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CRM for AEC Firms: Proposal Generation and Document ManagementPosted by Sonoma Partners on June 23, 2015 | Comments (0)
Architecture, Engineering, and Construction firms have traditionally relied on separate databases to collect data on projects, manage financial information, and handle client accounts. Navigating these disparate systems makes it difficult for internal divisions to share and access important information needed for proposal generation and document management.
Some of the common business challenges that plague our AEC clients include:
- Trouble managing multiple data sources
- Navigating redundant and inconsistent data
- No single view of clients
- Difficulties making go/no-go decisions
If you're a marketer working at an AEC firm, we know that it can be especially painful to generate proposals and manage documents. But it doesn't have to be. With a well-implemented CRM solution, AEC firms can tame the proposal and document management beast.
1. CRM can track MSAs, NDAs, and Contracts
MSAs, NDAs, and contracts need to be stored in a logical and easy-to-find place. Instead of storing them in hard-to-navigate-to folders on a shared drive or in a Sharepoint labyrinth, use CRM to store and place them right against the project record that's complete with project data. While these documents don't do much for proposal generation, it's convenient to have these documents on hand so you know what you agreed to with the customer.
2. CRM can track employee skillsets and certifications and automate updates
All of the important employee information you need like project experience, trainings, certifications, trade association memberships, pictures, and more can be stored within your CRM. Better yet, CRM can help automate the process of updating this information with automatic notification emails that tell employees to update their resume via an easy-to-use employee portal which guides them through the process. And if an employee doesn't update their information in a timely manner, workflow can alert a manager or HR. If you want to get really fancy, project information can be automatically appended to employee records as they are staffed on a project or as projects wrap up.
3. CRM can aid in targeting the right pursuits and proposals
We know that proposal generation is a pain point for AEC firms. Since proposals are so expensive to generate, you don't want to waste time having Marketing develop them or have the BizDev team chasing pursuits that you have a low chance of winning. An unprofitable project could be due to the type of project, the geography and the local competition, the client itself, or any combination of these things. A CRM system can help AEC firms pinpoint where they can maximize their profits and minimize low profit pursuits.
4. CRM can simplify proposal generation
We know that marketers at AEC firms are required to dig through multiple databases and work with multiple departments to get the information they need for proposal generation. You have to pull data from other marketers, HR, project managers, clients, the company shared drive, the company document management system, the financial system, and project management systems. With a CRM system, you have a central place where you can get the information you need for a proposal, collaborate on the document, track where the proposal is in your process, and have a logical place to store it once it's complete. You can even have templates in the system to publish all of the project, employee, and other data in a proposal-friendly format.
Proposal generation and document management doesn't have to be a beast. There is an easier way. Want to learn more about the business benefits our AEC clients have experienced with CRM? Contact us to learn more about quick and easy proposal generation and document management.
VIDEO: Sonoma Partners Relationship MapperPosted by Sonoma Partners on June 19, 2015 | Comments (0)
The Sonoma Partners Relationship Mapper for Microsoft Dynamics CRM allows you to see who knows who and how. It's an easy, drop-in solution that you can just add into your Dynamics CRM instance to visually see which relationships exist in your system.
Contact us learn more about Relationship Mapper for Dynamics CRM.
INFOGRAPHIC: 2015 State of Knowledge for Customer ServicePosted by Sonoma Partners on June 11, 2015 | Comments (0)
Note: The following is a guest post from Parature, from Microsoft Sr. Product Marketing Manager Tricia Morris. Tricia promotes Parature's focus on customer service thought leadership and best practices through Parature's customer service blog.
Customers' expectations for brands and organizations delivering the right answer at the right time, whether through assisted or self-service, continue to grow. In the The Real Self-Service Economy Report, 70% of consumers surveyed now expect a company website to include a self-service application.
In the most recent American Express Customer Service Barometer, 99% of consumers say that getting a satisfactory answer or being connected to someone knowledgeable are important prerequisites to a great customer service experience. But while customers are expecting more, many brands and organizations are struggling with providing the knowledge agents and employees need to consistently deliver the right answers at the right time across all major service and engagement channels.
This infographic presents a snapshot view of the current state of knowledge delivery when it comes to customer service, showing that we should never be content with our customer service content:
Empowering Employees, Engaging Customers with
Parature Knowledge within Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Knowledge and knowledge management serve as the basis for productive, proactive and consistent assisted and self-service customer care. When both employees and customers can find the right answers at the right time, delivered on the channel of their choice or convenience, satisfaction is sure to rise.
Knowledge on every desktop is the foundation for Parature and Microsoft Dynamics CRM's powerful and growing integration success story. Teamed with Microsoft Dynamics CRM's case management, this easy access to and delivery of knowledge empowers employees and engages customers for greater service success. Click here to download the feature sheet or contact Sonoma Partners to make this powerful integration work for your brand or organization.
Sonoma Partners Workflow Utilities Revisited!Posted by Jim Steger on June 9, 2015 | Comments (0)
Today's post is co-authored by of Ross Talbot, a Principal Developer at Sonoma Partners.
What a difference a few years make. In early 2011, Jim posted this update on the Sonoma Workflow Utilities. He discussed the new solution packaging as well as some of the features of this managed solution. It was a simpler time, when feature parity was just a twinkle in CRM Online's eye.
Fast forward to today and CRM Online now accepts custom workflow assemblies! This means after a couple of minor modifications to our original solution, our workflow utilities solution will work for both CRM on-premise and CRM Online!
But rather than simply converting our original 2011 solution, we thought we should add another great feature…the ability to include notes into your workflow emails!
Our list of utility features include
- Format Line Breaks
- URL Builder (includes returning the record id)
- Format Record Notes *NEW*
Let's review these features again.
Format Line Breaks
If you use workflows to send emails, readability can be an issue. No one likes trying to soak in the contents of a wall of text. The problem is the workflow email is sent out as HTML and the text with line breaks doesn't have HTML formatting with it. We will provide that formatting for better readability within the email.
First, I need to set up the workflow value I want to format. For this case, I created a workflow to email a queue when a contact's Address 1 changes. I am using the Address 1 Composite field since it will contain line breaks. I added my Workflow Utility reference step and I use the Address 1 field on Contact as the input value.
Now, in the email body I use the formatted value instead of the field directly.
The resulting email now has a bit more consistency and readability. So why would we worry about that? If your data is coming into CRM via an integration or say a 3rd party lead import, for example, how closely are you scrutinizing the format of every field on every record? If you are sending emails to customers via CRM similar to the example above, you will want auto-generated communication to look as polished as your hand-crafted emails.
URL Builder
If you need to include a link to a record in your email, this utility will help you do so in a controlled format. Dynamics CRM has also added the ability to include a record link, however this native Dynamic Record URL uses the URL format information in stored in your CRM org's configuration. This means that your server and org can be configured for external access and the URL may need to be different inside your network. If this is the case, a customizable format may still be needed. The default URL format remains the same as the 2011 version of the utility:
Further, there may be times you want the record id (GUID) for your workflow (usually in cases of integration).
To return the URL, be sure to use the entity schema name for entity, and this URL will need to be updated to match the format and server/org you are using for your link. Per the previous post, there are 3 output values to review:
- Entity Id - The GUID of the record that instantiated the workflow process
- Formatted URL - The URL from the input property with the entity id formatted in HTML. Very useful for alert emails, as it will automatically be hyperlinked.
- Output URL - This is the URL without the HTML formatting. This can be useful if you are using it to populate a field or integrating into another application that may do its own formatting.
Our updated workflow now includes the formatted and out of the box URL links:
Format Notes (new in the Workflow Utilities 2015 & 2013 solutions)
One addition we made to the new version for CRM 2015/2013 compatibility involves Notes on records. When you want to email information about a record, you occasionally will want to include notes attached to that record. Since you are able to enter multiple notes, we added this functionality to append note information to an email. This utility requires no input and takes the current record ID to find related Note records, and the resulting output is formatted as multiple lines of text. Our Fancy Email Workflow now has the updated address with formatted line breaks, notes attached to our contact, and the formatted and out of the box URLs.
