Re: [PROPOSAL] Lead Source should be associated with the Lead only

[Aditya Sharma]

Thanks Jacques.
Moving the conversation to dev ML.

Thanks and Regards,

*Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer
HotWax Systems <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/>
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-78291810a/>

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Jacques Le Roux <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi Aditya,
>
> I believe this conversation should rather be on dev ML
>
> Thanks
>
> Jacques
>
>
> Le 04/08/2017 à 16:23, Aditya Sharma a écrit :
>
>> Lead Source is essential information for assessing the effectiveness of
>> marketing campaigns. It defines the primary source from which the given
>> lead came from i.e. how the lead found the organization.
>>
>> While working in SFA component, I observed that when we create a Lead &
>> select Lead Source from New Lead page it is not associated with lead. When
>> we provide Group Name it is associated with Group and not with the Lead.
>> However. when we add Lead Source from the Lead Profile page, it is
>> associated with the lead only.
>>
>> These 2 pages contradict each other in terms of their business process.
>>
>> The sole purpose of Lead Source is to define the source of a lead, not the
>> source of a group.
>>
>> I propose that we should update "createLead" service to associate Lead
>> Source to Lead only.
>>
>> Please enlighten me if I missed out something here.
>>
>> Links to verify
>> New Lead Page: https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/sfa/control/NewLead
>> Lead Profile Page:
>> https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/sfa/control/viewprofile?
>> roleTypeId=LEAD&partyId=sfa101
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
>> *Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer
>> HotWax Systems <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-78291810a/>
>>
>>
>

[Aditya Sharma]

I have created a Jira for it at
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-9588.

Thanks and Regards,

*Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer
HotWax Systems <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/>
<https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-78291810a/>

On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Aditya Sharma <aditya.sharma@hotwaxsystems.
com> wrote:

> Thanks Jacques.
> Moving the conversation to dev ML.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
> *Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer
> HotWax Systems <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/>
> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-78291810a/>
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 12:06 PM, Jacques Le Roux <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Aditya,
>>
>> I believe this conversation should rather be on dev ML
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>>
>> Le 04/08/2017 à 16:23, Aditya Sharma a écrit :
>>
>>> Lead Source is essential information for assessing the effectiveness of
>>> marketing campaigns. It defines the primary source from which the given
>>> lead came from i.e. how the lead found the organization.
>>>
>>> While working in SFA component, I observed that when we create a Lead &
>>> select Lead Source from New Lead page it is not associated with lead.
>>> When
>>> we provide Group Name it is associated with Group and not with the Lead.
>>> However. when we add Lead Source from the Lead Profile page, it is
>>> associated with the lead only.
>>>
>>> These 2 pages contradict each other in terms of their business process.
>>>
>>> The sole purpose of Lead Source is to define the source of a lead, not
>>> the
>>> source of a group.
>>>
>>> I propose that we should update "createLead" service to associate Lead
>>> Source to Lead only.
>>>
>>> Please enlighten me if I missed out something here.
>>>
>>> Links to verify
>>> New Lead Page: https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/sfa/control/NewLead
>>> Lead Profile Page:
>>> https://demo-trunk.ofbiz.apache.org/sfa/control/viewprofile?
>>> roleTypeId=LEAD&partyId=sfa101
>>>
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>
>>> *Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer
>>> HotWax Systems <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-sharma-78291810a/>
>>>
>>>
>>
>