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Salesforce Lead Assignment Rules Best Practices and Tricks

By Stacy O’Leary

I confess: I love Salesforce Lead Assignment Rules almost as much as I love the Approval Process . A good set of Lead Assignment Rules will buy you endless friends in both sales and marketing, and will make your incoming data sparkle and look perfect (even if it is not!) In this guide, I’ll be talking about the initial Lead sort, upon creation.

Salesforce Lead Assignment Rule Example

Criteria #1: If State = California, assign to Stacy
Criteria #2: If Country = United Kingdom, assign to Ben
Criteria #3: If Country = France, assign to Lucy
Criteria #4: If Annual Revenue is greater than $500,000,000 USD, assign to “High Roller Queue”

Planning Lead Assignment Rules

Discovery: questions to ask.

Where are the new Leads coming from? Marketo? HubSpot? Other integrated systems? Web forms? Are there any examples you look at? Make friends with the people who run these systems, you need to have a good relationship because you’re going to need their help.
What fields are populated on these newly created Leads? What fields are required? If it’s minimal, can you get more information? Generally, the more information you have, the easier it is to sort.
What if a Lead comes in from one of your Partners? What if a Lead comes in from one of your competitors? From one of your employees? Are there any kinds of Leads that should never be distributed out to your team, like students or media inquiries? (Remember – ANYONE with access to the internet can fill out your form! They do not have to be a legitimate prospect!)
Who is covering what territories? Do you have any territories that don’t have a sales rep yet? Do all new Leads have enough data to determine territories?
What about the Leads that don’t meet any criteria at all? Where will they go? Who will work them?

Refining the requirements

Our new Leads, almost always, come from Marketo . They could come from a Marketo form, or a list imported from a trade show, but Marketo is the system that pushes them to Salesforce. If a person creates their own Lead, we do not want to take it away from them.
We always have: first name, last name, lead source, email, company, state and country. We sometimes have # of Employees, but that’s pretty much all we know about them at the moment of creation.
Any Lead that comes in from a Partner should be directed to our channel team. We don’t want to market to competitors, employees, or students.
We have a territory plan defined by Sales, and we’d also like to separate prospects for the UK and France, though we do not have a sales rep for those areas yet.
If something comes in that we cannot otherwise sort, let’s put it in a holding place and let marketing send out generic nurture emails. If a person in this holding place takes interest, we can always give it to the sales team later.

	Western US	Eastern US + Canada	UK + France
# of Employees	Maeve Easton	To Be Determined
# of Employees >=5,000	Jessica Harris	Dylan Wolfe	To Be Determined

Partners (any Lead that comes in from a Partner company)
Disqualified (any Lead that comes in from a competitor, is an employee, or is a student)
UK + France (any Lead where Country = United Kingdom, or France)
Unsorted (any Lead that does not meet any criteria)

Creating Lead Assignment Criteria

Leads that shouldn’t be distributed, next criteria.

The Final Empty Criteria

Activate the Lead Assignment Rules

Leads can only be sorted by a field value at the moment it was sorted.
The Lead Router does not auto-convert Leads to Contacts
You cannot deactivate a User license if that person is part of the Lead Assignment Rules (even if the Lead Assignment Rules have been deactivated.)
Create a report for yourself, for that last criteria – Leads that are unsorted. This way you can review them periodically and see if there’s enough volume to justify sorting them in a certain way.

Stacy O'Leary

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Understanding Assignment Rules: A Comprehensive Guide

Assignment rules are an important feature of Salesforce that help businesses automate assigning records to specific users or teams based on predefined criteria. This article will discuss assignment rules, how they work, and the benefits they provide to businesses.

What are Assignment Rules?

Assignment rules are a set of criteria that are defined by businesses to determine how records should be assigned to users or teams within the Salesforce system. These criteria can be based on several factors, such as the record type, location, record status, or the user's role or territory. For example, a company may set up an assignment rule to automatically assign a new lead to the sales rep who covers that particular region or product line.

How do Assignment Rules Work?

When a record is created or updated, the assignment rules evaluate the record based on predefined criteria. The assignment rule automatically assigns the record to the designated user or team if the criteria are met. Once the record is assigned, the user or team can work on the record.

Salesforce provides a simple wizard that enables administrators to set up assignment rules. The wizard allows administrators to define the criteria for the assignment, select the user or team to assign records to, and set up any needed notifications or escalations.

How to Set Up Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Setting up assignment rules in Salesforce is a straightforward process that requires the following steps:

Identify the criteria for record assignment - Before creating an assignment rule, businesses should first identify the criteria used to assign records. It might include the record type, location, user role, or other custom fields.

Create the assignment rule - Once the criteria have been identified, businesses can create the assignment rule in Salesforce. It involves setting up a rule that evaluates the criteria and assigns records to the appropriate user or team.

Test the assignment rule - After the assignment rule has been created, businesses should test it to ensure it is working correctly. It might involve creating test records and verifying that they are assigned to the correct user or team.

Activate the assignment rule - Testing it in Salesforce will allow it to be activated. It allows it to automatically assign records to the appropriate user or team.

Types of Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Salesforce offers two types of assignment rules: standard assignment rules and lead assignment rules.

Standard assignment rules assign records to users or teams based on predefined criteria. They can be set up for various record types, including leads, cases, and opportunities.

Lead assignment rules are specific assignment rules used to assign leads to sales reps. They evaluate the criteria for a lead, such as location or product interest, and assign the lead to the appropriate sales rep based on a round-robin or customized assignment method.

Benefits of Assignment Rules

There are several benefits to using assignment rules in Salesforce, including:

Increased Efficiency

One of the most significant benefits of assignment rules is their increased efficiency. By automating the process of assigning records, sales, and customer support teams can spend less time manually assigning leads and cases to the appropriate users or teams. They can focus on more important tasks, such as following up with leads, resolving customer issues, and closing deals.

With assignment rules, businesses can streamline their processes and reduce the time it takes to respond to customer inquiries, ultimately improving their overall efficiency and productivity.

Improved Customer Satisfaction

Another important benefit of assignment rules is the improved customer satisfaction they can provide. Businesses can automatically assign cases to the appropriate user or team to ensure that customer inquiries are handled promptly and efficiently. Customers receive faster responses to their inquiries, which can help improve their overall satisfaction with the company.

In addition, by assigning cases to users with the appropriate skills and knowledge, businesses can ensure that customer issues are resolved more effectively, further improving customer satisfaction.

Accurate Data

Assignment rules also help businesses maintain accurate data in their CRM system. By automating the process of assigning records, businesses can ensure that data is entered correctly and consistently. It means that reports and analytics generated from the data are more accurate and reliable, which can help businesses make more informed decisions.

In addition, businesses can use assignment rules to enforce data validation rules, which can help prevent incorrect data from being entered into the system.

Consistency

Another benefit of assignment rules is that they help ensure consistency in record assignments. By automating the process of assigning records, businesses can ensure that records are assigned to the appropriate user or team consistently. It reduces the risk of errors or omissions occurring when records are manually assigned.

In addition, by using assignment rules to enforce a standardized process for record assignment, businesses can ensure that records are handled consistently across different teams and regions.

Flexibility

Finally, assignment rules provide businesses with great flexibility in assigning records. Businesses can define complex rules based on various criteria, such as record type, location, or user role. Businesses can customize their assignment rules to fit their specific needs and workflows.

In addition, assignment rules can be updated or modified as needed, allowing businesses to adapt to changes in their business or industry.

Best Practices for Using Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Businesses should follow these best practices to ensure Salesforce assignment rules are working effectively:

Define clear assignment criteria: Before setting up assignment rules, businesses should define clear criteria for record assignments. It will help ensure that records are assigned accurately and consistently.

Test assignment rules before activation: Before activating assignment rules, businesses should test them to ensure that they are working correctly. It will help prevent errors and ensure that records are assigned to the appropriate user or team.

Monitor and adjust assignment rules: It is important to monitor them regularly to ensure they are working properly. Businesses should also be prepared to adjust assignment rules as needed to accommodate changes in their business or industry.

Communicate changes to users: When changes are made to assignment rules, businesses should communicate with them to ensure they are aware of any changes in their workload or responsibilities.

In conclusion, assignment rules are a powerful feature of Salesforce that helps businesses automate assigning records to specific users or teams. The benefits of assignment rules include increased efficiency, improved customer satisfaction, accurate data, and consistency.

By using assignment rules, businesses can streamline their processes, improve their overall effectiveness, and achieve their goals more efficiently.

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Assignment rules automatically route new leads, opportunities, and insights to the right sellers or sales teams. Create an assignment rule for lead, opportunity, and seller insights records by defining conditions, such as the segment, sellers, and distribution. After a rule is activated, any record that satisfies the conditions that are defined for the rule is automatically assigned to a seller. Sales managers spend less time and effort in manual assignment, leads, opportunities, and insights don't go overlooked, and assignments are balanced among your salespeople.

A rule considers only the records that are created or updated after it's activated. When a lead, opportunity, or seller insight record is created, assignment rules are applied in the order they're listed, starting from the top. If the record satisfies the conditions that are defined for a rule, that rule is applied to the record and no following rules are considered. By default, rules are listed in the order they were created, with the most recently created one at the bottom. However, you can change the order of your assignment rules at any time.

Watch this brief video to learn more about assignment rules in sales accelerator:

Segments and assignment rules are part of the work assignment feature. Work assignment is available in sales accelerator version 9.1.23074.10021 and is rolling out in phases in different regions. Learn more about work assignment .

License and role requirements

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Prerequisites

Before you start creating assignment rules, make sure you've identified the security roles that can be automatically assigned records.

Create an assignment rule

In the lower-left corner of the page, select Change area > Sales Insights settings .

Under Sales accelerator , select Work assignment .

