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8.7.8. Customers

8.7.8.1. Customers by Customer Type
8.7.8.2. Customers by Characteristic

Customer Reports section.

8.7.8.1.  Customers by Customer Type

To view Customers by Customer Type, select the "Customers by Customer Type" option from the "Displays" menu. The following screen will appear:

Customers by Customer Type

When displaying Customers by Customer Type, you are presented with the following options:

All Customer Types

Select to display Customers for all Customer Types.

Selected

Specify Customer Type whose Customers you want to display.

Pattern

Enter a Customer Type pattern to select a range of Customer Types. Refine your search using Regular Expressions.

Show Inactive Customers

Select to show inactive Customers in the display.

Customers

Display lists Customers for specified Customer Type(s).

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

QUERY

Select to generate the display, using the specified parameters.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

Right-clicking on a Customer in the Customer list enables you to select from the following menu options:

Edit

Select to edit the specified item.

View

Select to view the specified item.

Reassign Customer Type

Select to reassign the specified Customer to a different Customer Type.

Export Contents

Export the data displayed on the screen into a plain-text, TAB-delimited file. This file may subsequently be imported into a spreadsheet or other office tool.

8.7.8.2.  Customers by Characteristic

To view Customers by Characteristic, select the "Customers by Characteristic" option from the "Displays" menu. The following screen will appear:

Customers by Characteristic

When displaying Customers by Characteristic, you are presented with the following options:

Characteristic

Select a Characteristic from the list of Characteristics designated as being available for use as Customer Characteristics. If you query with only this field set, you will see a list of all Customers who are either using or are eligible to use this Characteristic (i.e., because their Customer Type supports a Characteristic Profile).

Characteristic is set

Select to include only those Customers with a specific value assigned to the specified Characteristic. If selected, the report will include only those Customers who are using the Characteristic with a defined value.

Value

Enter a Characteristic value to view Customers who have been assigned the Characteristic and value combination.

Value is empty

Select this option to include Customers who are using the specified Characteristic, but with an empty value.

Show Inactive Customers

Select to include inactive Customers in the display.

Customers

Display lists Customers who have been assigned the Characteristic and value combination.

To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:

CLOSE

Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.

QUERY

Select to generate the display, using the specified parameters.

PRINT

Runs the report associated with this screen.

Right-clicking on a Customer in the Customer list enables you to select from the following menu options:

Edit

Select to edit the specified item.

View

Select to view the specified item.

Export Contents

Export the data displayed on the screen into a plain-text, TAB-delimited file. This file may subsequently be imported into a spreadsheet or other office tool.