Accounts & Contacts

Managing customers, contacts, notes, tags.

The Account Dashboard Tour
Updated 15 hours ago accountsdashboardnavigationorientation

A guided tour of the account dashboard — the page where 80% of customer-related work happens. Every section explained, with recommendations for how to use each.

Searching and Filtering Accounts and Contacts
Updated 15 hours ago accountscontactssearchfilters

How to find the right account or contact fast — when to use the global search bar, when to use the list filters, and how tags fit in.

Accounts vs. Service Locations vs. Assets
Updated 11 hours ago accountsassetsservice-locationsdata-model

Three 'place' concepts in Suprata that all sound similar but model different things. Getting the distinction right is the difference between a CRM that scales and one that hurts.

Cleaning Up Duplicate Accounts
Updated 15 hours ago accountscontactsdata-cleanupduplicates

Duplicate accounts fragment a customer's history across two records. There's no one-click merge — here's the safe manual procedure that won't lose data.

Tagging Accounts and Contacts Well
Updated 15 hours ago accountscontactstagsorganization

Tags are the most flexible way to slice your customer base — but they're also the easiest thing to wreck. Here's a tag taxonomy that stays useful past month two.

Account Notes and When to Use Each Type
Updated 15 hours ago accountsnotesaicommunication

Notes, tags, and the activity log all record information on an account — but they're for different things. Here's the rule for which to reach for, and how AI-summarized notes fit in.

Working with Property Managers (One Contact, Many Accounts)
Updated 15 hours ago accountscontactsproperty-managersmulti-account

When the same person manages dozens of properties, each with its own bill, the right setup is one Contact attached to many Accounts. Here's the pattern and the gotchas.

Account Credits — Issuing, Applying, and Refunding
Updated 15 hours ago accountscreditsbillingrefunds

Credits are owed-to-the-customer dollars on file. Here's when to issue one, how to apply it to an invoice, when to refund instead, and how the audit trail works.