Remove Contacts - Reduce Batch Job

With the Remove Contacts - Reduce batch job, you can specify which of your contacts you want to remove from your segment. To run the batch job, open the Segment window and then click Functions, Segment, Remove Contacts, Reduce.

You can use this batch job to specify which of your contacts you want to keep within the segment

If you want to include more information, you can select additional fields to be included in the batch job. To do this, in the Field field, press F3, click the AssistButton and then select the relevant field(s). You can set filters on any of the fields. If you do not set any filters, the batch job will include all your records.

Click OK to start the batch job. If you do not want to run the batch job now, click Cancel to close the window.

To filter the information in the batch job, in the Filter field, fill in the relevant information as follows:

Contact tab

No. field: Enter the numbers of the contacts you want to remove from the segment.

Search Name field: Enter the search names of the contacts you want to remove from the segment.

Type field: Select a contact type (company or person) if you only want to remove these types of contacts from the segment.

Salesperson Code field: Enter a salesperson code if you only want to remove the contacts assigned to that particular salesperson from the segment.

Post Code field: Enter a post code if you only want to remove the contacts from that particular geographical area from the segment.

Country Code field: Enter a country code if you only want to remove the contacts that have been assigned that particular country code from the segment.

Territory Code field: Enter a territory code if you only want to remove from the segment the contacts from that particular territory.

Click the up-arrow in the lower left-hand corner of the window to see the table with the filters you have set for the batch job.

Profile tab

Profile Questionnaire Code field: Enter a questionnaire code if you only want to remove the contacts that have been assigned that particular profile questionnaire from the segment.

Line No. field: Enter a line number if you only want to remove the contacts that have been assigned that particular line from the segment.

Mailing Group tab

Mailing Group Code field: Enter a mailing group code if you only want to remove the contacts that have been assigned that particular mailing group from the segment.

Interaction Log Entry tab

Date field: Enter a date or date filter to limit the batch job to a specific period.

Segment No. field: Enter a segment number if you only want to remove from the segment the contacts involved in the interaction log entries linked to that particular segment.

Campaign No. field: Enter a campaign number if you only want to remove the contacts involved in the interaction log entries linked to that particular campaign from the segment.

Evaluation field: Select an evaluation (Very Positive, Positive, Neutral, Negative, Very Negative) if you only want to remove the contacts involved in the interaction log entries evaluated that way from the segment.

Interaction Template Code field: Enter an interaction template code if you only want to remove the contacts involved in the interactions created using that particular interaction template from the segment.

Salesperson Code field: Enter a salesperson code if you only want to remove the contacts involved in the interaction log entries linked to that particular salesperson from the segment.

Click the up-arrow in the lower left-hand corner of the window to see the table with the filters you have set for the batch job.

Job Responsibility tab

Job Responsibility Code field: Enter a job responsibility code if you only want to remove the contact persons that have been assigned that particular job responsibility from the segment.

Industry Group tab

Industry Group Code field: Enter an industry group code if you only want to remove the contact companies that have been assigned that particular industry group from the segment.

Business Relation tab

Business Relation Code field: Enter a business relation code if you only want to remove the contact companies that have been assigned that particular business relation from the segment.

Value Entry tab

Item No. field: Enter an item number if you only want to remove the contacts linked to that particular item from the segment.

Variant Code field: Enter a variant code if you only want to remove the contacts linked to value entries with that particular variant code from the segment.

Posting Date field: Enter a posting date if you only want to remove the contacts linked to value entries posted on that particular date from the segment.

Inventory Posting Group field: Enter an inventory posting group if you only want to remove the contacts linked to value entries with that particular inventory posting group from the segment.

Click the up-arrow in the lower left-hand corner of the window to see the table with the filters you have set for the batch job.

Options tab

Entire Companies field: Insert a check mark in this field if you want to have the program automatically remove all the persons employed within the company that you remove from the segment.

Related Topics

Entering Criteria in Filters

Sorting