Please feel free to download these free solutions at:
Sonoma Partners CRM 2015 Workflow Utilities
Sonoma Partners CRM 2013 Workflow Utilities
Sonoma Partners CRM 2011 Workflow Utilities
Remember you need to be a deployment administrator in order to import the solution, since it contains an assembly.
Always Look on the Bright Side of Your DataPosted by Sonoma Partners on June 5, 2015 | Comments (0)
Today's post is courtesy of Ross Talbot, a Development Principal at Sonoma Partners.
In our continuing coverage of new features included in the CRM Online Spring 2015 Update, today we will be talking about optimistic concurrency.
First, a little review of data quality and minimizing data loss. Just as in life, there are two basic models for minimizing loss when updating data in your database: optimistic concurrency and pessimistic concurrency. Pessimistic concurrency uses row locks to prevent others from making changes while you are performing an update. This prevents a conflict by calling "dibs" and then releasing the lock when you are done. Optimistic concurrency involves an attempt to update and then a rollback if there is a conflict. This prevents a conflict by stopping the second update and letting the user know via an error message. Optimistic data tries first before stopping, and pessimistic data fights others off until its update is complete.
What does this mean for Dynamics CRM today? The lifeblood of your business starts with your customers, so from a CRM system perspective your customer data is vital. With integrations, mobile applications, and multiple users accessing and updating this data, you want to be sure that a situation that could potentially result in data loss is handled in a way that minimizes that potential issue. So let's dive into an example of how these updates can be used in your code.
Before we start, optimistic concurrency is supported with this update on all out of the box entities enabled for offline sync as well as all custom entities. This is found as a metadata setting "IsOptimisticConcurrencyEnabled" and is set to true if the entity supports it. I have also set up a console app with some basic logging and an organization service to create a contact and test optimistic concurrency via an update and a delete.
Inside the app, I create Bob Brightside and then retrieve the record again so I can obtain the Row Version needed to check during our Update attempt.
From our log file, I see that Bob was created and that the current Row Version is 459773:
INFO "Contact Bob Brightside created with id: 24496e99-470a-e511-80d9-c4346bac7dac"
INFO "Row Version before update attempt: 459773"
Next, I use a breakpoint in my console app to simulate the timing of two updates. One will be made in my console app and the other in the browser. In my code, I will change the First Name field on the contact to Robert. I use the new ConcurrencyBehavior property to check the row version on my update. If the Row Version in CRM matches the Row Version of the contact record I am updating, the update will succeed. If these versions do not match, or if no Row Version is specified, the update will fail. I pause at the breakpoint in order to update the contact via the CRM web interface, changing the First Name field to Mr. replacing Bob.
When I resume my console app, the update request is executed and the update fails.
From our log file, we see that the concurrency check noticed another change had occurred and prevented our update:
ERROR "Concurrency Check Failed: The version of the existing record doesn't match the RowVersion property provided."
Next, I retrieve the record again to ensure I have the latest Row Version. Our log shows this has been updated: INFO "Row Version after update attempt: 459780"
I now execute a Delete Request with the updated contact and the ConcurrencyBehavior property set to IfRowVersionMatches, and since no other updates have been made this request succeeds.
Here is a link to the MSDN article detailing this new feature for more information about the supported entities, fault codes when concurrency checks throw an exception, and additional sample code.
Are you having any issues with your CRM deployment? Concerned that you aren't doing enough to prevent data loss? Don't grumble, give a whistle. We can help things turn out for the best.
Avoid Form Script Errors with CRM Online 2015 Update 1Posted by Peter Majer on May 28, 2015 | Comments (2)
As many are aware, the Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 has been live for a bit of time now. With it come a lot of shiny brand new features for everyone to play with, of which we've been blogging about on our site for a bit of time now.
However, with all great new toys, there are usually some pitfalls to be aware of and avoid. And this release doesn't fall short of that classification, as there is a potential headache that most customers and partners should be aware of and plan for.
Microsoft posted on their blog some good detail about some performance improvements that were made to form load times. This is great as I've heard from multiple customers (and experienced) the slow loading forms that seem to have popped up when CRM 2013 released with its new UI scheme.
As seen in the image below, the new rendering forms of Dynamics CRM Online 2015 Update 1 drastically improve load times of forms.
From Microsoft's blog post, you can see details of what they changed to get this improved performance. However, with those changes comes the risk of unsupported scripts now failing. Some examples of where scripts could fail are:
- DOM manipulations
- Accessing internal iFrame URLs
- Accessing unsupported APIs
- Other windows related assumptions
However, the good news is that there's a plan in place that you should follow to resolve these issues.
- First off, make sure that you test your environment thoroughly in a sandbox instance before updating your production instance to identify any potential issues.
- If you find something that is broken, you can temporarily turn off the new form rendering by going to your System Settings, and setting the "Use legacy form rendering" option to Yes. Note: This option to use the legacy settings is most likely going away with the next major release, so please plan on fixing your broken scripts immediately to avoid issues in the near future.
- You can also download the CRM 2015 Custom Code Validation Tool from this link, and run it on your environment to identify the usage of any deprecated API's as well as any usage of unsupported API's.
Moral of the story, be aware, be prepared, and have a plan. You definitely don't want to be caught by surprise in production when you're getting random errors loading forms. Good luck!
Invocable Actions Part 4 – creating a custom actionPosted by Nathen Drees on May 25, 2015 | Comments (0)
In part 1 of this series, we talked about what Invocable Actions are, and the problems they are attempting to address. In part 2, we looked at how to discover what actions are available to you, as well as what the inputs and outputs for each are. And in part 3, we looked at how to use the actions in your organization. In this fourth and final part of the series, we will look at how to extend your organization by creating custom actions in Apex.
Creating our custom action
To begin creating our custom action, we need to first understand the @InvocableMethod and @InvocableVariable annotations. Combined, these let us define a method which can (optionally) take in a collection of objects (variables), do some work with them, and (optionally) return a collection of objects (variables).
The @InvocableMethod annotation defines the entry point for our custom action, and there may only be 1 per class file. There are also a bunch of other restrictions placed on this method, such as it having to be static and either public or global. Be sure to read the documentation for a full list of requirements.
The @InvocableVariable annotation is used to decorate the input and output types, denoting what metadata should be published to the outside world.
Both of these annotations have label and description properties, which are published in the metadata to make the method, its inputs, and its outputs more human friendly.
For our example, assume we have the following code which is our custom action:
This class demonstrates a few important notes about custom invocable actions:
- If they have inputs, they always take in a collection of inputs, encouraging batch processing.
- If they return values, they always return a collection of values.
- The inputs and outputs can be complex types, but the members decorated with @InvocableVariable must be either simple types (strings, numbers, booleans, IDs, etc.) or concrete sObject types (Accounts, Contacts, custom object types, etc.)
Once we have saved the code to Salesforce, we can explore the metadata that is published about it in the REST endpoint. Since we created a custom action using apex, our starting point is:
Here you can see the label that we defined in the @InvocableMethod annotation is being published along with the name of the class. We can use the name property to find out more about our custom action in the same way we did in Part 2 with the Chatter action:
Here we can see the full metadata for our action, including the inputs, outputs, and the labels and descriptions for each that we provided in the code. This makes it convenient for us to document our custom actions, since all of the information comes from one place that is regularly maintained. This also follows the same format as the standard actions, so we can use the techniques from Part 3 to craft a request to send to Salesforce, and use our custom action to perform work.
