---
title: Contacts
customers-call-it: feature
url: /docs/features/data/presets/contacts-table
---

# Contacts

Keep the people and businesses you deal with, such as suppliers and partners, in one address book your team can share.

## Use it when

Use it for the people you already work with: each one's name, email, website and notes. It starts empty, and you add each contact yourself.

## Use something else when

For messages that arrive through your website, use [Enquiries](/docs/features/data/presets/contact-form-table). To introduce your team on your website, use [People](/docs/features/data/presets/people-table).

## How to add it

1. Open **My Business**, then **Advanced**, then **Data**.
2. Press **New data**.
3. Under **Suggested**, pick **Contacts**.
4. Under **Options**, keep the name "Contacts" or type your own.
5. Press **Review changes**, check what it adds, then press **Apply**.

You see **Added**, and the new table opens, empty.

## How to add a contact

1. Open the Contacts table from your sidebar, or open **My Business**, then **Advanced**, then **Data**, and pick it.
2. Press **New contact**. If you renamed the table, the button may say something else.
3. Under **Name**, type the person or business, such as "Turf supplier".
4. Fill in their **Email** if you have it.
5. Press **Create contact**.

You see **Contact created**, and the contact is in your list.

## How to add a phone number column

Contacts doesn't come with a phone column.

1. Open the Contacts table, press **More actions** (⋯), then **List settings**, then **Columns**.
2. Press **Add column**, type **Phone** as the **Column name**, pick **Text** as the **Type**, and press **Add column**.

## How to keep a list of just one kind of contact

1. Open the Contacts table and press **Filter**, then **Add filter**.
2. Choose the column and what to look for, such as notes containing "supplier".
3. Press **Save view**, name it "Suppliers" and confirm.

## What it adds or changes

- **Opens as**: Table, by name
- **Columns**: Name · Email · Website · Notes

Creates an empty table · no rows or automations

It adds a table with these columns:

| Column | Type | Choices |
|---|---|---|
| Name | text |  |
| Email | email |  |
| Website | url |  |
| Notes | long text |  |

## Example

Greenway Gardens, a fictional landscaping business, adds its turf supplier with the order email, website and the note "Delivers Tuesdays, minimum 20 rolls". It adds a Phone column so the crew can call to reorder.

## If something isn't working

- **There's no New data button, or it says "You don't have access to make lists here."** Your role can't make tables. Ask an admin of your business for access.
- **"These changes are out of date. Review them and apply again."** Press **Review changes** again, then **Apply**.
- **It won't let you save a contact with a long note.** A notes field holds up to 4,000 characters. Shorten it, or keep the rest in the contact's description.