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The My Agenda

 panel

 screen gives you a 7-day view of all the activities, such as meetings and tasks, you have scheduled in

Phocas CRM, helping

CRM. You agenda helps you stay

organised

organized and also

making

makes it easier to keep CRM up to date. If you have permission, you can also see the week's agenda for other team members.

My agenda is accessed via the main menu, as shown below.

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  • Add and delete activities
  • My Agenda defaults to 'Today', as shown below. It displays any

    page to learn about the activity types.

    Click the Phocas menu button > My Agenda.

    My Agenda opens by default on today’s date and displays list of activities you have coming up for the next week, listed by date.

    You can choose a different day from the calendar icon and then switch back to 'Today'.Overdue

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    View and edit an item

    On the My Agenda screen, overdue items are flagged at the top

    ,

    (in red). This section will be collapsed if there

    are

    is more than one

    . Expand to see each overdue activity.

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    View and edit an item

    Click on an item to see in more detail and edit. In the screenshot below, the user has selected the item 'Look at Ben's budget'. In the pane on the right, you can see all the details for that activity and edit them as desired

    item; expand it to view the other overdue activities. You can click the Calendar button to select a different date and click Today to switch back to today’s view as required.

    Click an item in the list to display its details on the right. This is the same information you

    would  see

    would see if you opened the activity from the

    activities

    Activities screen or

    via

    the Activities tab in an account, contact or lead record.

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    Personal  appointments

    To add a personal appointment to My Agenda, select theImage Removed (personal) icon.  

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    Here you can enter a subject, status, location, start and end time (or whether all day), write a description and add a timestamp. Save changes before closing.

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    Note that personal appointments can only be viewed by the person who created them. They are not connected to the rest of Phocas CRM, and only appear in your own view of the Activities screen or My Agenda.

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    Schedule a 'My Agenda' email notification

    To have your agenda emailed to you, select the picture at the top right of your screen and select Settings. 

    Under Email notifications tick 'My Agenda at' and choose which time you'd like the email delivered. Check (tick) Tip. If you don't

    Edit the activity’s details as required and click Save.

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    Add an activity

    You can add activities against accounts, contacts and leads from within their respective records. You can also add your own personal appointments here on the My Agenda screen and on the My Activities screen.

    See Add and delete activities for more information and instructions.

    Schedule an email notification

    You can set up notifications about your upcoming agenda items to be sent to your email account. This feature requires SMTP settings to be configured. Check with your administrator if you are not sure if this option is available.  

    1. In the top right of your screen, click the profile picture > Settings

    2. In the Email notifications section, select the My Agenda at checkbox and select the time you want to the email to be sent.

    3. Ensure your email address and time zone are correct.

    4. Click Save.

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    Note this feature requires SMTP settings configured. If in doubt about this, check with your administrator.  

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    Tip

    If you do not receive the first scheduled email, check your email clutter or junk folders.

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