brotherton-erpnext/docs/user/five_day_setup/docs.user.five_day_setup.day_1.md
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Day-1: Setup Customer, Item, and Supplier

Login to your ERPNext account with the User ID and Password sent through the mail.

After logging into your account you will receive a pop-up form to fill. Please fill this form. Select the abbreviation you would wish to have for your company. The abbreviation selected here will be used in naming most of the business documents.

Form Part I

1st Form

Form Part II

To understand about Company Financial Year or Fiscal Year visit Fiscal Year

1st Form

After filling this form, you will get a pop-up message for completing the set-up process. Click on the Setup button. The Setup page will appear.


#### Setup Page - Customer

The Organisation details are updated in ERPNext, after filling the first form. Go directly to the Customer Icon.

Customer

After clicking on Customer, a new form will appear.

Customer

To see how customer details are added, visit Customer. Create 5 new customer records in the system.

Now proceed to make an Item. To go to the main menu, click on erpnext icon which is on the left hand corner of the page. On the main menu page, click on Setup

Main Menu


Setup Page - Item

On the setup page go to Item.

Item

Create a new Item. An Item is your company's product or a service.The term Item is applicable to your core products as well as your raw materials. It can be a product or service that you buy/sell from your customers/ suppliers.

Filling Item details is an important step in ERPNext. Do not postpone this step. After clicking on Item, make a new Item.

Item

To understand how to fill an Item in detail, visit Item. Add 5 item records to ERPnext. After adding these records, go back to the Setup Page and add Suppliers.


#### Setup Page - Suppliers On the Setup page go to Supplier.

Supplier

Suppliers are companies or individuals who provide you with products or services. They are treated in exactly the same manner as Customers in ERPNext. Create a new Supplier record.

Supplier

To understand how to fill Supplier details, visit Supplier.

If you wish to import your list of customers and suppliers directly to ERPNext, you can do that via the Data Import Tool.

To upload Customers or suppliers in bulk, go to the Data Import Tool.

Note: The data import format is case-sensitive. The file will not be processed if there are any spelling mistakes or deviations from the default values.

To understand how to import data, visit Importing Data.