Linking Existing Contacts

Link an existing contact to a customer from + New → Link Existing Contact, choose a relationship type, and save.

Overview

Use Link Existing Contact when the person already exists in Forz and you want to attach them to a customer. This is different from creating a brand-new contact.

This article follows the verified path from a Customer record. To create a new contact from the Contacts list, see Creating New Contacts. For edit, merge, delete, and the primary-contact star, see Contact Actions.

Before You Begin

Prerequisites:

  • The customer record already exists.

  • The contact already exists in Contacts.

  • You have permission to link contacts on the customer.

  1. Open the customer.

  2. Click + New.

  3. In the Create new menu, choose Link Existing Contact.

The same menu also includes Contact (create a new person on this customer). Use Link Existing Contact when they already exist.

Customer New menu Contact and Link Existing Contact
Customer New menu Contact and Link Existing Contact

Search for the contact

The Link Existing Contact dialog opens and shows the customer name. Use Search contacts… and start typing.

Link Existing Contact search dialog
Link Existing Contact search dialog
  1. Type part of the name (or other identifying text).

  2. Select the matching contact from the results.

Link Existing Contact search results
Link Existing Contact search results

Choose relationship and save

After you select a contact, choose Select relationship type:

  • Associated Contact (Default)

  • Billing Contact

  • Technical Contact

  • Decision Maker

Selected contact and relationship types
Selected contact and relationship types
  1. Pick the relationship type that fits.

  2. Click Save to link, or Cancel to close without linking.

Contacts list + New is create only

On the main Contacts list, + New opens Create Contact only — it does not open Link Existing Contact. Linking an existing person to a customer starts from the customer’s + New menu as shown above.

Contacts list New opens Create Contact
Contacts list New opens Create Contact

Note: Creating a contact from the Contacts list uses Next (not Save) on the first screen and can continue into linking. See Creating New Contacts.

Troubleshooting

Problem

Solution

Cannot find Link Existing Contact

Open a Customer, click + New, then choose Link Existing Contact. On the Contacts list, + New only creates.

Search finds nothing

Confirm the contact exists under Contacts, or try a shorter name.

Wrong relationship

Before Save, select the correct type under Select relationship type.