Re: NOOB Questions about Marketing Campaigns

[BJ Freeman <bj...@free-man.net>]

Hi Scott:
first what version of ofbiz are your using?
I am looking at the current version of ofbiz and don't see the field you
are talking about.

Scott A sent the following on 3/31/2007 9:22 AM:
> Hi Anil,
> 
> The page I am referring to is /marketing/control/EditMarketingCampaign. The
> third field is called "Assign Type" and it has a drop down box with Y or N
> as choices. If you are editing an already existing  campaign then there is
> also a "U". It’s very difficult from the perspective of a user to understand
> the purpose of this.
> 
> On the same form there are two fields. There is no lookup attached. The
> fields are called "Assigned User Id" and "Assigned Group Name". They appear
> to me as regular text fields that you should know but they could be calling
> for anything. I'm just hoping to get clarification of their function within
> this form. I can speculate but...
> 
> Regarding Parent Campaign ID, it does not work for me on our local install.
> We'll have to troubleshoot on this end to find out why it doesn't work.
> 
> With regards to Status. It absolutely does make sense to have a "Status"
> field. My question is to why there appear to be two status fields. I can
> certainly see the reason to have the status field at the bottom that has the
> drop down that includes "Planned, Approved, In Progress", etc. but I have no
> idea what the intent of the intent of the "Campaign Status" field at the top
> of the form. It appears to be a regular text box so what is it trying to
> convey and who would need to interpret this under what circumstances.
> 
> Like I said originally, it appears to be a brilliant app but from a user
> prospective, it create questions.
> 
> Thanks again for the answers.
> 
> 
> 
> Anil Patel wrote:
>> Scott,
>> Response in line.
>> Regards
>> Anil Patel
>>
>> On 3/31/07, Scott A <Sc...@uniondiamond.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm relatively new to ofbiz and I am trying to understand various
>>> functions.
>>> If I add a Marketing Campaign, there are a couple of things I don't
>>> understand.
>>>
>>> The first is "Assign Type". I see the drop down is U, Y, N. While I can
>>> try
>>> to interpret this I was wondering if someone could give me a brief on
>>> what
>>> this function is for and what the choices mean.
>>
>> I looked at the MarketingCampaign entity and its form, May be I did not
>> see
>> it right, But I don't see field for Assign Type.
>>
>> Next is assigned User and group. Is there a particular reason that this is
>>> just a regular form fill. Does it assume you know the exact user name or
>>> group to assign it to? Is it worth linking this to actual user/groups so
>>> that you can choose specifics?
>>
>> If you are referring to Role(s) , the Party input box has party lookup
>> attached to it. This is most common style of Admin form design.
>>
>> Third is concerning Parent Campaign ID. I am not sure if this is a bug or
>>> designed this way but if you choose a parent campaign when setting up a
>>> new
>>> campaign it does not seem to be saved anywhere. Am I missing something?
>>
>> I created two Marketing Campaign and set First as Parent of Second and it
>> worked.
>>
>> Next is Description and Campaign Summary. I would think that they are one
>> in
>>> the same but obviously, someone believes they should be different fields.
>>> Can I ask why? I am just trying to find the intent of the fields and it
>>> is
>>> not to question the usability.
>>>
>>> My last question is concerning the status drop down. At the very top of
>>> the
>>> form we have a "Campaign Status" field and my feeling is that this is a
>>> redundant feature but I assume that the developers had a good reason for
>>> including it in the first place. With that in mind, could someone try to
>>> clarify this for me?
>>
>> I think it makes sense to have status field on it. At this time its much
>> used in Automation and control of services in Ofbiz but I think it can be
>> used in SFA application we can use it to What user can or cannot do based
>> on
>> this status field.
>>
>>
>> Thanks to all for taking the time to read this and I would appreciate any
>>> response. As is true for anything, there is a learning curve and
>>> understanding the terminology and used of these functions will help me
>>> not
>>> to screw up what is otherwise a brilliant app.
>>>
>>> Cheers...
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>>
>>
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