Explain the status converted in leads

[seeni2006]

Hi There, Could any one tell me difference between converted status in leads.Lead gets converted in two ways without creating opportunity & Accounts and vice versa.Could any one brief me on this.Please.It would be a great help indeed!!

[andydreisch]

Hi seeni2006, the Lead status field can be manually set to "Converted" at any time. In this case, the "Converted" status is purely notational and not determined by any system activity.

However, using the Lead conversion process, which creates a Contact from the Lead and optionally allows the creation of associated Account and Opportunity records, also sets the Lead status field to "Converted".

So, the difference lies only in whether the field was manually set or set by virtue of the automated conversion process.

Hope this helps.

Andy