Last update: 9/10/2026
| Logging/Updating a Meeting | |
| Legend: * – Required Field (you cannot submit a note without putting values to these fields) Ex – Example |
|
| Fields | Rules of Engagement |
| Salesperson Preferences | Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has any preferences. |
| Task Description* | [Contact] – [firm] = for one contact [Contact] and others – [firm] = for multiple contacts with the same firm [Contact] and others = for multiple contacts with different firms |
| Note Type* | Meeting |
| The Hey DAN Team should check the activity timeline in the contact profile to see if there’s already an existing meeting placeholder. If there is, the Hey DAN Team should proceed with the following steps: 1. Locate the correct meeting placeholder in the activity timeline. 2. Pull up the meeting record. 3. Update the meeting fields as necessary or as requested by the salesperson. 4. Click Save. Existing? | Always check if the meeting is already existing in the activity timeline of the contact profile. If not, then untick the Existing? box. NOTE: Filter via “Meeting Owner” to check user’s calendar for existing records first before pulling up all records from all users. Reminder: If isChild of the existing record is “Yes”, then we are unable to make modifications to that record, ensure that isChild existing record is “No” |
| Special Instructions | Instructions from the wholesaler that shouldn’t/are not needed to be indicated in the note text. |
| Internal Comments | Instructions for the next specialist who will be processing the note on the next steps to follow, clarification details needed. |
| Note Timezone | As is. No need to change this. |
| Date* | As provided. If none is provided and the note is not existing in the system, use the recording date. |
| Time* | As provided. The time zone shown in Dana will default to the time zone of the user in Salesforce. If none is provided, use 8:00 AM. If provided another time zone from the set time zone of the user, we will convert the time to the time zone set in the user’s Dana profile. Ex: Dictated time → 8:00AM Central Time User’s Dana Set Time Zone → Eastern Time Time to plot = 9:00AM Time Assumptions: Lunch – 12:00 PM Dinner – 6:00 PM Afternoon – 1:00 PM Happy Hour – 5:00 PM NOTE: Set intervals between bulk meetings/multiple notes with unique/individual meeting notes. Coordinate with the team to agree on time intervals, especially when the workstream involves bulk meetings |
| Required If the user is Institutional, select contact with Individual Contact or Prospect/Client as record type. If the user is IBG/Intermediary, select contact with IBG Contact as record type.Contact* | As provided. If not provided, clarify with the salesperson.
If the profile is not found in DANA, check FINRA and Google for important information to create a contact using Contact Management. If the contact already exists but the firm or location is not updated, you may use that profile. For IBG/Intermediary users —-> IBG Contact For Institutional users —-> Individual Contact or Prospect/Client NOTE: If the only available profile has a different record type from the Wholesaler’s record type, we can still tag that profile to the note. |
| Invitee – External (Contact) | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. NOTE: Do not add the owner of the event as an invitee. |
| Products/Topics Discussed* | Refer to the funds indicated either before or after the meeting notes. If the SP specifically identifies “Products Discussed,” only list those products and do not include other funds mentioned elsewhere, unless the SP specifically retracted or revised the information. In cases where no products are mentioned before or after the meeting notes, rely on the fund/s provided within the meeting notes as the basis. If not provided, not existing, or the product provided could not be found, clarify with the salesperson.
Use No Product (NP) is the user specifically mentioned “no products discussed.” NOTE: Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has any preferred fund/s. |
| Lead | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: Leads cannot be associated with other contacts and invitees. If there are lead/s in a meeting, each of them will be logged separately. |
| Invitee – Internal (Users) | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: Do not add the owner of the event as an invitee. |
| Influential Campaigns | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Assigned To | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: This field defaults populating the user’s name if not populated. Best practice is to leave this field blank if nothing was specified. You can use this field to check the Role of the wholesaler |
| Record Type* | As provided; otherwise, please refer to the defaults below:
• SSGA Meeting – for Institutional users • SPDR Meeting – for IBG/Intermediary users TIP: Check the Preference Section in Dana to know the wholesaler’s type |
| Invitee – Lead | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Related To Opportunity | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Meeting Id (for existing search) | This is only utilized as a search field for searching existing notes using their Salesforce IDs. Always leave blank once you clicked and tagged the existing note above the Dana interface or once you’ll be submitting the note to Ready. |
| Type* | As provided; otherwise, please refer to the defaults below:
Institutional user → SSGA Meeting IBG/Intermediary user → SPDR Meeting TIP: Use “Assigned To” field to check for user’s role if not provided |
| Method* | As provided or based on the context of the notes. If SP provided In-Person and Entertainment, choose In-Person as Method and tick the Entertainment tick box. If not provided, clarify with the salesperson.
