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Magento 2 Sales Representative tool assigns personal managers to certain orders, customers, and customer groups to improve customer service and sell products more effectively.

Compatibility: Magento Open Source 2.3.X - 2.4.X, Magento Commerce 2.3.X - 2.4.X  

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Installing Magento 2 Sales Representative

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 4. In SSH console of your server navigate to your store root folder:

cd path_to_the_store_root_folder

run:

php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_Bup
php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_SalesRepresentative

then:

php -f bin/magento setup:upgrade

after:

php -f bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

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If you are installing an extension from Aheadworks for the first time, you need to add our composer repository to your Magento store:

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To install the extension:

2. Login to your ssh console and navigate to your store folder:

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 3. Run the following command to install the latest version of the extension:

composer require aheadworks/module-sales-representative

if you need to install a specific version, run this command:

composer require aheadworks/module-sales-representative:<version>

php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_Bup
php -f bin/magento module:enable Aheadworks_SalesRepresentative

bin/magento setup:upgrade

bin/magento setup:di:compile

bin/magento module:status

bin/magento cache:clean

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To upgrade the extension:

5. To update or upgrade an extension:

Download the updated extension file. Take note of the module-name and version. Export the contents to your Magento root.

If a composer package exists for the extension, run one of the following.

composer update aheadworks/module-sales-representative

composer require aheadworks/module-sales-representative:<version>

Run the following commands to upgrade, deploy, and clean the cache.

php bin/magento setup:upgrade --keep-generated
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
php bin/magento cache:clean

Introducing M2 Sales Representative

Creating Sales Representatives

Backend Configurations

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Assign Sales Representative to Customer Group 

If you want sales representatives to be assigned to orders automatically, choose sales representatives for customer groups in Stores > Settings > Configurations > Aheadworks > Sales Representative. 

After clicking ‘Add’ button in the Conditions tab, you can assign sales representatives to customer groups:

• Customer Group - a dropdown with the list of all customer groups in the store.
• Sales representative Name - a dropdown with the list of all users created on All Users page.
• Action - ‘trash’ button that allows you to delete options.

One sales manager can be chosen for several customer groups while one customer group cannot have several sales representatives. 

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Email Settings 

Email Settings tab includes:

• Email sender - the one who sends emails to sales representatives.
• Email template - an email that a sales representative receives after having been assigned to a new order (Aheadworks SalesRepresentative template is set by default).

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Assign Sales Representative to Order 

Sales managers can be assigned to orders manually on Sales > Orders > Order View page. You can find Sales Representative section in the Account Information tab: 

• Sales Representative - a dropdown with the list of both active and inactive sales managers. You can assign a user from the list to the order or choose ‘Not Assigned’ value to leave the order without any sales representative.  

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Click the ‘Save’ button near the dropdown to save the changes. If a sales representative has been chosen for an order, a confirmation email with the order details will be sent to this sales representative. 

Assign Sales Representative to Customer 

What is more, a dedicated sales representative can be chosen for a customer in Customers > All Customers. There are two options to do so:

• Choose a sales representative in the corresponding column of the Customers Grid.
• Choose a sales representative in the individual tab on the Customer Information page.

Let’s look at the Customer Grid first. 

If you assign a sales representative in the Customer grid, you just need to click on the row of a particular customer. As soon as the quick editing mode has been activated, a dropdown with the list of all sales representatives appears in the corresponding column. The ‘Not Assigned’ value is displayed here too, in case a sales representative has to be unassigned from any customer. 

Click ‘Save’ to save all the changes in the grid. Click ‘Cancel’ to abandon any changes.

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Assigning sales representatives to customers in bulk is also applicable. You just need to select customers in the first column via checkbox and choose ‘Edit’ in the Actions dropdown. Having chosen the right option, click ‘Apply’ and ‘Save Edits’ above the grid to save the changes.

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The second option - the Sales Representative tab on the Customer Information page. 

Here you see the same dropdown as in the Customer grid and on the Order View page.

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As long as a customer has an appointed sales representative, his/her orders are assigned to this sales representative. If a customer has no appointed sales representative, his/her orders are assigned to the sales representative specified for his/her customer group.

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Sales Representative Infoblock

Sales manager’s contact information is available for signed-in customers on My Account > My Orders > Order View page. There is a special block with the data about a sales representative specified in the Additional Information tab on the  backend:

• sales manager’s name;
• email;
• phone number;
• additional information;
• photo. 

