Utilities
Portal User — the shared child table that grants portal access to a Customer or Supplier.
Cross-cutting helper entities such as SMS Center and video conferencing links.
What it does
Utilities is a catch-all for cross-cutting helpers that belong to no business module. In the current scope it contains exactly one entity: Portal User, the child table that lists which framework Users may sign in to the customer or supplier portal on behalf of a party. It has no list view of its own — it is only ever edited inside its parent.
Key features
- Portal User — a single
userlink, attached to both Customer and Supplier via theirportal_userstable. - Two parents — one of the few child tables shared by more than one parent doctype.
- Portal access — a party’s portal users see only that party’s orders, invoices and shipments.
Entity reference
Related modules
Selling
Customer, Quotation and Sales Order — the order-to-cash chain up to the point a Delivery Note or Sales Invoice is raised.
Buying
Supplier, Request for Quotation, Supplier Quotation and Purchase Order — the procure-to-pay chain.
Setup
Company, Item Group, UOM, Territory, Employee and the other cross-cutting masters every other module links to.