Log Incoming Emails into Salesforce: Investor Relations Contact

Modified on Wed, 21 Feb 2018 at 03:42 PM

Please Note: You do not need to log both incoming and outgoing email. If you are intending to respond to an incoming email, then just log the outgoing response email. Lightning for Outlook will capture the entire email thread (outbound + inbound email) in the email that is logged into Salesforce.


Non-Existing Investor Relations Contact: Logging Incoming Email into Salesforce

Before logging an incoming email into Salesforce, you will first need to create a Investor Relations Contact, Investor/Advisor Account, and Investor Opportunity record. 

  • Click on the new incoming email in Outlook.
  • Click on the Salesforce View Icon in the top right of Outlook.
  • Once you click on the Salesforce Icon, Lightning for Outlook will recognize the email address in the From: field of the email message in Outlook and will automatically re-load the side panel with the record that matches the email address in Salesforce.
  • Lightning for Outlook will populate an "Add to Salesforce" button next to the record under the People section to indicate that the contact record does not exist in Salesforce yet. 
  • Click the Add to to Salesforce button. 
  • Select New Contact - Investor Relations. (Refer to the Freshdesk Article here on how to add a Investor Relations Contact and its related records to Salesforce)





After creating the Investor Relations Contact, Investor/Advisor Account, and Investor Opportunity record:

  • Click the Up Arrow icon next to People to log the email to the Investor Relations contact and Investor/Advisors Account record in Salesforce.
  • Click the Up Arrow Icon next to Opportunity to log the email to the Investor Opportunity record in Salesforce.
  • The Up Arrow Icon will change to a Check icon once the email has been logged on the appropriate records.

Please Note: Attachments are automatically logged. If you do not want to log an attachment associated with an email then deselect the attachment prior to logging the email.




Existing Investor Relations Contact: Logging Incoming Email into Salesforce

Once you click on an incoming email, Lightning for Outlook will recognize the email address in the From: field of the email message in Outlook and will automatically re-load the side panel with the existing record that matches the email address in Salesforce.


1. In Outlook:

  • Click on the incoming email message in Outlook.
  • Click on the Salesforce View Icon in the top right of Outlook.

2. In Lightning for Outlook:

  • Click the Up Arrow icon next to People to log the email to the Investor Relations Contact and Investor/Advisors Account record in Salesforce.
  • Click the Up Arrow Icon next to Opportunity to log the email to the Investor Opportunity record in Salesforce.
  • The Up Arrow Icon will change to a Check icon once the email has been logged on the appropriate records.