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For X Dispatch 20.0 or newer. See here for older versions. 

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Customer types do not have any default values so that you can customize this for your business. Examples include "Legal", "Medical" or "Retail" and can be used to group together customers for custom reporting. See How to download more Finds to your system for more information.

Customer types are set up in Maintenance Customer Types.

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Field NameDescription
Customer TypeDescription of customer type.
IDUnique numerical ID for customer type.Customer TypeDescription of customer type.

How to Add a Customer Type

  1. Go to Maintenance Customer Types.
  2. Click the Image Added button.
  3. Enter a Customer Type ID.
  4. Enter a Customer Type.
  5. Click the save icon. 

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  1. Click the arrow next to the New button, or press Alt + N keys. 
  2. Select Customer Type.

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How to Edit a Customer

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Changing the Customer Type ID will break the link in
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This will also update any customer record using that type, and the customer type will no longer show up on the customer record. that uses this customer type.

  1. Go to Maintenance > Customer Types.
  2. Click the Customer Typethe customer type you would like to editedit or right-click the row and select Edit

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    This will also update any customer record that uses this customer type.

    Click the save icon after edit is complete
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    The right-click menu option Open in New Window will open the edit form in a window that can be moved around.


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How to Delete a Customer Type

  1. Go to Maintenance Customer Types.
  2. Click on the box to the left of the Customer Type IDcustomer type you would like to delete.
  3. Click the delete icon.

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Customer Types in X Dispatch

There is a Customer Type field in the customer record General tab. Use the drop down to select from your customer types.

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User Permissions for Customer Types

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  1. Go to Maintenance > Permissions.
  2. Select a user by double clicking on the User ID
  3. Click the + next to the checkbox for Maintenance Functions.
  4. Click the + next to the checkbox for Customer Types.
  5. Check the box for Customer Types and and/or Edit Customer Types. 

Removing Customer Type Permissions

Follow the steps above to uncheck the boxes.

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