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Entitlement Management Setup Checklist
When you set up entitlement management, you decide which features to use. Use this checklist to confirm that you’ve set up entitlement management in a way that fits your support processes.
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| To set up entitlement management | Manage Entitlements |
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Read Planning for Entitlement Management |
You’re thinking about using entitlements in your org. | |
Set Up Entitlements
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You want customer support eligibility to be determined at the account or contact level. | |
Enable Entitlements
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You want to use entitlements in your org. | |
Customize Entitlements
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You want to control which fields users see on entitlements, and how and where users associate entitlements with other records. | |
Set Up Entitlement and Asset Lookup Filters on Cases
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You want to control which entitlements and assets users can link to a case. | |
Give Users Access to Entitlement Management
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You want to give users the appropriate user permissions, field access, and tab access. | |
Set Up an Entitlement Template
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You want to predefine the terms of support for specific products. | |
Automatically Add Entitlements to Cases from Web, Email, and Experiences
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You want the correct entitlement to be added automatically to cases created using Web-to-Case, Email-to-Case, or experiences. | |
Set Up Milestones
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You want to define required steps that support reps must complete to close a support record. | |
Customize Milestone Page Layouts
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You want to control which milestone-related fields users see. | |
Enable Milestone Feed Items
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You want automatic notifications to be added to the feed and the record owner’s profile page when a milestone is completed or violated. | |
Set Up the Milestone Tracker
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You want your support team to be able to see a list of upcoming and completed milestones and countdowns for active and overdue milestones. | |
Limit User Updates to Milestones
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You want to prevent users from updating milestones unless certain criteria are met. | |
Create a Milestone
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You want to define a required step in your support process. | |
Auto-Complete Case Milestones
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You want milestones to be automatically marked Completed on cases that match unique criteria. | |
Set Up Entitlement Processes
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You want to be able to apply the required steps in your support process to specific records. | |
Create an Entitlement Process
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You want to create a timeline that includes all of the steps that your support team must complete to resolve support records. | |
Customize Entitlement Process Fields
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You want to control which entitlement process fields users see. | |
Add a Milestone to an Entitlement Process
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You want to specify which required support steps occur, and when, on your timeline. | |
Add a Milestone Action to an Entitlement Process
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You want to define time-dependent workflow actions that occur at every step (milestone) in an entitlement process when the milestone is nearing violation, violated, or completed. | |
Apply an Entitlement Process to an Entitlement
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You want a specific entitlement’s support records to follow the steps defined in your entitlement process. | |
Create a New Version of an Entitlement Process
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You want to update an entitlement process. | |
Use a New Version of an Entitlement Process
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You want to apply a new version of an entitlement process to new or existing entitlements. | |
Set Up Service Contracts
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You want customer support eligibility to be determined at the service contract level. | |
Add Contract Line Items to Service Contracts
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You want to be able to limit a service contract to cover specific products. | |
Set Up Entitlement Management in Experiences
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You want customers or partners to be able to view their entitlements and service contracts and create support records from them. | |
Report on Entitlements
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You want to view and share data on entitlements and service contracts. | |
Give your support team entitlement management guidelines. |
You want your support team to understand:
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