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If it’s necessary, the contact information of a sales representative can be added to the order confirmation email for guests and logged-in customers. All you need to do is to insert the ‘Sales Representative Information’ variable while creating a new order confirmation email template. Here is an example what the email can look like: 

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Integration with Aheadworks Modules

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Sales Representative for Magento 2 can enhance the functionality of some Aheadworks modules, namely:

• M2 Company Accounts
• M2 Cart to Quote

Company Accounts

When M2 Company Accounts is installed on the store alongside M2 Sales Representative, the Admin gets able to appoint sales representatives to companies. Sales representatives can be appointed to companies automatically in compliance with the company users' belonging to a customer group, or manually and individually to each company. By appointing sales representatives to companies, that is users created with the help of M2 Sales Representative, the Admin can demarcate access for these users to the data on the companies. 

Integration of M2 Company Accounts enables the Allow Access to Companies option in the Advanced Permissions tab on a User Role page. When set to Yes, this user role will allow users to access data in the Companies grid.

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It must be mentioned here, that M2 Company Accounts, when used on its own, has an option of assigning sales representatives to companies. With regard to this fact, M2 Sales Representative is meant to enhance M2 Company Accounts as follows:

• Sales Representative (Conditions) is added as an option to the dropdown Default Sales Representative at Stores → Configuration → Aheadworks Extensions → Company Accounts 

• A hint is added to explain the use of Sales Representative (Conditions) and to give quick access to Stores → Configuration → Aheadworks Extensions → Sales Representatives → Conditions: “If Sales Representative (Conditions) is selected, Default Sales Representative is assigned to a new company according to conditions specified here {link to SR conditions}”

• Sales Representative (Conditions) is the default value of Default Sales Representative when M2 Company Accounts and M2 Sales Representative are installed one after another for the first time on the store. Otherwise, if M2 Company Accounts has already been in use, and M2 Sales Representative is added to the store, the default value of Default Sales Representative remains unchanged. The latter aspect allows companies that have been created before the installation of M2 Sales Representative to keep on working with the appointed to them earlier sales representatives.

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Cart to Quote

When M2 Cart To Quote is installed on the store alongside M2 Sales Representative, the Admin gets able to assign Sales Representatives to quotes. Sales representatives can be appointed to quotes automatically in compliance with the customers belonging to a customer group, or manually and individually to each quote. By assigning quotes to sales representatives, that is users created with the help of M2 Sales Representative, the Admin can demarcate access for these users to the data on the quotes. 

M2 Cart to Quote, when used on its own, has an option of assigning sales representatives to quotes. With regard to this fact, M2 Sales Representative is meant to enhance M2 Cart To Quote as follows:

• Sales Representative (Conditions) is added as an option to the dropdown "Admin User Quote is Assigned to" at Stores → Configuration → Aheadworks Extensions → Cart to Quote 

• A hint is added to explain the use of Sales Representative (Conditions) and to give quick access to Stores → Configuration → Aheadworks Extensions → Sales Representatives → Conditions: “If Sales Representative (Conditions) is selected, Default Sales Representative is assigned to a new company according to conditions specified here {link to SR conditions}”

• Sales Representative (Conditions) is the default value of "Admin User Quote is Assigned to" when M2 Cart To Quote and M2 Sales Representative are installed one after another for the first time on the store. Otherwise, if M2 Cart To Quote has already been in use, and M2 Sales Representatives is added to the store, the default value of "Admin User Quote is Assigned to" remains unchanged. The latter aspect allows quotes that have been created before the installation of M2 Sales Representative to keep on being monitored by the appointed to them earlier sales representatives.
• Automatic emails are sent to users indicated as sales representatives in "Admin User Quote is Assigned to" when quotes are assigned to them.

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Uninstalling M2 Sales Representative

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Manual Removal

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1. Disable the module by executing the following commands:

php bin/magento module:disable Aheadworks_SalesRepresentative
php bin/magento setup:upgrade

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2. Remove the extension files from the following folder:

app/code/Aheadworks/SalesRepresentative

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Automatic Removal (via Composer)

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1. Disable the module by executing the following commands:

php bin/magento module:uninstall Aheadworks_SalesRepresentative

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