Overview

The Forms feature has been enhanced to allow creating new Accounts in Totango in an intuitive and user friendly manner. Accounts creation was previously supported using Integration Hub but with this feature, Admins can create customized Forms per account types letting users create new Accounts in the system via these Forms.

Here are some business cases that can be unlocked with this feature

1. CS Organizations who want to completely unplug from their CRM system and only create and maintain accounts in Totango can now do that in a very simple and intuitive manner
2. Organizations that wanted to have a high level integration of accounts with CRM but needed the ability to create some sub accounts such as Initiatives or Engagements can now create them in Totango using this new feature

This article contains the following sections

• Where can new accounts be created in Totango
• How to create account creation Forms
• How to grant permissions to users for creating accounts
• Filling a create account form to create a new account
• Things to consider

Where can new accounts be created in Totango

1. New Ultimate Parent or Primary account can only be created from My Portfolio
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2. Creating Sub accounts under a Primary account is possible from the sub accounts widget on Account Profile page
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How to create account creation Forms

A Global Admin in Totango can create new account creation Forms under Global Settings > Rapid Insight Forms. An Admin can create only 1 Form per parent Account Type. The system will show an error if the user tries to save another Form with the same parent account types.

1. Go to Global Settings > Rapid Insight Forms (Forms)
2. Hover on the Plus Sign and click on Create Account
3. Enter the Parent Account Type for the type of account you are creating the form for. Leave it blank if you are creating this Form for a top level ultimate parent account
4. Enter the account type(s) of accounts that can be created using this form.
5. Add additional sections to add the right fields to the form that the user should fill out while creating this account.
6. Save and Enable the Form

How to grant permissions to users for creating accounts

The Admins should decide on which users will need permission to create new Accounts in the system. This should be a controlled activity so only a few users are designated with the responsibility of creating new accounts in the system.

1. Go to Global Settings > Permissions
2. Click on Application Permissions tab
3. Scroll to the bottom and look for "Create Account" section
4. Choose "Only Specific Roles" and specify the roles of users that should have the ability to create new accounts in the system

Filling a create account form to create a new account

A user can click on "Create New Account" in My Portfolio or click on New Account icon in the Sub Accounts widget of account profile.

1. Enter a unique Account ID
2. Enter a unique Account Name
3. Choose the right Account Type
4. The Parent ID is automatically populated if you are creating a sub account.

Things to consider

1. Plan on which account types you want to create from the UI
2. Ensure that you have a unique numbering scheme for creating accounts
3. Identify the right users in your team to create new accounts in the system
4. Setup the Forms with the additional sections and fields necessary to create new accounts in the system