Question

The Marketing Manager has requested that a field be added to each account that displays the number of contacts of associated with the account. The manager wants to use this field as part of an email marketing segmentation strategy. How can this requirement be met

Answer 1

The requirement of the Marketing Manager can be achieved by:

- Creating a custom field on the account.

- Using a script to update the field when contacts are added or deleted.

Explanation:

A script helps in executing the changes that are made in the field. The scripts are used to perform custom actions before or after changes to the database/records.

Addition or deletion of data from a database can be performed efficiently with the use of the script.

The marketing manager wishes to create a field to mention the number of contacts related with the account. The requirement of the manager can be fulfilled by creating a custom field on the account.