Promoting Reuse
While creating custom actions with a standardized input/output format is nice, what really makes Invocable Actions worth investing in is their potential for reuse. In our post on invoking apex from lightning processes we show you how to use custom actions in the lightning process builder, giving non-programmers access to more functionality at a faster pace than before.
Wrap Up
In this 4 part series, we talked about why Invocable Actions were introduced, how to find what actions you have in your organization, how to use them and how to create custom actions of your own. We hope that you have found this series to be interesting and useful. If you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to leave us a comment below or contact us.
Invocable Actions Part 3 – using an actionPosted by Nathen Drees on May 18, 2015 | Comments (0)
In part 1 of this series, we talked about what Invocable Actions are, and the problems they are attempting to address. In part 2, we looked at how to discover what actions you have available to you, as well as what the inputs and outputs for each are. In this post, we'll look at how to use that information to perform a call to Salesforce.
Posting to Chatter
For our example, let's post a new message to chatter. We can view the expected inputs and outputs by sending a GET request to
In the returned metadata, we can see that this action wants 3 parameters: Message, Target Name or ID, and Target Type.
For our example, what we want to do is post a new message to chatter saying "It worked!" in the default public group:
We can accomplish this by filling in the various inputs and sending a POST request to the same url:
After sending the request, we can see a success response returned with the ID of the feed item that was created, as well as the chatter post in the group feed.
This sample shows a few important things:
- Actions always take a list of arguments, allowing you to perform the same action on multiple sets of arguments at the same time. This reduces the number of calls you need to make to the server.
- Inputs, like the outputs, follow the JSON format.
- You input body will always start with an "inputs" property which is an array of the argument JSON objects. The objects inside this array are what change from one action to the next.
- The response is always a JSON array. The objects inside this array follow the format described in the actions output metadata.
With these conventions in place for all invocable actions, it becomes easier to figure out how to call a web service and accomplish work using the Salesforce platform.
Sending HEAD Requests
Up until now, we have only used GET requests to request the metadata of an action, and POST requests to send data to the server. The Force.com Actions Developer's Guide also lists HEAD as being an available option. When a HEAD request is sent to an action's endpoint, Salesforce returns a 200 OK response if the action is available in the current organization, and a 404 otherwise. This can be useful for quickly checking if:
- A known action has been installed in the target organization
- The action is available on the given API number
- The currently logged in user has access to the action
Wrap Up
In this post we learned how to use the metadata we discovered to make a call to Salesforce and accomplish an action. In the 4th and final post of this series, we will write our own custom action using the @InvocableMethod annotation to extend the platform beyond what is possible through configuration.
Introducing Dynamics CRM QuickNav SolutionPosted by Jim Steger on May 12, 2015 | Comments (2)
We are excited to announce the release of another free community solution, Dynamics CRM QuickNav 2015. QuickNav provides for easier way for users to navigate the sitemap in Dynamics CRM 2015.
The recently launched Microsoft Dynamics CRM Spring 2015 Release provides a much needed usability facelift to the main navigation as shown below.
However, since the Spring 2015 Release is for CRM Online only, on-premise customers will need to wait till the fall before they can use this new feature. Enter QuickNav!
QuickNav is a simple managed solution that reads your deployment's sitemap settings and displays them in an easy to click list. Some features of QuickNav include:
- Easily find sitemap items with the Quick Find search, including native settings links
- Displays and finds all subareas of Settings page – this feature is great for system administrators!
- Keeps track of your most visited and recently visited links
- Works with both CRM 2015 on-premise and CRM Online deployments
For our Dynamics deployment, I set the QuickNav as my home page, allowing me to quickly access the navigation with one click on the home icon. Download QuickNav and try it out on your CRM 2015 deployments today!
CRM Online Spring 2015 – Plug-In Trace LogPosted by Blake Scarlavai on May 11, 2015 | Comments (0)
With the release of CRM Online Spring 2015 Update, Microsoft provided a long awaited feature for developers that we are really excited about. That feature is a built-in Plug-In Trace Log that allows developers to utilize the existing ITracingService and provide a way to see any traces without requiring an error to occur to see the trace.
Here's how it works:
- First we need to enable the Plug-In Trace Log within the System Settings under the Customization tab. You can choose to log only Exceptions or both Exceptions and Traces.
- Next, utilize the ITracingService to write out a trace and/or throw an Exception within a plug-in
- Next, register your plug-in on the desired step as normal. In my example I am registering it on Create of an Account
- When I attempt to Create an Account record then I receive an error message with the exception that I wrote in the plug-in
- Now Navigate to the new link in Settings –> Plug-In Trace Log
- You should see a grid of all the Plug-In Trace Logs per plug-in execution
- Open up the trace record and you will see the details of any traces and exceptions that occurred with the plug-in. It also provides the duration of the plug-in execution which will definitely come in handy for performance testing.
As you can see, this feature will come in handy and should eliminate the need to use a custom entity to store any log entries. It also eliminates the need to require users to click the "Download Log" button on the error dialog in order to send the log file when an error occurs.
Invocable Actions Part 2 – Discovering your web servicesPosted by Nathen Drees on May 11, 2015 | Comments (0)
In part 1 of this series, we talked about what Invocable Actions are, and the problems they are attempting to address. In this part, we'll talk about how to go about discovering the Invocable Actions already available in your organization.
Viewing your services
To view your services, you will need a tool that can issue REST calls against your organization as well as API access to do so. The easiest tool to use is the Workbench at Developerforce (https://workbench.developerforce.com). After signing in, navigate to Utilities > REST Explorer.
On the following page, the base URL for your organization's REST endpoint will be prefilled for you. If you execute a GET request against this endpoint, Salesforce will return a series of endpoint that can be used to describe various metadata about your organization. Today, we're interested in the 'actions' endpoint.
If you issue a GET request to the actions endpoint, you will see your actions grouped in to two broad categories: standard (actions that come out of the box with Salesforce) and custom (any custom invocable actions you have created in your organization).
Note that there may be custom actions listed for your organization even if you haven't written any code. Salesforce also automatically exposes things like email alerts, flows and quick actions for you so that code can be developed against them if desired.
Viewing your standard actions
We can view the standard actions provided by Salesforce by navigating to the
endpoint. When a GET request is sent to this endpoint, Salesforce returns a JSON blob describing the services available, as well as some high level metadata about each.
Here you can see a human friendly label, as well as the API name of the action (name field) and they type of action it is (type field). If we wanted to know the details about a particular action (like the Post to Chatter action), we can send a GET request to
In this response, we now get the details for what the inputs are to the action, and what it will return to us. It also gives us detailed information around the types of the arguments, as well as valid values if the arguments are picklists, which are required, maximum length, etc. With this information, clients can enforce valid data is entered before ever sending a request to Salesforce, reducing API and network usage.
Viewing your custom actions
We can view any custom actions in your organization by following the same process, but using the
endpoint instead of the standard endpoint. In the case of custom actions, the results are grouped by the type of action as well:
You can drill further down to see the various actions under each type, and then follow the format from the standard actions to get the specific details for each one.
Wrap Up
As you can see, discoverability is straight forward and rich using the REST endpoints provided by Salesforce. While this portion of the API is not new with Spring '15, understanding how to use it and read the results is key when we look at custom Invocable Actions in a following post.
CRM Online Spring 2015 – Folder Level TrackingPosted by Peter Majer on May 8, 2015 | Comments (0)
Microsoft recently announced the General Availability of the CRM Online Spring Release '15 and we wanted to share yet another one of the new features that has been rolled out to CRM Online. This post will cover the new Folder Level Tracking feature that CRM Online users should start seeing, and CRM On Prem users should hopefully see in the near future.
What is it?
Folder Level Tracking is another way for users to track emails in Dynamics CRM from Exchange. With Folder Level Tracking, you don't need to have the CRM Outlook Client installed. This means that Folder Level Tracking will work with native mobile apps. For example, if you use a Windows Phone, you can move emails from Exchange to CRM by directly using your Windows phone and we'll describe how below.
