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Customers
Customers is the master record list for shipping customers. Create and maintain customer records here before using them on shipping orders or leasing records.
Access: Orders -> Shipping -> Customers
What This Page Controls
The Customers page owns the customer master record. Use it to maintain:
- Customer name and contact details
- One stored address block per record
- Price Level, Discount, Terms, and Currency
- Ship Via default
- Sales Representative, Supplier, and related customer fields
- Record status through the Discontinued flag
For shipping-order entry and fulfillment, see Shipping Orders. For lease recipient usage, see Leasing.
Find and Filter Customers
The list page supports these built-in controls:
| Control | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Status | Filter between Active and Discontinued records |
| Primary Locations | Filter by parent customer/location grouping |
| Supplier | Filter by associated supplier |
| Search fields | Search by ID, Name, Contact, Phone, Payment Info, and Notes |
The list also supports sortable columns and export links for print, CSV, and XLSX output.
The View column opens the contact list tied to that customer record.
Customer Record Fields
Identity and Contact
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Customer ID | Internal identifier for the record |
| Name | Main customer name |
| Primary Contact | Main order contact |
| Primary Contact Title | Contact title or role |
| Phone | Main phone number |
| Email address | |
| FAX | Fax number |
Address
Each customer record stores one address block:
- Address Line 1
- Address Line 2
- City
- State/Province
- Zip Code
- Country
The page does not provide multi-address management, address history, or address-validation tools.
Pricing and Defaults
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Price Level | Default pricing level used with the customer |
| Discount | Default discount value |
| Terms | Payment terms such as Net30 or Due on Receipt |
| Currency | Customer currency |
| Ship Via | Default ship method or carrier |
Additional Record Fields
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Sales Representative | Assigned employee |
| Supplier | Supplier linked to the customer record |
| Location Of | Parent customer/location relationship |
| Ship To Record | Record flag available on the shared editor |
| Customer Logo | Optional linked logo |
| Payment Info | Free-text payment notes |
| Notes | General notes |
| Discontinued | Hides the record from active lists |
Add and Maintain Customers
Add a Customer
- Open Orders -> Shipping -> Customers.
- Click Add Customer.
- Enter the core customer information.
- Set pricing defaults such as Price Level, Discount, Terms, Currency, and Ship Via.
- Save the record.
Edit a Customer
Open the customer record from the list and update the shared editor fields as needed.
Copy, Rename, and Bulk Edit
The shared customer editor also exposes maintenance actions such as:
- Copy to create a similar record from an existing customer
- Rename to change the customer name through the rename flow
- Bulk Edit to open the grid-style customer editor for wider updates
Discontinue a Customer
Use the Discontinued checkbox on the customer record when the customer should remain in history but no longer appear in active customer lists.
Imports and Exports
The customer list supports print, CSV, and XLSX export from the list view. Customer import and bulk-update support also exists through the system import and edit tools.
Permissions
Customers is protected by the page security for the Customer List page. Adding and modifying customer records also depends on the Create/Modify Customer table permission.
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