Typical Lead Scenario_URGENT!!!!

Hi to all.
I have a scenario wrt "Lead"
     I am running a email Campaign which asks for Customers interest towards a Product.
   Now who ever shows Clicks on Yes Button in the email , they need to be collected separately(for which there is a standard Workflow).
         With this Target Group i need to create Lead!!!
Option
      1) I can i make use of Badi "CRM_MKTCA_SVY_PAI " and automatically create Lead ?
                   If can create a lead by this where do i get these created leads in the CRM ? Can i get all these leads in to "Lead Generator " INBOX" ? from where he can manually assign them to Sales Rep?
2) If at all the campaign gives me a out put which is a Target group. How do i create Leads using the Target Group ? is there any FM for this?
3) How can a lead manager Manually assaign leads to Sales Rep based on Prospect or based up on priority ?
Kindly provide me the inputs as its Urgent!!!!!!!
Regards,
Sanj

Hi.
You can find some information about Lead Managment in building block: C37: CRM Lead Management ( http://help.sap.com/bp_crmv250/CRM_DE/index.htm). You can create leads for target group that you send to channel if you first create channel for leads. Hope you will find some useful information there
Regards
Piotr

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>
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So, again, no, I'm not saying that "most J2EE
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every table]" - rather, in fact, I'm saying that most
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details(!)), unfortunately do do that and
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it's
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a-ffectively - than either it's business logic or
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- I then have to hard reset the MDD, which typically leads to a whack of permissions problems that I need to repair (stuck a blue screen on boot; stuck at grey Apple-logo-screen at boot are the most common).
The MDD is presently not headless, though that is my ultimate goal. It has a 15" ADC LCD connected.
I'm wondering if the community is aware of any instability with Leopard's Personal File Sharing and Remote Management together on G4s?
I've tried the same configuration with Tiger (10.4.11), and don't see the same instability.
Any thoughts from the gurus? Or am I destined for Tiger on the MDD and using the questionable "defaults write com.apple.systempreferences TMShowUnsupportedNetworkVolumes 1" to get Time Machine on the source Macs to recognise the Mirrored 1TB on the MDD?
Many thanks in advance!
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My machine has similar problems. I have an MDD same model. I actually have the intermittent freezes plus boot up takes anywhere from 5 to 20 min. I checked and everything looks fine, hardware tests, different drives, different drive buses. And same issues. I was trying to run Leopard server on it, then i tried leopard client, same issues. I'm back on tiger server, and it works great. I keep thinking it's a device issue maybe it doesn't like the built in ATA controller (even thought that wouldn't make any sense since it should be a supported machine). So I thought about possibly putting in a third party drive controller maybe SATA (However if the poster below has similar issues than that may rule that out of the question). I'm a little confused. This is a supported machine! Why would i have problems. I even used different install discs, didn't matter. I went through 6 installs of Leopard, (3 server, 3 client) and all the same results. So for now i'm still on Tiger Server...

[SOLVED] e4rat No improvement can be done

I'm not sure if this has to be posted in the Newbie Cornet, I hope it do.
Reading the post about e4rat in the forum and then reading the wiki about e4rat (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/E4rat, I decided to test it. So I follow the steps in the wiki, and in the "e4rat-realloc" step, it just informed me: No improvement can be done .
It is possible e4rat can't help me? Or did I do something wrong?
What I do:
1.) put at the end of the line the init=/sbin/e4rat-collect
2.) reboot
3.) wait for the two minutes
4.) init 1 and then e4rat-realloc /var/lib/e4rat/startup.log
5.) here the message appeared, but still I continue with the procedure
6.) change e4rat-collect in the burg.cfg with init=/sbin/e4rat-preload
7.) reboot
8.) no changes in boot time
Things that maybe are important for this problem:
- line of burg.cfg about the kernel:
linux/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.3-ARCH root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/f168d4c1-ade6-4438-82ef-6edbfaa68c3c ootfstype=ext4 ro quiet add_efi_memmap rootdelay=5 resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/68fa2501-b2ab-4125-a011-26cb0f20dbc0
is vmlinuz-3.0.3-ARCH instead of vmlinuz-linux because is a compiled version by me
- line of modules at rc.conf:
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq)
- line of daemos at rc.conf:
DAEMONS=(!hwclock ntpd @syslog-ng dbus wicd netfs @crond)
- I use mingetty instead of agetty in /etc/inittab (for autologin in console propose)
- I use .bash_profile to initialize openbox:
[[ -f ~/.bashrc ]] && . ~/.bashrc
if [[ -z $DISPLAY && ! -e /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ]] && (( EUID )); then
exec xinit
fi
and that is all.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Last edited by diegoauyon (2011-08-24 08:57:49)