How does it work? Well there are two main scenarios that Folder Level Tracking supports:
- Quick Track:
- This is the scenario where you want emails to quickly be tracked in CRM without setting a regarding.
- This is equivalent of clicking the "Track" button alone in the current CRM Outlook Client
- Users can move emails to a specific folder (e.g., "Track in CRM") and all emails moved to that folder will be tracked in CRM automatically
- Set Regarding:
- This scenario is where your emails will be tracked in CRM, and be regarding a specific record in CRM
- This is equivalent of clicking the "Set Regarding" button in the current CRM Outlook Client
How do you set it up?
Folder Level Tracking has a few requirements for it to work. First there are system level settings that need to be enabled.
- First off, Server Side Synchronization needs to be enabled and configured within CRM System Settings
- Also, Folder Level Tracking needs to be enabled within CRM System Settings
- The User's Mailbox in CRM also needs to be setup and enabled
Now the users themselves also have to go within their Personal Options –> Emails –> Configure Folder Tracking Rules. From here they can select the Exchange Folder, and then the CRM Record (optional) they want to track the emails against.
As you can see from above and as stated earlier, these are user specific configuration rules so each user can have their own synchronization setup. That's it! Pretty simple right?
What does this mean for me:
This is a new powerful option to track emails. The beauty of this is that you don't need to have a separate client installed, but it'll work with any native client you've been using for emails. This is available for ALL mail apps on ALL devices.
There are a few tips we recommend when using this option.
- You can setup Exchange rules to move emails to specific folders (including the generic "Track in CRM") to have the emails automatically track in CRM based on your Folder Level Tracking configuration rules
- As stated above, you can move emails using your native mail clients (Windows Phone, iPhone, iPad, etc.) and have the Folder Level Tracking rules apply and create the email in CRM
A few notes that you should be aware of:
- The mapping between the Exchange Folder and CRM Record are using their respective ID's, so you can change the name of the Folder or Record, and the tracking will still work.
- If an email is already tracked, and you remove it from the Exchange folder, it WILL NOT be removed from CRM. It will remain to be tracked.
- Removing a rule WILL NOT remove / delete the emails from CRM that were tracked because of it
- There is SDK support to manage the configuration rules (create, retrieve, modify)
- You can always specify a regarding for your rule at a later time if you don't set it up upon create
- The Folder list in the Rule UI is updated periodically when the mailbox is synced via Server Side Sync and the last sync displayed on the mapping dialog
I hope you're as excited for this new feature as I am. I've been a part of many mobile projects where the CRM Outlook Client isn't installed (can't be installed), yet the client wants to send an email from the device and have it tracked in CRM. To date there's been no simple way to use the native mail client, and have those emails tracked, but Folder Level Tracking should solve that problem. Enjoy!
Introducing: Tree LogPosted by Nathen Drees on May 7, 2015 | Comments (0)
When writing custom code on the Salesforce platform, it's not unusual to need to read the debug logs to understand why a piece of functionality isn't working as expected. Unfortunately, the debug logs are flat files, which can make deciphering what chunk of functionality started another chunk challenging - especially as the debug logs grow large. To help tackle this problem, we're introducing a new tool: Tree Log. This tool can parse the log files and display a tree view of your logs, helping you understand what cause what to run, and the order in which it executed.
Accessing Tree Log
Tree Log is entirely web based, so there is no need for installing extra software or browser plugins. You can access the app by navigating to http://tree-log.herokuapp.com. On the home page, you can either upload a file you have saved from Salesforce, or paste the contents of any log in to the page.
Once you submit the form or upload the file, the log is parsed and a tree view is displayed. You can then click on the various parts of the tree to see the logs associated with just that branch.
We hope this tool helps you debug your applications more quickly, and makes understanding the dependencies that caused your functionality to run easier. If you have any problems with the application, please leave us a comment below, or tweet at me @nadrees.
How Changing Nothing Can Change Everything: M.Holland & MobilityPosted by Sonoma Partners on May 6, 2015 | Comments (0)
"We can do this in a better way."
That's the conclusion that M. Holland came to when they recognized the need for a CRM solution. They pinpointed deficiencies in their business processes and looked to CRM to take them from -1 to 0. But what started as a CRM implementation project evolved into so much more the moment they realized that by changing nothing, they could change everything. They didn't need to invent new processes or technologies. They needed to alter the delivery of the information they already had and make the functions they always had to do more accessible. To get from 0 to 1, and a place where they had a competitive advantage, they needed a mobile application.
Take it to the field
In the early stages of their CRM project, M. Holland team members took our UX architects into the field to collect essential observational data. They went on ride alongs to watch how people actually did their jobs, instead of listening to them explain how they thought they did their jobs. We found that what was supposedly being met on paper wasn't being met within the context of modern mobility. And with that, the conversation headed in a new direction - towards the creation of a mobile app.
No wheel to reinvent
The mobile app discussion was far from revolutionary. Mobilizing your business doesn't require you to make big changes in relation to what you do or how you do it; it requires you to change how the information and processes you have are communicated and accessed. Once in the field, M. Holland recognized that their people were trapped in the paradigm of their every day. Their sales force was frustrated with their existing tools and felt stuck. Getting information from various locations and drives in their laptop was a painful task. What their team needed was a fresh perspective.
IT to the rescue
It took a technology person to uncover that fresh perspective. Through the participation of junior-level UX activities, M. Holland's IT team was able to understand the tactical flow of events that the field team completed in the real world. Understanding the back and forth of activities and data in a dynamic way allowed them to see things differently, and beg the question: what if we did all of the things we're doing but in a mobile-centric way?
Enter Sonoma Partners
M. Holland's IT team laid the framework that allowed our UX team to create the mobile solution that they were looking for. Take a tour of two of the app screens below:
Account – Canadian + Ship To
Take a look at the landing page for an account in the phone app. We put the absolute key information, specifically information that a user might need on their phone, on the surface as soon as an account is located.
Here you can see the account name and number along with the ship-to details. This is useful for the common case of speaking with M. Holland Customer Service on the phone. If a shipment is delayed, a rep will need this info and it's important that it's easily accessible.
The Alerts + Tasks section clearly shows any outstanding work items related to this account. The contacts section allows the rep to tap in and see all contacts at this account. Since we know a rep typically deals with one primary point of contact at a given account, we created a special display of that person's info on the front page. We then give one-tap access to the rep so they can quickly email or call that individual.
Task List
Breaking the task list into "Needs my attention" and "Awaiting others" is a relatively simple concept from a CRM customization perspective. But in a mobile app, it is a very big deal. This function allows the app to replace excessive amounts of emails back and forth between sales reps and product folks. With one tap they can answer two questions:
- What do I need to work on?
- What's the status of XYZ I fired off?
Finding the answer to both of these questions used to require annoying searches through an overfilled inbox. With the app, problem solved.
The result
A solution that has:
- Improved customer experience, leading to more opportunities and growth
- Pushed the technology team to be engaged in the business
- Increased credibility of the organization in the eyes of their customers
- Capitalized on the momentum of mobility to better serve their field team
Neil Goodrich, CIO of M. Holland Company will be presenting How Changing Nothing Can Change Everything on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 3:30 pm at appsworld North America 2015. Come learn more about how M.Holland achieved their mobility goals and how the IT team played a central role in creating that vision.
Invocable Actions Part 1 – Salesforce web services revisitedPosted by Nathen Drees on May 4, 2015 | Comments (0)
When building custom applications on top of the Salesforce platform, it's not unusual to need web services beyond those that are provided out of the box. The reasons for needing them are many, but generally consist of one (or more) of the following core reasons:
- Wanting transactional support when creating records of different types
- Consolidating business logic in one platform
- Exposing a simpler API to the outside world, obfuscating details about the Salesforce platform
- Reusing the platform instead of creating yet another piece of infrastructure to maintain
Regardless of the reason to build a custom web service, Salesforce has supported two primary ways of creating them: REST based and SOAP based. Both have their advantages, and depending on which you wanted, you would use either the @RestResource annotation or the WebService keyword. With Spring '15, a third way to expose apex via web services has been introduced: custom Invocable Actions via the @InvocableMethod annotation.
