Quick search
Use the quick search to get an overview of all information that is saved for a contact or an address data record of a guest order. Learn on this page of the manual how to download all data of a contact or guest order and how to anonymise data records in compliance with GDPR.
Guest accounts via the plentyShop can only be found in the quick search
In order to be able to work GDPR-compliant, no contact data record is created in case of guest orders via the plentyShop. Only the address data is saved. This data that is saved in your plentymarkets system can therefore not be found in the CRM » Contacts menu. The address data of the person who ordered as a guest can only be found via the address data in the quick search. Further information about converting plentyShop guest orders into regular contact data records can be found in the Converting a guest account into a contact data record chapter. |
1. Assigning rights for back end users
The CRM » Quick search menu is automatically activated for users of the type Back end if in the user account in the Setup » Settings » User » Rights » User menu
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in the Menu visibilities area the option CRM > Contacts
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in the Rights area the option CRM > Contact > Show
is activated for these users.
For further information about the rights for the CRM » Contacts menu for back end users, refer to the Contacts page.
2. Finding data records via the quick search
Proceed as follows to find data records via the quick search.
Finding data records via the quick search:
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Go to CRM » Quick search.
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Select at least one filter. Note the explanations in Table 1.
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Click on Search ().
→ The data records that correspond to the search criteria entered are displayed. -
Click in the line of the data record.
→ The overview with the areas Assigned tags, Invoice address, Master data and Info appears. -
Click in the line Orders to display the orders.
→ Click in the line of the order to directly access the order in the Orders » Edit orders menu. -
Click in the line Addresses to display further addresses.
→ Click in the line of the address to directly access the address and edit it. -
Click in the line Events to display the events.
→ The stop watch in the top right corner starts automatically once the data record is opened. Click on Add event to save this time.
Note: Events are only available for contact data records, not for guest orders. -
Click in the line Tickets to display the tickets.
→ Click in the line of the ticket to directly access the ticket in the CRM » Ticket system menu. -
Click in the line Messenger to display the messages.
Setting | Explanation |
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Search |
Shows the data records that correspond to the search criteria. At least one filter has to be selected. |
Reset |
Click on Reset () to reset the filter criteria set. |
ID |
Each contact automatically receives a consecutive and unique ID. It doesn’t matter if the data record was saved manually or automatically. 2 contacts never have the same ID. The ID is always a real number. 00521 or ADF8354 e.g. are invalid. |
Name |
Enter the first name and/or last name or the name of the account to search for the contact with this name or account name. |
Contact data |
In this field, you can search for the name, address, account, customer number and eBay name. |
Address |
Enter the name of the street and/or the postcode that is saved for the contact. It is also possible to search only for parts of the street and parts of the house number. |
Postcode |
Enter the postcode that is saved for the contact. The search is also carried out for postcodes that are saved in the address data records of the contact. It is also possible to search only for parts of the postcode. |
Town |
Enter the town that is saved for the contact. The search is also carried out for towns that are saved in the address data records of the contact. It is also possible to search only for parts of the town. |
Enter the complete email address to search for the contact with this email address. |
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Telephone |
Enter the telephone number to search for the contact with this number. You can also search for parts of the telephone number. Enter at least 3 numbers. |
Country |
Select a country to only display contacts from this country. The country is saved within the contact data. |
Owner |
Select the owner to only search for contacts that are linked to this owner. The owner has to be saved in the contact data record. |
Type |
Select the type to only search for contacts with this type. |
Customer class |
Select the customer class to only search for contacts with this class. |
Rating |
Select the rating to only search for contacts with this rating. 5 yellow stars are the best rating, 5 red stars are the worst rating. |
Tags |
Select one or more tags to only search for contacts with these tags. |
Client |
Select a client to only display contacts that correspond to this client. The client is saved within the contact data record. |
3. Further settings
When you open a data record in the quick search, you see further possible settings in the first line of the data record. These settings are explained in Table 2.
