How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

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As the subject suggests i want to be able to relate associated contacts from a lead to and account thats created when the lead is qualified, and probably opportunities aswell.

I've tried a couple of things like workflows but i cant seem to get one where the related contacts is a selectable entitiy

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RE: How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

As we were moving towards 2013, i ended up working around it using stakeholders (connections in 2011) to achieve this, still takes some playing around.

I had to create a contact and relate it, but on the contact form you cant enter an account (as one hadn't been created due to it still being a lead)

So theres a couple of mapping issues once the lead does become an account etc

Seems to be easier in 2013 though.

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RE: How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

Thank you Aileen.

best wishes

harihar

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RE: How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

Hi Harihar,

Plugin should work on it.

Thanks.

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RE: How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

Steve, How did you end up doing the association? Please share your experience and what approach you took.

harihar

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RE: How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

Hi Steve,

Once you qualify a Lead you can create Contact or Account or even can link to the existing Contact or Account by Out of the box functions.

Related to your question, the related associated contacts and Lead is a custom relationship? Means that you created many associate contact with Lead? Or 1 Lead to 1 Contact with system relationship?

If you want to associate the Contact from Lead to Account once qualified, you need to:

1. Create a plugin or custom workflow activity

2. With logic: Get all of relate associated Contact, which I am confused, this is N:N Relationship, N:1 or 1:N Relationship because it will give different logic of code.

3. And then you link the contact to account and opportunity, but, if you are using the standard process, by default, the Account and Opportunity created during Lead qualification will also linked to the Contact in the OOB Lead function, unless you customized the new relationship.

4. You can register the plugin once Lead changed status or qualified and also if an Account/Opportunity are created, Account and Opportunity will have origination lead field that you can use this Lead ID to get all of related Lead.

5. Once you register it, it will give you the functionality you want.

Standard workflow don't think can be working because if you are referring to Lead-Contact 1 to many relationship, but if 1 Lead only can link to 1 Contact then it is possible using Workflow.

Hope this helps!

Thanks.

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RE: How to associate Contacts from a lead to an account

You would need to write a plugin to do the association

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