Yet another way to write web services?
To understand why this annotation was added, we need to first look at the limitations of REST and SOAP in general.
REST is very lightweight, using just the native HTTP protocol and some conventions to transfer data back and forth between client and server. While this makes REST a good choice for many applications, one of its main drawbacks is a lack of programmatic discoverability. Discoverability is key for widely used APIs as it helps the consumers understand what the service is expecting in order to function correctly.
In contrast, SOAP provides strong discoverability in the form of WSDLs, which detail what the arguments are, what the return values are, and the valid data types of everything involved. With this amount of metadata available, tools in some languages (notably .NET and Java) have been developed that will generate the code necessary for a developer to use the web service, reducing the amount of time it takes to write applications against them. However, SOAP is relatively heavyweight both in terms of its complexity and actual data transfers, potentially resulting in slower performance on underpowered devices (like mobile phones) and making debugging it a daunting task.
The ideal scenario is to have something that is as lightweight as possible (a la REST) but still discoverable enough that tools can be built against it to assist developers (a la SOAP). On the Salesforce platform, this is Invocable Actions.
Bridging the gap between SOAP and REST
Invocable Actions attempt to provide the best of both worlds through a combination of metadata provided by the programmer (via annotation arguments) and reflection on the code itself, while utilizing JSON for the underlying data transfers to keep things as lightweight as possible. When asked for the description of the metadata, Salesforce returns the name of the method, its arguments names, and metadata about the arguments (such as argument types, minimum occurrences, maximum occurrences), to the caller, allowing it to potentially generate code and/or UI components to satisfy the requirements.
As an added bonus, apex decorated with the @InvocableMethod annotation is also available to be used in the Lightning Process Builder, promoting reuse of your code even by non-developers.
In the following posts in this series, we'll look at how to discover the metadata for your organization, how to use these web services, how to write and test your own custom services, and how the metadata that is displayed by Salesforce is determined.
CRM Online Spring 2015 – Immersive ExcelPosted by Peter Majer on May 1, 2015 | Comments (0)
Microsoft recently announced the CRM Online Spring Release '15 and subsequently lifted the NDA around the release and therefore it's time to start posting about all the great new features coming!
This post will cover the new Immersive Excel feature that Microsoft is rolling out.
What is it?
Immersive Excel is Microsoft's new way to have a richer Microsoft Excel experience directly in Dynamics CRM. You're no longer required to export your data to Excel to be able to perform more complex analysis on it (though this functionality still remains). You can now perform this analysis directly within Dynamics CRM.
What can it do?:
So what can the new Immersive Excel feature within Dynamics CRM do? How close to actual Excel do I get when I use it? Well the answer is that Immersive Excel is actually using Excel Online from within the CRM browser window. Therefore anything you can do with Excel Online, you can do with Immersive Excel.
This includes the ability to work with Excel Formulas directly from your list of CRM data, without leaving CRM. You can calculate what the Commission you could make for your Opportunities, by multiplying the revenue by 10%, if the probability is at least 90%.
You can make updates to records which honor field validation (e.g., you cannot enter a string into a date field, you can only select from the available option set values, min and max values, etc.), and then click on Save Changes to CRM. Or you can simply return back to the CRM list without saving your changes. Immersive Excel allows you to change multiple records quickly acting like an editable grid. However, you must click the button to save the changes before the records are updated.
You currently cannot do perform a Save As to save an Excel Doc (due to technical limitations) but you can copy/paste from the embedded Immersive Excel page to another Excel document. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future release.
In order to make use of this new functionality, the following requirements must be met:
- CRM Online (currently we are unaware of any plans to bring this to OnPrem)
- Separate O365 License required (Online version of Office)
- Export to Excel Security Role Privilege
- Available in the Web Client only (not available for the phone, tablet, or Outlook clients yet)
Miscellaneous and Summary:
Immersive Excel is a neat new tool that will provide CRM users with an additional option to perform some more ad-hoc quick queries, reports, dashboards to analyze data on the fly.
Note that this functionality is recommended purely for "on the fly" analytics, and not for someone to save the Excel file locally. Use Export to Excel for that functionality.
After 5 minutes, the file is regenerated per view per user. There is an indicator in the top right of the page shows when the file was generated. Take note of this time as Microsoft doesn't want to bombard the servers with constant regeneration, but they also don't want the data to become stale. Therefore if you're using this functionality to make changes to records, remember to save early and often to make sure none of your changes are lost.
Also note that the import of the data from Excel Online will take time. A data import async job is kicked off to perform this functionality that you can monitor to see when it completes.
I hope you're as excited about this functionality as we are, and hope you're able to get your hands on it soon!
CRM Online Spring 2015 – OneNote IntegrationPosted by Peter Majer on April 15, 2015 | Comments (1)
Microsoft recently announced the CRM Online Spring Release '15 and subsequently lifted the NDA around the release and therefore it's time to start posting about all the great new features coming!
This post will cover the new OneNote Integration feature that Microsoft is rolling out.
How it Works
Now with the new release, there will be a new OneNote tab that's part of the activity Social Pane (posts / activities / notes / OneNote). This functionality isn't limited to only the web, but is also available on the Phone and Tablet clients as well.
A few key features and benefits of the OneNote integrate with CRM are:
- You can take photos, record voice, manage to-dos, preserve HTML & hyperlinks, use handwriting, have tables, embedded Excel docs, etc.
- Uses the native CRM Security Model for access
- Allows version history
- When performing a search, it actually searches the content of the note, and not just the title like traditional notes
- Stores notes in SharePoint not in CRM Database
- Each record in CRM has a dedicated notebook in SharePoint
- SharePoint Notebook name = CRM Record name
- Each notebook can have multiple sections with multiple pages
- All users share the same notebook
- Web Client: opens OneNote Online in a separate tab
- Tablet Client in Windows: opens OneNote app in the side-by-side experience with CRM
- Phone Client: opens OneNote App
- Notebook can be auto created when OneNote tab clicked (in the Web Client only)
- Navigate to OneNote to add new notes
Best Practices
There are some best practices that you should be aware of if you're interested in using the OneNote integration with CRM.
- Pin notes on your device.
- Use side-by-side experience for windows
- Take notes quickly using Quick Notes and move to page later
- Close notebook when not using it to save OneNote performance and search results
Setup and Requirements
The OneNote integration currently is only available for CRM Online. Also, you must have the SharePoint integration enabled as the OneNote notebooks are stored in SharePoint.
You need to enable the SharePoint integration (Document Management) for the specific entities that you're interested in storing OneNote documents for. Once you enable this on the entity definition, you then have to go into the OneNote Integration settings area, and enable OneNote for those entities. The list of entities that appear in the OneNote Integration settings are those entities which have SharePoint enabled.
Note that the OneNote integration can also be enabled from the entity itself once Document Management is enabled. So you can go to a global area to see all the entities where OneNote is enabled, or you can do it from a single specific entity.
Chatter Licenses and Record Type DefaultsPosted by Nathen Drees on April 13, 2015 | Comments (0)
I recently ran across something odd the other day that took a bit of investigation to figure out: if you have record types enabled for an object, and you also have chatter enabled, when you go to delete an old record type you no longer need you may not be able to. Let's say I have an 'Original' record type defined for my Account object that I want to remove. To remove it I would go to Setup > Customize > Accounts > Record Types > Edit Original > Deactivate. Once deactivated, I could delete it. However, if Original was the first record type I had created and I set it to the default record type for all profiles before enabling chatter, I would receive the "This record type cannot be deactivated because the following profiles use this record type as default." error message:
Normally this would be no problem, as we could just go in to the offending profile (Marketing User for example), scroll to the Record Type Settings section and click Edit next to the Account record type to choose a new default:
However, if we try to do this with one of the Chatter External or Chatter Free profiles, we find there is no record type section!