@diegoauyon
This is what I was talking about:
0 akai@Arch-Akai: ~ 8:37 ---> e4rat-realloc -h
Usage: e4rat-realloc [ option(s) ] [ mode ] files(s)
OPTIONS:
-V --version print version and exit
-h --help print help and exit
-v --verbose increment verbosity level
-q --quiet set verbose level to 0
-l --loglevel <number> set log level
-f --force force reallocating files
DEFRAGMENTATION MODES:
-p --use-prealloc Use pre-allocation kernel patch
-g --use-locality-group Create donor files in locality group.
Please avoid other filesystem activities.
-t --use-tld Take advantage of orlov's top-level direc-
tory spreading algorithm. This typically
leads to small holes between the files.
For me, using tld ( -t ) on e4rat-prealloc led after 2-4 iterations from 600 or so fragments to 20, what also seemed to do e4rat-preload more effective
Last edited by ethail (2011-08-24 06:38:45)

MSI GX 633 falled down

Hi,
Recently, I managed (somehow) to get my MSI fallen from table in the office to the ground.
No external damage is visible, only Small piece of plastic was broken off, but that is already solved.
Computer runs normally, nothing seems to be damaged, no hardware is malfunctioning so far.
My question is, is there any inspection/test I might perform to make sure, that everything in the PC is in normal condition ?
Or what hardware could have been damaged ?
Regards,
Daniel

Yes, it can happen.
That is the problem with a fallen machine, it's not to predict or test what has been damaged or not, there can be cracks in circuits that will show later on.
As such my advise is: With a fallen Laptop/PC replace when troubles start.
Do not try to repair the damage, as it typical leads from one repair to the next and the next and the next and the next....etc..
If it works, you are lucky but if troubles start don't repair but buy a new one.

CS2 Need to set text bounding box to snap to exact measurement, not em size and without leading

I am currently using CS2 working in a sign shop designing signs, banners and vehicle lettering.
When working with text I need to know the exact letter height, not the em and without the leading. I need it exactly the way it would measure if converting the text to outlines. The reason I need this information is that when I output the lettering to a cutter/plotter to cut vinyl media I need to know the exact measurement so I can nest my lettering on my media size. The media is typically 24" wide which gives me 22.5" of available space once the pinch rollers on the machine are considered. Pinch rollers are rollers that engage a knurled driving wheel and "pinches" the media between them and thus guides the media through the plotter. Of course, when using any media one must make the best use of it to avoid making scrap or using more than is needed for the job at hand. Converting text to outlines gives me that measurement.
One time awhile back I did a google search on this and found a one or two button fix that made the bounding box snap to the exact "ruler" height of the text. It worked great. But I got away from design work for a short period. When I returned I'd forgotten the process. Back when I did find it I never bookmarked or made a text file explaining the process and I'm ost in finding it again.
I don't know exactly how I worded the google search but the answer I was looking for came up on the first page. That's probably why I didn't feel the need to bookmark it or write it down. Now, I've googled dozens of different wordings for my question and get nothing. It's likely a nomenclature/jargon issue and I've yet to stumble on it again.
If anyone could help out I would so greatly appreciate it. As it is, when I get to the point that I need to know the exact ruler height of my lettering I convert my text to outlines. But then, as sometimes happens, I'll desire to change the font or try someting different but the text is not live so I'll have to start over with that line of lettering.
I sincerely hope my explanation of my questions makes sense to anyone who might be reading this.

Jacob Bugge, you are a blessing. This effect not only saves me time but avoids a lot of frustration when a client wants to change some copy or I commit a spelling error or have some other brain malfunction. Not to mention the sometimes hundreds of single words or number groups I must fit onto an artboard set to my available media space.
Option 2 is exactly what I was looking for and I'll remember it forever now as I've spent parts of the past week searching that answer only to hear over and over again, "You can't do that in Illustrator".
Thank you so much for your quick response!

Typical Lead Scenario_URGENT!!!!

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