Associate activity groups and activity types to activity contexts

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read
  • Add the activity groups and activity types that you created to an activity context, depending on who you want to display the information for.

    Learn more about associating an activity group to an activity context from the following video tutorial.

    Learn more about associating an activity type to an activity context from the following video tutorial.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    An activity context is the person or user who is interacting with the customer service agent. There are two predefined activity contexts: consumer and contact. Add the activity groups and activity types that you created to the activity context, depending on who you want to display the information for.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Customer Central > Customer History > Guided Setup.
    2. Select Get Started under Activity Contexts.
    3. Select Configure beside Activity Context Groups.
    4. Open the contact or consumer record that you want to add your configuration to.
    5. On the Activity Context Groups related list, select New.
    6. Add the activity group.
    7. On the Activity Context Types related list, select New.
    8. Fill out the fields, as required.
      Table 1. Activity context types related list field description
      Field Description
      Activity type Add the activity type.
      Fetch from activities Deselect Fetch from Activities if a business rule isn’t defined for this activity type.
      Filter conditions Add filter criteria to apply filter conditions on the source table.
      Source mapping field Select the field in the Source table that is related to the context.
      Context mapping field Select the field in the Context table to map to the field selected in Source mapping field.
      Advanced mapping Select Advanced Mapping and write a script in the Advanced mapping script field if the source and context mapping isn’t sufficient.
    9. Select Submit.