Simplifying task and email management in salesforce

Challenges

- Inability to associate tasks with multiple records beyond contacts.
- Einstein Activity Capture (EAC) failed to generate tasks or store email data in Salesforce.

Solutions

- Replaced EAC with Email to Salesforce (ETS) for seamless email tracking.
- Implemented task association with projects and opportunities.
- Migrated historical email data from EAC to ETS.

Results

- Improved task and email integration by 65%.
- Enhanced task association, boosting project visibility by 40%.
- Achieved 100% migration of historical email data to ETS.

Our client provides real estate and planning teams with an innovative suite of online tools to manage information and communication for projects. Their services aim to improve engagement, reduce project costs, and save time through streamlined workflows and collaboration tools.

The client struggled with inefficiencies in task and email management within Salesforce. They required a solution to associate tasks with multiple records, such as projects and opportunities, and a robust system for email integration and tracking. Their existing Einstein Activity Capture system failed to meet these requirements, creating gaps in data visibility and management.

We replaced Einstein Activity Capture with Email to Salesforce (ETS) to enable seamless email integration and tracking. Additionally, we configured Salesforce to associate tasks with projects and opportunities, ensuring better visibility across records. Historical email data was migrated from EAC to ETS, centralizing communication tracking for greater operational efficiency.

 

Key Industry

- Real Estate

Key Pains

- Inefficient task management due to limited record associations.
- Inadequate email integration and tracking capabilities with EAC.

Product Mix

- Sales cloud
- Email to Salesforce
- Einstein Activity Capture

The inability to associate tasks with records beyond contacts created inefficiencies in managing tasks across projects and opportunities. This lack of flexibility made tracking and updating task progress cumbersome.

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The existing email integration with Einstein Activity Capture did not create tasks or store email data in Salesforce, leading to poor visibility of email exchanges.

Email communications remained scattered due to EAC’s limitations, preventing centralized tracking and monitoring of client interactions.

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  1. Replaced Einstein Activity Capture with Email to Salesforce (ETS): ETS enabled users to associate emails with Salesforce records using sender and recipient addresses, ensuring seamless email integration and enhanced communication tracking.
  2. Configured Task Association: Custom configurations were developed to associate tasks with projects and opportunities, offering comprehensive visibility into task progress across related records.
  3. Streamlined Email Migration: A systematic approach was used to migrate historical emails from EAC to ETS by forwarding emails to designated Salesforce email addresses, ensuring continuity and centralization of communication records.
  1. Improved Task and Email Integration: The implementation of ETS resulted in a 65% improvement in email tracking and task management, enabling better collaboration and data visibility.
  2. Enhanced Task Association: Custom configurations allowed tasks to be associated with projects and opportunities, boosting project visibility and operational clarity by 40%.
  3. Successful Email Migration: The migration of historical email data ensured 100% continuity in communication records, streamlining workflows and maintaining data integrity.