I notice that changes made to the data in a custom field in a Sales Receipt does not flow to the Customer Info. Are custom fields linked across the entire system under?

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In QBO advanced, we have set up some custom fields.  In the customer profile we have entered the info in those fields.  These fields have also be added to the sales receipt template.

An example would be if the custom field was "car color"

Example:  John C Customer  car color = blue

When you create a new sales receipt and select John as the customer... it populates the color as blue.  If the customer advises that the car color is actually red, if you change it on the sales receipt, it does not update the customer profile information.

Shouldn't the online system be more fluid to update all areas with the new data entered for the customer.

Instead, you have to go into the customer profile and update the data so the next time the correct information is reflected.

Hope that helps with the understanding.

I appreciate you elaborating as I see what you're saying. Your feedback on this is valuable and I encourage you to send feedback to our engineers by clicking on the Gear icon and looking for Feedback. In the meantime, I recommend manually updating from the customer profile so the appropriate changes are applied. You're welcome to ask other questions. I've got your back.