The uPBX Dynamics CRM Integration enhances customer relationship management by integrating your call activities directly with your existing Dynamics CRM.
It features call journaling (with optional automatic contact creation) and automated CRM Smart Open where the callers contact page is loaded on your computer.
The integration’s CRM Smart Open functionality opens the appropriate Dynamics page based on the caller’s information:
- Contact Page: Opens if the caller ID matches an existing contact.
- Search Page: Opens when the caller ID matches multiple contacts, or if the caller ID is private or unknown.
This integration streamlines workflows, ensuring all interactions are efficiently managed and recorded.
Dynamics Configuration
Before you can configure the Dynamics integration within uPBX, you must first configure your Dynamics account.
Step 1.
Sign in to your Dynamics account.
Step 2.
Go to the Microsoft Azure App Registrations page.
eg: 'Azure Services' > 'App Registrations'.
Step 3.
Enter 'uPBX' when prompted for the 'Name'.
Set the Supported account types to 'Accounts in this organizational direcotry only (only - Single tenant)'.
Click 'Register' when finished.
Step 4.
In the app 'Overview' page, note the values of these fields for later.
- Application (client) ID
- Directory (tenant) ID
Step 5.
To add the required permissions, click on 'API permissions', then 'Add a permission', follwed by 'Dynamics CRM'.
Step 6.
Enable the 'user_impersonation' permission, then click on 'Add permissions'.
Allow up to 10 minutes for the changes to complete.
Finally, select 'Grant admin consent' and follow the prompts.
Step 7.
From the 'Certificates & Secrets' page, in the Client Secrets section, then select 'New Client Secret'.
- Set the Description to 'uPBX'.
- Set the Expiry to your preferred option. Note that you will need to renew the configuration when the time is up..
- When you press the 'Add' button, you will have the option to copy the 'Client Secret'.
Warning: Make sure you copy the Client Secret to a secure location as Microsoft will not allow you to view this a second time..
Call Journaling and Contact Creation
With the Call Journaling with Contact Creation feature enabled, uPBX will automatically log calls within Dynamics for you.
Enter in your preferred call subject for Inbound and Outbound calls, noting that you can use the following variables to generate the subject line.
Possible Variables:
- CallDateTime: This value represents the Date and Time of the call.
- SourceNumber: For an inbound call, this will show the callers full caller ID (eg: 0731051300). For an outbound call, this will show the internal extension number of the user who made the call (eg: 324).
- DestinationNumber: This represents the full national number that was dialled.
- TalkerState: For inbound calls only.
- ConnectedState: For outbound calls only. Note that for outbound calls we cannot confirm if anyone spoke on the call, only that the call was connected to a remote system.
Tip: You will need to ensure that each variable is enclosed in square brackets as shown in the image above.
The Create Contact is an optional setting that allows uPBX to automatically create a new contact if the caller ID is not found in your CRM. Enter the preferred first and last name to use for the new contact.
Once you are happy with your configuration, click 'Save', and make sure to Apply PBX Changes if prompted.
Remove CRM integration
You can permenantly disable the CRM integration by clicking the Remove Integration button.
You will then be prompted again to confirm the removal of the integration.
Click 'Permanently Remove CRM Integration'.