Basic Configuration Checklist
This section provides the sequence of mandatory and optional configuration steps to set up each mobile app for use by technicians. This refers to the How-To sections for procedure to configure each option and the Best Practices sections for guidance on optimum configuration.
Configuration Item
How to configure
Best Practices
Which mobile app feature/functionality is associated with this configuration?
Associate mobile user’s Salesforce profile to custom ServiceMax Group Profile
Editing Custom Configuration Profile
N/A
Initial sync and subsequent syncs
Ensure that user has access to all the configuration objects, Get Price objects if the feature is enabled, required transaction objects, and the relevant Apex classes and VF pages
Access and Permissions
Salesforce Configurations
SFM Transactions
Initial sync and subsequent syncs, Work Order Get Price, and ability to download/view/create/edit/delete/search records of required objects using the configured SFM transactions, SFM wizards, and SFM searches
Adjust the values of ServiceMax configuration settings for the ServiceMax Group Profile and the active ServiceMax Global Profile
Configuration Settings
Configuration Settings
Successful initial sync, enabling features such as Work Order Get Price, Advanced Sync Conflict Resolution, Apply Sharing Rules, Support for long-term projects (events longer than 14 days) and so on, changing the default app behaviour such as colors in which calendar events are displayed
Associate the required View Record and Standalone Create SFM transactions with the ServiceMax Group Profile
SFM Mobile Permissions
SFM Mobile Permissions
Configure access to only the required SFM wizards and searches
SFM Wizards and SFM Searches
Configure Synchronization Settings, Download Criteria, Advanced Download Criteria, and Other Settings in Mobile Configuration
Mobile Configuration
Mobile Configuration
Event window, schedule for data & configuration syncs, age of records for data purge, data purge interval, records to download, enable GPS Location Tracking, specify tracking interval, & whether to update technician record with current location, Chatter feed & KnowledgeBase article size
Optional: Salesforce and SFM transaction configurations for Troubleshooting (Knowledge Base, Product Manual, Chatter, and User & Product Pictures)
Salesforce Configurations Troubleshooting and Summary
N/A
If Work Order Troubleshooting feature should be enabled and how it works
Optional: SFM transaction configurations for Account History, Product History, and SLA Clocks
Account History and Product History SLA Clocks
N/A
Enable Account History, Product History, and/or SLA Clocks features in specific SFM transactions for Work Order object. SLA Clocks can be enabled for Case object also.
Optional – Device configuration: Device settings for Time zone, Regional settings, 12/24 Hour Display Format, GPS Location Tracking Services.
Turn on GPS Location Tracking Services only if using location tracking.
GPS Location Tracking feature works only when it is turned on in the device. Other settings determine the format & value of date & datetime fields.
ServiceMax app user settings for Login URL, Enable Sync V2.0
Login server is determined by Login URL setting.
SFM transactions of type 'to view a header record with/without its child records'
to view a header record with/without its child records
SFM Transactions
Viewing any record by tapping the record hyperlink or the 'Details >' option: For instance view Work Order / Case from calendar or search results screen, or drilldown to a record such as Work Detail /Account from another record (example: Work Order) view screen, or view recently created records in the iPad app from Recents screen, or view the current record using another view process by tapping the required Actions menu item under the View Processes Actions menu section.
SFM transactions of type 'as Standalonefor the purpose of creating a new record
as Standalone for the purpose of creating a new record
SFM Transactions
Creating new records in the iPad app from the New Item screen
SFM transactions of type 'to generate an Output Document for a header record with/without its child records'
to generate an Output Document for a header record with/without its child records
SFM Transactions
Generation of service reports and capturing signatures (customer's / technician's)
SFM transactions of other types
from Source Object to create new header and child records
SFM Transactions
Editing header records, creating new header records from existing header records of same/different objects, add/edit/delete of child records. This also includes any custom transactions for Work Order self-dispatch.
SFM wizards
SFM Wizards
SFM Wizards and SFM Searches
SFM wizards assigned to the ServiceMax Group Profile (associated with the iPad app user's Salesforce Profile) are listed in the Actions menu. Associate the required SFM transactions with the wizard steps in the relevant wizards. Wizard steps are listed as menu items in the related Actions menu section (section identified by the wizard title). Tap these menu items to invoke SFM transactions to create/edit records and to generate service reports. A wizard is displayed as a section only if the current record meets the wizard's Criteria To Show Wizard. A wizard step in a wizard section is enabled only if the current record meet's the wizard step's Criteria To Enable This Step. SFM transactions related to self-dispatch are also required to be configured as wizard steps in custom SFM wizards.
SFM searches
SFM Search
SFM Wizards and SFM Searches
SFM searches assigned to the ServiceMax Group Profile (associated with the iPad app user's Salesforce Profile) are listed in the Explore screen
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