Customer Center

Customer Center

 The Customers Page in the Web App

The Customers page lets you manage customers and review customer information, create sales transactions for a particular customer, and also import and export your customer records. 
The Customers page of the Web app

Managing Customers

You can search customers by name, company, phone number, and email using the search field at the top of the page. It is also possible to sort the list of customers by clicking on the necessary column's name.

To create a new customer, click Plus .

To edit an existing customer or view their details, click dropdown icon  in the Action column, then click Edit.


 You can't delete a customer in HandiFox, but you can make them inactive if you no longer need this customer record. To do this, select Make Inactive in the Actions column. If the customer has any sub-customers - they will also be made inactive.

 You can show inactive customers on the list by clicking Settings  and checking the Include Inactive checkbox.


To create a new transaction for a specific customer (Invoice, Sales Order, etc.) select the apropriate action in the Actions column.

Finally, to view existing transactions for a given customer, you can select Transactions in the Actions column. This will take you to the Sales Transactions page with the filter set to the customer you selected.

Importing and Exporting Customers

To export your current list of customers, click Export at the top of the page. You can export either to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, or a CSV (comma-separated values) spreadsheet for improved compatibility.

To import new customers into the system, click Import and choose a file to import from (it can be an Excel spreadsheet or a CSV file). Click Next. On the next screen you can set what fields will be populated from what columns in the spreadsheet. HandiFox will try to determine this automatically based on column names, but you should review the list yourself and make sure everything is correct. Click Next and wait for HandiFox to process the file. On the next screen you will see the full list of all records to be imported. If any of them has errors, hover your mouse over the "Error" label to see what the problem is. Finally, click Import to add all eligible customer records into HandiFox. 

 The Import function is only available in Standalone Mode (not connected to a QuickBooks Online company file).


The Customer Center in the Mobile App

Your customer list, as well as sales-related operations, are available from the Sales tab, which can be accessed by tapping Sales at the bottom of the mobile app.

Sales Tab in the Mobile App

 “Optima” or "Prosubscription plan and the “Sales” permission for the app user are required in order to access this screen.

Here you can see your customers and their open balances, review their detailed information, edit it and create new customers.

To find a customer, you can either scroll through the list of all customers, or enter the beginning of their name in the Look for Customer field. Shortly after you stop typing, the list will be populated with all matching customer records. You can also use the barcode scanner to scan the customer name into this field for quicker selection (requires a barcode containing the customer's name).

 Below the Look for Customer field you can find a few filtering buttons: by default, all Active customers are listed. Tap Open Balance to show only customers with open balances or open (unfulfilled) sales orders. It is also possible to include inactive customers on the list by tapping All.

Listed customers can also be sorted alphabetically or by total balance by tapping the respective column's name.

To review or edit customer's details, such as contact name or phone number, tap a customer and tap Edit in the pop-up window. Use the tabs at the top to go to different sections of the customer's info. When you are done, tap  to apply your changes, or press the back button to leave without saving.
To create a new customer, tap Plus  near the Look for Customer field, then fill in their information throughout the tabs, and tap Save .
You can access Sales Orders and Invoices for all customers at once by switching to the respective tabs inside the Sales tab. 





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