Dreamforce 2010: Modelling Complex Hierachies in Salesforce

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Dreamforce 2010: How do I represent both my customer and my legal entities to reconcile product servicing with relationship management? And achieve a single view on top of all that? It may sound difficult, but we're ready to walk you through the whole process! Join us as we look at several customer examples and discuss topics like relationship groups and householding, parenting, partners that are also customers, multiple affiliations, reporting, and much more.

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Modeling Complex Account HierarchiesEnterprise Track

Derek Laney: salesforce.comIrene Von Toussaint: CA TechnologiesMurali Arumugam: Citi Private Bank

Objectives

Examine 6 modeling patterns

CA – understand best practice for commercial entities

Citi – understand best practice for personal entities

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The Patterns

Join all levels to the ultimate parent

1. The Ultimate Parent

GE

2. The Selective Parent

Join all levels to 1 selected “true” parent

GE

GE Health

The Patterns

Considerations

Reporting

Needs to remain easy

Usability

I have to enter all this?

Where do I log my activity?

Irene Von Toussaint

CA Technologies

Example of CA’s Account Hierarchy: Parents

Parent Account Child Accounts

Example of CA’s Account Hierarchy: Children

To add Parent Account you use the name search Icon to select the Parent

Living with Parents - Appexchange

XYAXYA

3. Relationship Groups

Dad Mum

Child 2 Partner

Lawyer

Child 1

Identify significant members versus “of interest”

The Patterns

Murali Arumugam

Citi Private Bank

4. Multiple Parents

DoctorDoctor

How are you going to rollup the detail and still have your reports make sense?

Pharmaceuticals

The Patterns

Department Clinic Practice

Doctor

XYAXYA

ContactContact

OrganisationOrganisation

ActivitiesActivities

Works AtWorks At ScriptsScripts

SamplesSamples

Living with Parents

4. Multiple Parents

XYAXYA

The Patterns

5. Relationships

XYAXYA

The Patterns

5. Relationships

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