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Another customer already has that phone number, so Kila does not add a second record. Open the customer who has it instead.

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Chebet Karanja (C-00014) already uses +254710334146. Open that profile instead.

One phone number belongs to one customer in Kila, so their sales, credit and messages stay in one place. The number you typed is already on another customer‘s profile, named in the message with their number.

New customer Chebet K. with phone +254710334146: Customer not saved. Chebet Karanja (C-00014) already uses +254710334146. Open that profile instead (1). The phone field (2).New customer Chebet K. with phone +254710334146: Customer not saved. Chebet Karanja (C-00014) already uses +254710334146. Open that profile instead (1). The phone field (2).
  1. Tap Cancel.
  2. In the customer list, search for the last digits of the phone number.
  3. Open the customer it finds and use that profile.
The customer list searched by the last digits of the phone: Chebet Karanja (3).The customer list searched by the last digits of the phone: Chebet Karanja (3).

Two people sharing one phone, such as a family, are best kept as one customer. If the number has changed hands, correct it on the old profile first.

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