Searching for an Existing Contact
Use the Service Contact window to search for existing contacts. From this window, you can view contact information, phone numbers, locations that a contact is assigned to, as well as contracts that the contact is assigned to.
To search for an existing contact:
- Select Cards > Service Management > Contact Management.
- In the Service Contact Management window, select/enter criteria into any of the following fields:
- Contact Type
- Contact Name
- Phone
- Show All Phone Numbers
- Email Address
- City
- ZIP Code
- Customer
- Location
- After you enter or select data, tab off the field, and the search is performed.
- Mark Show All Phone Numbers to display all phone numbers assigned to a contact. When marked, the contact and each phone number display on a separate line. An asterisk * displays next to the Primary phone number.
- The scrolling window at the bottom displays the search results and includes the following information:
- Contact Name
- Phone Number
- Phone Type
- Email Address
- Role Type
- Address
- City
- State
- Zip
- Contact Type
- You can right-click on a line and select the following from the context menu:
- View Contact
Opens the Contact Setup window. You can edit the contact information. See Creating a Contact for field information. - View Phone Numbers
Opens the Contact Phone Numbers window. You can add/edit the phone numbers associated with the contact. Mark the Primary Number checkbox to indicate the contact's primary phone number. - View Contact Locations
Opens the Contact Locations window that displays the locations that the contact is assigned to. - View Contact Contracts
Opens the Contact Contracts window that displays the contracts the customer is assigned to.
- View Contact
- If the contact search does not provide you with an existing contact, you can create the contact by selecting the New Contact button.
Buttons on This Window
- Clear All
Select this button to clear all the fields in this window. - Clear Customer
Select this button to clear the Customer field. Any search results related to the Customer field will also be cleared. - Redisplay
Select this button to redisplay the search results. Typically the results display after you've tabbed off a field. - New Contact
Select this button to open the Contact Setup window. See Creating a Contact.