Select a Record type , and then select Add assignment rule .

Screenshot of the Add assignment rule pane.

In section 1, Rule name , enter a meaningful Name for the rule.

In section 2, Eligible record type for this rule , select the segment the rule applies to.

By default, the rule runs on all records of this type. If an appropriate segment doesn't exist, select + New segment and create it.

Add conditions to filter the records

You can add up to 10 conditions, including conditions in groups and related entities. If you need more, contact Microsoft Support.

Select + Add conditions .

Select + Add , and then use the following options to build the conditions of the rule:

Add row : Add a condition. Select an attribute, an operator, and a value; for example, Created by Equals John Thomas .

Screenshot that shows a condition row that filters for leads where the value of the Created By attribute equals John Thomas.

Add group : Add a group of conditions to filter records using multiple attributes that are combined by And or Or . If you select And , records must meet all the conditions in the group. If you select Or , records can meet any condition in the group.

Add related entity : Add a condition that's based on the attributes of related tables. Select an attribute in the Related Entity list, then select Contains data or Does not contain data , and then define the condition.

Screenshot that shows a condition added for a related entity.

To impose a time limit on assigning a seller to the records the rule applies to, select Consider record type created in the last . Select the number of hours within which the rule will consider the created records for assignment.

If no seller is available to take the record within that time, the record is marked overdue. The status reason is set to Seller not assigned as record is older than the set timeframe .

Select sellers or a sales team to assign

In section 3, Assign these record type to sellers or a team , select one of the following options in the list:

Any seller : Assign records to any seller who is available and has the capacity.

Sellers with matching attributes : Assign the records to sellers who satisfy the conditions you set using either information about them in Dynamics 365 or seller attributes that you define for assignment rules.

For example, to assign the records to sellers who are based in Seattle, select Use existing fields from seller records in Dynamics 365 , and then select + Add > Add row . Enter the condition as City (attribute) Equals (condition) Seattle (value).

You can have up to five conditions. Only one row can be defined as a related entity condition. If you need more, contact Microsoft Support.

Specific sellers : Assign records to the sellers you select. The sellers must have a security role that grants them permissions to be assigned by a rule.

Teams with matching attributes : Assign records to teams that satisfy the conditions that are defined in the condition builder. You can have a maximum of five conditions, and only one row can be defined under a related entity condition. Recommendations for adding conditions to assignment rules. .

Specific teams : Assign records to the sales team that you select. Any member of the team can pick up the records. The teams must be defined in your organization and have a security role that grants them permissions to be assigned by a rule.

Queues with matching attributes : Assign records to queues that satisfy the conditions that are defined in the condition builder. You can have a maximum of five conditions, and only one row can be defined under a related entity condition. Recommendations for adding conditions to assignment rules. .

Specific queue : Assign records to a specific queue that you select. Any member in the queue can pick up the record. The queue must be enabled and defined in your organization. Learn more about how to enable queue for an entity. .

Select how records should be distributed

If you assign the records to a sales team, this section isn't shown because the rule doesn't distribute them to individual sellers. Instead, the team members effectively distribute the records among themselves.

The Distribute record type by section is available only for seller-related assignments.

In section 4, Distribute record type by , select how the rule should distribute the records to your sellers. Learn more about record distribution in assignment rules .

Round robin : The records are distributed evenly in turn to sellers who are qualified to receive them based on the conditions of the assignment rule.
Load balancing : Leads are distributed to sellers based on their workload, so that all sellers are equally busy.

(Optional) To consider the seller's work schedule when records are assigned, select Assign if seller is available within .

If a time limit is set , the rule verifies for any available sellers within that time frame to assign the record. If no sellers are available, the record is set as unassigned.

The rule first considers sellers who are available to work on the records. If sellers don't set their work availability , the rule considers them always available.

If no seller is available—perhaps because of a day off or the time is outside working hours—the rule considers sellers who will be available within the number of hours you selected in step 2.

If no seller is available within that time, the record is left unassigned and marked overdue .

(Optional) To consider a seller's workload , select Assign record type based on seller capacity .

Select Save to create and activate the rule.

Assignment rules run in the order they're listed. By default, they're listed in ascending order by creation date, with the newest rule at the bottom.

Recommendations for adding conditions to assignment rules

We limit the number of conditions you can add to your assignment rules to help the rules run faster and more efficiently. Here are some suggestions for when you need more conditions than the limit allows.

Dynamic attributes in condition builder : When creating conditions in the condition builder, you can utilize dynamic attributes to minimize the number of conditions required for a specific attribute. For example, if you wish to assign leads from the United States to sellers from the same country, and likewise for India, Japan, and Brazil, you would need to create four separate conditions for this. However, by using dynamic attributes, you can consolidate this into a single condition as follows: Country > Equals > Lead.Country , where, if a lead's country matches the country of the seller, it will automatically be assigned to the corresponding seller from that country. For more information, see Route leads with dynamic assignment rules

Split conditions between assignment rules and segments. Move some conditions to the segment. For example, if you have 15 conditions in the Eligible record type for this rule section, move five of them to the associated segment.

Create rollup attributes : Use rollup attributes to avoid performance issues when you add conditions that involve related tables. Rollup attributes are calculated fields that aggregate values from related records. For example, you can create a rollup attribute that counts the number of contacts that are associated with a lead. Learn how to define rollup attributes .

Avoid duplicate conditions. Don't include attributes that are already included in the segment. For example, if you have a segment that has the condition City (attribute) Equals (condition) Seattle (value), avoid using the same City attribute in the assignment rule.

Use the expression builder only : Always use the expression builder to define or update the rules. Don't update them through Dataverse, the underlying data platform of Dynamics 365. It might cause unexpected behavior that affects the records that are related to the assignment rules.

Can't find the options in your app?

There are three possibilities:

You don't have the necessary license or role .
Your administrator hasn't turned on the feature.
Your organization is using a custom app. Check with your administrator for exact steps. The steps described in this article are specific to the out-of-the-box Sales Hub and Sales Professional apps.
Understand record distribution in assignment rules
View and assign unassigned records
Select security roles to assign records to
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Leandata showcases power of modern revenue orchestration at opsstars 2022, leandata announces winners of the 2022 opsstars awards, what are lead assignment rules in salesforce.

Lead assignment rules are a powerful feature within Salesforce to assist your team’s automation of its lead generation and customer support processes. Assignment rules in Salesforce are used to define to whom your Leads and Cases (customer questions, issues or feedback) are assigned based on any one of a number of specified criteria you determine.

Organizations typically develop lead assignment rules for their GTM processes or flows:

Rules for inbound Leads
Rules for website-generated Leads
Rules for importing Leads from an event

For case assignments, a company might establish one case assignment rule for weekdays and another assignment rule for weekends and holidays.

A lead or case assignment rule often consists of multiple rule entries to specify exactly how leads and cases are assigned throughout your go-to-market teams. For example, related to customer service inquiries, a standard case assignment rule might have multiple entries. Cases with “Type equals Gold” are assigned to the Gold Level service queue, cases with “Type equals Silver” are assigned to the Silver Level service” queue, and so on.

As organizations grow and scale, they operationalize multiple GTM motions: inbound, outbound, account-based, upsell/cross-sell, and hybrid. However, many are limited to having just one rule in Salesforce.

As a work-around, many organizations create one massive lead assignment ruleset. They then wedge all of their rule entries into that one big ruleset, regardless of how many different motions that represents. Over time, Salesforce lead assignment rules can quickly become unmanageable .

This post covers the best practices for Salesforce lead and case assignment rules. The ultimate goal is to fully engaging your hard-won leads and speed up your organization’s time-to-revenue.

How to Define Assignment Rules

Your Salesforce administrator can only have one rule in effect at any particular moment in your go-to-market motions, and that assignment rule is intended to both automate lead generation processes and other customer-facing processes routed through your CRM.

Lead assignment rules specify how leads are assigned to users or queues as they are created manually, captured from your website, or imported via SFDC’s Data Import Wizard.

Case assignment rules determine how cases are assigned to users or put into queues as they are created, either manually or through the use of Web-to-Case, Email-to-Case, On-Demand Email-to-Case, the Self-Service portal, the Customer Portal, Outlook, or other data generation applications.

Criteria for Lead Assignment Rules

Okay, so you’ve decided that lead assignment rules in Salesforce make sense for your revenue operations team – now what?

Well, first, you’ll need to determine the edition of your Salesforce instance. Lead assignment rules are available in the Group, Essentials, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions of SFDC. Case assignment rules, conversely, are available only in the Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer editions.

With regard to User Permissions, to view assignment rules, you’ll need View Setup and Configuration permissions. However, to create or change assignment rules, you’ll need Customize Application. If you are not your organization’s Salesforce administrator, you should check with them before attempting to head off on your own.

How to Create Salesforce Lead Assignment Rules

Creating lead and case assignment rules in Salesforce is a relatively straightforward process.

Login to Salesforce and select Setup in the upper right corner of the horizontal navigation bar.
In the Setup search box , type “assignment rules” and then select either Lead Assignment Rules or Case Assignment Rules.
Select New to create a new assignment rule.
In the Rule Name box, type a name and specify whether it should be active for leads or cases created manually and by those created automatically by web and email. When done, click Save .
Click open your newly created rule and select New in the Rule Entries to specify your rule criteria.
Step 1 in the “Enter the rule entry” window requires you to enter an Order for your new rule (the Order is the order in which the entry is processed, like a queue).
In Step 2, you determine whether your new rule is based on meeting a set of criteria or a formula. In the Run this rule if the dropdown box, select either “criteria are met” or “formula evaluates to true.”
Lastly, in Step 3, select the user or queue to whom your rule will assign your new lead or case (use the lookup feature to find specific users or a queue). After completing Step 3, select Save .

