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Customer Record Overview

Understand the structure of a customer record and how to manage customer details, addresses, contacts, pricing, and activity after a customer is created.

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Overview

A customer record is the central place where you manage all information related to a customer. Once a customer is created, additional tabs become available, allowing you to manage addresses, contacts, pricing, documents, and customer activity.

The customer record is designed to be flexible—only basic information is required at creation, and additional details can be added or updated at any time.


When to Use This

Use the customer record to:

  • View and update customer information

  • Manage billing and shipping addresses

  • Add and manage customer contacts

  • Apply customer-specific pricing rules

  • Store files and internal notes

  • View order history for the customer


Customer Record Layout

After a customer is created, the customer record includes the following tabs:

  • Details

  • Addresses

  • Contacts

  • Pricing rules

  • Attachments

  • Memos

  • Orders

Each tab serves a specific purpose and can be updated independently.


Details Tab

The Details tab contains the core configuration and internal information for the customer.

Notes

  • Notes – Internal notes visible only to your team

  • Alert notes – Important warnings (for example, credit holds or special instructions)

    • Alert notes are shown during order creation


Pricing & Sales

  • Price list – Default pricing source for this customer

  • Discount (%) – Applied to all sales orders

  • Sales rep – Assigned representative


Financial & Tax Settings

  • Payment terms

  • Tax rate

  • Tax exempt number

  • Accounting or QuickBooks class (if enabled)


Ordering Rules

  • Minimum order amount

  • Minimum order quantity

These rules apply when creating sales orders for the customer.


Shipping Preferences

  • Preferred carrier

  • Shipping terms

  • Shipping method

  • Service level

These settings act as defaults during order fulfillment.


Notifications

Control whether the customer receives:

  • Shipment notifications

  • Sales order notifications

  • Invoice notifications


Templates

Set default document templates for this customer, including:

  • Sales Orders

  • Invoices

  • Invoice receipts

  • Packing lists

  • Quotes


Portal Access

  • Enable or disable B2B portal access

  • Assign a B2B catalogue (if applicable)


Custom Fields

  • Custom fields are defined by your organization

  • Availability and labels may vary by account

  • Only complete fields relevant to your workflow


Addresses Tab

Use the Addresses tab to manage billing, shipping, and other customer locations.

You can:

  • Add multiple addresses

  • Set primary billing and shipping addresses

  • Mark addresses as billing, shipping, or residential


Contacts Tab

Use the Contacts tab to store people associated with the customer.

You can:

  • Add multiple contacts

  • Assign contact roles (Primary, Order, Invoice, Shipment)

  • Update contact information at any time


Pricing Rules Tab

The Pricing rules tab allows you to define customer-specific pricing logic.

Typical use cases include:

  • Special pricing agreements

  • Customer-specific pricing overrides

  • Advanced pricing scenarios


Attachments Tab

Use Attachments to store files related to the customer, such as:

  • Contracts

  • Credit applications

  • Compliance documents

  • Reference files


Memos Tab

The Memos tab is used for internal, time-based notes related to the customer.

Common uses include:

  • Logging important conversations

  • Recording account changes

  • Tracking special instructions


Orders Tab

The Orders tab displays all orders associated with the customer.

From here, you can:

  • View order history

  • Access individual sales orders

  • Review customer activity over time


What’s Next

Once you understand the customer record layout, you can:

  • Create a Customer

  • Update a Customer

  • Add and Manage Addresses

  • Add and Manage Contacts

These actions allow you to fully configure and manage customer information over time.

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