NOTE: Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has a preferred method. |
| Required if not exisiting Subject* | As provided. If not provided, use the default format below:
[Company Name] – [Product Code/Ticker] NOTE: If the note is existing and there’s already a subject, please replicate the subject you found. If product was not provided, and the user has no preferred fund/s, kindly leave the product code/ticker part blank. If the user specifically said no products discussed, use NP as the product code/ticker. |
| Outreach Communication Sentiment | As provided. If not provided, use Neutral. |
| Location | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. Example: Establishments like restaurants, etc. |
| Annual Client Check In | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. |
| Entertainment | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. |
| Meeting Requires Follow-up? | Tick Meeting Requires Follow-up? when there’s a follow-up request in the dictation or action items. If not, do not tick. – Merrill# Advisor Interested Follow Up Required – Automatic tick |
| Background | Use the Background section to input any future-dated notes.
Please review the meeting note for any indication or hint that it serves as a background of the meeting. If there’s none, leave it blank. Note: If the Background field exceeds the character limit, please place the entire note in the meeting notes. |
| Meeting Notes | Capture all meeting notes here. If none is provided, you may use the introduction from the recording (e.g. “Met with John Smith”) or the fund/s provided (e.g. SLRN, HYBL, GLD). |
| Outcome | Please review the meeting note for any indication or hint that it serves as a outcome of the meeting. If there’s none, leave it blank.
Note: If the Outcome field exceeds the character limit, please place the entire note in the meeting notes. |
| Logging a Task(Call/Email) | |
| Legend: * – Required Field (you cannot submit a note without putting values to these fields) Ex – Example |
|
| Fields | Rules of Engagement |
| Salesperson Preferences | Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has any preferences. |
| Task Description* | [Contact] – [firm] = for one contact [Contact] and others – [firm] = for multiple contacts with the same firm [Contact] and others = for multiple contacts with different firms |
| Note Type* | Task |
| Existing? | Leave this unticked as Tasks/calls are always new |
| Special Instructions | Instructions from the wholesaler that shouldn’t/are not needed to be indicated in the note text. |
| Internal Comments | Instructions for the next specialist who will be processing the note on the next steps to follow, clarification details needed. |
| Note Timezone | As is. No need to change this. |
| Task – Related To Opportunity | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Required If the user is Institutional, select contact with Individual Contact or Prospect/Client as record type. If the user is IBG/Intermediary, select contact with IBG Contact as record type.Task – Contact* | As provided. If not provided, clarify with the salesperson.
If the profile is not found in DANA, check FINRA and Google for important information to create a contact using Contact Management. If the contact already exists but the firm or location is not updated, you may use that profile. For IBG/Intermediary users —-> IBG Contact NOTE: If the only available profile has a different record type from the Wholesaler’s record type, we can still tag that profile to the note. |
| Task – Lead | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: Leads cannot be associated with other contacts and invitees. If there are lead/s mentioned, each of them will be logged separately. |
| Task – Assigned To | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: This field defaults populating the user’s name if not populated. Best practice is to leave this field blank if nothing was specified. You can use this field to check the Role of the wholesaler |
| Task – Influential Campaigns | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Task – Products/Topics Discussed* | Refer to the funds indicated either before or after the meeting notes. If the SP specifically identifies “Products Discussed,” only list those products and do not include other funds mentioned elsewhere, unless the SP specifically retracted or revised the information. In cases where no products are mentioned before or after the meeting notes, rely on the fund/s provided within the meeting notes as the basis. If not provided, not existing, or the product provided could not be found, clarify with the salesperson.
Use No Product (NP) is the user specifically mentioned “no products discussed.” NOTE: Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has any preferred fund/s. |
| Task – Record Type* | As provided; otherwise, please refer to the defaults below:
• SSGA Task- for Institutional users TIP: Check the Preference Section in Dana to know the wholesaler’s type |
| Task Id (for existing search) | This is only utilized as a search field for searching existing notes using their Salesforce IDs. Always leave blank once you clicked and tagged the existing note above the Dana interface or once you’ll be submitting the note to Ready. |
| Task Owner (for existing search) | |
| Task Type | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Task Method* | As provided or based on the context of the notes.
