Hardfin user guide
  • Welcome
  • Getting started
    • Start from scratch in 5 min
    • Start with existing data in 30 min
  • Core modules
  • Get set up (configure)
    • Customers
    • Locations
    • Products
      • Manage product fields
    • Parts
  • Source and build (warehouse)
    • Shipments
    • Inventory
    • Assemblies
  • Run your business (field)
    • Assets
      • Move assets
      • Manage asset metadata
      • Scrap assets at end of life
    • Projects
      • Manage project line items
      • Manage project time and costs
      • Manage project renewals
    • Assignments
  • Billing
  • Monitor the details
    • Search
    • Reporting
    • Notifications
    • Audit log
  • Manage your account
    • Account
    • Organization
      • User management
    • Integrations
  • Advanced Options
    • Sandbox
    • API access
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  • List all customers
  • View individual customer details
  • Create a customer
  • Edit a customer
  • Archive a customer
  1. Get set up (configure)

Customers

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A customer is an individual or company that purchases from you. If you sell through distributors, the customer may be your distributor or the end customer, depending on your business model.

Understand customer relationships

A customer can be associated with many locations, where assets can be located. A single customer can have multiple locations, which helps in tracking where assets are located and where services are provided. (A single location can belong to only one customer.)

List all customers

To see a list of all customers, navigate to the . Here you will see a table with customer names, associated locations, how many assets a customer has on location, and information about owned assets.

Use the search or filter options to refine the customer list.

View individual customer details

To view the full details of a customer, click the customer's name in the customer list:

A customer detail page will appear showing the complete customer details:

The customer detail page is oriented to give a comprehensive overview of the customer's business with you:

  • Customer value - the and of the customer

  • Projects summary - a summary of active, upcoming, and past projects for the customer

  • Assets - breakdown of assets and

  • Sites - breakdown of customer locations by and status

The page also includes a billing summary for the customer across all the customer's projects.

Finally, this page includes detailed views to access the following information related to your customer record:

  • Projects - projects that are related to this customer

  • Locations - locations that belong to this customer

  • Assets on location - a list of assets that are located at this customer's locations

  • Assets owned - a list of assets that are owned by this customer

Note that assets may be at a customer's location even if they are not owned by that customer. This is usually the case for hardware-as-a-service business models.

Also note that assets may be owned by a customer even if they are not at a location owned by that customer. This is usually the case for assets that have been returned for service/repair.

Create a customer

To create an individual customer, click the "Add customer" button and a window will appear. Enter the customer's name and click "Add."

Name is the only field required to create a new customer.

Bulk creation

Edit a customer

To edit a customer, click the pencil icon ✏️ in the customer details window.

A small window will appear to edit the customer's name, billing contact, and billing address:

Archive a customer

To archive a customer that is not yet archived, click the archive icon 👁️‍🗨️ in the customer details window.

A small badge will appear on the customer indicating Archived.

The customer will now be visible in the customer list only when "Archived" is selected.

To unarchive a customer that is already archived, edit the customer and select the unarchive icon 👁️‍🗨️ in the customer details window.

Customer details also include a full of the changes made to the customer over time.

To import customers in bulk, you can , or . For more options, please .

hides the object from the list view and dropdown menus. The object can still be viewed in the list by selecting the "Archived" option. Archived objects still appear in dropdown menus when searched by name.

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Archiving objects
customers page
Customer list view
Link to open customer details
Customer details page
"Add customer" window
Edit customer details button
Edit customer details window
"Archive customer" button
"Archived" badge for a customer
Archived customer view in the customer list
"Unarchive customer" button