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Salesforce Case, Object and Opportunity Logging with Dialpad CTI

Calls received via the Dialpad CTI in Salesforce Lightning can be logged to Salesforce Objects, Cases, and Opportunities, ensuring nothing slips through the cracks in your Salesforce call activity history.  

Let's go over how this works. 

Who can use this

Users on eligible Dialpad Sell, Dialpad Support, and Dialpad Connect plans can use this integration. Refer to our Pricing Page to see if you have access to this feature. If you have questions about your plan, reach out to your Customer Success Manager or Dialpad Customer Care.


Users must have the latest managed package from the Salesforce Appexchange installed in their Salesforce instance.

Salesforce CTI Settings

To access the Salesforce CTI Settings, first, head to your Dialpad Company Settings.

  1. Navigate to Integrations

  2. Navigate to Salesforce

  3. Select Options

  4. Select Manage Settings

    Screenshot of the Dialpad Integrations dashboard featuring orange boxes and an arrow highlighting the 'My company' selection menu, the left sidebar 'Integrations' tab, and the 'Manage Settings' option selected from the Salesforce dropdown menu.
  5. Navigate to Salesforce CTI Settings

    Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Configure Salesforce' page, displaying the expanded 'Salesforce CTI Settings' section highlighted in an orange box, which includes options for call and message behaviors, notification preferences, and call logging settings.

    Note

    Dialpad CTI does not support using multiple tabs.

    We know you love using CTIs, but for the best experience, we recommend using the Dialpad Desktop App and Dialpad Everywhere.

Log calls to Custom Objects

Company and Office Admins can configure call logging to single objects such as Custom Objects.

When you open these objects in the background while on a call, they will be selected automatically as the related object (don’t worry; you can always unselect them).

To set your call logging preferences to a Custom Object, head to your Salesforce CTI Settings.  

  1. Navigate to Log Calls To

  2. Choose the desired Object using the drop-down menu, or the search bar

    Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Configure Salesforce' CTI settings, featuring an orange box highlighting the open 'Log calls to' dropdown menu with 'Account Plan' selected and a search input listing available Salesforce objects.
  3. Choose if you’d like to make Object logging mandatory for your agents

    Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Salesforce CTI Settings' menu with an orange box highlighting the checked 'Post-call mandatory Account plan logging' checkbox and its descriptive text.
  4. Select Save

Tips

Enable screen pop for incoming calls for Custom Objects so calls through CTI or the Dialpad app will bring up the right record automatically.

Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Log calls to' settings section featuring an orange box highlighting the checked 'Enable screen pop for incoming calls' option under the 'Matter' object selection dropdown.

Admins can set the criteria in Salesforce for Dialpad to use when presenting a list of Objects.

Screenshot of the Dialpad CTI setup panel in Salesforce titled 'Opportunity list selection criteria for Dialpad CTI calls', showing selection options for incoming call criteria and a field mapping row set to 'Stage' equals 'Qualification'.

Log calls to Salesforce Cases

When logging calls to Salesforce Cases, you can choose to: 

  • Automatically track missed calls with voicemails as cases in your connected Salesforce system, configured by agent, or by Salesforce Queue.

    • Available for both personal lines & contact center lines. Only queues that support CASE objects will be prompted for selection.

  • Set case screen pop for incoming calls

  • Click-to-call from the Case Record Page

  • Make post-call case logging mandatory

    • Enabling screen pop for incoming calls with this setting automatically selects a Case (great for saving your agent's time!)

To log calls to Salesforce Cases, head to your Salesforce CTI Settings.  

  1. Navigate to Log calls to

  2. Select Salesforce Cases

    Screenshot of the Dialpad Salesforce CTI Settings panel featuring an orange box highlighting 'Salesforce Cases' selected in the 'Log calls to' dropdown menu, followed by options for case screen pop behaviors and post-call mandatory logging.
  3. Check the boxes beside your preferences 

  4. Select Save

Tip

Admins can set criteria in Salesforce for Dialpad to use when presenting a list of cases. Agents can ignore the suggested Case and create a new one directly from the CTI, ensuring the call is automatically linked to the new Case record.

Screenshot of the Dialpad CTI configuration panel in Salesforce titled 'Case list selection criteria for Dialpad CTI calls', displaying options for incoming call criteria and three filter rules mapping 'Case Type' to 'Problem', 'Priority' to 'Medium', and 'Escalated' to 'True'.

Log calls to Opportunities 

Company and Office Admins can configure call logging to Salesforce Opportunities.

When you open these opportunities in the background while on a call, they will be selected automatically as the related object (don’t worry; you can always unselect them).

To set your call logging preferences to Salesforce Opportunties, head to your Salesforce CTI Settings.  

  1. Navigate to Log calls to

  2. Select Opportunity

    Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Configure Salesforce' CTI settings, featuring an orange box and arrow highlighting 'Opportunity' selected in the 'Log calls to' dropdown menu.
  3. Check the boxes beside your preferences

    • Set Opportunity screen pop for incoming calls: Ensures opportunity details are listed in the screen pop records.
    • Post-call mandatory Opportunity logging: Makes Opportunity Logging mandatory for all agents.
    • Click-to-call from Opportunity record page in Salesforce logs calls to the Opportunity: Ensures accurate Opportunity logging between calls and the Opportunity record page.
  4. Select Save

Tip

Admins can set criteria in Salesforce for Dialpad to use when presenting a list of Opportunities. Agents can ignore the suggested Opportunity and create a new one directly from the CTI, ensuring the call is automatically linked to the new Case record.

Screenshot of the Dialpad CTI setup panel in Salesforce showing section header options for 'Single case selection criteria for Dialpad CTI calls' and expanded 'Case list selection criteria for Dialpad CTI calls'.

Automatic record logging

Calls will be logged to a matching record automatically. If there’s more than one match, the most recently used record is selected.

To turn on automatic record logging, go to Dialpad Admin Settings.

  1. Select Integrations

  2. Navigate to Salesforce > Options, then select Manage Settings
    Screenshot of the Dialpad Admin Settings page highlighting the 'Integrations' tab in the left sidebar and an arrow pointing to 'Manage Settings' selected under the Salesforce integration's 'Options' menu.

  3. Navigate Salesforce CTI Settings > Select Log calls to

  4. Choose a record from the dropdown

  5. Select Automatically select the record if only one record is found

  6. Select Save changes

Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Configure Salesforce' CTI settings page featuring two orange boxes highlighting the 'Log calls to' section set to 'Opportunity' and the checked 'Automatically select the record if only one record is found' option.

Once turned on, this applies to all incoming and outgoing calls through your Salesforce CTI.

Tip

If you enable Select related when opened in background, Salesforce will automatically choose the record you’ve got open in the background.
Screenshot of the Dialpad Salesforce CTI settings featuring an orange box highlighting the checked 'Select related records when opened in background' checkbox above the 'Automatically select the record if only one record is found' option.

Frequently asked questions

Is the subject line of the Salesforce call log activity record customizable?

No, the subject line of the call log activity record is not customizable.

Can we have different settings for individual offices and Contact Centers?

Absolutely! To customize your preferences for an individual office or shared line, head to the Office/Line’s Salesforce settings and select Customize for this Office/Contact Center.

Screenshot of the Dialpad 'Configure Salesforce' office configuration page, featuring an orange box on the left sidebar highlighting 'Integrations' and an orange arrow pointing to a highlighted radio option selected for 'Customize for this Office' instead of 'Use company presets'.

Can I log a Lead or a Contact to a call?

Unfortunately not. Per Salesforce, logging calls to Leads and Contacts is not supported.
 

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