Setting | Icon | Explanation |
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Contact ID |
Opens the contact data record in the CRM » Contacts menu. |
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Orders |
Opens the Orders » Edit orders menu. The ID of the contact is automatically selected as filter. |
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New order |
Creates a new order in the Orders » Edit orders menu. |
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Tickets |
Opens the CRM » Ticket system menu. The ID of the contact is automatically selected as filter. |
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New ticket |
Creates a new ticket in the CRM » Ticket system menu. |
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Messenger |
Opens the Messenger area. |
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New message |
Creates a new message. |
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Download all data of the contact |
Downloads all data that is saved for this data record. |
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Send newsletter opt-in email |
Sends the email for the newsletter opt-in respectively the confirmation for the newsletter opt-in to the customer. |
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Anonymising a data record |
Anonymises the data record. Anonymising data is only possible when the data record is a "real" contact and not a guest order. |
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Convert guest into contact |
Converts the address data from a guest order into a regular contact data record. In the History area of the newly created contact data record, the entry Converted by as well as the name of the person who converted the data record are added. |
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Update data |
Updates the data from this data record. |
4. Converting a guest account into a contact data record
Go to CRM » Quick search to convert the address data from a guest order into a regular contact data record.
In case of guest orders via the plentyShop, the saved data record consists only of the address and the corresponding order. If an account name is additionally contained in the address, the account data record is also created when converting the data record.
Converting a guest account into a contact data record:
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Go to CRM » Quick search.
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Select at least one filter. Note the explanations in Table 1.
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Click on Search ().
→ The data records that correspond to the search criteria entered are displayed. -
Click in the line of the data record.
→ The data record opens. -
In the header, click on Convert guest to contact ().
→ A window appears and you need to confirm your decision. -
If you have worked in compliance with GDPR, click on Convert.
→ The data record is converted into a contact data record and automatically obtains the next free contact ID. In the History area of the contact data record, the entry Converted by as well as the name of the person who converted the data record are added.
Callisto guest orders vs. plentyShop guest orders
The Old online shop: Converting a guest account into a regular account chapter on the Contacts page describes how to convert Callisto guest orders into regular accounts. It is not possible via the contact data record to convert plentyShop guest orders into regular accounts. Besides plentyShop guest orders, you can, however, use the quick search to convert also Callisto guest orders into regular contact data records. |
5. Using the stop watch
As soon as you open a data record in the CRM » Quick search menu, the stop watch in the top right corner starts counting. Click on the start/stop symbol to stop the stop watch from counting. Click on the start/stop symbol again to continue counting the time.
Click on Reset () to set the time to 0. The times of the stop watch are automatically transferred to the Events area of the contact data record. In this area, you can carry out further settings and select the type as well as enter an info text.
The data saved in the quick search is also available in the Events area of a contact data record in the CRM » Contacts menu.
6. Downloading all data of a contact or guest order
In the CRM » Quick search menu, you can download with just one click all data that is saved for a contact or the address data belonging to a guest order as a ZIP file. The ZIP file contains an HTML file and a machine-parsable file in JSON format.
Downloading all data of a contact or guest order:
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Go to CRM » Quick search.
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Select at least one filter.
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Click on Search ().
→ The data records that correspond to the search criteria entered are displayed. -
Click in the line of the data record.
→ The overview with the areas Assigned tags, Invoice address, Master data and Info appears. -
Click on Download all data of the contact () in the upper line.
→ A dialogue window appears. Determine a location on your computer where the ZIP file is saved.
Further information about the download file can be found in this changelog thread in the plentymarkets forum.
7. Anonymising a data record
You can delete data of a contact respectively make this data illegible in such way that no reference to this person is given any longer.
Anonymising data is only possible when the data record is a "real" contact and not a guest order.
Anonymising a data record:
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Go to CRM » Quick search.
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Select at least one filter.
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Click on Search ().
→ The contacts that correspond to the search criteria entered are displayed. -
Click in the line of the contact.
→ The overview of the contact opens. -
Click on Anonymise data record () in the upper line.
→ A window appears and you need to confirm your decision. -
Enter the ID of the contact that you would like to anonymise.
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Click on Anonymise.
→ The data record is anonymised.
Which data is anonymised and deleted?
By clicking on Anonymise data record (), the following data in the data record of the contact is anonymised and deleted:
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