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Contact

This defines the contact (the end user) for the account. There are two types of contacts that need to be created as part of the customer account creation: the Bill-To and the Sold-To contacts. Contact provides the attributes needed to create these.

Supported Calls

This object is used in the create, query, update, and delete calls.

Fields

In addition to the following fields, zObject contributes additional fields. For information on the field types, see Field Types.

Name Required? Type Allowed Values Description
AccountId No for the subscribe call; Yes otherwise zns: ID A valid account ID This is the Zuora system account ID that this contact is associated with.
Address1 Yes if a “Bill to” contact is being specified; No otherwise string 255 characters The first line of the contact's address. This could be, for example, a street address or a PO box number.
Address2 No string 255 characters The second line of the contact's address.
City Yes if a “Bill to” contact is being specified; No otherwise string 40 characters The city portion of the contact's address.
Country Yes if a “Bill to” contact is being specified; No otherwise string 40 characters The country portion of the contact's address. Country names must be spelled in full; we've provided a list of supported country names.
CreatedDate Yes dateTime This field is not editable. The Zuora system automatically generates this date when the contact is created.
Fax No string 40 characters The contact's fax number.
FirstName Yes string 100 characters The contact's first name, given name, or personal name.
HomePhone No string 40 characters The contact's home phone number.
LastName Yes string 100 characters The contact's last name, surname, or family name.
MobilePhone No string 40 characters The contact's mobile phone number.
NickName No string 100 characters A nickname for the contact.
OtherPhone No string 40 characters Another phone number for the contact.
OtherPhoneType No string Work, Mobile, Home, or Other The type of phone number (home, mobile, office, etc.) for the contact's other phone number.
PersonalEmail No string 80 characters The contact's personal email address.
PostalCode Yes if a “Bill to” contact is being specified; No otherwise string 20 characters The postal code for the contact's address.
State Yes if a “Bill to” contact is being specified; No otherwise string 40 characters The state or province portion of the contact's address. State names must be spelled in full; we've provided a list of supported state names.
UpdatedDate Yes dateTime This field is not editable The Zuora system automatically generates this date when the contact is modified.
WorkEmail Yes if a “Bill to” contact is being specified; No otherwise string 80 characters The contact's work email address.
WorkPhone No string 40 characters The contact's work telephone number.