This is unfortunate, since it means there is no native way to change the default record type for these profiles.
Working around the problem
Warning: the work around below is undocumented and technically unsupported, use at your own risk.
After doing a bit of searching, I found this idea on the IdeaExchange which deals with this shortcoming specifically. (You should up vote it so we don't have to do work arounds anymore). In the same idea, someone else posted a work around which involves manipulating the URL to be taken to a native page which will let you set the default record type. The url has the form:
The instance is the instance your organization is on (na1, eu1, cs1, etc.) and you can get it from the url in your bar:
If you have My Domain enabled, you can use your domain name in its place.
The profile id is the id of the profile you want to edit the default record type for. You can get this by navigating to the details of the profile in the setup menu and grabbing the ID from the url:
This part is a little trickier, and how it works depends on if you're using a native object or a custom one.
Native Objects
For native objects, object name is just the API name of the object. For example, for Accounts it would just be Account.
Custom Objects
For custom objects, object name is actually the id of the custom object. You can get this by going to the setup details for the object (Setup > Create > Objects > (your object)) and grabbing the id from the URL:
Once you have constructed the url, enter it in to your browser to be taken to the same type of page as you get for the other profiles:
Switch the record types around and set the default as needed, then click save. Repeat as necessary for any other profiles you cannot edit natively.
Once this is done, you will be able to disable and delete the offending record type.
If you have any questions feel free to leave us a comment below or contact us.
CRM Online Spring 2015 – Office Groups IntegrationPosted by Peter Majer on April 8, 2015 | Comments (0)
Microsoft recently announced the CRM Online Spring Release '15 and subsequently lifted the NDA around the release and therefore it's time to start posting about all the great new features coming!
This post will cover the new Office Groups Integration feature that Microsoft is rolling out.
Office Groups
First off let's discuss what Office Groups are. Office Groups are a new space to collaborate with a group of O365 users. These don't have to be CRM Users, but instead just users of O365.
With Office Groups, you easily indicate what content from different Office products should be shared with other O365 users. This can be content from Outlook, OneNote, OneDrive.
To be more specific, the following content can be shared from these Office products:
- Outlook:
- Calendar (Outlook Appointments)
- Conversations (Outlook Emails)
- OneNote: Notebooks
- OneDrive: Documents
CRM Integration
Now that we know the basics of what Office Groups are, how does it integrate with Dynamics CRM?
For each CRM record identified to have an Office Group created, an Office Group will be created behind the scenes for that record. The CRM Record Name will become the Office Group Name.
Then, on the CRM record form itself, there will be a tab "Items Shared with Group"
This tab will allow you to collaborate with non-CRM users who are O365 users. On this tab you'll be able to:
- See across the various office products (Outlook, OneNote, etc.) items shared to the specific office group
- See Yammer like conversations for emails
- For Opps Only, adding people to the Sales Team will automatically add the person to the O365 group
Currently this is a solution that's available on the O365 Admin portal. In order to take advantage of this functionality, you'll need to download and import this solution to your CRM organization.
Once the solution is imported, it's as simple as typing in the entity name that you want to enable Office Groups for, and then also indicate if you want an Office Group automatically created for new records that are created of that entity type.
A new Security Role is provided in the solution that you'll have to assign out to your users to take part in this new functionality. This role provides access to create/view the Office Group entities that are provided in the solution.
Currently this functionality is only available on CRM Online and Office Online. I can see down the road this being applied to CRM On Prem, and Office On Prem so that users could have a hybrid of CRM and Office solutions and still take advantage of this functionality.
Also, the functionality of Office Group emails on the record form are very similar to Yammer. There may be an opportunity here for the Yammer and Office Group teams to talk and consolidate products.
Finally, the functionality to have people automatically added to the O365 group from the Opportunity Sales Team, would be beneficial to have extended to other entities and not just Opportunities
So when would you use this new Office Group functionality? When you need widespread collaboration for people that are internal that don't have access to CRM with those that do have access to CRM
New Login Pools coming to JapanPosted by Nathen Drees on April 8, 2015 | Comments (0)
We at Sonoma believe user experience is one of the key drivers towards user adoptions of your CRM platform. We also understand the pain that users face when a system they expect to be working suddenly becomes unavailable or unresponsive. Because of this, when we recently received communication from Salesforce about a new login pool coming to Japan, we felt it important to do our part to help the message reach as many people as possible. We are glad that Salesforce is continuing to invest in their infrastructure, improving resiliency, and we also want to help ensure that everyone is able to make changes as needed to prevent any down time.
Below is the body of the communication sent by Salesforce, please read it carefully to determine if any action needs to be taken in your organization. If you have any questions, always feel free to contact us and we can help determine your best course of action.
At Salesforce, trust is our top priority and we're working to improve your login performance, regardless of which instance you're logging in from.
Last year, we further improved the resiliency of our infrastructure by adding additional login pools to our midwest and east coast data centers. On April 11, 2015, we are adding a login pool in Tokyo, so if your end users are accessing Salesforce from the APAC region, they will authenticate via the new login pool in Tokyo, thus reducing the time it takes to login.
In order to take advantage of this improvement to the login experience, please take the actions below to prepare your organization.
If you do not take action, your end users may not be able to log in, and your inbound integrations may stop working starting on April 11, 2015.
What does this mean to me?
Login pools only affect you if both of the following apply:
1. Your end users or inbound traffic integrations use login.salesforce.com to access your production instance.
2. Your IT department has set up your corporate network settings (ie. proxy settings or firewalls, etc.) to restrict access to only certain Salesforce data centers or instances (ie. whitelisting certain IP addresses or ranges, hard-coding references to your specific instance, etc). Please note: This is not done in the Salesforce app, but in your corporate IT network settings.
If both of the above criteria do not apply to you, then you do not need to take action to prepare for the additional login pools.
What action do I need to take?
If your IT department has set up your corporate network settings to restrict access to only certain Salesforce data centers or instances, you will need to update your corporate network settings to allow access to all Salesforce data centers.
If your IT department currently restricts access by certain IP addresses or ranges, please refer them to the the full list of Salesforce IP ranges available in the What Saleforce IP ranges should I whitelist? Knowledge article.* If you would like to confirm that your corporate network settings are prepared for login pools, please see the How to Prepare for Additional Login Pools Knowledge article referenced below. Please note: You will need to allow access to all of the ranges for every data center, regardless of where your instance resides.
*For security purposes, you will need to login with your Salesforce credentials to view the list of IP ranges.
What if I do not update my IP ranges to include all Salesforce data centers?
If you do not update your corporate network settings to allow access to all Salesforce data centers, and your end users and integrations reference login.salesforce.com, your end users may not be able to log in and your inbound integrations may stop working starting on April 11, 2015.
When is this change taking effect?
We're adding a login pool to the Tokyo data center on April 11, 2015. Please check trust.salesforce.com/trust/maintenance/ for further updates.
What are login pools?
Login pools process all login requests when end users or inbound-traffic integrations attempt to access the Salesforce app. Once enabled, end users and integrations will be sent to one of our login pools across our data centers, which then verifies credentials and forwards to the appropriate instance.
Why am I receiving this information?
As an administrator of a Salesforce org, if you have end users with multi-national internet entry points, then you should whitelist all IP ranges. This includes remote offices and end users trying to access Salesforce while traveling. (For example, if you have an employee traveling to the APAC region and you do not whitelist the IP ranges as outlined in the What Saleforce IP ranges should I whitelist? Knowledge article, the employee would not be able to log in as our login pools would not be able to process their authentication due to whitelist blocking.)
