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Setting Up Custom Metadata for Samples

The following Custom Metadata Object configuration is required in SFDC for Samples.

Inventory Market Settings

Follow these steps to access Inventory Market Settings:

  • Go to “Setup > Develop > Custom Metadata Types” and click on Inventory Market Settings.

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  • Click Manage Inventory Market Settings.

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  • Click new to create a new record or edit an existing one to update it. The Inventory Market Settings page contains all the fields and their current values.

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Fill in the following fields on the Inventory Market Settings page:

Field Name

Description

Inventory Market Settings Name

Set the name to a value of the User: Field API Name for Market Setting field set in Inventory Org Wide Settings for the User object.

Sample Limit Enabled

Sample limits validations enabled

Acknowledge Process: Load

Enable Acknowledgement process to Load

Acknowledge Process: Transfer

Enable Acknowledgement process to Transfer

Acknowledge Rejected Reasons

Define which reasons are available to select on each market, allowing different values for the market.

Acknowledge Reasons Mandatory

Make Acknowledge Reasons mandatory

Disable Account Selection

Disable the option to perform actions against Business Accounts

Disable Drop Outside Engagement

Disable drops when the user is not in a call

Disable Request Outside Engagement

Disable sample/material requests if the user is not on a call

Sample Inventory Type

Define which inventory types are available for each market for samples

Material Inventory Type

Define which inventory types are available for each market for materials.

Return Reasons

Define which reasons are available to select on each market when returning a sample/material, allowing different values for the market.

Return Reasons Mandatory

Make Return Reasons mandatory

Paper Form Drop Mandatory

Make scanning documents mandatory during drops

Paper Form Request Mandatory

Make scanning documents mandatory during requests

Signature Mandatory Samples Request

Make signatures mandatory for sample request

Signature Mandatory Samples Drop

Make signatures mandatory for samples drop

Signature Mandatory Materials Request

Make signatures mandatory for materials request

Signature Mandatory Materials Drop

Make signatures mandatory for materials drop

Allow Employee Order

Allow to rep request samples to increase inventory

Allow Adjustment

Allow to perform Adjustments

Allow Transfer

Allow to do transfer between reps

Allow Return

Allow to do returns to warehouse

Allow Paper Form

Allow to see Paper form option

Allow Scan

Allow Rep to scan documents

Allow Sample Request

Allow the Rep to request samples

Allow Sample Drop

Allow the Rep to drop samples

Allow Material Request

Allow the Rep to request materials

Allow Material Drop

Allow the Rep to drop materials

Enable Autofill

Enable to autofill products based on priority match

All Inventory Adjustment Mandatory

Mandatory for Rep to perform adjustments for all products. User can confirm 0 quantity and then inventory product needs to be setup as inactive and be not visible anymore.

License Validation Mandatory

Valid licence required for actions. Supported values are Sample Request, Sample Drop, Material Request, Material Drop.

Disable Account License Validation

Checkbox to disable license validation

One-Time License

Enable one time licence

Adjustment Reasons

Define which reasons are available to select on each market, allowing different values for the market.

Inventory Disclaimer Setting

Follow these steps to access Inventory Disclaimer Settings:

  • Go to “Setup > Develop > Custom Metadata Types” and click on Inventory Disclaimer Setting.

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  • Click Manage Inventory Disclaimer Settings.

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  • Click new to create a new record or edit an existing one to update it. The Inventory Disclaimer Settings contains all the fields and their current values.

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Fill in the following fields on the Inventory Disclaimer Setting page:

Field Name

Description

Inventory Disclaimer Setting Name

Name for the Inventory Disclaimer Setting

Language

Disclaimer text language

Disclaimer Text

Text to show in the disclaimer popup

Market

Market name

Product

Comma-separated list of Product object names or Product object IDs for which to show the disclaimer.

Example 1:

Bledina, Exemplum Sample

Example 2:

12819, 12199

Product Group

Comma-separated list of Product object names or Product object IDs for which to show the disclaimer.

Available Materials Drop

Enable to show disclaimer during material drop

Available Materials Request

Enable to show disclaimer during material request

Available Samples Drop

Enable to show disclaimer during samples drop

Available Samples Request

Enable to show disclaimer during samples request

Inventory Org Wide Settings

Follow these steps to access Inventory Org Wide Settings:

  • Go to “Setup > Develop > Custom Metadata Types” and click on Inventory Org Wide Settings.

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  • Click Manage Inventory Org Wide Settings.

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  • Click new to create a new record or edit an existing one to update it.

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  • → to retrieve which address to use inside delivery address fields selection and also for license validation

  • Address State →

  • Address Country

Fill in the following fields on the Inventory Disclaimer Setting page:

Field Name

Description

Inventory Org Wide Settings Name

Name for the Inventory Org Wide Settings

User: Field API Name for Market Setting

  • Set this to a user object field name, this field will be used to match and select the required Inventory Market Settings for the User.

  • The user field can either be an out of the box field or a custom field provided by Pitcher.

Address Street

Street Address

Address PostalCode

Postal Code

Address State

State Code

Address Country

Country Name

Example 1:

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