Customer Service

Customer Search

Why it matters: Search is the starting point for most customer-service work and the required first check before onboarding a new customer.

Search Walkthrough

  1. Open the main sidebar or navigation menu.
  2. Select Search.
  3. Enter the best customer information available.
  4. Review the matching results instead of opening the first result automatically.
  5. Confirm the customer or company name, account number, and service address.
  6. If the account has multiple locations, choose the correct service location.
  7. Open the correct account.

How to Read the Results

A green match, or "likeness" figure, may appear below a result. It estimates how closely the result matches the information entered. It is not the customer's balance, status, or account score. Always verify the identifying details yourself.

Customer Account Overview / Editing

Customer Account Overview

The customer account brings together contact, location, service, system, equipment, activity, and billing information. Not every employee will see or be permitted to change every item.

Main Information to Review

Account area

What to confirm

Identity

Customer or company name and account number

Contact

Phone numbers and email addresses, including who they belong to

Location

Service address, selected location, and location photo

Labels and status

Account labels, active/good-standing indicators, balances, and holds

Services

The active services connected to the customer or location

Systems and equipment

Fuel system, tank or other equipment, ownership, and related setup

Activity

Account notes and recorded events that help staff understand prior contact

Tabs

Overview

plus other areas such as

Systems

,

Service

,

Communications

, and

Billing

, based on permissions and company setup

Confirm the Correct Customer

Add or Update a Location Photo

A clear location photo helps drivers and technicians identify the correct property and reduces the risk of going to the wrong site.

Update Contact Information

Account and Location Settings

Use the gear icon beside the relevant customer or location area to review settings such as customer or location information, labels, tax status, promotions, notes, or addresses. The exact choices depend on permissions and company configuration.

Want me to go back and apply this same numbers-to-bullets, no-letters change to the Logging In and Customer Search articles too, so all three stay consistent?

Customer Account Onboarding

Customer Onboarding Walkthrough

Customer onboarding creates the customer record and connects it to the right service location, relationship, fuel system, equipment, and services. The demonstration values used during training were examples only. Use your company's approved settings for live customers.

Step 1 — Search Before Creating

Existing address: An existing address may belong to a prior customer or another person connected to the property. It does not automatically mean the current caller already has an account, but it must be reviewed before continuing.

Step 2 — Create the Initial Customer Record

Step 3 — Add the Service Location

The billing address and service location may be different. Confirm both before moving forward.

Step 4 — Choose the Customer Relationship

Relationship

Meaning shown in training

Primary

The main owner or responsible customer connected to the location.

Tenant

The renter or occupant. The training example showed fuel billed to the tenant while certain service responsibility remained with the owner.

Price Match

Links the customer or location to pricing from another applicable location.

Fuel Payment Override

Links another party that is responsible for fuel charges at the location.

Select the relationship that matches the customer's real responsibility. Fuel, service, and payment responsibility can differ.

Step 5 — Add Location Details

Labels help staff organize and find accounts. Demonstration labels, taxes, and promotions were training examples, not required defaults.

Step 6 — Add the Fuel System

The fuel system records how the location uses fuel and how deliveries should be planned. Complete only the fields that apply to the customer and your company's process.

Field

What it is for

System name/type

Use a clear name and choose the correct system category.

Active / Auto Delivery

Mark the current system active and select automatic delivery only when appropriate.

Fuel and usage

Choose the correct fuel and its uses, such as heat, cooking, generator, or pool.

Delivery planning

Use the approved method: degree-day forecasting, a linked tank monitor, or a recurring calendar schedule.

Fill location

Describe where the fill connection or tank is located.

Driver alert

Record an instruction the driver should see before arrival, such as a gate, pet, or driveway concern.

Training values are examples: Do not copy the demonstrated fuel, tank size, degree-day values, delivery schedule, notes, or incentive into a live account unless those values are correct for that customer and approved by your company.

Step 7 — Add Equipment

Some equipment details may be completed later, after a technician inspects the property.

Step 8 — Add Services

A customer must have at least one active service to appear as Active in Search. Add and activate the required service before finishing.

Step 9 — Holds and Payment Information

Step 10 — Complete and Verify

Creating an Annual Tune Up

Creating an Annual Tune-Up

Making a Delivery Request

Making a Delivery Request

Creating a Service Ticket

Creating a New Service Ticket

Creating a New Visit in the Same Project

Use this when going out again for the same issue.