A sales manager notices that opportunities are not being updated regularly, causing inaccurate forecasting. What should the sales team configure to ensure opportunities are updated proactively?
Trap 1: Configure a Power Automate flow that sends an email to the sales…
This notifies after a longer period and still requires manual follow-up.
Trap 2: Use a business process flow to require mandatory fields on…
This helps with data entry but not with updates over time.
Trap 3: Set up a recurring email notification to the sales manager to…
This still relies on manual action and does not enforce updates.
- A
Configure a Power Automate flow that sends an email to the sales manager when an opportunity is not updated for 14 days.
Why wrong: This notifies after a longer period and still requires manual follow-up.
- B
Create a workflow that automatically sends a reminder to the opportunity owner if the opportunity has not been updated in 7 days.
This automates proactive reminders based on inactivity.
- C
Use a business process flow to require mandatory fields on opportunity creation.
Why wrong: This helps with data entry but not with updates over time.
- D
Set up a recurring email notification to the sales manager to manually remind reps.
Why wrong: This still relies on manual action and does not enforce updates.