Configuration of Contact Issue History in Microsoft CRM

BMC FootPrints Service Core can easily be integrated with Microsoft CRM, a web-based sales force automation solution. From within MS CRM, sales representatives can see active support issues for individual customers within their contacts list.  For more information on MS CRM, visit the Microsoft Dynamics CRM TestDrive Demo site.

Configuring BMC FootPrints Service Core Integration with MS CRM

For BMC FootPrints Service Core Integration with MS CRM, two files are delivered to the MS CRM administrator.  These are:

A version of each of these files already exists within the MS CRM installation.  The steps for configuring MS CRM 1.2 and MS CRM 3.0 (and higher) are different.  Both procedures are described below.

MS CRM 1.2

Step 1

The MS CRM administrator must rename the current web.config file, located in \inetpub\wwwroot\, to something like web.config.old and copy or move the new web.config file to \inetpub\wwwroot\.

Step 2

The MS CRM administrator must:

  1. Rename the isv.config file, located in \inetpub\wwwroot\_Resources\, to something like isv.config.old and copy or move the new isv.config file to \inetpub\wwwroot\_Resources\.
  2. Open the new isv.config file with an editor such as Notepad.
  3. Find the line:

Url="http://footprints.servername.com/MRcgi/MRentrancePage.pl" Id="navItem"/>

and change footprints.servername.com to the server on which BMC FootPrints Service Core is installed.

  1. Save and close the file.

BMC FootPrints Service Core Integration with MS CRM 1.2 is now complete.  You can begin to view BMC FootPrints Service Core Issues from within MS CRM.

MS CRM 3.0 and Higher

Step 1

The files that the administrator must change are located under the web site's home directory. For example, this might be C:\Program Files\Microsoft CRM\CRMWeb for the web.config file and C:\Program Files\Microsoft CRM\CRMWeb\_Resources for the isv.config.xml file.

Step 2

The MS CRM administrator must:

  1. Rename the isv.config.xml file, located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft CRM\CRMWeb\_Resources, to something like isv.config.old and copy or move the new isv.config.xml file to \inetpub\wwwroot\_Resources\.
  2. Open the new isv.config.xml file with an editor such as Notepad.
  3. Find the line:

<Entity name="contact" />

and change it to the following:

Entity name="contact">

<NavBar>

<NavBarItem Icon="/_imgs/ico_16_112.gif" Title="BMC FootPrints Service Core Cases" Url="http://footprints.servername.com/MRcgi/MRentrancePage.pl" Id="navItem" /> </NavBar> </Entity>

where footprints.servername.com is the server on which BMC FootPrints Service Core is installed.

  1. Save and close the file.
  2. Open the new web.config file, located in \inetpub\wwwroot\, with an editor such as Notepad.
  3. Find the line:

<add key="ISVIntegration" value="None"/>

and change it to:

<add key="ISVIntegration" value="Web"/>

  1. Save and close the web.config file.

BMC FootPrints Service Core Integration with MS CRM 3.0 and higher is now complete.  You can begin to view BMC FootPrints Service Core Issues from within MS CRM.

 

 

 

 

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