Entering Customers

The following instructions walk you through adding customers to the database.

  1. From the main "Job Tracking" tab, click on either the [CUSTOMER] icon from the Create/Edit section of the screen, or on the "Customer" link located in the row of links below the main program navigation tabs. The Customer List screen opens.
  2. The fields at the top of the screen allow you to specify how you would like the list of displayed customers to be sorted. When returning to this screen, the list will automatically display based on the default sort settings. Click on the [DISPLAY] icon to bring up a list of customers currently in the database. Click on [ADD] to enter a new customer.
  3. Enter a Name for the customer as you would like it to appear in the software.
  4. Enter a Customer ID. This ID is used in various sections of the program.
  5. The Export Code is used when exporting customer information from TimeForce II to external payroll management software.
  6. Enter the customer’s address into the appropriate address fields.
  7. Enter a Primary Contact, Phone number and Email address.
  8. Enter a Secondary Contact, Phone number and Email address.
  9. Select the Billable option if hours worked on a job that this customer is assigned to are to be billed to the customer.
  10. Click on the [CREATE] icon to add the customer.

Each customer is displayed on the main Customer List screen. Click on the link under the Name column to edit customer information. Click on the icon_delete.jpg icon to inactivate a customer. Inactive customers are not used by the system, but are retained for later reactivation.

Related Topics

  • Once customer records have been inserted, customer notes can be added. See Customer Notes more information.
  • Customers are assigned directly to your Job Profiles. See Creating Job Profiles for more information.

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