# Customers
The Customer object supports the storage of a defined set and custom attributes relating to your customers.
### Portal View
#### Accessing Customers
Assess the Customers screen in the console via the console navigation bar.
#### Add New Customers
Click Add New to create a new customer.
Specify a First Name. Last Name, Display Name and Email Address.
Click **Submit**.
#### Edit Customers
Customers can be accessed by clicking on the main customer screen:
Customer Details can be edited.
Click **Save** to commit your modifications.
Customers can be deleted by clicking the **Delete** button.
### Customer Properties
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Attributes" %}
| Element | Description |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| customerId | A unique identifier for the Customer (Guid/UUID) |
| version | A incremental version number tracking modifications to the Customer object |
| firstName | Customer First Name |
| lastName | Customer Last Name |
| displayName | Customer Display Name |
| emailAddress | Customer Email Address in |
| phones\[] | An array of Phone numbers |
| phones\[].Key | A unique identifier for the Phone Number (Guid/UUID) |
| phones\[].Type | Unknown, Phone, Mobile |
| phones\[].Country | ISO Country Code |
| phones\[].NumberLocal | Phone Number in Local format |
| phones\[].NumberInternational | Phone Number in International format |
| addresses\[] | An array of address(es) |
| addresses\[].Key | A unique identifier for the Address (Guid/UUID) |
| addresses\[].Address1 | Address Line 1 |
| addresses\[].Address2 | Address Line 2 |
| addresses\[].Suburb | Suburb |
| addresses\[].PostCode | Postal Code/Zip Code |
| addresses\[].State | State/Province/Region |
| addresses\[].Country | Country |
| attributes | Attributes are a list of Key/Value to support customisation of a Customer |
| {% endtab %} | |
{% tab title="Sample Object" %}
```
{
"customerId": "string",
"version": "string",
"firstName": "string",
"lastName": "string",
"displayName": "string",
"emailAddress": "string",
"phones": [
{
"key": "string",
"type": "Unknown",
"country": "string",
"numberLocal": "string",
"numberInternational": "string"
}
],
"addresses": [
{
"key": "string",
"address1": "string",
"address2": "string",
"suburb": "string",
"postcode": "string",
"state": "string",
"country": "string"
}
],
"attributes": {}
}
```
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
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