Auto shop businesses. Editing customers with different cars

[Realeboha_Mohlalisi]

@Abu_Hasan this is how they appear.

First customer details followed by his/her vehicle details.

[archybee]

Why do you want an account for each car?

[VACUUMDOG]

How would it be creating a text custom field called for example Rego, and placing it as a line item in sales invoice?

Giving you

[Abu_Hasan]

Configuring Vehicle Details on Sales Invoices

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Step 1: Add the VEHICLE SERVICED custom field

1. Go to Settings > Custom Fields > Text Custom Fields.

2. Click New Custom Field.

3. Set Name to VEHICLE SERVICED, choose Type = Paragraph text, Size = Medium.

4. Check Show custom field on printed documents and Show at the top of printed documents.

5. Click Save.

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Step 2: Add the Make/Model custom field

1. Go to Settings > Custom Fields > Text Custom Fields.

2. Click New Custom Field.

3. Set Name to Make/Model, choose Type = Single Line text, Size = Medium.

4. In the Description field, write <b>.

5. Click Save.

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Step 3: Insert vehicle placeholders into the customer address

1. Open the customer record you want to track vehicles for.

2. Edit the Address, then insert the following HTML snippet:

   <p style="display: none;">
     VEHICLE 1 DETAILS
     VEHICLE 2 DETAILS
     VEHICLE 3 DETAILS
   </p>
   

3. Save the customer.

Note: The address section won’t display these values until you populate them on an invoice.

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Step 4: Populate vehicle details when creating an invoice

1. Create a new Sales Invoice.

2. Select the customer you updated in Step 3.

3. In the address block, copy the VEHICLE DETAILS.

4. Paste those values into the Custom Fields box at the bottom of the invoice.

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Step 5: Reposition the custom fields on your invoice layout

1. From the Sales Invoices tab, click Edit Columns.

2. Check Make/Model.

3. Drag it into your desired order.

4. Click Save.

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Once complete, each Sales Invoice will display the VEHICLE SERVICED

and Make/Model alongside customer in sales invoice table—allowing you to record and track multiple cars owned by the same customer.

[Realeboha_Mohlalisi]

@Abu_Hasan interesting i will try it right away and see if i love it or solve my issue

[Realeboha_Mohlalisi]

@archybee please understand my concern here. Read my post from the beginning

[Realeboha_Mohlalisi]

This is the view of how i creat account for my customer’s information and their vehicles

Down here is how i create a job card in sale’s order. I use sale’s orders as my job cards i changed there theme.

Down here it’s how it appears

Here is how my invoices look like.

So am going to try and use your plan and see if it works for me @Abu_Hasan