Why Are Your Salesforce Lead Assignment Rules Not Working?

If you discover your lead or case assignment rules are not working, here are a few tips to quickly troubleshoot the root cause.

First, check to ensure the assignment rule is active. Remember, only one case or lead assignment rule can be active at one time. Secondly, ensure the record is assigned to the correct user or queue.

Make certain to select the checkbox Assign using active assignment rule . In support of this step, enable field History tracking on case or lead owner, as well as add object History (case or lead) in your page layout.

One common problem is overlapping rule entries, or rule entries in the wrong order. With dozens of rule entries, many will overlap, causing records to get assigned unpredictably. For example, if entry #1 assigns California leads to John, and entry #2 assigns Demo Request leads to Jane, then John might wonder why he’s receiving Demo Requests leads who are supposed to go to Jane.

Assignment Rule Examples

The image, below, shows sample rule entries being entered into Salesforce for a variety of “what if” situations:

Junk leads containing “test” are sent to an unassigned queue
Demo requests are routed directly to SDR 3
Leads at accounts with over $100 million in annual revenue are routed to AE 1
Leads in certain states are sent to their respective representatives

How LeanData Simplifies Salesforce Lead Assignment

Creating lead and assignment rules in Salesforce is relatively straightforward. However, as your GTM motions become more and more complex, it becomes necessary to populate that one rule with multiple defining rule entries. As you grow and scale, your rule threatens to become unwieldy. Then these problems arise:

Difficulty in both comprehending and managing
Poor visibility, making it difficult to troubleshoot and validate
Restrictions allowing only the criteria on the routed record

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LeanData’s lead routing flow and assignment solution is a native Salesforce application that allows users to create flows in an easy-to-understand visual graph. Its visible representation of an organization’s desired lead flow affords many benefits to users, including:

Easier ability to visualize and understand complex flows
Real-time visibility of the routing of leads and the ability to quickly troubleshoot and make adjustments
At-a-glance ability to use information on matched records for routing decisions and actions

Assignment rules in Salesforce are a relatively easy-to-learn feature that can be very quickly implemented, delivering a flexible and powerful logic to your CRM processes. Automating your lead and customer processes will accelerate your GTM motions and deliver your organization a sustainable competitive advantage.

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What are Salesforce lead assignment rules?

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When you automate lead assignment and routing, your sales team can:

Boost sales team productivity and efficiency

Prevent high-quality leads from slipping through the cracks

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In this blog post, we'll discuss the ins and outs of Salesforce lead assignment. We'll cover the benefits, how to plan your lead assignment strategy, and a step-by-step walkthrough of adding lead assignment rules in Salesforce. We'll also explore the power of scheduling automation to simplify and speed up lead assignment, routing, and qualification.

Key takeaways:

Lead assignment rules help sales teams boost productivity, respond to leads faster, and make better data-driven decisions.

Matching leads with the right sales reps and teams creates a better customer experience by responding to leads faster and giving them personalized attention.

Before you set up your lead assignment rules, work with your sales, marketing, and RevOps teams to understand your lead generation processes and sales team structure.

Within Salesforce lead management settings, rule entries are the individual criteria and actions. A “lead assignment rule” refers to a set of rule entries.

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6 benefits of creating lead assignment rules in Salesforce

Why should your team take the time to set up lead assignment rules in Salesforce? Here are six great reasons:

Ensure leads are assigned to the right reps and teams: Lead assignment rules mean each incoming lead is directed to the salesperson or team who has the relevant expertise and skills to engage and convert that lead. Automated lead assignment also prevents leads from falling through the cracks by making sure each lead is assigned to a rep or team, rather than relying on manual assignment.

Respond to leads faster: With lead assignment rules, leads are automatically assigned to the right salesperson, reducing response time and increasing the chances of converting leads into customers .

Boost sales team productivity: Automating lead assignment reduces manual work for RevOps teams and sales managers. Lead assignment rules also help identify and prioritize leads more likely to convert, saving time and resources that would otherwise be wasted on pursuing poor-fit leads. These time savings let sales teams focus on nurturing leads and closing deals.

Create a better customer experience: Leads can be assigned to sales reps who have relevant industry or product expertise, understand their unique needs, and can provide personalized solutions. This tailored approach creates a better experience for leads, which results in more conversions and higher customer satisfaction.

Improve sales forecasting: With well-defined lead assignment rules, you can gather more accurate data on lead distribution and conversion rates. This data can be used for sales forecasting, data driven decision-making, and resource allocation.

How to create lead assignment rules in Salesforce

Step 1: build your lead assignment strategy.

Before you go into your Salesforce instance and set up lead assignment rules, you need to figure out what exactly those rules will be. The options are limitless — where should you start?

It’s time to bring RevOps, sales, and marketing together to answer some questions:

Lead sources: Where do leads come from? Do we use marketing forms through Salesforce web-to-lead forms or a third-party integration? Are we importing leads via the data import wizard?

Sales team structure: How is the sales team structured? Are different teams or individuals specialized in specific products, industries, use cases, or regions?

Lead data: What info do we request from new leads? Which standard and custom fields do we require?

Sales territories: How are sales territories defined? Are there specific regions, countries, or territories we should take into account for lead assignment?

Integrations : Do we have any third-party integrations with lead assignment or distribution features? Are we using those features?

Special circumstances: Are there any priority levels or tiers for leads that require special attention? For example, do we have a designated rep or queue for leads with complex needs and use cases?

Poor fits: What should we do with leads who don’t meet any of our criteria?

It’s a lot of information to gather and organize, but it’s important to learn as much as possible up front to cover every scenario and equip your sales team with accurate data. Putting this time and effort in now will pay off tenfold in productivity once your lead rules are in place!

Step 2: Set up lead assignment rules in Salesforce

You’re almost ready to enter your lead assignment rules in SFDC . First, let’s go over some terminology. We’ve been talking about lead assignment rules as individual directives: “If the lead matches X, then do Y.” Within Salesforce lead management settings, a “lead assignment rule” refers to a set of rule entries. Rule entries are the individual criteria and actions (“If X, then do Y”). An assignment rule can consist of up to 3,000 rule entries, and you can only have one active assignment rule at a time.

For example, a rule entry can assign all leads interested in a particular product to a queue of reps who are experts on that product. In Salesforce, a lead queue is essentially a bucket for unassigned leads, and you can choose which sales reps can pull leads from each queue.

Another rule entry can assign all leads from companies with over 5,000 employees to your top enterprise sales rep.

To create a lead assignment rule in Salesforce:

From Setup, enter “Assignment Rules” in the Quick Find box, then select Lead Assignment Rules.

Enter the rule name. (Example: 2023 Standard Lead Rules)

Select “Set this as the active lead assignment rule” to activate the rule immediately.

Click Save.

Click the name of the rule you just created.

Click New in the Rule Entries section.

Enter an order number that tells Salesforce when to run this rule entry in relation to other rule entries. For example, if you want this to be the first criteria Salesforce looks at when assigning a lead, enter number one.

Select the rule criteria. What attributes must the lead have before Salesforce applies the rule entry? You can use any standard or custom field in the lead record for your criteria. For example, you want to assign leads to your U.S.-based enterprise sales team, so the company size field must be equal to or greater than 5,000 and the country field must equal the United States. You can include up to 25 filter criteria.

Choose the user or queue to be the assignee if the lead meets the criteria. For example, assign to the U.S.-based enterprise sales team queue.

Optional: Choose an email template to use when notifying the new lead owner. After you set up your lead rules, you can also use Salesforce Flow automations to notify lead owners via other channels. For example, at Calendly, we integrate Salesforce with Slack, and a workflow automatically notifies sales reps via Slack when a lead is assigned to them.

Screenshot of the Rule Entry Edit screen in Salesforce. The criteria fields include Lead: Created By equals and Lead: Country equals United Kingdom, France. The selected queue is UK + France Leads.

Salesforce goes through the rule entries in order until it finds one that matches the lead's info, then routes the lead accordingly.

Let's say you have small business, mid-market, and enterprise sales team queues. Your first three rule entries would match company size to each of those three queues. If they don't have a company size listed, or the company size doesn't match any of the values in your rule entries, Salesforce will move on to the industry rule entries.

To make sure no leads fall through the cracks, you also need to set a default lead owner. If the assignment rules fail to locate an owner, or you don’t set up assignment rules, web-generated leads are assigned to the default lead owner.

To select a default lead owner:

From Setup, enter “Lead Settings” in the Quick Find box, then select Lead Settings and click Edit.

Define the Default Lead Owner. The Default Lead Owner can be a specific user or a queue.

Save your settings.

Salesforce lead assignment rule examples

As we mentioned earlier, your rule entries can include up to 25 filter criteria.

Simple rules include just one filter criteria:

By country or state/province: Route leads from specific states or countries to sales representatives who understand the regional market. You need this rule if your team uses sales territories to divide leads. For example, if the state/province equals Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington, assign the lead to the West Coast queue.

By language: Assign leads to sales reps who speak the same language.

By industry: Assign leads from different industries to salespeople who have experience working with those industries.

By company size: Assign leads based on the size of the company, assigning larger companies to a dedicated enterprise sales team.

Complex rules use two or more filter criteria. For example, you could route leads from specific states or provinces to salespeople based on their sales territory and the company size. If you have a particular rep (Bob) working enterprise leads on the West Coast, your filter criteria could say: If the state/province equals Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, or Washington, and the company size equals greater than 5,000, assign the lead to Bob.

These are just a few examples. Lead assignment rules can be customized to fit your team’s and customers’ needs. Review your strategy to choose the right combination of criteria for your sales processes, products, and customers.

What does the built-in Salesforce lead process look like in action?

