GovSearchAI Connector User Guide

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Change Summary

Release Date

Release Version

Change Description

Link

30th May, 2024

2024.2

Account Connector changes such as Auto-matched Accounts, manual matching using Score suggestions or search results, and Low-confidence matching

Connect Agency to GovSearchAI

Introduction

GovSearchAI is a solution built for government contractors to streamline federal data management, and reporting, and gain more actionable intel. GovSearchAI does this by centralizing real-time federal data directly from sources such as USA Spending and Federal Procurement Data Systems (FPDS). After installation, GovSearchAI data and functionality from these sources are available on multiple objects in your CRM org, including Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities.

GovSearchAI transforms the way capture and Proposal managers do business and simplifies Partner and competitor analysis. It enables government contractors to more efficiently access, analyze, and make decisions on federal data with enhanced automation.

Features

  • Real-time Data : Real-time Data: GovSearchAI pulls data directly from federal sources such as USAspending and GovSearch and transforms it into actionable intelligence.

  • Pre-built Dashboards & Reporting: Gain a comprehensive view of your business with pre-built dashboards for Opportunity and Account analysis, reporting, and 360-degree data visibility. These dashboards cater to the entire business development life cycle, and address critical questions about market size, Opportunity qualification, competitive positioning, and partner profiling.

  • Advanced Filtering: Refine your data analysis with filters by Agency, Sub-Agency, Office Spending, NAICS Codes, Product/Service Codes (PSCs), and more.

  • CRM Integration: GovSearchAI seamlessly integrates with leading CRM systems for a unified workflow.

Benefits

  • GovSearchAI equips you with actionable intelligence to make informed decisions quickly.

  • Enables you to evaluate more Opportunities in less time with centralized data and improved visibility.

  • Helps you track profiles of partners and competitors resulting in ease of trend analysis on agency spending, with automated feeds for contract and competitor data.

  • Provides you with the ability to view spending data in the context of actual Opportunities in a logical and easier-to-process format, which is also conducive to the Government contracting process.

  • Enables you to efficiently explore data and uncover valuable insights with advanced filtering capabilities.

Audience

  • GovSearchAI Users

Prerequisites

  • Ensure that GovSearchAI Connector and TechnoMile Growth Suite are already installed and configured. The versions of these packages must be 2026.1 or higher.

Connect Agency to GovSearchAI

Auto-matching Accounts

  1. Log in to your Microsoft Dynamics instance.

  2. Click TechnoMile Growth.
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  3. Go to Accounts and select New

    NOTE

    Alternatively, you can navigate to an existing Account record to view the auto-matched details.

  4. Enter the Account Name, Phone number, and Website, and then select Save.


    The Account record is created.

Observations:

  • Based on the Account Name, the Account is auto-matched with a record from GovSearchAI using fuzzy logic.The fuzzy logic searches the records in GovSearchAI and identifies potential matches with a matching score. The record with the highest matching score is automatically matched with the created record in CRM.

  • The details of the matched record are retrieved from GovSearchAI and mapped to the corresponding fields in the CRM system for display.

Unmatching an Auto-matched Account

If the auto-matched Account is not the correct match for your Account in Dynamics, you can unmatch it and then match it to the Account of your choice.

  1. Navigate to an Account record for which you want to remove the existing match.

  2. Click Unmatch

    The account is unmatched.

Matching Account based on Score Suggestions

  1. Navigate to an unmatched Account record.

  2. Click click here to start the matching process. 

    A list of prospective matches, ordered by the matching score, displays.

  3. Click Match for the record that you consider the best match for this Account.

    The page refreshes and displays the Account record with the newly matched Account information from GovSearchAI.

Matching Account based on Search Results

  1. Navigate to an unmatched Account record.

  2. Click click here to start the matching process. A list of prospective matches ordered by the matching score displays.

  3. In the search bar, enter the search text and select the search icon. 

    The records that match the search text are displayed.

  4. Click Match against the record you consider is the best match for the Account. 

    The page is refreshed to display the Account record with newly matched Account information from GovSearchAI. 

  1. Navigate to an unmatched Account record.

  2. Click click here to start the matching process. A list of prospective matches ordered by the matching score displays.

  3. In the search bar, enter the search text and click the search icon. 

    If no records match the search text, the following page is displayed. 

Portal Punch-out Buttons

Agency

  1. Go to Accounts and open an account.

  2. On the Agency record page, click View Agency in GovSearchAI.

    The Agency Details page opens in the GovSearchAI portal. 

  3. Return to the accounts page. To open the corresponding pages in GovSearchAI, select Opportunity, Contacts, Contract Vehicles, or Awards.
    For example, select Opportunities.

    The Opportunities for the account open in GovSearchAI.

Vendor

  1. Navigate to a Vendor account record.

  2. Click View Vendor in GovSearchAI.  

    The Vendor Details page opens in the GovSearchAI portal. 

  3. Return to the vendor accounts page. To open the corresponding pages in GovSearchAI, select Awards, Contract Vehicles, or Hierarchy.

    For example, select Awards.

    The Awards for the account open in GovSearchAI.

Connect Opportunity to GovSearchAI

  1. Go to Opportunities and navigate to an Opportunity record. 

  2. Select the GSAI tab.

  3. Select TM Opportunities

    The system displays a list of matching records.

  4. Select the correct record and select Match to CRM.

    The opportunity is matched.

  5. To unmatch the opportunity, select Unmatch from CRM.

  1. Go to Opportunities and navigate to an Opportunity Record.

  2. Select the GSAI tab.

  3. Select NoticesIQ.

  4. Use the search bar and filters to find a specific opportunity record.

    Sort the records as needed.

  5. Select the correct record and select Match to CRM. 

    The opportunity is matched.

Opportunity Overview Tab

Portal Punch-out Buttons

  1. On the matched Opportunity record, select View Opportunity in GovSearchAI.

    The Opportunity Details page opens in the GovSearchAI portal.

    To unmatch an Opportunity, select Unmatch from CRM.