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Anchor Integration

Automate contact and work item creation in Karbon with the Anchor proposal integration.

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Written by Erin Jamison
Updated over a month ago

With Karbon's integration to Anchor, it will help streamline your workflow by automating the creation of contacts and work items based on approved proposals in Anchor. This integration allows you to keep client and service information synchronized between the two platforms, reducing manual effort and increasing efficiency.

Key Features of the Anchor Integration

  • Automatic Contact and Work Item Creation:

    • When a proposal is approved in Anchor, new contacts and work items will be automatically created in Karbon if they don’t already exist.

    • If the contact already exists in Karbon, the integration will link Anchor proposals to the correct record.

  • Custom Team Member Assignments:

    • Anchor allows for customized team member assignments during proposal creation, overriding the default team assignments in Karbon’s Work Templates.


Connecting Anchor with Karbon

  1. Generate an API Key in Karbon:

    • Go to Settings > Connected Apps in Karbon.

    • Copy your API key from the Anchor section.

  2. Set Up the Integration in Anchor:

    • In Anchor, go to Settings > Integrations > Karbon.

    • Paste your Karbon API key into the appropriate field.

Once this connection is established, Anchor and Karbon will communicate, and relevant data will flow between the two platforms.


How the Integration Works

1. Creating Contacts in Karbon

Upon proposal approval in Anchor, the integration will check if the client’s contact exists in Karbon.

  • If the contact does not exist:

    • The contact and their associated organization will be created in Karbon automatically.

  • If the contact already exists:

    • Anchor will use the existing contact if the company name in Anchor matches the organization name in Karbon. If not, the work items will not be created, and you’ll receive a notification to manually address the discrepancy.

2. Creating Work Items in Karbon

When a proposal is approved in Anchor, work items will automatically be created in Karbon for the corresponding contact based on the services outlined in the proposal.

  • The integration uses pre-configured mapping between your Anchor services and Karbon Work Templates. Set up this mapping within Anchor’s integration settings to ensure proper work item creation in Karbon.

3. Overriding Team Member Assignments

Anchor provides the option to override default team member assignments that are set in Karbon’s Work Templates.

  • During the proposal creation process in Anchor, you can manually adjust which team members are assigned to each work item or role.

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