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| -Enrich your contacts base with Partner Autocomplete |
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| 2 | +Enrich contacts with partner autocomplete |
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| -Partner Autocomplete helps you to enrich your contacts database with corporate data. Select one of |
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| -the companies suggested in the dropdown, and quickly get all the information you need. |
| 5 | +*Partner autocomplete* enriches the contacts database with corporate data. In any module, enter the |
| 6 | +new company name into the :guilabel:`Customer` field (`partner_id` technical field), and select one |
| 7 | +of the companies suggested in the drop-down menu. Instantly get valuable company information full of |
| 8 | +hard-to-find data for a desired company. |
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| 10 | +.. important:: |
| 11 | + A company **cannot** already be manually entered in the *Contacts* application prior to enriching |
| 12 | + it with data. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +The information provided by partner autocomplete can include general information about the business |
| 15 | +(including full business name and logo), social media accounts, :guilabel:`Company type`, |
| 16 | +:guilabel:`Founded` information, :guilabel:`Sectors` information, the number of |
| 17 | +:guilabel:`Employees`, :guilabel:`Estimated revenue`, :guilabel:`Phone` number, |
| 18 | +:guilabel:`Timezone`, and :guilabel:`Technologies Used`. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +.. important:: |
| 21 | + When getting a company's contact information make sure to be aware of the latest EU regulations. |
| 22 | + For more information about General Data Protection Regulation refer to: `Odoo GDPR |
| 23 | + <http://odoo.com/gdpr>`_. In Odoo, individual contact information cannot be searched for with |
| 24 | + the partner autocomplete feature. |
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8 | 26 | Configuration
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9 | 27 | =============
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| -Go to :menuselection:`Settings --> Contacts` and activate the *Partner Autocomplete* feature. |
| 29 | +Go to :menuselection:`Settings app --> Contacts section`. Then, activate the :guilabel:`Partner |
| 30 | +Autocomplete` feature, by ticking the checkbox beside it, and clicking :guilabel:`Save`. |
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| -.. image:: partner_autocomplete/settings_partner_autocomplete.png |
| 32 | +.. image:: partner_autocomplete/settings-partner-autocomplete.png |
14 | 33 | :align: center
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| - :alt: View of settings page and the activations of the feature in Odoo |
| 34 | + :alt: View of settings page and the activations of the feature in Odoo. |
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| -Enrich your contacts with corporate data |
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| 36 | +Enrich contacts with corporate data |
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| -| From any module, once you start to create a new contact typing the name of it, the system |
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| - will suggest a potential match. If you select it, the contact will be populated with corporate |
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| - data. |
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| -| For example, after typing *Odoo*, you will get the following information: |
| 39 | +From any module, as the user is typing in the name of a new company contact, Odoo reveals a large |
| 40 | +drop-down menu of potential match suggestions. If any are selected, the contact is then populated |
| 41 | +with corporate data related to that specific selection. |
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| -.. image:: partner_autocomplete/odoo_autocomplete.png |
| 43 | +For example, after typing `Odoo`, the following information populates: |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +.. image:: partner_autocomplete/odoo-autocomplete.png |
26 | 46 | :align: center
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27 | 47 | :alt: Creating a new contact in Odoo
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| -.. image:: partner_autocomplete/odoo_info_autocomplete.png |
| 49 | +In the chatter, the following information populates about the company, after clicking on the desired |
| 50 | +pre-populated contact: |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +.. image:: partner_autocomplete/odoo-info-autocomplete.png |
30 | 53 | :align: center
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31 | 54 | :alt: View of the information being shown about odoo with the autocomplete option in Odoo
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| -.. tip:: Partner Autocomplete also works if you enter a VAT number instead of a company name. |
| 56 | +.. tip:: |
| 57 | + Partner Autocomplete also works if a :abbr:`VAT (value-added tax)` number is entered instead of |
| 58 | + company name. |
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35 | 60 | Pricing
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36 | 61 | =======
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| -| *Partner Autocomplete* is an *In-App Purchase (IAP)* service, which requires prepaid credits to be |
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| - used. Each request will consume one credit. |
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| -| To buy credits, go to :menuselection:`Settings --> Contacts --> Partner Autocomplete or Odoo IAP --> |
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| - View My Services` and select a package. |
| 63 | +*Partner Autocomplete* is an *In-App Purchase (IAP)* service, which requires prepaid credits to be |
| 64 | +used. Each request consumes one credit. |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +To buy credits, go to :menuselection:`Settings app --> Contacts section`. Then, locate either the |
| 67 | +:guilabel:`Partner Autocomplete` feature and click :guilabel:`Buy credits`, or locate the |
| 68 | +:guilabel:`Odoo IAP` feature and click :guilabel:`View My Services`. From the resulting page, select |
| 69 | +a desired package. |
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| - - If you run out of credits, the only information that will be populated when clicking on |
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| - the suggested company will be the website link and the logo. |
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| - - If you are on Odoo Online and you have the Enterprise version, you benefit from free trial |
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| - credits to test the feature. |
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| - - Learn about our *Privacy Policy* `here <https://iap.odoo.com/privacy#header_2>`_. |
| 72 | + If the database runs out of credits, the only information populated when clicking on the |
| 73 | + suggested company will be the website link and the logo. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | + Learn about our `Privacy Policy <https://iap.odoo.com/privacy>`_. |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +.. note:: |
| 78 | + Enterprise Odoo users with a valid subscription get free credits to test :abbr:`IAP (In-App |
| 79 | + Purchase)` features before deciding to purchase more credits for the database. This includes |
| 80 | + demo/training databases, educational databases, and one-app-free databases. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +.. seealso:: |
| 83 | + :doc:`../../../essentials/in_app_purchase` |
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