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# Relationship management

> Relationship management in Business Central covers contacts, segments, interactions, sales opportunities, marketing campaigns and the Dynamics 365 Sales integration. It answers setup, how-to and reporting questions for managing customer relationships.

Path: [Business functionality](../business-functionality.md) > Relationship management · tier official · system crm · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

Relationship management is the Business Central area for organizing customer relationships. It brings together contacts, interactions, segments, sales opportunities and marketing campaigns, and can be integrated with Dynamics 365 Sales.

Start with the setup page for marketing and contact management information. It covers contact synchronization with customers, vendors and bank accounts, inheritance of contact fields, number series, duplicate search and interaction recording. After setup, the subtopics follow the working flow: manage contacts, group them into segments, record interactions with contacts and segments, and track sales opportunities through sales cycles.

Two further subtopics round out the area. One covers using Dynamics 365 Sales with Business Central, including coupling records and checking synchronization errors. The other covers the built-in analytics reports for contacts, campaigns, opportunities, segments and questionnaires.

## Key points

- Setup covers contact synchronization with customers, vendors and bank accounts, automatic field inheritance, number series for contacts, duplicate search and interaction recording.
- Contacts can be person or company records, linked to customers, vendors and banks, merged when duplicated, synced to Outlook, and organized with groups and profiles.
- Segments group contacts for campaigns and bulk communications. Contact lists can be refined or reduced with filters, and interactions can be logged with segment members.
- Interactions record communications with contacts and segments, use interaction templates and attachments, and can be recorded automatically for documents, emails and phone calls.
- Sales opportunities rely on sales cycles and stages. They can be created for contacts and salespeople and processed to quotes, orders or closure, with email exchanges logged.
- The Dynamics 365 Sales integration lets you couple and synchronize records with Dataverse or Dynamics 365 Sales, covering customers, orders, quotes, pricing and invoices, and check synchronization job errors.
- Built-in reports cover contacts, campaigns, opportunities, sales cycles, segments and questionnaires, plus cover sheets, labels and email merge letters.

## Subtopics

- [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md) (18 pages)
- [Manage contacts](relationship-management/manage-contacts.md) (6 pages)
- [Manage segments](relationship-management/manage-segments.md) (4 pages)
- [Manage interactions](relationship-management/manage-interactions.md) (5 pages)
- [Manage sales opportunities](relationship-management/manage-sales-opportunities.md) (5 pages)
- [Use Dynamics 365 for Sales from Business Central](relationship-management/use-dynamics-365-for-sales-from-business.md) (3 pages)

## More Learn pages

- [Relationship management](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/marketing-relationship-management): Use relationship management features to streamline sales, access detailed contact and prospect information, and improve customer service efficiency.
- [Set up marketing and contact management information](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/marketing-setup-marketing): Set up marketing and contact management to strengthen relationships with prospects and customers, and enhance the effectiveness of your campaigns and promotions.

## Business Central pages and reports

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- [Page 1680 "Email Logging Setup"](../../../objects/page/1680.md) · captioned "Email Logging" · on [Table 1680 "Email Logging Setup"](../../../objects/table/1680.md) · via [Manage sales opportunities](relationship-management/manage-sales-opportunities.md)
- [Page 5076 "Interaction Log Entries"](../../../objects/page/5076.md) · on [Table 5065 "Interaction Log Entry"](../../../objects/table/5065.md) · via [Manage sales opportunities](relationship-management/manage-sales-opportunities.md)
- [Page 5091 "Segment"](../../../objects/page/5091.md) · on [Table 5076 "Segment Header"](../../../objects/table/5076.md) · via [Manage segments](relationship-management/manage-segments.md)
- [Page 5093 "Segment List"](../../../objects/page/5093.md) · captioned "Segments" · on [Table 5076 "Segment Header"](../../../objects/table/5076.md) · via [Manage segments](relationship-management/manage-segments.md)
- [Page 5109 "Profile Questionnaires"](../../../objects/page/5109.md) · captioned "Questionnaire Setup" · on [Table 5087 "Profile Questionnaire Header"](../../../objects/table/5087.md) · via [Manage contacts](relationship-management/manage-contacts.md)
- [Page 5110 "Profile Questionnaire Setup"](../../../objects/page/5110.md) · on [Table 5088 "Profile Questionnaire Line"](../../../objects/table/5088.md) · via [Manage contacts](relationship-management/manage-contacts.md)
- [Page 6250 "Data Sync Status"](../../../objects/page/6250.md) · via [Use Dynamics 365 for Sales from Business Central](relationship-management/use-dynamics-365-for-sales-from-business.md)
- [Report 5050 "Contact - List"](../../../objects/report/5050.md) · captioned "Contact List" · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5051 "Contact - Company Summary"](../../../objects/report/5051.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5053 "Contact - Person Summary"](../../../objects/report/5053.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5055 "Contact - Cover Sheet"](../../../objects/report/5055.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5056 "Contact - Labels"](../../../objects/report/5056.md) · captioned "Contact Labels" · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5058 "Salesperson - Opportunities"](../../../objects/report/5058.md) · captioned "Salesperson Opportunities" · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5060 "Campaign - Details"](../../../objects/report/5060.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5061 "Opportunity - List"](../../../objects/report/5061.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5062 "Sales Cycle - Analysis"](../../../objects/report/5062.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5063 "Segment - Contacts"](../../../objects/report/5063.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5064 "Segment - Cover Sheet"](../../../objects/report/5064.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5065 "Segment - Labels"](../../../objects/report/5065.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5066 "Questionnaire - Handouts"](../../../objects/report/5066.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5067 "Questionnaire - Test"](../../../objects/report/5067.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5068 "Opportunity - Details"](../../../objects/report/5068.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5084 "Email Merge"](../../../objects/report/5084.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)
- [Report 5085 "Contact Cover Sheet"](../../../objects/report/5085.md) · via [Relationship management analytics](relationship-management/relationship-management-analytics.md)

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