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Using the Sales Rep App

About the Sales Rep app and how to create a Sales Rep

Updated over a week ago

The Sales Rep app lets you assign the Sales Rep title to existing employees and vendors in QuickBooks Desktop.

This is a great way to keep track of who is generating income in what numbers, which gives you a more comprehensive picture of your income sources, interactions with customers, and business opportunities at every stage of your pipeline.

Note: The Sales Rep app is only available in QuickBooks Desktop. They are not available on Method accounts syncing to QuickBooks Online.

App perks:

  • Assign Sales Rep title to employees and vendors.

  • Streamline reporting by filtering sales rep transactions in QuickBooks Desktop.

RESTRICTION: Although you can create a Sales Rep, you will be unable to edit a Sales Rep. If you need to make changes to the Sales Rep, this must be done within QuickBooks itself.


What is a Sales Rep?

A sales representative (or sales rep for short) refers to an individual who does business on your behalf, whom you can assign to customers, leads, vendors, and transactions in Method.

Often, a sales rep is an employee of your company, but this is not always the case. Companies often partner with other businesses and contractors for outsourcing, reselling, and more. If your company does this, a sales rep might not be an employee of yours, but since they're representing you in business, you are likely interested in tracking their sales.


Creating a Sales Rep

The following steps will show you how to assign the Sales Rep title to a vendor or an employee in Method.

Reminder: Although you can create a Sales Rep, you will be unable to edit the Sales Rep. If you need to make changes to the Sales Rep, this must be done within QuickBooks itself.

  1. On your Method dashboard, click βŠ• New on the Sales Rep App, or click βŠ• New Sales Rep from your the Sales Rep screen.

  2. This opens your New / Edit Sales Rep screen. Choose an employee or vendor from the dropdown. The employee or vendor must exist in QuickBooks. If the name you are expecting does not appear, it may already be assigned to a Sales Rep.

  3. Assign initials to this sales rep. This is how the rep will be identified.

  4. When Active is checked, it makes this sales rep available in dropdowns.

  5. Click Save & Back when done to go back to the Sales Rep list, or Save & New to save the Sales Rep and create a new one.


Sales Rep Details

An overview of the fields for your sales reps.

Field

Description

Sync Status

In the header, the sync status is displayed.

Name

The selected employee or vendor associated with this sales rep.

Initials

How the sales rep is identified.

Active?

If checked, the sales rep is available in dropdowns.

Entity Type

This indicates whether or not the selected entity within Name is either an Employee or Vendor.

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