Where do I get more information?
To help answer your questions, we have prepared this How to Prepare for Additional Login Pools Knowledge article & FAQs.
To learn more about this maintenance and how it will impact you, watch this recording of the New Tokyo login pools webinar: http://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/PLEr4oLnte-0ZLEO9navtA.
You can also reach out to Customer Support by logging a case via the Help & Training portal.
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Untitled, my art, first post, abstract in oils
Check it out, first in a set of new abstracts...
This is my first post here but i would like to be a reg,,, ive recently decided to attempt a career in painting. hard stuff... critique away...
and heres my site ive got a lot of older stuff here for sale and whatnot, im also looking to expand it with more art, so if your interested just show me your stuff... www.RedMoonArtworks.com
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Hi there,
just stumbled across your painting and liked it very much. I consider it not to be fully abstract, more kind of francis bacon distortion work but the shapes and colors are cool.
Would like to see more.
"(...) there are ten thousand bad drawings in each of us. With that in mind, pick up the pencil and start cracking them away." - after Andy Smith
January 17th, 2005 #3
did you add something to the oils to make it thicker than normal? (van gogh does this)
I love the effect, very dynamic
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what is the concept?
You gotta know what you is doin so you don't get a bad lergy on your knob.
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if anything i thin my paints out a bit with linseed oil, but i get it so thick on there by scooping a bunch up with the brush and then smearing it on the canvas. I think texture is very important especially because its one thing that greatly seperates digital from traditional, and it looks really cool in person.
as for the concept i rarely start out with one, ill usually start with a couple colors and just start spreading them around until an image starts to come out at me, then i just build on that until its finished. in this one a profile of some kind of monster started to emmerge so thats what i turned it into. but I dont like to have my art be to clear, i like for people to be able to come up with their own images and conclusions. this varies from painting to painting, some are completely abstract while others are more clear in their imagery...


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Our impressions and photos of the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage and Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2015.
Amid the audacious design studies and automotive beauties from a bygone era gathered at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, the BMW Group presents its new BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage – and in the process makes a pretty formidable statement of its own. This model is the BMW Design Team's tribute to the 3.0 CSL, a timeless classic and iconic BMW Coupé from the 1970s.
"Our Hommage cars not only demonstrate how proud we are of our heritage, but also how important the past can be … CONTINUED
On 22 May 2015, the BMW Group will unveil the new BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage to the global public for the first time at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. This model is the BMW Design Team's tribute to the BMW 3.0 CSL, a timeless classic and iconic BMW Coupe from the 1970s. The BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage is a nod to the engineering achievement exemplified by the BMW 3.0 CSL in its lightweight design and performance. The Hommage draws on the character of the … CONTINUED
The BMW M4 Iconic Light Concept is now available for public viewing at the BMW Welt. We bring you the first pics and videos from the display.
Munich/Las Vegas. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES ) 2015 in Las Vegas, BMW is providing further evidence that it is a world leader in the development of Laserlight. Having already supplied its first models with Laserlight to customers, it is now presenting further laser functions for vehicles of the future. Laserlight is now able to offer its impressively long beam range of up to 600 metres in combination with the BMW Selective Beam function (anti-dazzle High-Beam Assistant). At CES, BMW is unveiling ways … CONTINUED
We bring you to the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2014.
Check out these live video looks at the interior and exterior of the BMW Vision Future Luxury Concept car.
The BMW Vision Future Luxury Concept has just made its world debut at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show.
It's a concept that BMW says is a long-term outlook on the perception of modern luxury for the BMW brand.
And here are its first live photos from the show.
Beijing/Munich – April 19, 2014. . . The BMW Vision Future Luxury furnishes a long-term outlook on the perception of modern luxury for the BMW brand. It stands for a forward-looking fusion of exclusivity and innovation, for a driving experience that is at once emotional and exclusive. All this is conveyed through the outstanding exterior and interior design of the BMW Vision Future Luxury along with its innovative technology, a pioneering lightweight engineering concept and a seamlessly integrated user interface and driving experience that … CONTINUED
Last year, BMW first introduced the world to the BMW Concept X5 eDrive and now the "concept" vehicle is visiting the New York Autoshow. This is by far one of the more interesting prospects for BMW in the realm of electrified vehicles, especially from the POV of people who can't yet make the full leap to the BMWi vehicles.
The X5 is powered by a combination of a BMW TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder combustion engine and a 95-horsepower electric motor. This results in an average MPG … CONTINUED
If a recent report from German Auto Motor und Sport is to be believed, BMW will showcase another large luxury concept car at the upcoming Beijing Car Show starting April 20th.
After last year's Gran Lusso concept which previewed a possible large coupe like the possible revival of the 8-series, AMS has allegedly learned that BMW is about to unveil a 9-series concept car shortly. This concept car is also said to preview a new generation of BMW's interior design to debut in the all-new … CONTINUED
The project by car designer David Obendorfer is a modern interpretation of the 1968 BMW E9 series designed by Giovanni Michelotti. It focuses on two models: Michelotti's E9 and its predecessor, the 1965 BMW 2000 CS (E120 series). The BMW CS vintage concept is based on the 6 series platform; the style, despite numerous citations from the past, is substantially contemporaneous with updated proportions and with modern details, many of which are influenced by nautical styling solutions.
BMW Museum – special (temporary) display of their concept cars…
As soon as I learned that the BMW Museum would be showing off some of BMW AG's concept car, I knew I would need to go for a visit. IF you are in the Munich area, I would recommend a visit to the Museum. The special concept cars will only be on display until Sunday March 2nd.
One car that was a big surprise to me was the BMW X Coupé (2001). I had seen the … CONTINUED
The new BMW X5 raises efficiency to another new level in the world of the luxurious Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV). BMW is using the 2013 Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) to present the logical next step towards landmark efficiency in the SAV segment. The BMW Concept X5 eDrive combines the brand of driving pleasure for which the xDrive intelligent all-wheel-drive system is renowned and a luxurious ambience within the variable-use interior with a plug-in hybrid drive concept. Its innovative BMW eDrive technology guarantees the hallmark … CONTINUED
As you've seen, we spent the latter half of last week at the Pebble Beach Automotive Week in Monterey, California, which is an annual week-long banquet of events for automobile enthusiasts and connoisseurs who converge on the Monterey area. While the collection of automotive hardware (everything from some of the most expensive classics to the latest model exotics) spotted around the Monterey peninsula was the largest and most impressive gathering we've ever witnessed, the highlight of the trip for us was having the first look … CONTINUED
Third day of showing for the M4 Coupe Concept here at Pebble Beach and the M4 is on display at the Laguna Seca raceway in the BMW Paddock.
We bring you even more photos, under a third set of lighting conditions – overhead flourescent lighting
We have posted even more BMW M4 Coupe Concept images in different colors, with some wheels thrown in.


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The Tragedy of Unencumbered Joy
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Hayden Panettiere wants P. Diddy to star on her TV series 'Nashville' and do a duet with her .
Hayden Panettiere wants P. Diddy to appear on 'Nashville'.
The 23-year-old actress - who plays damaged but driven country singer Juliette Barnes on the TV show - has already been confirmed for the second series, and she wants the 'Hello Good Morning' rapper to guest star and do a duet with her.
She said: ''I want P. Diddy to be on the show. I was like, 'Let's mix it up a bit, we could do a duet! That would be pressure.''
Hayden - who has rubbished suggestions her character resembles Taylor Swift - claims she attempted a recording career when she was a youngster but admits she finds performing on stage terrifying because of the negativity she's received growing up in the limelight.
She said previously: ''Performing live has always terrified me. Stages have always terrified me. They never used to when I was little. But when you grow up in the spotlight, and you're constantly reading things that are awful about you, it sticks with you.''