A website visitor named Nora fills out a contact form to learn more about your product. She shares her name, email address, company name (Acme Inc.), and company size. You use Salesforce’s built-in web-to-lead forms , so Nora’s form submission automatically creates a lead record.

Your team has set up lead assignment rules that assign leads to sales queues based on their company size. Acme Inc. has 5,000 employees, so Nora is automatically assigned to the enterprise sales team queue.

Enterprise sales team queue members receive an email notification that a new lead has been added to the queue. Taylor, an enterprise sales rep in Acme Inc.’s territory, assigns Nora’s lead record to themself.

Taylor emails Nora to set up a qualification call.

Nora, who has been waiting to hear back from your team, agrees to meet with Taylor. After some email back-and-forth, they find a time that works.

What are the limitations of Salesforce’s built-in lead assignment rules?

Salesforce’s built-in lead assignment rules are a great place to start, but there are a few critical limitations, especially for enterprise sales teams:

Single level of evaluation: Salesforce assignment rules operate based on a single level of evaluation, meaning that once a rule matches the criteria and assigns a lead, the evaluation process stops. Your team might miss out on important info, like a complex use case or unique industry, when matching the lead with a rep.

No built-in round robin distribution: Round robin lead distribution is the process of assigning leads to reps based on factors like team member availability or equal distribution for a balanced workload. Salesforce lead assignment rules don't include an easy way to set up round robin distribution — you need an additional tool like Pardot, one of the round robin apps on AppExchange , complex Apex code , or a third-party lead routing platform .

No lead escalation settings: Lead escalation is the process of flagging a lead to higher levels of management or specialized teams for further assistance or action. This process comes into play when a lead requires additional attention or intervention beyond the assigned salesperson or team's capabilities. Unfortunately, Salesforce doesn’t have built-in settings for lead escalation rules. If your customer success team uses Service Cloud, you can set up escalation rules for customer support case escalations, but this feature isn’t included in Sales Cloud.

High maintenance for large organizations: Managing and maintaining a comprehensive set of assignment rules can become challenging and time-consuming in large organizations with complex sales structures and multiple teams or regions. Sure, you can include up to 3,000 rule entries in a single lead assignment rule, but that’s a lot to set up and keep up to date — especially if you’re trying to save your team time, not add to their workload.

Built-in Salesforce lead assignment rules and automations are a solid starting point, but what about automating lead qualification and booking? If you use Salesforce on its own, your reps might still spend a ton of time on lead reassignment to balance their workload, manual lead qualification, and email back-and-forths to schedule sales calls.

That’s where Calendly comes in.

How to automate lead assignment, qualification, and booking with Calendly

Your scheduling automation platform can be an excellent lead generation, qualification, and routing tool — especially when it integrates with Salesforce. Calendly’s Salesforce integration helps your team be more efficient and organized while creating a better experience for prospective customers.

When a lead books a meeting via a sales rep or team’s Calendly booking page, Salesforce automatically creates a new lead, contact, or opportunity. If the lead already exists in your Salesforce instance, the event is added to the lead’s existing record, so you don’t end up with duplicate lead records or time-consuming manual reassignment.

What if you don’t want to let just anyone book a meeting with your team? When you add Calendly Routing to your marketing forms, you can show scheduling pages only to leads who meet your qualifications, like prospects from specific industries or companies of a certain size. That way, your busy team can spend time on the most valuable deals.

Calendly Routing works with HubSpot , Marketo , Pardot , and Calendly forms and is built for your Salesforce CRM. You can use any form field (email, domain, company name) in any Salesforce standard object to match visitors with their account owner. Account lookups let you send known leads or customers from your website form directly to their account owner’s booking page, without needing to manually reassign leads to the right rep.

Screenshot showing Calendly integrates with Salesforce lookup to match and schedule leads and customers based on real-time CRM account ownership.

Remember the lead assignment example we walked through earlier featuring Nora from Acme Inc.? Here's what that process looks like when you add Calendly:

Nora fills out your “contact sales” form, which is already built in HubSpot, connected to Calendly Routing , and enriched with Clearbit .

She enters her email address in the form, and Clearbit fills in the company name, size, and industry. This shortens the form, so Nora only has to input her name and job title.

Calendly checks to see if Acme Inc. has an account in your Salesforce instance. They don’t, so the next step is lead qualification .

Based on Nora’s information — company size, industry, job title — she’s a highly qualified lead, so she’s automatically routed to the booking page for your enterprise sales team.

Nora is happy about that, and immediately books a meeting time that works for her, with the exact team she needs to talk to.

On the backend, Calendly’s Round Robin meeting distribution is set to optimize for availability, so it assigns the meeting to the first available sales rep — in this case, Taylor. This automation helps your team respond to meeting requests faster, hold initial sales calls sooner, and balance the workload across reps.

Calendly creates a lead record in Salesforce with the info Nora entered into your website form (including the data from Clearbit) and an activity log of any meetings she books with your team via Calendly. Salesforce automatically makes Taylor the lead owner.

If you were relying on Salesforce’s built-in lead assignment rules, Nora’s lead record would have gone to an enterprise sales queue, and she would have had to wait for a rep to pick up the lead and reach out to her to book a meeting.

“ A good tool is one that’s so simple, sales reps can basically forget about it and let the meetings roll in. That’s essentially what happened when we implemented Calendly. ”

Sales Enablement Manager at SignPost

What happens if a lead doesn’t qualify for a meeting? Instead of sending them to a booking page, you can display a custom message with next steps, ask them for more information, or redirect them to a specific URL, like a piece of gated content or a webinar signup page.

Screenshot showing Calendly’s built-in routing logic feature.

Automating lead assignment with Calendly Routing has been a game changer for RCReports , a compensation analysis solution for accountants and business valuators. Before connecting Calendly Routing with their Salesforce instance, RCReports’ AEs spent at least five hours a month reassigning leads booked on the wrong calendar. This created a disjointed customer experience and frustration for the sales and marketing teams.

“ Now that we’ve implemented Calendly’s routing feature with Salesforce integration, demos are always booked with the correct AE, reducing friction for both our team and the customer. ”

Abbie Deaver

Director of Marketing at RCReports

Users on Calendly’s Teams plan and above can connect Calendly to Salesforce. The full suite of Salesforce routing features , including routing by Salesforce ownership, is available on Calendly’s Enterprise plan.

To learn more about Calendly Routing, get in touch with our sales team .

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When you automate Salesforce lead assignment and routing, high-value leads stop slipping through the cracks, the workload is balanced across the team, leads are matched with the sales reps best equipped to help them, and team members have more time to focus on connecting with prospects and closing deals.

The results? A more productive team, faster sales cycle, higher conversion rates, and better customer experience.

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How to Create Assignment Rules in Salesforce

Assignment rules are a great instrument to better organize your sales and support teams’ work.

Using assignment rules you can automate the process of assigning owners to Leads and Cases.

Assignment rules description

There are two types of assignment rules in Salesforce: Lead Assignment Rules and Case Assignment Rules.

To better understand Salesforce terminology we’ll give you a short definition of what is a Lead and what is a Case in Salesforce.

Lead – prospect, someone interested in your product or service, but not yet ready to buy.

Case – customer’s question, complaint, or suggestion about your product or service.

Assignment rules can help you to automatically deliver specific Cases to the right people in the team who are specialized in a certain area so that the customers receive timely and qualified responses.

It also enables you to sort cases by priority according to the customer’s support package (Platinum, Silver, etc.).

The same thing applies with lead assignment rules Salesforce – you can define which users will be assigned leads that come from your website and which users will be assigned leads that come from social media.

Assignment rules and Queue creation

Now you know what assignment rules are for, we’ll show you how to set them up.

As an example, we’ll use Case Queue and Case Assignment Rules creation in Salesforce.

To create a Case queue in Salesforce, do the following:

Setup -> type Queue in the Quick Find box -> enter the Name and Label.
Leave the Queue Email field empty if you want the support employees included in the queue to receive emails when new cases are created or type the email addresses of the people who will receive this kind of notification.
Choose Case and add it to the Selected Objects column.
Choose members and add them to the Selected Members column -> click Save.

To create a Case assignment rule do the following:

Go to Setup -> type Assignment Rules in the Quick Find box -> choose Case Assignment Rules -> click New -> enter the Rule Name and click Save.
Click on the rule you just created -> click New in the Rule Entries section.
Sort Order – defines the order in which entries will be processed (entering “1” means that this entry will be processed first).
Select the criteria for this rule entry.
Choose the User to whom this rule entry will be assigned.
Choose the Email Template this user will receive when the new case will be assigned to him -> click Save.
Click Edit in the Rule Detail section -> mark this rule as Active ->click Save.

Don’t miss the benefits you can get from using assignment rules – give them a try on your organisation!

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Assignment rules in Salesforce

By Ankush Dureja in salesforce

December 6, 2018

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What are assignment rules in salesforce ?

Assignment rules in salesforce are used to automatically assign lead or Case to owner( User Or Queue ). Assignment rule is used to automate owner assignment on Case and Lead based on conditions on Case or Lead. For example, there could on lead assignment rule for web-generated leads and one case assignment rule for the holiday use.

Types of assignment rules

There are two type of assignment rules

Lead Assignment Rules

Case assignment rules.

Specify how leads are assigned to users or queues as they are created manually, captured from the web, or imported via the Data Import Wizard.

Determine how cases are assigned to users or put into queues as they are created manually, using Web-to-Case, Email-to-Case, On-Demand Email-to-Case, the Self-Service portal, the Customer Portal, Outlook, or Lotus Notes.

