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Viewing a customer's loyalty account ​

For
Manager, Administrator
Where
Back office
Permission
Manage customers
Checked on

A customer's loyalty account shows their point balance and the story of every point earned, spent or corrected. Open it when a customer asks where their points stand, or before correcting their balance.

Before you start ​

  • Your role must have the permission Manage customers. To correct points, it also needs Configure the loyalty program: without it, the account opens read only.
  • The customer must have a record.

Read the overview in the list ​

To see the balance without leaving the list:

  1. Open Customers > Customer records, then type part of the name in Search for customers. The Loyalty column gives each customer's points.

    The search for Thibault and the row of Gabrielle Thibault, her 2,467 pts cell circled in the Loyalty column

  2. Click the arrow to the left of the row, then the Loyalty tab.

    The Loyalty tab of the expanded row: balance, total earned, total used and the four movements

The tab shows the Balance, the Total earned (every movement except spending and void refunds, so corrections and takebacks are included) and the Total used, with the latest movements. It also reminds you that points expire 2 years after the last purchase or the last points credit.

Open the account ​

To read the whole account:

  1. In the list, click the customer's name.

  2. Click Loyalty: point balance and movements.

    The page of customer Gabrielle Thibault, the Loyalty: point balance and movements link circled

The Loyalty account page opens. Back to the customer record takes you back to the record.

The balance ​

Customer points gives three numbers:

LabelWhat it is
BalanceThe sum of all the account's movements
AvailableThe balance minus the held points: what the customer can spend
HeldThe points set aside by a sale being paid; the line below counts the active holds

The loyalty account: balance 2,467 pts, available 2,467 pts, held 0 pts

The movements ​

Latest movements lists the movements, newest first: the Date, the Type, the Points (positive or negative), the Related sale and the Reason. The Related sale shows the receipt number of the sale and opens that sale with one click. At the same time, the order is always the same: the points spent on a sale come first and the points earned after, so the earning is listed above the spending. An earning and a spending keep the link to their sale; a reason exists only for a correction. Only the latest 100 movements are shown.

The account's movements: a correction of -50, an earning of +17, a spending of -500, a correction of +3,000

TypeWhat it is
EarnedThe points of a paid sale with the customer on it
Taken back on returnThe points taken back, in proportion, when items are returned
Taken back on voidThe points of a voided sale, taken back
SpentPoints exchanged for a discount
Credited back on voidThe points spent in a voided sale, given back
CorrectionAn addition or a removal made by a manager, with its reason
Expired (2 years without a purchase)The whole balance, removed at once
Expiry credited back (late purchase)The expired points, given back when an older sale arrives late
Sale customer corrected in the back officeThe points of a sale that move from one customer to another

A movement can be neither changed nor deleted. To undo a mistake, add the opposite movement: see Adjusting a customer's points balance.

The account of an anonymized customer ​

Once the record is anonymized, the account can still be read, but without the name (Customer: anonymized customer). The Reason of each correction is erased (Reason erased), and the page says Anonymized customer: their points can no longer be corrected.

The account of an anonymized customer: reasons erased, and the message Anonymized customer: their points can no longer be corrected

Troubleshooting ​

"Customer not found." or "Account unreadable" ​

The record does not exist or can no longer be read with your role. Click Try again if it is offered; otherwise go back to the list and search for the customer again.

The correction form is not on the page ​

Your role does not have the permission Configure the loyalty program: the page shows Read only: correcting points requires the permission to manage loyalty. Ask an administrator for it.

See also ​