How to enter employees in the system?

Question

Hi,
I'm currently tweaking the OCOD system for use by our sales staff. They want to have the possibility to assign employees to certain task and appointments. These employees aren't users of the system. They also don't want them added to "Contacts". Is there any specific function for adding employees of the company without them being users or contacts? or is this just impossible?
KR

Answer 1

OK, this is what I implemented for a client who was already using Accounts and Contacts and still needed a third object for storing people of a different type(different category from contacts)
NOTE: CO1-3 will not have the same relationships with accounts as compared to contacts and accounts
Rename any of the custom objects 1-3 (for 4-15 I am not sure if all functionality would be avaiable) as employees.
Import records just like you would do for other record types.
create the required fields and layouts under activity (for tasks and appointments)
instead of the regular/default OWNER fields use the Employee(read only picklist) field that appear under the activity field setup and you can use that to assign that employee for appointments and tasks which are separate from the users as well as contacts
NOTE: even though owner may be a required field you can rename that as created by and still use employee field to assign people. thought the standard Lists may not work and you will have to create new list based on the employee field to show each employee his/her tasks. I am not sure how the calendar will work since it may still categorize on basis of owner field
It worked out for the client since they did not want the full calendar functionality but only employees to be assigned to certain things
hope that helps and answers you question
Gaurav