{"id":5959,"date":"2021-12-13T10:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helptest.mainbrainer.com\/knowledge-base\/navigating-the-crm\/"},"modified":"2022-06-09T11:59:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:59:02","slug":"navigating-the-crm","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/crm\/learn\/navigating\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the CRM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aricle_container\">\n<h2>How to access the MainBrainer CRM?<\/h2>\n<p>Use the <strong>Main Menu<\/strong> on the left to expand the <strong>Contacts menu<\/strong>, and click <strong>CRM Contacts<\/strong><em>&nbsp;(as highlighted in the screenshot below).<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1518 size-full\" title=\"CRM contact menu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contact-menu.png\" alt=\"CRM, contacts menu. CRM contacts highlighted\" width=\"488\" height=\"634\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Navigating the MainBrainer CRM<\/h2>\n<p>As you click <strong>CRM contacts<\/strong> as explained above, you&#8217;ll see all the contact lists created so far in the MainBrainer CRM.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1520\" title=\"CRM list overview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contact-lists.png\" alt=\"CRM, list overview. Create list button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>You can use the <strong>Create List<\/strong> button highlighted in the above screenshot to <a href=\"\/hc\/en_IN\/a-z-guide\/contact-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">create a new CRM list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As you click a particular list name, the subsequent screen displays all the contacts that are a part of that list.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1522\" title=\"CRM contacts list\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contacts-list.png\" alt=\"CRM, all contacts overview\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look into related primary actions that you can access here:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The <strong>Custom Fields<\/strong> button is used to create\/edit\/view the custom fields created in the MainBrainer CRM. <a href=\"\/hc\/en_IN\/a-z-guide\/custom-fields-properties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Custom fields<\/a> are the additional fields you create in the CRM to capture your customer&#8217;s custom data.\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1523\" title=\"CRM create custom field button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-crm-custom-field-button.png\" alt=\"CRM, all contacts. Custom fields button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Segments<\/strong> button is used to <a href=\"\/hc\/en_IN\/crm\/manage\/segment-contact-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create a new segment<\/a> to the list or view\/edit the segments already created in the CRM list.\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1524\" title=\"CRM segments button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-crm-segment-button-1.png\" alt=\"CRM, all contacts. Segments button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Filters<\/strong> button helps you control the custom fields that you want to display and the order in which you want those to be displayed. Note that you can only filter the custom fields and not the default CRM fields.\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1525\" title=\"CRM filters button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-filters-button.png\" alt=\"CRM, all contacts. Filters button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Import<\/strong> button helps you <a href=\"\/hc\/en_IN\/crm\/manage\/import-existing-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">import new contacts into the CRM<\/a>.\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1526\" title=\"CRM import button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-import-button.png\" alt=\"CRM, all contacts. Import button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Create manually<\/strong> button helps you <a href=\"\/hc\/en_IN\/crm\/manage\/add-contact-manually\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">add a new contact manually to the CRM list<\/a>.\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1527\" title=\"CRM add manually button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contact-add-manually.png\" alt=\"CRM, all contacts. Add manually button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As you click a contact from the list, the subsequent screen will display all the information available for that particular contact.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1528\" title=\"CRM contact profile\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contact-profile.png\" alt=\"CRM, contact profile. Profile name highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>This Contacts detail page includes the following two tabs:<\/p>\n<p>1. The <strong>Profile<\/strong> tab &#8211; This tab lists the basic profile information saved in the CRM for the selected contact like their name, address, the information stored under the custom fields, etc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1529\" title=\"CRM contact profile button\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contact-profile-data.png\" alt=\"CRM, contact profile. Profile button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>2. The <strong>Communication<\/strong> tab &#8211; This tab lists the contact information for the selected contact &#8211; their mobile number, their Email address, along with their subscription\/opt-in status.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1530\" title=\"CRM contact profile communication\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/crm-contact-profile-communication.png\" alt=\"CRM, contact profile. Communication button highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n  .aricle_container p,.aricle_container li{color: rgba(0,0,0,.8)!important}  .aricle_container span{color:#0070ba!important}.aricle_container li,.aricle_container blockquote{font-size:18px!important;    font-weight: 400;<br \/>\n  }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the main menu on the left to expand the Contacts menu, and click CRM Contacts to access the MainBrainer CRM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[333],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-5959","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-get-acquainted-with-the-crm-en_in"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9597,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5959\/revisions\/9597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=5959"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_IN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=5959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}