Setup page · Accounts receivable
Customers advanced notes setup
A setup page for predefined advanced notes for customers, part of the Advanced notes management feature.
- Used by
- Accounts receivable clerk, Accounts receivable manager, Auditor and 21 more roles
- Business process
- Manage (create, update, delete) contacts and accounts manually in Dynamics 365 finance and operations app
- Menu item
CustFreeNotes_IT- Main table
FreeNotesTable_IT- Data entity
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- Setup steps
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1What it is and why
| What it is | A setup page for predefined advanced notes for customers, part of the Advanced notes management feature. |
|---|---|
| What you do here | Use it to enter the note text (with translations) and set where it applies: which documents, and all customers, individual customers or customer groups on the header, and all or individual items on the lines. |
| Example | — |

Functional consultant · Solution architect
2Where it fits
| Business process | Manage customer relationships › Maintain contacts and accounts › Manage (create, update, delete) contacts and accounts manually in Dynamics 365 finance and operations app |
|---|---|
| Menu path | Accounts receivable › Setup › Advanced notes › Customers advanced notes setup |
| Set up first | Customers advanced notes groups Microsoft Learn ↗ |
| Used next by | Form setup Microsoft Learn ↗Sales orders Microsoft Learn ↗ |
| Related pages | Vendors advanced notes setup Microsoft Learn ↗ |
End user · Functional consultant
3How to do it
Step by step, with screenshots
Set up Customers advanced notes setup1 screen
Maintains the text, translations and applicability of predefined notes that are attached automatically to quotations, confirmations, picking lists, packing slips and invoices for all, grouped or individual customers and items.
Screen 1
Set up the customer advanced note
Go to Accounts receivable > Setup > Advanced notes > Customers advanced notes setup, Header tab
- On the Header tab, select New
- Choose the account code and account relation, then tick Invoice and Free text invoice
- Set Restriction to External
- Enter the note in Advanced note text
1Account relation BEAT-000001 Account code Table Invoice Yes Free text invoice Yes Restriction External Advanced note text BEAT synthetic demonstration only. No commercial commitment. 
page title tab to open what to set or check
Microsoft's steps
- Go to Accounts receivable > Setup > Advanced notes > Customers advanced notes setup.
- In the lower part of the page, enter the note text in the default language; select Translations for other languages.
- In the upper part, select the check boxes for the documents the note applies to.
- On the Header tab, choose all customers, single customers or customer groups.
- On the Lines tab, choose all items or single items.
- In Form setup, link the related document types and choose header, lines or both.
Source: Microsoft Learn ↗
Field guide
| Field | What it means | Worked example | Table column |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account code | — | Table | CustVendCode |
| Account relation | — | BEAT-000001 | CustVendRelation |
| Invoice | — | Yes | OnInvoice |
| Free text invoice | — | Yes | OnFreeTextInvoice |
| Restriction | — | External | Restriction |
| Advanced note text | — | BEAT synthetic demonstration only. No commercial commitment. | Text |
Functional consultant
4Setup decisions
| Setup step | Recommended value and why | Decision · common mistake · test |
|---|---|---|
| Set up Customers advanced notes setup | — | — |
Solution architect
5Design impact
| Shared or per company | Per company: each legal entity has its own records. Microsoft data model ↗ |
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| Can it be undone | — |
| Feature or country | — |
| If you change it later | — |
Technical architect
6Technical
| Menu item | CustFreeNotes_IT Checked in Dynamics 365 |
|---|---|
| Form | FreeNotes_IT Checked in Dynamics 365 |
| Table | FreeNotesTable_ITShown as “Advanced notes setup” in Record infoChecked in Dynamics 365 |
| Data entities | — |
| Who can open it | PrivilegesManagement of document notes FreeNotesMaintainFreeNotesView FreeNotesViewDutiesInquire into invoice and cash policies CustInvoiceInvoiceAndCashPoliciesInquirEnable invoice and cash process CustInvoiceInvoiceAndCashProcessEnableInquire into shipping policies InventShippingPoliciesInquireEnable shipping process InventShippingProcessEnableInquire into quotation to sales order policies SalesQuotationToSalesOrderPolInquireEnable quotation to sales order process SalesQuotationToSalesOrderProcessEnableInquire into invoice and payment policies VendInvoiceInvoicePaymentPoliciesInquirEnable invoice and payment process VendInvoiceInvoicePaymentProcessEnableMaintain vendor invoices VendInvoiceVendorInvoicesMaintainInquire into vendor invoice status VendInvoiceVendorInvoiceStatusInquire24 security rolesAuditorAuditPolicyManagerCollections manager CollectionLetterCollectionsManagerChief financial officer CompanyChiefFinancialOfficerAccounts receivable clerk CustInvoiceAccountsReceivableClerkAccounts receivable manager CustInvoiceAccountsReceivableManagerLanded cost agent ITMAgentAccountant LedgerAccountantAccounting manager LedgerAccountingManagerAccounting supervisor LedgerAccountingSupervisorFinancial controller LedgerFinancialControllerAccounts payable centralized payments clerk PaymAccountsPayableCentralPaymClerkAccounts payable payments clerk PaymAccountsPayablePaymentsClerkAccounts receivable centralized payments clerk PaymAccountsReceivableCentralPaymClerkAccounts receivable payments clerk PaymAccountsReceivablePaymentsClerkRental coordinator agent RentalCoordinatorAgentRental manager RentalManagerRental purchasing manager RentalPurchasingManagerRental sales manager RentalSalesManagerRetail service RetailServiceSales manager TradeSalesManagerAccounts payable clerk VendInvoiceAccountsPayableClerkAccounts payable manager VendInvoiceAccountsPayableManagerWarehouse planner WHSWarehousePlannerWarehouse manager WMSWarehouseManager |
| Actions on the page | Buttons: New, Delete, TranslationsChecked in Dynamics 365 |
Developer
7Developer
| Open it directly | https://<your-environment>/?mi=CustFreeNotes_IT |
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| Integrate with | — |
| Table definition | FreeNotesTable_IT columns and relations Microsoft data model ↗ |
Everyone
8Sources and checks
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/localizations/italy/emea-ita-exil-structured-notes
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/localizations/italy/emea-ita-exil-structured-notes#advanced-notes-setup
- learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/finance/localizations/italy/emea-ita-exil-structured-notes
- learn.microsoft.com/common-data-model/schema/core/operationscommon/tables/finance/aparshared/miscellaneous/freenotestable_it
- Checked in a working Dynamics 365 system, version 10.0.49: the menu item, form, table and security, the page, the demo records and the values in the screenshots.