NOTE: Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has a preferred method. |
| Required if not exisiting Task Subject* | As provided. Otherwise, use default below:
Default: Call with [FA Name] |
| Outreach Communication Sentiment | As provided. If not provided, use Neutral. |
| Task Comments | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. |
| Meeting Scheduled | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. |
| Quality Contact | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. |
| Task Status | Select “Completed” if the call has already happened, otherwise, select “Not Started” if it’s a future-dated call/task |
| Date | Date of the call/task |
| Set Reminder for Follow-up Task? | Tick if specified; otherwise, leave it unticked. |
| Date of Reminder | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. |
| Time of Reminder | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. |
| Campaign Member Tagging | |
| Legend: * – Required Field (you cannot submit a note without putting values to these fields) Ex – Example |
|
| Fields | Rules of Engagement |
| Salesperson Preferences | Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has any preferences. |
| Task Description* | [Contact] – [firm] = for one contact [Contact] and others – [firm] = for multiple contacts with the same firm [Contact] and others = for multiple contacts with different firms |
| Note Type* | Campaign |
| Existing? | Always tick Existing
NOTE: We are adding members to existing campaigns |
| Special Instructions | Instructions from the wholesaler that shouldn’t/are not needed to be indicated in the note text. |
| Internal Comments | Instructions for the next specialist who will be processing the note on the next steps to follow, clarification details needed. |
| Note Timezone | As is. No need to change this. |
| Campaign – Lead | Alternative search bar for contacts.
NOTE: Leads cannot be associated with other contacts. If there are lead/s mentioned, each of should be logged separately. |
| Campaign – Owner | Copy the Owner of the existing campaign |
| Required If the user is Institutional, select contact with Individual Contact or Prospect/Client as record type. If the user is IBG/Intermediary, select contact with IBG Contact as record type.Campaign – Contact* | As provided and update the Status of the Contact. If not provided, clarify with the salesperson.
If the profile is not found in DANA, check FINRA and Google for important information to create a contact using Contact Management. If the contact already exists but the firm or location is not updated, you may use that profile. For IBG/Intermediary users —-> IBG Contact NOTE: If the only available profile has a different record type from the Wholesaler’s record type, we can still tag that profile to the campaign. |
| Campaign Id (for existing search) | This is only utilized as a search field for searching existing notes using their Salesforce IDs. Always leave blank once you clicked and tagged the existing note above the Dana interface or once you’ll be submitting the note to Ready. |
| Campaign Owner (for existing search) | |
| Campaign Name (for existing search) | |
======
| Logging/Updating an Opportunity | ||
| Legend: * – Required Field (you cannot submit a note without putting values to these fields) Ex – Example |
||
| Fields | Rules of Engagement | |
| Salesperson Preferences | Always review Salesperson Preferences to see if user has any preferences. | |
| Task Description* | [Contact] – [firm] = for one contact [Contact] and others – [firm] = for multiple contacts with the same firm [Contact] and others = for multiple contacts with different firms |
|
| Note Type* | Opportunity | |
| The Hey DAN Team should check the activity timeline in the contact profile to see if there’s already an existing meeting placeholder. If there is, the Hey DAN Team should proceed with the following steps: 1. Locate the correct meeting placeholder in the activity timeline. 2. Pull up the meeting record. 3. Update the meeting fields as necessary or as requested by the salesperson. 4. Click Save. Existing? | Always check if the opportunity is already existing in the activity timeline of the contact profile. If not, then untick the Existing? box. Note: Filter via “Meeting Owner” to check user’s calendar for existing records first before pulling up all records from all users |
|
| Special Instructions | Instructions from the wholesaler that shouldn’t/are not needed to be indicated in the note text. | |
| Internal Comments | Instructions for the next specialist who will be processing the note on the next steps to follow. | |
| Note Timezone | Not Applicable | |
| Opportunity – Record Type* | Opportunity Type Rule:
-If the salesperson specifies an option, use that option (Internal Only (Non-Contractual) or (Standard).
-If no type is specified, default to Internal Only.
Trigger: You may only select Standard if one or more competitors are listed on the opportunity. |
|
| Opportunity – Contact | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: You can update the Contact’s roles via the Contacts field for Standard Opportunity |
|
| Opportunity – Company Name* | As provided; otherwise, (Copy company details from primary contact) | |
| Opportunity – Owner | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: To update existing Opportunity, copy the Owner of the existing record |
|
| Opportunity – Team Member (For Standard Opp only) | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank.
NOTE: Update Oppty Team Member’s access here: |
|
| Opportunity – Co-Owner | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Opportunity – Products* | As provided. Each product will have sub-fields to populate. If not provided, clarify with the salesperson.
