washington. However, if
BOTH phrases MUST exist in any of the field, you need to start each
phrase with plus sign, i.e., +Agustin +Linfeild, see Figure
2.41: Searching with BOTH phrases MUST exist in Any Field.
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Figure 2.40. Searching with More
Phrases: Agustin Washington |
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Figure 2.41. Searching with BOTH
phrases MUST exist in Any Field |
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To search two words from two field which
both must exist, use the field name with the plus sign in front of the
field name. For example, searching +firstname:Agustin
+companyname:Juneau returns only one item, see
Figure
2.42: Searching with Specified Field Name. The field name you use to
search is listed in the pull down selection of the search field. Click
the search field to see all the available fields for the selected folder
type, see
Figure
2.43: Available Search Field Names.
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Figure 2.42. Searching with Specified
Field Name |
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Figure 2.43. Available Search Field
Names |
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| Figure 2.45. Available Filters in the
Filter Menu |
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| Figure 2.46. Filtering Search Result |
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| Figure 2.47. Removing the Filter |
You can remove the filter by clicking
the menu: Filter, 'Don't Filter' ( Figure
2.47: Removing the Filter), it will show the previous search without
filtering ( Figure
2.44: Search Item that Contains Phrase 'Washington').
You can also show all items including
those in the sub folders by clicking the menu: Filter, All. This
filter does not affect the search result since the search also
includes all items in the sub folders.
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2.5. Marking Items
You can change some attributes of the
item such as Contact, Company, etc. by using the 'Mark' menu. You can
change several items attributes at the same time by selecting the items
in the list. For example, if you want to set the industry type of some
companies to 'Consumer Goods', you need to select the companies that you
want to set the industry type and click menu: Mark, 'Industry Type', and
then 'Consumer Goods' (
Figure 2.48:
Marking Items). The selected items' industry type will be set
accordingly, see
Figure 2.49:
Marked Items.
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| Figure 2.48. Marking Items |
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| Figure 2.49. Marked Items |
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3. Administration
When you subscribe the application, you
entered your Country and Timezone. The country will set the format of
currency, date and time. The date and time are based on your timezone.
The current time based on your timezone is shown at the top-right corner
of the main page. Your name is also shown next to the current time. If
you are superuser, there is an icon next to your name to indicate that.
Your current storage usage is shown at the bottom-left corner of the
main page. When you exceed your storage limit, you cannot receive email,
create new items or other tasks that requires storage. Please send us an
email to
sales@borneosoft.com
to upgrade your storage size.
3.1. Updating Your Profile
You need to click your name at the
top-right corner of the main page (
Figure
3.1: User Related Information on the Main Page). A dialog box will
appear where you can update your profile (
Figure 3.2: User Profile Page).
You can also upload your photo to your profile.
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Figure 3.1. User Related Information
on the Main Page |
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| Figure 3.2. User Profile Page |
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Your timezone will follow your company
timezone by default, i.e., 'Use the organization timezone' is selected.
If you need to set your timezone differently from your company timezone,
you need to choose your timezone from the timezone selection and
deselect 'Use the organization timezone'. By default, the timezone is
displayed together with the dates, you can stop the timezone being
displayed by deselecting 'Show the timezone for dates'.
3.2. Changing Your Password
To change your password, click the menu:
Edit, Preferences, 'Change My Password' (see
Figure 3.3: Change My
Password Menu). A dialog box will appear for you to enter your old
password and new password (
Figure 3.4: Change My
Password).
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| Figure 3.3. Change My Password Menu |
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| Figure 3.4. Change My Password |
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