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Procedure documentationSetting Up ERMS

 

This procedure describes the basic settings needed for E-Mail Response Management System

For more information, see SAP Notes 925554Information published on SAP site and 882653Information published on SAP site.

Note Note

SAP delivers preconfigured rules and rule policies and their associated elements for ERMS. If you want to extend these rules and rule policies, you can do this using custom coding.

End of the note.

Prerequisites

Your IT administrator has created e-mail addresses for receiving incoming e-mails.

Procedure

Mandatory and Recommended Steps

Step

Description

Create an organizational model.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Organizational Management Next navigation step Organizational Model Next navigation step Create Organizational Model End of the navigation path.

Maintain workflow standard settings.

In Customizing for SAP NetWeaver under Start of the navigation path Application Server Next navigation step Business Management Next navigation step SAP Business Workflow Next navigation step Maintain Standard Settings End of the navigation path.

Define receiving e-mail addresses.

In the SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Interaction Center Next navigation step E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Define Receiving E-Mail Addresses/Fax Numbers End of the navigation path.

Assign receiving e-mail addresses to ERMS workflow.

In the SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Interaction Center Next navigation step E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Maintain Recipient Distribution End of the navigation path.

Assign agents for e-mail handling.

In the SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Interaction Center Next navigation step E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Assign Agent for E-Mail Handling End of the navigation path.

Choose Assign Agents.

Under workflow ERMS 1 either:

  • Use a general task for ERMS decision to allow e-mail routing to all agents, depending on the rules, or

  • Specify individual agents or agent groups to allow e-mail routing only to those agents, depending on the rules.

Activate event linking.

Incoming e-mails can use workflow to define how mails are routed and how they are handled. Activating event linking activates the workflow you defined and allows it to be used for ERMS.

In the SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Interaction Center Next navigation step E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Assign Agent for E-Mail Handling End of the navigation path.

Choose Activate Event Linking.

For New Recipient, choose possible entries and select SAP Object Instance.

Use business object repository (BOR) Object Type ERMSSUPRT2 (ERMS Support 2). When this BOR object type is invoked, it triggers workflow WS00200001 (ERMS1). For more information, see Workflow for ERMS.

Define outgoing e-mail addresses.

In the SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Interaction Center Next navigation step E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Maintain Sender E-Mail Addresses End of the navigation path.

Define service manager profiles.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management underStart of the navigation path E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Service Manager Next navigation step Define Service Manager Profiles End of the navigation path.

Choose Default and double click Directly Called Services to set the DEF_ROUTING for Invocation Order 50 to an organizational unit.

Assign service manager profiles.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management under Start of the navigation path E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Service Manager Next navigation step Assign Service Manager Profiles End of the navigation path.

Create ERMS policies and rules

In the Interaction Center, choose Start of the navigation path Process Modeling Next navigation step Rule Policies End of the navigation path. Choose E-Mail Response Management System as the Context.

Assign standard tasks to communication methods

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management under Start of the navigation path Interaction Center WebClient Next navigation step Agent Inbox Next navigation step Settings for Asynchronous Inbound Processing Next navigation step Assign Standard Tasks to Communication Methods. End of the navigation path

Choose INT as the communication method for Object ID 207914.

Define e-mail templates and e-mail forms.

In the Interaction Center, choose Start of the navigation path Knowledge Management Next navigation step Mail Forms End of the navigation path.

Optional Steps/Extensions of Default Customizing

Step

Description

Define additional services. You can define services that are available in the service manager. This activity determines how all necessary services for evaluating policies are invoked. You should only execute this activity if you want to change the default settings or create new services.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management choose Start of the navigation path E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Service Manager Next navigation step Define Services End of the navigation path.

Extend the ERMS repository.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management chooseStart of the navigation path  E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Define Repository End of the navigation path.

Define additional e-mail profiles.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management chooseStart of the navigation path Interaction Center WebClient Next navigation step Basic Functions Next navigation step Communication Channels Next navigation step Define E-Mail Profiles End of the navigation path.

Define catalogs, codes, and subject profiles.

Catalogs are resources which help ensure the uniform use of terms

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management chooseStart of the navigation path Basic Functions Next navigation step Catalogs, Codes and Profiles End of the navigation path.

Define additional categorization profiles.

This influences which categorization schema(s) are displayed in the corresponding business transactions, and the behavior of the auto suggest function.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management chooseStart of the navigation path Interaction Center WebClient Next navigation step Business Transaction Next navigation step Define Categorization Profiles End of the navigation path.

Define reporting for e-mail statuses and events.

In Customizing for Customer Relationship Management chooseStart of the navigation path E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Reporting End of the navigation path.

Delete reporting data.

In the SAP Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Interaction Center Next navigation step E-Mail Response Management System Next navigation step Utilities Next navigation step Delete Reporting Data End of the navigation path.