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The normal why to create a primary contact in MSCRM is to add the contact to the account and then go back to the account and lookup the contact that you just added. You can simplify this a bit by filtering the lookup on primary contact for only contacts from the account (see: Filter Primary Contact for contact associated to Account in MSCRM.) If you use One Click Activity this process is as simple as clicking ‘Set Primary Contact’.
Set Primary Contact from the contact form(use this for new and existing contacts).
This is simple just create a contact, preferable from the account using One Click Activity create contact related to selected entry button. Make sure the contact has a parent account; save the contact (do not close the form). Then once the contact is saved click the One Click Activity ‘Set Primary Contact’ button and you will be prompted to set this contact as the primary for the account. If there is no parent account nothing happens. Note if the account is open you will need to refresh it (F5) to see the changes.
Set Primary Contact from the contact grid (use this for existing contacts).
This is simple just select a contact in the grid (main, associate or advance find). Click the One Click Activity ‘Set Primary Contact’ button and you will be prompted to set this contact as the primary for the account. If there is no parent account nothing happens. Note if the account is open you will need to refresh it (F5) to see the changes.
Completing Activities in Microsoft Dynamics CRM requires the user to open the activity and click save as complete. If you want to add additional information to the activity this is fine but it you just need to complete it why open the form? Also what if you have a number of activity that you have now finished and need to complete, you would need to open each activity and save as complete. Now you can complete multiple activities including: tasks, phone calls, email, fax, letter and appointments right from the any activity grid (main activity grid or associated grid) with icrm one click activity. The complete activity grid button from icrm one click activity first prompts you to make sure you want to complete the selected activities. This make sure you don’t accidentally complete activities as CRM does not let you un-complete any activity.