The blonde beauty hasn't dismissed the idea of pursuing a career in the music industry in the future, but believes it would be hard to shake off her Nashville role.
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SubCulture to Welcome Quattro Mani with Susan Grace and Steven Beck, 5/11
SubCulture presents Quattro Mani, the stellar piano duo of Susan Grace and Steven Beck in a marvelous program featuring music by Fred Lerdahl, John Novacek, Mozart, Chopin and Saint-Sae?ns. Originally comprised of Susan Grace and Alice Rybak, Steven Beck has joined Ms. Grace following Ms. Rybak's retirement. Taking place on Sunday, May 11th at 7pm at SubCulture, this will be the first performance of this version of the duo in New York.
SubCulture, Downstairs, is located at 45 Bleecker St., New York, NY, 10012. Tickets: $20 in ADV, $25 DOS, $40 VIP. Visit: http://www.subculturenewyork.com/event/550357-quattro-mani-new-york/.
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Mozart: Sonata in D major for two pianos, K. 448
Saint-Saens: Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, op. 35
Chopin: Rondo in C major for two pianos, op. 73
Lerdahl: Quiet Music (1994/2001)
Novacek: Three Rags for two pianos (2005)
Quattro Mani: The duo piano team Quattro Mani has had a distinguished history, consistently generating high praise from critics and audiences for their concerts and recordings. Formed in 1989, the duo quickly gained prominence, with pianists Susan Grace and Alice Rybak performing throughout the USA and Europe and issuing award-winning recordings for Bridge Records. In 2013, following Ms. Rybak's retirement from the concert stage, the young virtuoso Steven Beck joined forces with Susan Grace for concerto performances of one of Quattro Mani's signature pieces, Paul Lansky's "Shapeshifters" for two pianos and orchestra. Such was the chemistry of that occasion that Quattro Mani was immediately formed again.
Quattro Mani's intense involvement with modern repertoire has led to dedications and collaborations with leading composers, including George Crumb, Joan Tower, Paul Lansky, Poul Ruders and Frederic Rzewski. Both Susan Grace and Steven Beck have earned recognition as soloists and chamber musicians and now come together to form one of the most dynamic piano duos before the concert-going public.
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For full coverage, schedules and information on the 2012 UCI Master's Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky visit our 2012 Masters Cyclocross World Championships homepage.
by Grant Berry
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY — As the sun began to warm up the air and thaw the course, conditions were starting to change. Kathy Sarvary (USA) would grab the holeshot in the next race of the day and was followed closely by Bridget Zolman (USA) and Diane Ostenso (USA).
"My coach told me to get the holeshot, and control the pace so that I had first choice on what line to take and didn't have to follow anyone and so I could hopefully stay out of trouble," Sarvary explained.
Elizabeth Heller (USA) looked to have a slow start, but half way through the first lap she was making up ground quickly and was about to make contact with Sarvary when she crashed heavily in the corner leading into the sand pit. She then entered the pit to change machines, but had another miscue and rode by her waiting crew.
"I had some issues in the pits after I crashed, as it is my first UCI race and only the second time I have ever had to change bikes. Live and learn I guess!"
With two laps to, Sarvary was clearly in control, and riding comfortably ahead of Heller and Ostenso. Ostenso was trying to make contact, but dangled just a few seconds off Heller's wheel. She was riding smoothly, and was showing big determination to grab the silver winning position but would run out of time. Sarvary won in dominating fashion, as the remaining podium spots went to Heller and Ostenso.
Sarvary was very pleased with her ride, and also with the conditions: "It was really tough out there; but an awesome course for sure. There was mud, ice, ruts and lots of challenges. This course really is what a World's course should be; a challenge."
Regarding the venue at Eva Bandman Park, Sarvary had this to say: "The course here is good; but the venue and the infrastructure need some work. I am glad they had Master's Worlds here first as it is a great way for them to cut their teeth and work out the bugs before bringing the Elites here. There is some work to be done."
Karen Wells-Hamilton (USA) won the women's 60-64 race, and Julie Lockhart added another World Championship title to her previous wins by taking the women's 65+ victory.
Rider diaries, videos, photos, reports and all things veldrijden will be pouring in this weekend for the 2012 UCI Master's Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. To see them all, visit our 2012 Masters Cyclocross World Championships homepage.
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Full Results:
Pos Name Team NAT
1 SARVARY Kathy Blue Steel Cyclery USA
2 HELLER Elizabeth Dressell'S Pub USA
3 OSTENSO Diane Planet Bike USA
4 COLBERT Lucia Los Locos USA
5 ELGART Linda Webcor/Alto Velo USA
6 GRAVES Lilynn Corning/Notubes Race Team/Swan CyclesUSA 49:13:00
7 ENSLOW Beverly Proctor Cycling Team/Peoria Bicycle Club USA 51:05:00
8 LEA Tracy T.E.A.M. Fuji USA
9 ZOLMAN Bridget Potomac Velo Club USA
Pos Name Team NAT
1 WELLS-HAMILTON Karen Biowheels/Reece-Campbell Racing USA
Pos Name Team NAT
1 LOCKHART Julie Nebc P/B Cycle Loft / Nemca USA


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Paris in One Day Sightseeing Tour
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the Paris in One Day Sightseeing Tour. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Our guide was so wonderful. My son, who speaks French, was great with Madam. Saw all the Icons at the Louvre, sailed to The Eifel Tower and had a fantastic lunch. We then ended up at Notre Dame on Easter Sunday.
A wonderful day and I would do it again!!!
Excellent highlight tour, the river transit added a touch of class and time to relax between events.
We had a wonderful day. Cecile, our guide, was wonderfully well informed. We visited the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame as well as travelling on a boat on the Seine. We would highly recommend this tour it was a great way to see Paris when we only had limited time!
We loved it! It was perfect for hitting the highlights when you've only got a short time in Paris.
Our tour guide was very passionate and kept our interest the whole tour. I am not much of a museum person but Giggi made it so interesting. Highly recommend.
wonderful tour!!!
Great way to see a lot in a short time. Great guide.
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Very convenient cause lines for Louvre, Notre Dame and Eiffel Tower can be avoided. Be ready to walk from main office to Louvre, then to Louvre to Seine cruise station and inside everyplace included in the tour.
This tour was absolutely great, the guide was very well informed, beautiful city shown off to perfection, I would recommend to all, we did the Eiffel Tower lunch, louvre and notre dame tour, myself and my partner loved the whole day !!!
Fantastic way to see the highlights in one day! Especially effective at the Louvre, where you don't wait in line, and get to see the main sights. Loved lunch at the Eiffel Tower. Great tour.
Absolutely beautiful sights and wonderful lunch in the Eiffel Tower restaurant.
Very good! Especially the Efiel Tower and the lunch and had pictures taken.
This was a great tour for a good taste of Paris. Jean-Louis was well organised, knowledgable and enthusiastic. He took excellent care of us all. Lunch in the Eiffel Tower was fun.
Our best meal in Paris. The lunch at Eiffel Tower!
This tour was amazing!
Carlos was a very good tour guide.He was very funny and patient. We enjoyed his company. Very knowledgeable also. Maryfrom Dallas
This was absolutely the best way for us to go. We got to see almost everything on our list and our guide was fantastic. We had no wait at the Eiffel Tower and lunch on the tower was wonderful. It truly was one of our highlights of our trip.
Very good day. Was not clear from write-up that it was a walking tour, but we were up for it. Tour guide was awesome.
Our guide, Carine, was an excellent leader. She has great ability to bond everyone together. She took us personally to the train station and helped us to buy tickets for us to go back to our hotel. Thanks and well done!
Fabulous. Great guide and office is in a convenient location.
This tour was amazing!
Eiffel Tower was a excellent. Meal at restaurant was good. unfortunately loaned a little money to a pickpocket at the bottom of the tower.