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Customers

Find a household, see its history, and put it in the right water district.

Open Customers in the sidebar. Each row is one household (an address), not a person. Owners and office staff can see it.

How to find a customer

Type in Search by address, name, phone or email. The list shows the name, address, contact, the last test and its result, how many tests, and what's next:

  • Booked: a job is open.
  • Due <date>: a year after the last test. It is highlighted when it is due within 45 days.

A household is added when a customer books, when a phone booking comes in, or when you add a job.

The customer sheet

Click a row to open the sheet. It shows:

  • the phone, email, customer since, and what they have paid to date;
  • Autopay: whether the household is on Autopilot, with a Turn off or Turn on button (see Autopilot, the yearly plan);
  • access notes;
  • Water district (see below);
  • HOA or contractor site, if you have client accounts (see HOAs, contractors and commercial sites);
  • Assemblies on file;
  • Coming up: open jobs;
  • History: every job, visit, result, payment, and every email, text or notice sent, newest first. A held message shows why it was held.

How to check a household's water district

Every report is filed with the district that serves the address. A new household is placed in its district from the map. The Water district section shows the district and its filing email, with a badge:

BadgeMeaning
Matched from the mapThe address is well inside one district's boundary.
Near a boundary — checkThe address is near an edge, or in more than one district.
No filing emailThe district has no email on record. Filings are held.
Address not confirmedNobody has confirmed the district's filing address yet.
  • If the district is right, click Confirm.
  • If it is wrong, click Change, type the district's name and pick it.
  • If none is set, filings are held until it is. Click Set.

A district you confirmed or picked is never changed by the map again. A filing to a household Near a boundary — check is held until you confirm it.

Not available yet

  • Editing a customer's name, phone or email from this sheet.

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