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[Customer management]

Introduction

The [Contacts] table contains the full list of contacts for the print shop. You can manage the customer's details from this workspace.

NOTE

Adding a new contact only creates an entry in this list.

In order for the new contact to be able to submit a job or to monitor the status of a job, the contact has to activate the customer account. Use the [Send activation request] function to send the invitation email.

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List of fields in [Contacts]

The following table describes the available fields in the [Contacts] list.

Field name

Description

[Contact name]

The customer's name.

[Email address]

The customer's email address.

[Status]

Status of the customer's account. Can be one of:

  • [Unregistered] - invitation was sent, but the account was not yet created or the customer account was deleted..

  • [Inactive] - account was created, but the customer did not yet click the activation link.

  • [Active] - the customer already activated the account.

  • [Deactivated] - account was created, but it is currently not active.

The flag is added to the status of the customer when the invitation was sent to the customer's email address.

[Company]

Company.

This field is optional.

[Service Terms]

Date of the accepting the web shop's terms and conditions.

NOTE

The content of this field is reset each time you upload a new document containing the new terms and conditions for using the web shop. Any user with the "Administrator" role can do this, in the [Shop design] workspace.

Available actions in the [Contacts]

The selected entry in the [Contacts] list has a number of possible actions available. The number of actions depends on the customer identity status.

Action

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Description

[Delete identities]

Deletes the login identities for the selected customer.

The customer account is not deleted.

NOTE

This operation is only available for customer accounts with [Active] status.

This action results in the user receiving the status [Unregistered].

[Delete contact]

Deletes the selected customer account. The application will request a confirmation before.

This operation is not reversible.

NOTE

Jobs belonging to this account with the status [New], [Incoming] or [Completed] will also be deleted.

If the customer has jobs with any other status ([Processing jobs] ), the operation will fail.

[Send activation request]

Opens the operating system default e-mail application. A new e-mail message containing a temporary activation link is presented for review before sending.

[Activate the contact]

Allows the customer account to access the application.

Only available for [Inactive] accounts.

This operation is reversible.

[Deactivate the contact]

Prohibits the customer account from accessing the application.

Only available for [Active] accounts.

This operation is reversible.

[Backup user data]

Creates a summary of the customer's activity. The data is collected and downloaded on the computer in .ZIP format. The archive bears the user's name. Inside of this archive you will find:

  • one file (jobs.json) containing the jobs belonging to this customer

  • one file (user-profile.json) containing user personal information ([Contact name], [Email address] and [Company] )

  • one folder for each job containing

    • the input .PDF file

    • the PDL model in .JSON format (only if changes done in the Job Editor were saved)

    • [Support file], if present