The Active Pipeline view is by default your starting page when you log in to Membrain. Here you can see a visual overview of the health of your pipeline, which stage each sales project is at within a sales process, how healthy each sales project is, along with lots more useful information at a glance.
Watch this short video for an overview of the Active Pipeline view.
Overview
Quick filters
Options at the top of this view, allow you to choose sales projects you would like to see, by the user or by the team. Choose which process you would like to include, and go even further with filters, sorting, and grouping to give you the exact information you need. More on this below.
You can also use the 4 selections in bold blue text to filter what you want to see.
- Select the sales process (individual sales process or all).
- Select any filter you wish to apply or create a new filter.
- Sort By name, probability, value, etc.
- Group the information to clear sections (user/team, closing date, etc).
Summary of the pipeline
Below this, you will find a line of text that shows you the number of sales projects, total value, and weighted value for the sales projects shown. To learn more about how Membrain calculates the weighted pipeline, read this article about Membrain Terminology.
Options
To the right, you can create a new sales project, Find a project within this view, toggle between the project list view and the Active pipeline view, create and load saved Views, and from the more menu Click to see a helpful Pipeline Status summary.
Sales Projects and Stages
Each stage of your Sales Process is represented by the columns you see in this view. And each Sales Project is represented by a box with relevant information. These sales projects move through the pipeline from left to right, passing through each stage of the process from beginning to end of your sales cycle.
Preview on Hover
When you're in the Active Pipeline view, you can hover over the Sales Project name to see a snapshot of the most important information tied to it.
The information shown in the view is easily customizable allowing you to choose which information is displayed and in what order. Administrators can customize this view. Click here to learn how.
Color coding - what does it mean?
The colors that you see in the Active Pipeline are important and help you understand what the health of a sales project is, at a glance
There are 3 different alerts that can be triggered, based on rules in your process, and on the steps themselves. These settings are configured by your administrator on setup.
Blue Puzzle Piece - coaching advice is the first level and shows you that something needs to be addressed, even if it is not urgent yet.
The next level is a yellow flag, where quick action is required to address the problem at hand.
The final level is the red flag – this is the most serious of warnings Membrain can give and it should not be ignored. Something very important has been missed that may impact the success of this opportunity or prospect.
The Health Bar
This tool shows the overall health of your Sales Projects. Hovering on the Health Bar gives you a preview of the health conditions.
Clicking on one of the health conditions applies it as a filter. For instance, if you select "Yellow Flag" from this preview dialog you will only see the Sales Projects that have a Yellow flag as the health condition.
To reset the filter and switch back to see all your Sales Projects, you simply hover on the Health Bar again and click Clear Health Filter.
Additional options
What have you won and archived recently?
Click on the toggle bar to the far right of the stages to see sales projects that you have archived or won over the last 3 months. Hover over the toggle bar to get their statistics at a glance.
What's on its way into your pipeline?
Or click on the toggle bar to the far left of the stages to see your current prospects in a helpful list view. If you know they are ready to enter the pipeline, you can simply drag and drop them from this view into the stage they belong to.