Create or Setup assignment rules

From Setup, enter Assignment Rules in the Quick Find box, then select either Lead Assignment Rules or Case Assignment Rules .
Choose New , and then give the rule a name. Specify whether you want this to be the active rule for leads or cases created manually and via the web and email. Then click Save .
To create the rule entries, click New . For each entry, you can specify:
Order : Sets the order in which the entry will be processed in the rule, for example, 1, 2, 3. Salesforce evaluates each entry in order and tries to match the criteria of the entry. As soon as a match is found, Salesforce processes the item and stops evaluating the rule entries for that item. If no match is found, the item is reassigned to either the default Web-to-Lead owner, the administrator doing a lead import, or the default case owner.
Choose criteria are met and select the filter criteria that a record must meet to trigger the rule.For example, set a case filter to Priority equals High if you want case records with the Priority field marked High to trigger the rule. If your organization uses multiple languages, enter filter values in your organization’s default language. You can add up to 25 filter criteria, of up to 255 characters each. When you use picklists to specify filter criteria, the selected values are stored in the organization’s default language. If you edit or clone existing filter criteria, first set the Default Language on the Company Information page to the same language that was used to set the original filter criteria. Otherwise, the filter criteria may not be evaluated as expected.
Choose formula evaluates to true and enter a formula that returns a value of “True” or “False.” Salesforce triggers the rule if the formula returns “True.” For example, the formula AND(ISCHANGED( Priority ), ISPICKVAL (Priority, “High”) ) triggers a rule that changes the owner of a case when the Priority field is changed to High. If your condition uses a custom field, the rule entry will be deleted automatically if the custom field is deleted.
User : Specifies the user or queue to which the lead or case will be assigned if it matches the condition. Users specified here cannot be marked “inactive” and they must have “Read” permission on leads or cases.
Do Not Reassign Owner : Specifies that the current owner on a lead or case will not be reassigned to the lead or case when it is updated.
Email Template : We can specifies the template to use for the email that is automatically sent to the new owner. If no template is specified, no email will be sent. When assigning a lead or case to a queue, the notification goes to the Queue Email address specified for the queue and all queue members.
Predefined Case Teams : Specifies the predefined case team(s) to add to a case when it matches the condition. A case team is a group of people that work together to solve cases.
Replace any existing predefined case teams on the case : Specifies that any existing predefined case teams on the case are replaced with the predefined case teams on the condition, when a case matches the condition.

After creating the entry, click Save , or Save & New to save the entry and create more entries.

Assignment Rule Example

Following is sample Case assignment rule which assigns case to different queues based on Billing Country, Account SLA and customer type:

For more details about assignment rules please refer to assignment rules official link.

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Case Assignment Rules Determine how cases are assigned to users or put into queues as they are created manually, using Web-to-Case, Email-to-Case, On-Demand Email-to-Case, the Self-Service portal, the Customer Portal, Outlook, or Lotus Notes.

Dayene on August 25, 2020 at 7:01 pm

Hi! What about when I want my assignment to change when the Lead status is changed? I’ve created two criterias. First when the status is new and second when the status has other values. But when the Lead is updated and the status changes the assignment doesn´t follow this change and it does not assignment the Lead Owner correctly. Thanks.

Vrushabh LEngade on October 27, 2020 at 3:51 pm

Use Escalation Rules and escalate the case to another user or queue

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Hi Ankush Dureja, there is a interview question on assignment and the question is : What will happen if the user becomes inactive(or user is deactivated) on whom the rule is assigned. Please reply me ASAP

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Salesforce Assignment Rules Deep Dive

July 7, 2022

What Are Salesforce Assignment Rules

Assignment rules are a standard feature in Salesforce used to automate the assignment of leads and cases. They can be a great alternative to manually assigning records. However, there are more than a few limitations you’ll want to be aware of. In this article we’ll discuss the benefits and limitations of Salesforce assignment rules so you can decide if they make sense for your organization. We’ll also share advice and guidance on how to effectively configure assignment rules.

The Benefits of Assignment Rules

Salesforce assignment rules are a powerful tool designed to streamline the distribution and management of leads and cases within an organization. By automating the assignment process, these rules ensure that leads and cases are instantly assigned to the most appropriate team members based on specific criteria such as product interest, priority, and geographic location. This target approach helps to accelerate response times, balance workload, improve team performance, and increase customer satisfaction. The use of assignment rules in Salesforce, therefore, represents a strategic advantage for businesses looking to optimize their sales and support workflows, ultimately driving growth and customer loyalty.

Limitations of Assignment Rules

While Salesforce assignment rules offer significant advantages, they also have limitations that organizations should be aware of:

Limited to leads and cases : One of the most significant limitations of Salesforce assignment rules is the inability to assign standard or custom objects beyond leads and cases. This restriction often prompts organizations to look for an alternative solution that can assign any object .
Lack of round robin assignment : They do not support round robin assignment, which is essential for most modern sales and support teams. Instead, each rule assigns records to a specific user or queue you designate.
Lack of workload-based assignment : They don’t consider the existing workload of team members, potentially leading to an uneven distribution of leads and cases. This can result in slow response times and employee burnout.
Lack of availability-based assignment : They don’t consider the availability of team members, resulting in leads and cases being assigned to team members that are away from work or otherwise unavailable.
Difficult to maintain : Assignment rules can quickly become difficult to manage—even for small teams with simple assignment logic. Here’s an example of what a small portion of a typical assignment rule looks like:

Assignment rules can still be very useful despite these limitations. Continue reading to learn how assignment rules can be used to optimize your lead and case routing process.

How Assignment Rules Work

An assignment rule is a collection of conditional statements known as assignment rule entries. Each assignment rule entry contains one or more conditions and a user or queue to whom matching records will be assigned.

The Sort Order field can be used to change the order in which assignment rules are executed. Leads and cases will be evaluated against assignment rule entries in order and assigned by the first assignment rule entry that matches.

In the example above, we’ve prioritized our rules for Canada provinces (e.g. Ontario) higher than our country-wide Canada rule entry to ensure that leads from specific provinces don’t get assigned to the wrong person.

Next we’ll step you through how to actually create an assignment rule.

How to Create Assignment Rules

You’ll need the “Customize Application” permission in order to manage assignment rules. If you don’t have this permission, contact your Salesforce administrator.

Ready to create your first assignment rule? Follow these steps:

Login to Salesforce.
Navigate to Setup .
Search for “assignment rules” in Quick Find and click either Lead Assignment Rules or Case Assignment Rules .
Click New to create a new rule.
Name your rule and then click Save . We recommend leaving the Active box unchecked for now.

Now you’re ready to specify how leads or cases will be assigned.

Click on the rule you created.
Click New to create a rule entry.
Sort Order : this controls the order in which rules are executed.
Criteria : you can enter one or more filters to define which records should be assigned by this rule.
Owner : choose a user or queue to which records should be assigned. Alternatively you can check the Do Not Reassign Owner checkbox if this rule should not assign records.
(Optional) Select an email template for notifying users of assignments.
Click “ Save. ”
Repeat the above steps for any additional rule entries.

Activate Your Assignment Rule

You can follow these steps to activate your assignment rule:

Navigate to your assignment rule.
Click the Edit
Check the Active
Click Save .

Keep in mind that only one assignment rule can be active at a time. We’ll discuss how your active assignment rule can be used to assign records in the next section.

What Triggers Assignment Rules in Salesforce

There is often some confusion about how and when assignment rules run. There are a few different ways these rules can be triggered:

Creating a New Record : When a new lead or case is created, either manually or through an automated process, assignment rules can be triggered to assign the record to the appropriate user or queue.
Updating a Record : If a record is updated and meets certain criteria set in the assignment rules, this can also trigger the reassignment of the lead or case.
Web-to-Lead or Web-to-Case Submission : When leads or cases are generated through Salesforce’s web-to-lead or web-to-case features, assignment rules can automatically assign these incoming records.
Data Import : When importing data into Salesforce, you can opt to apply assignment rules to the imported records, ensuring they are assigned according to the established criteria.
API Creation or Update : Records created or updated via Salesforce’s API can also trigger assignment rules, depending on the configuration.
Manual Triggering : Users with the appropriate permissions can manually apply assignment rules to leads or cases, either individually or in bulk.

Understanding these triggers is essential to effectively utilizing assignment rules in Salesforce, ensuring that leads and cases are assigned to the right team members promptly and efficiently.

Tips and Tricks

It’s always a good idea to include a final rule entry with no conditions. This will be used to catch anything that didn’t match your rule criteria and assign it to a user or queue for review.
It’s also a good idea to include a rule entry that assigns junk (e.g. spam, test records, etc.) to a queue for review and deletion.
We recommend you test assignment rules in a sandbox before you add to your production org. However, keep in mind that assignment rules cannot be deployed from a sandbox to a production org.
Custom formula fields can help to simplify complex assignment rules. For example, rather than entering lengthy criteria (e.g. lists of states by region) you could create a formula field instead. This would reduce your criteria from “STATE/PROVINCE EQUALS IL,IN,IA,KS,MI,MN,MO,NE,ND,OH,SD,WI” to “REGION EQUALS Midwest”.
You can enable field history tracking on the owner field to track assignments made by your assignment rules.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens to records that don’t meet salesforce assignment rule criteria.

These records will be assigned to whomever is designated as the default lead owner or case owner.

What are the different types of assignment rules in Salesforce?

Salesforce currently support lead and case assignment rules. Additionally, account assignment rules can be created as part of enterprise territory management.

What is the order of execution for assignment rules?

It’s important to understand exactly when assignment rules are run in relation to other events. For example, assignment rules are run after apex triggers and before workflow rules. See Salesforce’s Triggers and Order of Execution article for a comprehensive list of events and the order in which they’re executed.

How do you run assignment rules when creating or editing records using the REST API?

You can use the Sforce-Auto-Assign header when making REST API calls to control whether or not assignment rules run.