Products Sub-Fields: Expected Assets |
|
| Opportunity – Competitors (For Standard Opp only) | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Opportunity – Themes | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Opportunity Id (for existing search) | These fields only utilized as search fields for searching existing opportunities in their CRM. Always leave blank once you clicked and tagged the existing note above the Dana interface or once you’ll be submitting the note to Ready. | |
| Opportunity Owner (for existing meet search) | ||
| Company Name (for existing meet search) | ||
| New/Existing Client (For Standard Opp only) | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Site Where Contracted (For Standard Opp only) | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Opportunity Name* |
As provided. If not provided, default to For Institutional users (No change): As specified by the salesperson. If not provided, default to Company Name, Product, and then the word “Opportunity” (ex. Company XYZ ACWI ex-US sec lending Opportunity) |
|
| Decision Date* |
As provided. If it falls on a non-business day, use the next business day as the decision date. If not provided, default to recording date + the last business day of the third month. Ex. Recording date: June 10, 2025 |
|
| Stage* | As provided. If not provided, default to Level 1 – Prospecting. | |
| Is this a Reverse Solicitation? | As provided; otherwise:
SPDR/IBG – optional. If not provided, leave blank. |
|
| Opportunity Currency* |
As provided. If not provided, default to USD. |
|
| Outcome Reason | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. Required if the stage is “Mandate Awarded – Close/Won” |
|
| Outcome Reason Comments | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Lost Opportunity Outcome Reason | As provided; otherwise, leave it blank. | |
| Intermediary Sales Opportunity | As provided; otherwise, do not tick. | |
| Creating/Updating a Company Profile | |
| Legend: * – Required Field (you cannot submit a note without putting values to these fields) Ex – Example |
|
| Fields | Rules of Engagement |
| Task Description* | [Contact] – [firm] = for one contact [Contact] and others – [firm] = for multiple contacts with the same firm [Contact] and others = for multiple contacts with different firms |
| Note Type* | Company Management for creating or updating Company Profiles |
| The Hey DAN Team should check the activity timeline in the contact profile to see if there’s already an existing meeting placeholder. If there is, the Hey DAN Team should proceed with the following steps: 1. Locate the correct meeting placeholder in the activity timeline. 2. Pull up the meeting record. 3. Update the meeting fields as necessary or as requested by the salesperson. 4. Click Save. Existing? | If Company is already created but needs update on information except for firm update, tick Existing? box. |
| Special Instructions | Instructions from the wholesaler that shouldn’t/are not needed to be indicated in the note text. |
| Internal Comments | Instructions for the next specialist who will be processing the note on the next steps to follow, clarification details needed. |
| Note Timezone | As is. No need to change this. |
| Company Managment – Record Type* | As provided. If none, default is based on the profile of the user:
Intermediary -> IBG Company |
| Company Managment – Parent Company | Blank for L2( Regional/National); this is only required for L3 (Local Office) company creation. |
| Company Name* | As provided by the salesperson; otherwise, refer to reliable and verifice source online |
| Classification* | As provided by the salesperson. Can populate based on context. If unclear, clarify with the salesperson.
NOTE: Do not create State Street companies. |
| Sub-Classification* | As provided by the salesperson. Can populate based on context. If unclear, clarify with the salesperson.
TIP: Reliant on selection of “Classification”, refer to Picklist tab for options |
| Hierarchy Level* | L2 Company: Regional/National (Parent firm) – NA Intermediary Users cannot create L2 IBG Company (firm) – Defer to Sales Enablement Team L3 Company: Local Office (office/branch) NA region Non-NA region RIA/Independent Company |
| Auxiliary Contact Details | As provided or from a reliable and verified source; otherwise, leave thes fields blank:
Fax |
| Primary Street* | As provided; otherwise use accurate and reliable details from a verified source (websites. FINRA. etc) |
| Primary City* | As provided; otherwise use accurate and reliable details from a verified source (websites. FINRA. etc) |
| Primary State/Province* | Should be the two-letter abbreviation of the State where the office/branch or firm is located. |
| Primary Zip/Postal Code* | Specific Zip.postal code for the City and State
TIP: Use Google to look up for Zip/Postal Codes |
| Primary Country* | Use Alpha-2 code for countries (two-letter abbreviation) Example: United States of America –> US Reference: https://www.iban.com/country-codes |
| Phone* | As provided; otherwise, refer to the their provided contact details on their websites. |
| Company Intermediary/Wholesale* | As provided by the salesperson. Can populate based on context. If unclear, clarify with the salesperson:
Prospect |
| SSGA Relationship* | SSGA Relationship (IBG Company): At least one should be selected:
SPDR |
| Relationship Status (for Institutional) | As provided; otherwise, leave blank |
| Relationship Temperature (for Institutional) | As provided; otherwise, leave blank |
| Background (for Institutional) | As provided; otherwise, leave blank |
| Priorities (for Institutional) | As provided; otherwise, leave blank |
| SSGA/SST News & Priorities (for Institutional) | As provided; otherwise, leave blank |
| Description (for Institutional) | As provided; otherwise, leave blank |
