Basics of Address in VaahStore

What is Address?

In the context of VaahStore, a Address refers to the location where a customer wants their purchased products to be delivered. It includes details such as the street address, city, state, postal code etc.

Purpose

The purpose of collecting and managing Customer's addresses in VaahStore is to ensure accurate and timely delivery of products to customers. By storing Customer's addresses, businesses can streamline their order fulfillment process and provide a seamless shopping experience.

Create

How to create a Address for a `Customer?

To create a Customer's address in VaahStore, follow these steps:

Login to the VaahStore admin panel.
In the left sidebar section, click on Extend > Modules
You will be able to see all the modules
Activate Store module, by clicking on the activate button present in the right side of your screen
Click on Store from the left sidebar, You will be able to see the dashboard of the Vaah Store with links to all the Cruds
Click on the Addresses link in the dashboard section
List page of Addresses crud will be opened

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Requirements to create a Address

Fields		Descriptions
User		`Here you need to select the user out of list of users in the dropdown.`
Type		`Here you need to choose the Address type out of available options.`
Address line 1		`Here you need to provide primary information such as house number, building name.`
Address line 2		`Here you need to provide complete information about your address such as district,state,country .`
Status		`Here you need to choose the status of the Address from the list of options available in the dropdown`
Status Notes		`Here you need to provide notes about the status, this field is mandatory only when status is selected as rejected`
Is Default		`With the help of this toggle button, you can make a address default address`.

Fill the fields with valid values and click on Create & New button present at the top right corner of your screen, You will get the message Address created successfully Create & New button in Create form

Various buttons and their usage in Create Address form

Create & Close : It will create the Address and redirect you to the list page of Addresses crud
Create & Clone : It will create the Address and clone all the details of the particular Address into a new form
Reset : It will reset all the values prefilled by the user in every fields of the form
Fill : It will fill every fields of the form with valid values

NOTE
When you add address for a first time for a particular user that address will be considered as the user's default address.

Update

To update a existing address, you need to click on pencil icon present under the Actions column on the list page of Addresses crud.

Follow the below image for reference: Update button reference A form will open to the right side of your screen with the prefilled values, you just need to update the values of the field that you want to update.
Follow the below image for reference: Update Form reference Just click on Save button present at the top Save button reference in Update form

Other options available in the Update window
Follow the below image for reference: Various buttons present in the Update form

Save & Close : It will save the record and redirect you to the list page of Addresses crud
Save & Clone : It will save the record and clone all the details of that particular Address and prefill all the values in a new form
Save & New : It will save the record and open a new form for you to add new Address
Trash : It will trash that particular Address but give you the option to restore that Address with a restore button
Delete : It will ask for your confirmation before deleting that particular Address
Fill : It will fill all the fields with a valid value

NOTE
When you enable a address as default for a particular user it means that previous default address for that particular user now no longer the user's default address.

Trash

Meaning : When a address is moved to the Trash, it is not immediately deleted from the system. Instead, it is temporarily stored in the Trash, allowing users to recover or restore the address if needed. This provides a safety net in case the address was deleted accidentally or if the user wants to retrieve it at a later time.

Visit the list page of address, here you will have the various options to trash a address.

Trash the Address from selected menu list : just click on the dropdown menu present on the list page. You will have various options to choose from.
Follow the below image for reference: To trash the Address from here you just need to select that particular address and select the checkbox in front of the address that you want to trash and choose the Trash option from the options available in the menu, you will get the message action was successful
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Trash the Address from bulk menu list: To Trash a Address from here, just click on three dots available on the list page of Addresses crud.
Follow the below image for reference: To trash the Addresses from here you just need to select the Trash All option from the options available in the menu, you will get the popup which will ask Do you want to Trash all the record(s)? choose the yes option from there you will get the message action was successful
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Trash the Address from Action Column present on the list page :
Follow the below image for reference: To Trash the Address from here you just need to click on trash icon present under the Actions column on the list page of Address you will get the message action was successful and that particular Address will be trashed successfully

NOTE
When you trash a default address for a user, that address will be removed from default address before saving it into the database, it means whenever you will restore that address that address will be no longer be the default address for that particular user.

Delete

Meaning : Delete refers to the action of removing a address from the system or marking it as inactive. Deleting a address is useful when you no longer want use that address for customers.

There are various options to Delete a Address

Delete the Address from selected menu list : click on the dropdown icon present on the list page, you will have various options to choose from
Follow the below image for reference: To Delete the Address from here you just need to select that particular address by selecting the checkbox in front of the Address that you want to delete and choose the Delete option from the options available in the menu, it will ask for Do you want to Delete records,click on yes and you will get the message action was successful and that particular Address will be deleted successfully.
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Delete the Address from bulk menu list Follow the below image for reference: To Delete the Addresses from here you just need to select the Delete All option from the options available in the menu, you will get the popup which will ask Do you want to Delete all the record(s)? choose the yes option from there you will get the message action was successful`.
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Restore

Meaning : The Restore option allows you to bring back a previously deleted or trashed Address and make it active again. This can be useful if you accidentally deleted a Address or if you need to retrieve a Address that was temporarily removed from your store but still has relevant information or data associated with it.

Visit the list page of Address, here you will have the various options to restore a address.

Restore the Address from selected menu list, just click on the dropdown menu present on the list page. You will have various options to choose from.
Follow the below image for reference: To Restore the Address from here you just need to select that particular address and select the checkbox in front of the address that you want to Restore and choose the Restore option from the options available in the menu, you will get the message action was successful.
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Restore the Address from bulk menu list: To Restore Addresses from here, just click on three dots available on the list page of Address crud.
Follow the below image for reference: To Restore the Addresses from here you just need to select the Restore All option from the options available in the menu, you will get the popup which will ask Do you want to Restore all the record(s)? choose the yes option from there you will get the message action was successful
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NOTE
When you restore a address that was earlier marked as default address for a user, that address will be removed from default address before restoring, it means whenever you will restore that address that address will be no longer be the default address for that particular user.

View

Visit the list page of Addresses CRUD, here you will have the option to view the details of a particular address In the list page of Addresses CRUD, under the Actions Column, click on the eye icon, a new page will open to the right side of your screen.

Follow the below images for reference: item vue of address crud

Filters

Meaning : In the context of VaahStore, filters refer to the criteria or conditions used to narrow down the search results or data displayed in a list or table. Filters allow users to specify specific attributes or values to retrieve only the relevant information they are interested in.

Steps to apply filters:

Visit the list page of Addresses CRUD, from the list page click on filters button available on the top right corner of your screen. A new page will open with various filters section in it.

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Address Type : In this filter you need to provide the Address Type, just select a option out of available options, it will filter the records on the basis of Address Type.
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User : In this filter you need to provide the User. Since this is a autocomplete component you can also search users on the basis of user name, just type the letter user's name starts with it will give you all the options related to that word. Select the user from the list of users available, filter will be applied on the basis of user selected.
NOTE
Here you can select multiple users also, and it will give you the filtered list on the basis of users selected.

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Date : In this filter you need to select the date range i.e from and to, it will filter the records on the basis of created_at column values which will fall between the date range provided by the user.

Follow the below image for references: filter using address type

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