Salesforce assignment rules can be a valuables tool for many organizations. However, it’s important to understand the limitations. If you’re struggling with assignment rules it may be time to look at alternative solutions. Kubaru is a powerful automated assignment application for Salesforce. Check us out on the Salesforce AppExchange or contact us to schedule a demo.

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Assignment Rules In Salesforce

by Atul Gupta | Jun 1, 2021 | CV Newsletter

Assignment rules in Salesforce are basically used to automatically assign Case or Lead to the owner (Queue or User). This assignment rule is used to automate owner assignments on Lead and Case based on conditions on Case and Lead.

Types of Assignment Rule

There are two types of assignment rules .

Lead Assignment Rules
Case Assignment Rules

Lead Assignment Rule:

The Lead Assignment rule describes how leads are assigned to queues or users as they are created manually, imported via the Data Import Wizard, or captured from the web.

Case Assignment Rule:

In Case Assignment rule, it specifies how cases are assigned to users or queues as they are created manually, using On-Demand Email-to-Case, Email-to-Case, Web-to-Case, the Customer Portal and Outlook.

Create or Set-up assignment rules

From Setup, enter Assignment Rules in the Quick Find box, then select any one assignment rule either Lead Assignment Rule or Case Assignment Rule .
Click New , and then give the rule a name. If you want to make it active then check the active box then click Save .
To create the rule entries, click New . For each entry, you can specify:
Order: Set the order in which the entry will be processed in the rule, for example, 1, 2, 3. It matches the criteria of the entry according to the order. When a match is found, it processes the item.
Criteria : Here, write the condition so that when it meets with criteria it automatically assigns to queues or users on Lead/Case. Enter the rule criteria.
User : Choose here either users or queues to assign on Lead/Case.
Do Not Reassign Owner : It defines that the current owner on a case or lead will not be reassigned to the case or lead when it is updated.
Email Template : You can choose a template to use for the email that is automatically sent to the new owner of Lead/Case. No email will be sent if no template is specified. While assigning a lead or case to a queue, the notification goes to the Queue Email specified for the queue and all queue members.
Predefined Case Teams : It describes the predefined case team to add to a case when it matches the condition.
Replace any existing predefined case teams on the case : It describes that any existing predefined case teams on the case are replaced with the predefined case teams on the condition when a case matches the condition.

After this setup, click Save , or Save & New to save the entry and create more entries.

Assignment Rule Example:

Following is the Lead Assignment rule which assigns Lead to queues based on City, Company, and Industry.

Like this, you can create more rules for assigning a different Queue/User for different criteria.

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Create Case Queues and Assignment Rules

Now that you have your basic support processes and layouts configured for cases, create case queues and assignment rules to route your cases to the correct support teams at Ursa Major Solar.

Create Product Support Tier 1 and Product Support Tier 2 queues so product support cases can be routed to one of these queues based on case criteria and how long the case has been open.

From Service Setup, enter Queues in the Quick Find box and select Queues .
Click New and complete the queue details.
Label: Product Support Tier 1
Queue email: [email protected]
Supported Objects: select Case and click Add .
Queue Members: Click User: (Your Name) in the Available Members list, and click Add to add yourself to the Selected Members list.
Click Save .
From the Queue page, click New and complete the queue details.
Label: Product Support Tier 2
Queue email: [email protected]

Now, create the Inquiry queue for inquiry cases.

From the Queues page, click New .
Enter the queue details.
Label: Inquiry
Queue Email: [email protected]
Queue Members: Click User: Ada Balewa in the Available Members list, and click Add to add her to the Selected Members list.

So, now you have case queues set up and ready to handle different types of cases as they’re created. Next, create and activate a standard case assignment rule to assign cases to the correct team members. This is how cases get sent to specific case queues, like the ones you just created.

From Service Setup, enter Case Assignment Rules in the Quick Find box and select Case Assignment Rules .
Click New and enter the rule details.
Rule Name: Standard Case Assignment
Select the Active checkbox to make this the active case assignment rule.

Add a rule entry that assigns Product Support cases to the Product Support Tier 1 queue.

Click the Standard Case Assignment link.

Field	Value
Sort order
Run this rule if the
Field
Operator
Value	(Tip: Click the lookup icon and select Product Support.)
User/Queue dropdown menu
Queue type	(Tip: Click the lookup icon and select Product Support Tier 1.)

Create and customize a Case Assignment Rule by entering the rule details.

Click Save & New .

Next, add a rule entry that assigns inquiry cases to the Inquiry queue.

Field	Value
Sort order
Run this rule if the
Field
Operator
Value	(Tip: Click the lookup icon and select Inquiry.)
User/Queue dropdown
Queue type	(Tip: Click the lookup icon and select Inquiry.)

Now rename the Automated Case User to System. Every time there’s an automated case change from an assignment rule, for example, the automated case user name will show up in the case history. It will now show an automated “system” change, rather than showing your name as the admin, whenever an automated case change occurs.

Enter Support Settings in the Quick Find box and select Support Settings .
Click Edit .

You want to make sure the assignment rules work for Ursa Major Solar by creating a case.

Click the Contacts tab.
Select Recently Viewed from the dropdown, and click the Pat Stumuller link.
In the Cases related list, click New .
Select a record type: Product Support .

Field	Value
Type
Case Reason
Product
Status
Case Origin
Subject
Description
Assign using active assignment rules	(if not already selected)

Click the Case Number for the case you just created. Ensure that the Case Owner is Product Support Tier 1.

By setting up case queues and assignment rules, cases are now automatically routed to the correct teams. Next, escalate higher priority cases to the Product Support Tier 2 team by creating an Escalation Rule.

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September 30, 2021

Speed Up and Sell More: Salesforce Lead Assignment Rules Best Practices

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When a lead comes in, an opportunity should come knocking.

But there’s a lot more under the hood. You need solid lead assignment rules in place, and one key variable to keep in mind.

Time. According to LeadSimple, responding to a lead in the first 5 minutes is 21x more effective.

No surprises here. If you’re a scaling business, you know that responding first to a lead is mission-critical.

If you’re manually triaging leads or waiting for IT to make business-critical changes to your lead assignment rules, it’s not scalable. Nor fast.

As an operations leader, you feel this pain across your entire organization.

Demand teams work hard to generate incoming leads, so it doesn’t make sense to abandon them just because they’re not getting to the right rep in real-time. Your leads, after all, are directly tied to sales revenue.

Automating the process doesn’t solve the problem alone, either. It’s an important piece to speeding up, but not the only piece to the lead assignment puzzle.

You’re inundated with the notion often – speed is everything!

Well, we’re here to tell you:

Respond right is the new respond first.

Shotgun responses don’t help if your lead happens to work for a target enterprise account of yours. You definitely want your Enterprise sales rep, Rachael putting her best foot forward.

Setting the right lead assignment rules also helps with what ‘future you’ couldn’t know ahead of time. Say a lead comes in from a territory that doesn’t have a rep assigned – It’s going to sit in a queue. A potential quality lead slipped through the cracks of time because there’s no accountability or rule in place.

Complex business processes and go-to-market efforts add additional layers of friction. How can you get it right if you’re constantly evolving at scale?

Your lead assignment process could be stunting your growth potential.

It’s time to speed up, starting with smarter lead assignment rules.

Give your operations teams their sanity back, and set your sales reps up for speed-to-lead success.

Go ahead and skip the next section if you’re already aware of the challenges to overcome as a scaling business, and want to get right to Salesforce lead assignment rules for success.

Businesses Quickly Outgrow Native Salesforce Lead Assignment Rules

Asana, a project management platform, was scaling fast.

They were grappling with increasing volumes of leads, lagging response times, and complex assignment rules that became impossible to keep up within Salesforce.

As more leads came in from a variety of sources, and with complex territory assignments and hundreds of sales reps that change frequently, lead assignment became a nightmare to manage in native Salesforce.

That’s because creating and changing lead assignment rules can quickly become very complex:

Only a dozen or so lead assignment rules are implemented here, primarily basic rule sets like location, company size, industry, or lead quality. You can imagine how cluttered your rules would get as you continued to add more criteria.

Asana knew that not having a more sophisticated Salesforce workflow automation process meant they didn’t have the flexibility to adapt at scale.

There were two problems Asana needed to overcome:

1. Complex, evolving go-to-market rules

You wouldn’t want sales reps responding to a lead that’s not in their sales territory. You also wouldn’t want junior reps following up with your largest target accounts.

But it happens.

Typical go-to-market (GTM) models are unique by company and can vary by:

Named account
Role or product focus
Partner channels and more

How a company sets up their go-to-market strategy informs how they need to route or assign leads to reps. SaaS sales teams are regularly selling into different territories, market segments (SMB, mid-market, enterprise), verticals, and industries.

What’s more, lead assignment rules often require changing daily with large enterprise businesses.

Asana, for example, consistently had leads assigned to reps that no longer worked with them.

Imagine juggling complex territory assignment rules and hundreds of sales reps that change frequently?

It can take weeks or months for IT to get involved whenever a Salesforce lead assignment rule needs to be changed:

IT has to define the required changes, scope them, slot those into a sprint, which may occur weeks or months later
During the sprint, the team will make the changes, validate them, test them
Push them from the development environment to the QA environment, and perhaps a staging environment, and then finally into production

Doing things manually, or not at all, is not a scalable alternative.

You can automate to help you move faster, but speed is sidelined when you don’t have the flexibility to adapt to your changing assignment or routing environment.

And it only gets worse as your lead volume climbs.

2. Massive volumes of incoming leads and lagging response times

When too many cars are trying to get to various destinations, traffic jams occur, with some drivers giving up and going somewhere else altogether.

If companies are slow to respond, the chances of those leads sticking around drops with every. passing. minute. Someone else will hop on a plane instead and get facetime sooner.

You need to move faster.

