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Using the Notes Feature in Clava

The Notes feature allows you to add, manage, and organise important information about your customers directly on their profiles.

Updated over a week ago

Overview

The Notes feature allows you to add, manage, and organise important information about your customers directly on their profiles. This comprehensive tool helps your team maintain detailed records of customer interactions, set reminders for follow-up actions, and flag critical information that requires attention.
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Accessing Notes

You can access the Notes feature from any customer profile in both the POS and Check-ins interfaces. Look for the Notes tab on the customer profile card.
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Creating a Note

Basic Note Creation

  • Navigate to a customer profile

  • Click the "Add Note" button in the Notes section

  • Enter your note content using the rich text editor

  • Add optional tags, priority level, and other attributes

  • Click "Save" to create the note

Note Types

You can create three types of notes:

  • Standard Notes: For general information about customers

  • To-Dos: Action items that need to be completed, which can be assigned to specific operators

  • Alerts: Critical information that will display prominently on the customer profile

Note Fields

When creating a note, you can include the following information:

  • Content: The main text of your note, with formatting options

  • Tags: Custom categories to help organise notes (multiple can be selected)

  • Priority: Severe, High, Medium, or Low

  • Flag as Alert: Toggle to mark critical information

  • Create as To-Do: Toggle to create an actionable item

  • Assigned Operator: Team member responsible for the note (defaults to creator)

Viewing Notes

Notes are displayed in a chronological timeline, grouped by month and year. Each note card shows:

  • Priority status indicator

  • Alert or to-do indicator (if applicable)

  • Creator information

  • Creation date and time

  • Preview of note content

  • Associated tags

Click View note to go to the customer account and view its full content and available actions.
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Managing Notes

Editing Notes

  • Click View note to go to the customer account

  • Click the "Edit" button

  • Make your changes

  • Click "Save" to update the note

Completing To-Dos

  • Click View note to go to the customer account

  • Click "Mark Completed"

  • The to-do will be visually marked as completed but remain in the history

Deleting Notes

  • Click View note to go to the customer account

  • Click "Delete"

  • Confirm deletion in the dialogue box

Commenting

Anyone admin user who can view notes can also comment on a note.

  • View any note

  • Click on comment

  • Using the rich text editor, add any text comment

  • Click save to add the comment

  • Comments can be deleted by clicking on the πŸ—‘οΈ trash can icon

Filtering and Searching Notes

To find specific notes quickly, you can:

  • Filter by Type: View all notes, only standard notes, to-dos, or alerts

  • Filter by Priority: Filter notes by their priority level

  • Filter by Operator: See notes created by specific team members

  • Search: Use the search box to find notes containing specific text

Best Practices

  • Use consistent tagging to make filtering more effective

  • Reserve alerts for truly critical information to avoid alert fatigue

  • Assign clear owners for to-dos to ensure accountability

  • Set appropriate priorities to help your team focus on what matters most

  • Use the rich text formatting to make complex notes more readable

FAQs

Can I create a note for multiple customers at once?

Currently, notes must be created individually for each customer profile. However, you can copy and paste note content between profiles if needed.

Who can see the notes I create?

All notes are visible to any operator with access to customer profiles. There are no private notes in the current version. Notes are also not visible to customers.

Can I export notes for a customer?

There is no direct export function, but you can copy the content of expanded notes if needed for external use.

Are there limits to how many notes I can create?

There are no practical limits to the number of notes you can create per customer.

Can I add attachments to notes?

Yes you can add file attachments to notes by clicking on the πŸ“Ž Files button

Need Help?

If you have any questions or need assistance with the Notes feature, please contact our support team at [email protected] or through the in-app chat support.

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