The Conversation Log plugin is a fantastic and easy to use solution for ensuring that users add conversation logs to the loan each time they make changes. Ensuring that users comment on their activities in a central location has been proven to improve clarity in the loan process and workflow. The tool has settings that are able to configure who the popup is required for, and what kind of information is stored for reporting. It can also serve as a method of monitoring the types of changes users are performing on loans.

1.    Activation of the Conversation Log tool is located under the PowerTools Optimized section of the Toolshed plugin.

2.    If you do not see the Conversation Log tool listed as one of the available buttons under the Optimized section, you’ll need to get a license for the tool before using it. Please reach out to your local admin or your Lender Toolkit representative in order to activate the tool.

1.    Settings for this plugin can be found by opening a loan, and then clicking the Conversation Log button in the Toolshed interface. You can also manually navigate to the “Admin – Conv Log Popup” input form.

2.    This page will show details about the settings and allow you to test the conversation log functionality.

3.    To modify the tool’s settings, click the “Manage Settings” button on this form

You can have various profiles that change the way that the Conversation Log tool will function for different users and personas that will be defined in the next section.

Profiles can:

-       Define Conversation Log fields that are required data entry

-       Allow/restrict the ability to close without a Conversation Log being entered

-       Modify Personas that the plugin will retrieve a list of users’ names for the name dropdown list

-       Show/hide change summaries for the user to review while they’re making their comments

You can choose who is presented with differently configured Conversation Log popups (using profiles) or who shouldn’t receive them altogether. If a user is entered into the Bypass section, they will never see the Conversation Log popup window. Alternatively users can also be defined to always see the Conversation Log popup window, regardless of their assigned Personas. As an overall and more easily defined method of configuring this tool, you can also select Personas to see the popup at all times, or until the field entry that is defined in the Conversation Log Profile that is assigned to that Persona.

There is also a useful functionality to show a list of all users in Encompass, and whether they have a Conversation Log Profile assigned to them. This is accessed using the “Check All Users” button at the bottom of the settings window.

If you would like to see a summary of recent conversation log entries for all loans in a report or pipeline view, you can use this tab of the settings to configure how you’d like the information to be copied into a custom field for reporting. You can select how much information you’d like included, as well as how many characters to limit for each entry in the custom field.

 

The Conversation Log popup will appear anytime a user that has a ConvLog Profile applied is attempting to Save and Close a loan. If they have not made any changes to the loan that would merit saving, they will generally not see this popup.

Users, based on their ConvLog Profile, will be required to fill in information and use this window to always remember to log a comment on the work that they’ve done on the loan. If their Profile has allowed them access to the Summary tabs, they can easily copy information about their changes to the comment before saving.

This product installs the following to encompass: