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- ===== Scenario 3: Add more contacts or addresses or change default =====+ ===== Scenario 3: Add more contacts or change default =====
  
 If a customer has multiple contact: example contact details of the accounts person, or the secretary, then follow the below steps to add more contact If a customer has multiple contact: example contact details of the accounts person, or the secretary, then follow the below steps to add more contact
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 + ===== Scenario 4: Add more addresses or change default =====
 +
 +If a customer has multiple address: example office address, home address, then follow the below steps to add more address
 +
 +    * **Go to** the **Customer Management** menu
 +    * **Search** for the customer that needs to be modified
 +    * **Open** the customer record
 +
 +You can **search using various filters**: Name, address, mobile, email, or customer id
 +
 +Customer name is also **displayed as a link in Sales order / Invoice**. You can **click on this link** to open the customer detail
 + 
 + ==== Add more address ====
 +After customer record is opened by following above steps
 +
 +  * Go to the tab labeled Contact / Address
 +  * Find the button **Add Address** and click
 +  * This will open a popup
 +  * Fill the following **information**: Address type, Street address, city, country, pincode
 +  * Click **confirm** button in the popup
 +  * Click **Save** on top of the screen to save the changes made to the customer record
 +
 + ==== Edit existing address ====
 +  * Go to the tab labeled Contact / Address
 +  * Find the contact that you want to edit
 +  * Click on the **edit** button (looks like a pen)
 +  * This will open a popup
 +  * Make the necessary changes
 +  * **Change default address**: If you want to change the default address then click on **Set default** for that address in the popup
 +  * Click **confirm** button in the popup
 +  * Click **Save** on top of the screen to save the changes made to the customer record
 +
 +Note: Default address is used for display in the search screen and in the reports and prints
 +
 +
 + ===== Scenario 5: Provide personal details =====
 +    * **Go to** the **Customer Management** menu
 +    * **Search** for the customer that needs to be modified
 +    * **Open** the customer record
 +    * Go to the tab labeled Profile
 +    * Provide the details as necessary
 +    * **Birth date**: This information is used by the system to notify about an upcoming birthday
 +    * Provide **other personal details**: Marriage date, zodiac, gender etc as necessary to provide a service to the customer
 +
 +**Note**: It is important to get the consent of the customer to record the personal details
 +
 + ==== Alternate option for quick edit ====
 +    * **Go to** the **Customer Management** menu
 +    * **Search** for the customer that needs to be modified
 +    * In the account name column: Click on the **Edit button** next to the name
 +    * This will open a popup to edit: **General details, Tax and Personal details**
 +    * In the Personal Details tab: You can provide the birth date, and other personal details
 +    * Make changes as necessary and click **Confirm** to save
 +
 +
 + ===== Scenario 6: Mark customer as duplicate =====
 +
 +When a duplicate customer is created, or you find a duplicate entry from the past data
 +
 +Follow the below steps to mark the customer as duplicate:
 +
 +  * Identify which customer record you want to be mark as duplicate and which will become the main
 +  * Search the customer you want to mark as duplicate
 +  * Click on the **Edit button** next to the name in the search screen to open quick editor popup
 +  * In the popup you will see the label: **Parent Id.**
 +  * In Parent Id, select the main customer.
 +  * Click on **Confirm** button
 +
 +Note: Duplicate entry will disappear from the main search screen and it will show under "Duplicate" section of the search screen
 +
 +
 + ===== Scenario 7: Mark customer as inactive =====
 +
 +If a customer is inactive for any reason and you do not wish to deal with it further. You cannot delete the record as it will affect existing sales / leads entry. Instead of deleting the customer the better way is to change the status of the customer. 
 +
 +Follow the steps below to change the customer status:
 +    * **Go to** the **Customer Management** menu
 +    * **Search** for the customer that needs to be modified
 +    * **Open** the customer record
 +    * Go to the tab labeled General
 +    * Next to the label **Status**, there is an arrow, click on it
 +    * Choose the status that is appropriate: Inactive, Expired, Not interested, etc
 +    * and then Click **Save** button on top
 +
 +This customer will not appear while making a new Sales / Leads entry
 +
 +
 + ===== Important Data Points =====
 +
 +  * Account Name should be correct as per the legal requirement
 +  * If Account Name belongs to company, set **Is Company** to yes
 +  * If the Account is company, then **tax id** is important.
 +  * Name of the Account must match with the name in Odoo, otherwise it will cause problem with synching with Odoo and with accounting reports.
 +  * Birth date is important to maintain a relation with the customer
  
erp-manual/cloud/relation/customer.1768729391.txt.gz · Last modified: 2026/01/18 09:43 by Kalpesh Popat