On average, it took companies 42 hours, or almost two days, to respond to a lead .

That’s basically a lifetime:

Dramatics aside, it means most B2B companies are still falling behind and not responding to leads within the five-minute-or-less sweet spot. But it’s there for the taking.

In the past, we had people manage catchall queues, trying to figure out who should own each lead. – Jim Maddison, Veracode

In Xant’s Lead Response Study 2021 of 5.7 million inbound leads at 400 plus companies, they found that 57.1% of first call attempts occurred after more than a week of receiving a lead.

So why are most companies lagging behind? They need to automate and create more adaptable lead assignment rules that actually reflect their go-to-market.

Speed might be serving up the silver platter, but you’re only going to get the deal if you implement effective salesforce lead assignment rules.

Here are some best practices to help set yourself up for success.

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You’ve got massive volumes of incoming leads and ultra-complex go-to-market rules. You’re in the right place.

First things first.

Automate, automate, automate.

Let’s get to that golden window of 5-minutes. Picture Tesla’s “Come to Me” app (it comes to you and eliminates a long trek to your parking spot).

It requires one tap.

Once a lead enters Salesforce, they follow the defined rule roadmap according to lead assignment rules that you set and ultimately land with the correct salesperson in record time.

You’re giving back those precious minutes to your revenue and sales operations teams.

Now about those rules.

Define Your Go-To-Market Rule Baseline

Carving out territories based on geography, segments, verticals, industries, named accounts, or whatever your go-to-market strategy is, is the first step. This is your baseline.

Any lead that falls into a sales rep’s territory should be assigned to them based on these defined rules, but that’s easier said than done. They’re constantly changing based on several factors.

You need to define your criteria

In other words, the set of criteria that you will be implementing – you know the drill. To do so, you ask all the necessary questions:

Which rep will take on what territories?
What happens if new reps are hired and old ones leave?
What happens if someone goes on vacation? Or doesn’t work on Fridays?
A lead comes in from a partner, where do you want this to go?

The beauty is that the sky is the limit.

But how do you get there with native Salesforce constraints lacking the required sophistication?

We had about 800 or 900 rule criteria. We needed something flexible and something that could change, or help us change as we change our business a year to year. – Jim Maddison, Veracode

The next step:

Create customer rule criteria

Veracode, a security company, had incredibly complex criteria. They had to hire a developer to manually code changes to lead assignment rules. Things changed daily for them, and they grappled with how to adapt.

Ditching the code for the intuitive drag and drop Complete Lead’s interface gave Veracode more flexibility to create assignment rules on the go.

Remember when we said the sky’s the limit?

Implement Nested Flows to Tackle Ultra-Complex Rule Sets

If there were a way to make it easier, you do it right?

Nested flows keep your rules organized.

At a high level, think of it like nesting dolls: each “nested” or child assignment flow sits within a bigger, or parent assignment flow.

These parent-child relationships can span far beyond just one or two levels, giving you the freedom to allow each business unit to oversee their own GTM processes and territories. This is a huge win for Rev Ops organizations looking to simplify and speed up ultra-complex lead management.

Department Managers can even set and keep track of rules for their own set of assignment flows, for different GTM teams and within different nested flows. That means lines are drawn in the sand but teams still have visibility and control of how a lead is tracked for their particular team.

Your business depends on data getting where it needs to go, fast. That’s why no matter how complex, your assignment rules should never feel out of hand.

Leverage Powerful Account-Based Assignment

Account-based strategies should be a cornerstone to your go-to-market strategy, and you want to know that your strategic investments are being implemented successfully.

In a survey conducted by ITSMA , 87% of B2B marketers said that ABM initiatives outperform their other marketing investments.
COVID-19 caused companies t o rush to create ABM strategies to respond to an increased need for a strong digital presence.
56% of the 800 B2B marketers that LinkedIn surveyed said that they are using ABM. Over 80% said that they plan to increase their ABM budget over the next year.

Use account-based assignment.

Account-based marketing targets specific companies, so setting up account-based rules in your lead flow process allows you to route leads from these target accounts to your most experienced reps quickly and easily.

The rule of thumb is that leads from target accounts need to go to the account rep that owns the account. The account owner has the deepest knowledge of the account and the highest chance to convert. Simply put, account based routing has a positive impact on your bottom line.

With a more robust lead assignment solution to align with their account-based selling and marketing strategies, Alfresco was able to increase their close/won rate by 10%!

Enterprise hierarchy assignment is a no-brainer for account selling.

Imagine if you could automatically visualize all the related customer accounts including subsidiaries, and assign one strategic rep to the parent enterprise account?

You can and you should. Complete Hierarchies gives you the ability to automatically build and visualize complex account hierarchies, so that you’re able to route leads to the right rep no matter how complex the account structure.

Let’s say a new lead comes in from Hulu, but you’ve no idea that it’s a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Chances are the same rep won’t be assigned the account if other go-to-market rules are in place.

Also, you’ve already given a discount to The Walt Disney Company, and this information is not available to the rep who gets the new lead. Account Hierarchies can be a trick up the sleeve when it comes to account-based assignment.

But what happens if a lead comes in and it’s not associated with any account or go-to-market territory?

Set Up A Sophisticated Round Robin

You’re leaving revenue on the table when you let leads sit and die without a timely response.

Native Salesforce just isn’t sophisticated enough to handle more complex round-robin criteria that’s required to keep your leads flowing when they hit a snag. It’s limited and cumbersome to manage – major setbacks when it comes to your speed-to-lead.

For certain territories or situations, you may have multiple reps covering the territory or a catch-all queue for leads that don’t have enough information to assign properly.

In those cases, businesses often have someone dedicated to manually triaging and assigning leads. This is an incredibly time-consuming operational nightmare and a good way to tank your response times.

And with a lack of accountability, reps often cherry-pick the ideal leads and leave others to the crows.

To avoid these assignment pitfalls you need to push leads to a chosen pool of sales reps and evenly distributed to your sales team, giving everyone an equal opportunity to generate a sale. But you also need more flexible options.

Use sophisticated dynamic round-robin assignment to:

Set sophisticated criteria like rep speciality or languages
Use availability settings to ensure leads can be responded to immediately (e.g. office hours)
Automatically notify reps when new leads are pushed through
Enforce SLAs on response times to make sure leads are responded to as quickly as possible
Pair with a rep response dashboard that gives you a complete view to help you monitor how fast a rep is following up with their round-robin leads

Weighted round-robin:

Give your best-performing reps more leads, and improve your overall chance at generating more pipeline. Based on:

Performance
On their speciality
Any desired field

If you’ve found that reps have hit their max capacity for being able to manage any more leads, you can cap the number of records assigned to your team members in the round-robin.

Hit a snag? Re-route your leads:

If reps aren’t responding within their SLA, you can reroute the lead and assign it to someone who will respond. This helps prevent further roadblocks and keeps data flowing, even when there’s a bottleneck.

It’s typical for our team to get four to five requests a week to change territories for a user. Onboarding and offboarding now takes just a few minutes to run all our leads back through the system and automatically get reassigned. – Jim Maddison, Veracode

The ultimate speed-to-lead tactic to keep in your back pocket.

Go Beyond Leads, Assign Any Object

Just imagine that feeling you get if you could create assignment flow, beyond leads. It’s a whole new world.

Assign any object

Go beyond leads and create any assignment flow across any object. You can assign any record, update any field, and trigger any action.

It works similarly to the assignment flow you create for leads, so define your goals and determine your set of criteria for each particular object.

No more manual effort!

This presents endless opportunities to customize your assignment flows, resulting in streamlined processes and less manual administrative time spent manually sifting through information.

What Are You Waiting For?

It’s time to speed up and sell more.

Speed is crucial, but there’s so much more than that underpinning your speed-to-lead. You need the flexibility to handle your go-to-market complexity and to keep your leads flowing to the right reps in real time.

When you’re scaling fast, you can’t afford to let good leads slip through the cracks.

Interested in hearing more?

We’re happy to talk you through how you can elevate your lead assignment rules in Salesforce, and dramatically improve your speed-to-lead game.

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10 Salesforce.com Case Assignment Rules Best Practices

Salesforce.com's assignment rules are a powerful tool, but they can also be complex. Here are 10 best practices to follow when using them.

Salesforce.com is a powerful customer relationship management (CRM) platform that allows organizations to manage customer data, track customer interactions, and automate processes. One of the most important features of Salesforce.com is the ability to assign cases to the appropriate team or individual.

Case assignment rules are the key to ensuring that cases are assigned to the right people in a timely manner. In this article, we will discuss 10 best practices for creating and managing Salesforce.com case assignment rules.

1. Utilize the Assignment Rules Hierarchy

The Assignment Rules Hierarchy is a way to organize and prioritize the order in which Salesforce.com Case Assignment Rules are evaluated. This ensures that the most important rules are evaluated first, allowing for more efficient case assignment.

When creating an Assignment Rule, users can specify whether it should be evaluated before or after other rules. If multiple rules have the same priority, they will be evaluated in the order they were created. By utilizing the Assignment Rules Hierarchy, users can ensure that their most important rules are evaluated first.

Additionally, when using the Assignment Rules Hierarchy, users can create rules with different criteria and assign them different priorities. For example, if a user wants to assign cases based on product type first, then by region second, they can set up two separate rules with different priorities. This allows for more flexibility and control over how cases are assigned.

2. Use Roles and Profiles to Assign Cases

Roles and Profiles are a great way to assign Cases because they allow for granular control over who can access what. By assigning Roles and Profiles, you can ensure that only the right people have access to the right Cases. For example, if you want to make sure that only certain users can view or edit sensitive customer information, you can use Roles and Profiles to restrict access to those users.

