Account Contacts are viewed in Account / Communication / Contacts
Guides in this article:
Overview
Contacts contain contact details for various personnel related to the account (account administrators, billing contacts, technical contacts, on-site contacts, etc.). From this screen you can add and remove these contacts or modify their contact details.
Contacts Panel
The Contacts panel towards the left of this screen allows you to select existing contacts on the account in order to view or edit the contact details in the Edit Contact panel (shown when a contact is selected). Actions are also available in this panel which are shown as icons above the Filter text box. The available actions are described below.
Actions
Icon | Description |
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Deletes the selected contact | |
Adds a new contact |
Edit Contact Panel
The information in this panel reflects the currently selected contact. From here you can change contact details (fields will display a red left border if a value is required and purple text if the field is read-only and cannot be modified).
Contact Fields and Options:
First Name: the contact's given name
Last Name: the contact's surname
Title: the contact's title (Mr. Mrs., etc.)
Company: the company the contact works for
Contact Type: the role the contact fills in relation to the account
Use Address for Taxing: this option will only appear on billing contacts. When enabled this setting will cause the physical address of the billing contact to be used to determine what taxes to apply to service charges, provided no service contact exists on the account. If a service contact is setup on the account that contact's address will be used and this setting will be ignored
Address tab
Use Company Address: use the address of the company selected in the 'Company' field
Country: the country that the contact resides in
Address 1: the address of the contact
Address 2: secondary address information (floor number, room number)
City: the city that the contact resides in
State/Province: the state or province that the contact resides in
Zip Code: the postal/zip code for the address
Tax Jurisdiction Code: this field will only appear when AvaTax is configured and functional. The code is automatically determined by AvaTax based on the address entered and is used to determine what taxes to apply to service charges. Jurisdiction codes are only evaluated on service or billing contacts, tax jurisdiction codes on other contact types are not used when determining taxes
Info tab
Select Info to Add: allows you to add new contact details (cell number, email address, etc.)
Guides
Adding Contacts
Under the Contacts heading on the left click the icon
The Add New Contact pop-up will load, on this screen pick the type of contact you are adding to the account then click Add
In the Add Contact panel enter the contacts details (name, company, etc.)
On the Info tab click the Select Info to Add field to select a specific contact detail you wish to add (cell phone, email address, etc.) then click + New
On the pop-up that appears supply the contact information and click Add
Repeat the process of adding contact details until you have the contact information you require
Click on the Address tab
If required/desired populate the contact's address details or select Use Company Address (if the contact's address is exactly the same as the address entered for their company)
Click Save to add the contact to the account
Editing Contacts
Under the Contact heading on the left click the contact you wish to edit
Under the Edit Contact heading on the right modify the contact details
Click Save when finished making changes
Deleting Contacts
Select the contact you wish to delete in the list on the left under the Contacts heading
Under the same Contacts heading click the icon
On the confirmation dialog click Yes to confirm that the selected contact should be deleted from the account