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Log in to ContactPad. For information about ContactPad, see Getting started with ContactPad.
Section Column width 60% The Start button appears in the ContactWorld Connect component.
Column width 40% To put yourself into an active dialing mode, click Start.
Section Column width 60% The name of the next person to call appears, along with Dial, Next and Stop buttons. A corresponding record should also pop in the main Salesforce window. If the record does not pop, click the person's name to open the record.
Column width 40% If you are working on a list in Automatic mode, the call is initiated immediately.
If you are working on a list in Preview mode, click Dial to initiate the call. (Alternatively click Next to skip the current entry call without making a calldialling. This Dial Entry call is marked as skipped.)
The Log a Call area in the open record refreshes.
Info Sometimes, due to Salesforce timeouts, the Log a Call area does not refresh. In this case, click Refresh to refresh it manually.
If the Log a Call area does not appear, you must enable feed tracking for the object.
You can now take notes and set a call action.
Section Column width 60% For information about adding notes and setting a call action during a call, see Logging a call during the call and Setting disposition code (call action)codes in Connect.
Column width 40% To finish the call, click Release in ContactPad. When you are in a Ready state, click Next to see the next Dial Entry call that you are assigned to. The previous entry call is marked as complete. If the next entry is on a list in Automatic mode then the call is initiate immediately. To go step 3The name of the next person to call, if any, appears (go to step 3).
Info When you have completed or skipped all the entriescalls, or if you have no active dial lists, a message appears in the ContactWorld Connect component that informs you that there are no entries calls to dialmake.
If Salesforce data has changed in the background, for example if new records are added or you are assigned to a new list, Connect may have created new Dial Entries calls for you. Click Stop followed by Start in Connect, or refresh your browser window to see any new entriescalls.
If you click Stop you will be taken out of active dialing mode and must click Start again to make calls using Connect.