Using Roles and Profiles also makes it easier to manage Case Assignment Rules. Instead of having to manually assign each Case to an individual user, you can set up Roles and Profiles so that all Cases assigned to a particular Role or Profile will automatically be routed to the appropriate user. This saves time and ensures that Cases are always assigned to the correct person.

Additionally, using Roles and Profiles allows you to easily add new users to your system without having to manually update Case Assignment Rules. When a new user is added to a Role or Profile, they will automatically be given access to any Cases associated with that Role or Profile. This eliminates the need to manually update Case Assignment Rules every time a new user is added.

3. Utilize Queues for Case Assignment

Queues are a great way to assign cases because they allow for multiple users to be assigned the same case. This is especially useful when dealing with high-volume customer service requests, as it allows for more efficient and effective management of those requests. Additionally, queues can be used to prioritize cases based on their urgency or importance, ensuring that the most important cases get addressed first.

To use queues for case assignment, you’ll need to create a queue in Salesforce.com and add members to it. You can then set up Case Assignment Rules to automatically assign cases to the queue. This ensures that all incoming cases are routed to the right people quickly and efficiently. It also makes it easier to track which cases have been assigned and who is responsible for them.

4. Leverage Apex Triggers for Complex Assignment Logic

Apex Triggers allow for more complex logic than the standard Case Assignment Rules, such as assigning cases to specific queues based on criteria like case type or customer location. This is especially useful when dealing with large numbers of cases and multiple assignment rules that need to be applied in a certain order. Apex Triggers also provide an easy way to customize the assignment process by allowing developers to write custom code to handle any special requirements. Additionally, Apex Triggers can be used to automate the assignment process, which eliminates manual intervention and ensures that cases are assigned quickly and accurately. Lastly, Apex Triggers can be used to integrate Salesforce.com Case Assignment Rules with other systems, such as ERP or CRM applications, making it easier to manage data across multiple platforms.

5. Create a Default Rule for Unassigned Cases

Creating a Default Rule for Unassigned Cases ensures that all cases are assigned to someone, even if they don’t meet the criteria of any other rule. This is important because it prevents cases from slipping through the cracks and being left unassigned.

To create a Default Rule for Unassigned Cases, go to Setup > Customize > Cases > Case Assignment Rules. Click “New” and enter a name for the rule. Set the order number to be higher than any other rules you have created. Then set the criteria so that it will always evaluate as true (e.g., “Case: Type equals Any”). Lastly, assign the case to an appropriate user or queue.

6. Automate Case Escalation with Workflow

Automating Case Escalation with Workflow allows for cases to be automatically escalated when they are not addressed within a certain time frame. This ensures that no case is left unresolved and customers receive timely responses.

Workflows can be set up in Salesforce.com to monitor the age of open cases, and if they exceed a specified amount of time, then an automated action will occur. This action could include sending an email notification to the assigned user or group, reassigning the case to another user or group, or creating a task for someone to follow up on the case. The workflow can also be configured to send out reminders at regular intervals until the case is resolved.

This automation helps ensure that all cases are handled promptly and efficiently, which leads to better customer service and satisfaction. Automating Case Escalation with Workflow also reduces manual effort and saves time by eliminating the need to manually check each case for resolution status.

7. Allow Users to Self-Assign Cases

Self-assignment allows users to take ownership of cases they are best suited to handle. This helps ensure that the right person is assigned to each case, which can help improve customer satisfaction and reduce resolution time. It also gives users more control over their workloads, allowing them to prioritize tasks based on their own expertise and availability.

To enable self-assignment, admins should create a rule with an assignment type of “User” and assign it to all users who need access to the case. The user will then be able to select themselves as the owner when creating or editing a case. Admins can also set up criteria for self-assignment, such as assigning cases only to users in certain roles or territories. This ensures that cases are routed to the most appropriate user while still giving users the freedom to choose.

8. Make Sure Your Rules are Well Documented

Documenting your rules helps ensure that everyone in the organization understands how cases are assigned and why. This is especially important when multiple users or teams are involved in case assignment, as it ensures that all parties understand their roles and responsibilities. Additionally, documenting your rules can help you identify any potential issues with the process before they become a problem.

When documenting your Salesforce.com Case Assignment Rules, make sure to include details such as who is responsible for assigning cases, what criteria should be used to assign cases, and which team members should be notified of new assignments. You should also document any changes made to the rules over time so that everyone is aware of the current version. Additionally, consider creating a flowchart or diagram to visually represent the process. This will make it easier for everyone to understand the rules and follow them correctly.

9. Monitor Performance of your Rules

Monitoring the performance of your rules is important because it allows you to identify any issues with the rule, such as incorrect criteria or an inefficient assignment process. This helps ensure that cases are being assigned correctly and efficiently, which can help improve customer satisfaction and reduce case resolution time.

To monitor the performance of your rules, Salesforce provides a number of tools. The Case Assignment Rules report shows how many cases were assigned by each rule over a given period of time. You can also use the Rule Performance dashboard to view the average time taken for each rule to assign a case. Additionally, the Assignment Debug Logs provide detailed information about the assignment process, including the criteria used to assign the case and the user who was assigned the case. By using these tools, you can quickly identify any issues with your rules and take corrective action if necessary.

10. Test, Test, Test!

Testing is important because it allows you to ensure that the rules are working as expected and that they are assigning cases correctly. It also helps identify any potential issues or conflicts with other rules, which can be addressed before they become a problem.

Testing should include creating test cases and running them through the assignment rules to make sure they are being assigned properly. This can be done manually by creating test cases in Salesforce and then running them through the assignment rules, or it can be automated using an automation tool such as Selenium. Automated testing is especially useful for larger organizations with complex assignment rules.

It’s also important to periodically review the assignment rules to make sure they are still valid and up-to-date. This includes checking for any changes in business requirements or processes that may require updating the rules. Additionally, if there have been any changes to the data model, such as adding new fields or objects, these should be tested to make sure the assignment rules are still functioning correctly.

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Export Planning Data to CSV Files

You can replicate sourcing rules and assignment set data from your Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Planning instance to another instance. When exporting data to CSV files, you can export a subset of the measures that are listed in a plan's measure catalog.

Replicate Sourcing Rules and Assignment Set Data

You can replicate sourcing rules and assignment set data from your Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Planning instance to another instance or application without manually reentering data. For example, you can replicate the sourcing rules in your Oracle Supply Chain Planning production instance into a reporting system or a test instance.

Use the Export Supply Chain Planning Data scheduled process job to extract sourcing rules and assignment set data into a comma-delimited values (CSV) file format. The generated file is in the standard file-based import (FBDI) file format that you can then use to do the following:

Check for missing or incorrect sourcing rules or sourcing assignments. For example, does a particular item-organization have a valid sourcing assignment?

Replicate and then modify existing sourcing rules and assignment sets in a spreadsheet. You can then upload the new setups into another instance or application to create new sourcing rule and assignment set setups.

Copy the sourcing rule and assignment set setups from one instance to another instance or application, such as from a test instance to a production instance.

The format of the CSV files, including the header content, is the same as the format of the corresponding files in the source instance. This enables you to import the same data directly into another production or test instance. Use the Load Planning Data from Files process to upload your imported files to staging tables.

The following steps show you how to export sourcing rules and assignment set data to a CSV file:

In the Scheduled Processes work area, click the Schedule New Process button on the Overview page.

In the Schedule New Process dialog box, search for and select Export Supply Chain Planning Data and then click OK .

In the Process Details dialog box, Basic Options section, select Sourcing Rules and Assignment Sets from the Entities to Export drop down list.

Optionally, click the Filter button to filter your export with specific assignment sets. If you don't select any filters, then the process exports all sourcing rules and assignment sets.

In the Process Details dialog box, click the Submit button to submit the scheduled process job.

After you submit your job, you will receive a confirmation with a confirmation number. The planning process appends the confirmation number to the extracted CSV file names, such as AssignmentSets_65960.csv and SourcingRules_65960.csv, where 65960 is the confirmation number.

Export Measures Along With Planning Data

While exporting planning data, you can include a subset of measures that are part of a plan's measure catalog.

You can assign a measure catalog other than a plan’s extract measure catalog defined in Plan options, in the Manage Plans UI. This improves the versatility and quality of data extracts required for planning.

Depending on your planning cycle and data needs, extract only those measures that are most relevant for the planning activity. For example, for a given plan you can export demand related measures early in a planning cycle and supply related measures later in the cycle.

You can also assign a measure catalog when running the Prepare Planning Data for Export scheduled process.

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For decades, the Jim Vlock First Year Building Project has offered students at the Yale School of Architecture the opportunity to design and build a house in New Haven, creating badly needed homes for individuals and families who would otherwise struggle to afford one.

The project recently launched a multi-year partnership with the Friends Center for Children, an early-childhood care and education in New Haven, offering to design and build five adjacent houses for two of the center’s educators and their families by 2027. The partnership is part of the Friends Center’s Teacher Housing Initiative, which addresses both the crisis in childcare and affordable housing by providing 20% of the center’s educators with rent-free homes, substantially increasing their take-home pay.

Last year, Yale students designed and built the first duplex dwelling, in the Fair Haven Heights neighborhood of New Haven. In this video, we follow the Yale students throughout the year-long process, from the first site visits, through design and construction, and ultimately to the celebration of the newly completed home.

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The project, a key facet of the curriculum in the school’s professional architecture degree program, was established in 1967 when the late Charles Moore, who directed Yale’s Department of Architecture from 1965 to 1971, sought to address students’ desire to pursue architecture committed to social action. The first-of-its-kind program is now emulated by many other architecture schools.

In its early years, students traveled to sites in Appalachia to build community centers and medical facilities. Since 1989, when the project switched its focus to building affordable housing in New Haven, first-year students have designed and built more than 50 homes in the city’s economically challenged neighborhoods.

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