Customize the appearance of work items

The work list in sales accelerator helps sellers prioritize their time and effort. Customize work items to display the most relevant and important information in the work list. You can customize work items for each entity type that you or your sellers work with. Want to know how the work items appear by default? See the Default work item appearance section.

Note

The card customizations made through the focused view will also affect the card display in the work list. More information: Customize the work list card in focused view

License and role requirements

Requirement type You must have
License Dynamics 365 Sales Premium, Microsoft Relationship Sales, or Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise
More information: Dynamics 365 Sales pricing
Security roles Administrator or any primary sales role, such as salesperson or sales manager

If you have an administrator role, you can do the following tasks.

If you have a primary sales role and if your admin has turned on the ability to customize work items, you can customize them for yourself only. Your customizations don't affect what other sellers see in their work list. More information: Customize work items

Turn on customizations

As an administrator, you must turn on the ability to customize work items. Unless you turn on, nobody (including you) can customize the work item in your organization.

  1. Sign in to the Dynamics 365 Sales Hub app, and go to Change area > Sales.

  2. In the left pane, under My Work, select Sales accelerator.

  3. On the work list page, select More options > Settings.

    Screenshot of the More options, Settings, menu in sales accelerator.

  4. On the Settings page, select Work item appearance.

    Screenshot of the Work item appearance settings page.

    If you don't see Work item appearance in the Settings list, it means your admin hasn't turned on work item customization. Follow these steps again when that's been done.

  5. Turn on Switch to admin mode to allow work items to be customized. With this setting off, work items can't be changed by anyone, not even an administrator.

    Turning on admin mode reveals another setting, Lock customization. To prevent sellers from overriding your customizations, select this setting. To allow sellers to make their own changes to work items, clear it.

    Screenshot of the Work item appearance settings page, with Switch to admin mode and Lock customization highlighted.

The administrator mode is turned on. Now, you can customize the work item for your organization and also, let other user roles in your organization to customize the work item.

Lock or unlock customization for other user roles

As an administrator, you can let other user roles to override the customizations you made to the work items according to their requirements.

Turn on the admin mode and the Lock customization settings is revealed. More information: Turn on customizations

Screenshot of the Work item appearance settings page, with Lock customization highlighted.

For the Lock customization settings, choose one of the following options to configure:

  • To allow sellers to make their own changes to work items, clear it.
  • To prevent sellers from overriding your customizations, select this setting.

Customize work items

If you aren't an admin, you'll need to ask your admin to let you customize work item. More information: Lock or unlock customization for other user roles

The procedure to customize work items is the same for both administrators and other primary sales roles.

  1. Sign in to the Dynamics 365 Sales Hub app, and go to Change area > Sales.

  2. In the left pane, under My Work, select Sales accelerator.

  3. On the work list page, select More options > Settings.

    Screenshot of the More options, Settings, menu in sales accelerator.

  4. On the Settings page, select Work item appearance.

    Screenshot of the Work item appearance settings page.

    Note

    • The Switch to admin mode and Lock customization options are available only for administrators.
    • If you're not an administrator, you must ask your administrator to turn on admin mode before you can customize work items.
  5. In the Select record type list, select the record type you're customizing work items for.

  6. Under the Customize section, use the following options to customize:

    • To change the icon that appears on a work item, select the pencil icon, and then choose one of the following options:

      • Record image: A photo of the contact, if one is available
      • Record initials: The contact’s first and last initials
      • Record type: The icon associated with the record type
      • Activity type: The icon associated with the current activity on the record

      Screenshot of the options for customizing a work item icon.

    • To change the content of work items, select the fields or attributes to display:

      • To change an existing attribute, select a different one in its place.
      • To add an attribute in the same row, hover over an existing attribute and select More options > Add a field. You can show up to three fields in a row.
      • To add an icon in the same row, hover over an existing attribute and select More options > Add an icon. You can show up to three icons in a row.
      • To add a row, select the add icon (+). You can show up to four rows of information in a work item.
      • To change the action that's displayed when the work item's More options icon is selected, select the pencil-and-gear icon and then choose one or more actions.

      Screenshot of work item action icons to display.

      • To delete a field or an icon, hover over it and select More options > Remove.
    • To remove all customizations and restore work items to their original appearance, select Reset to default.

  7. Select Save.

Default work item appearance

By default, the work item appearance is set to the following values:

Entity type Default values
Accounts Row 1: Account name and follow indicator
Row 2: Primary contact full name and job title
Row 3: Up next activity
Contacts Row 1: Full name and follow indicator
Row 2: Job title and company name
Row 3: Up next activity
Custom entity Row 1: Name and follow indicator
Leads Row 1: Name, follow indicator, and predictive score
Row 2: Job title and company name
Row 3: Up next activity
Opportunities Row 1: Contact full name, follow indicator, and predictive score
Row 2: Contact Job title and company name
Row 3: Topic and estimated revenue
Row 4: Up next activity

Can't find the options in your app?

There are three possibilities:

  • You don't have the necessary license or role. Check the License and role requirements section at the top of this page.
  • Your administrator hasn't turned on the feature.
  • Your organization is using a custom app. Check with your administrator for exact steps. The steps described in this article are specific to the out-of-the-box Sales Hub and Sales Professional apps.

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