Everyone can need a little nudge in the right direction at times. Security is paramount; configuration is key!
Test your own software not only with SuperOffice CRM Online but also with frequently used 3rd-party software.
You must implement a polling service that periodically checks for the latest events and then process accordingly. We don't support trigger-based calls from your application when events happen in SuperOffice.
- We recommend that each application either use REST or SOAP. Don't mix multiple APIs in the same application.
- Check online tenant status: All applications should leverage the tenant status page to ensure their applications successfully access tenant resources.
- Remember to set the visibility of new web panels. Set the appropriate user group and heading options.
Keep your application and data secure
- Ensure your application uses the latest version of SuperOffice SOAP end-points. Request a version update.
- Authenticate with OpenID Connect. Validate the tokens you receive back from SuperOffice CRM Online.
- Enable logging in your application. Keep logs for a minimum of 3 months.
- Both you and SuperOffice are required to log network communications.
- You may be required to provide your log files for security analysis at any time.
- Deny network traffic over non-secured connections.
- Establish secure coding practices appropriate to the programming language and development environment being used.
User interaction and design
Be consistent
- Either use Microsoft Windows standard looks, or copy the SuperOffice CRM looks, but don’t mix the two.
- Avoid having different modes on the same display.
Be action-oriented
- Use buttons to indicate actions.
- In dialogs, place buttons along the bottom ordered like this: Task - OK - Cancel.
- Deactivate buttons that have no effect.
- Example: the Save button cannot be clicked until the user has changed something.
- Provide explanatory tooltips for deactivated fields and buttons.
- Prefer selecting from a drop-down list to typing in a text field.
- Provide history or autocomplete if possible.
Use progressive disclosure
- Use a tooltip to show additional information on a list item.
- Hide unnecessary details behind a MORE button.
- Hide actions that are used infrequently behind a TASK menu button.
- Avoid nesting tabs – multiple tab layers are confusing.
Read about effective visual design.
Stay informed and share information
- Sign up for email notifications in the forums to learn about changes that might affect your application.
- Provide feedback to the user if an operation takes time to complete.
- Example: In SuperOffice CRM Online, a cogwheel indicates that a background task is running
- Offer easy access to a knowledge base or to support pages from your application.
- Provide SuperOffice with URLs to your application documentation. Links to the documentation will appear in the App Store.