A Deal in Zoho CRM belongs to the Account it is linked to, not to any individual Contact associated with that Deal. This is why notes added at Deal level are not automatically copied across to a Contact record, even when that Contact is closely involved in the Deal.
Note: "Potential" was Zoho's earlier name for what is now called a "Deal" in Zoho CRM. Both terms refer to the same module, and the behaviour described below applies to Deals in current versions of Zoho CRM.
Why notes are not copied to a Contact automatically
If a note added at Deal level were automatically reflected on a related Contact, a couple of practical problems would follow:
- If that Contact were later removed from the Deal, or the relationship between them changed, the note would remain attached to the Contact even though it no longer had anything to do with that Deal.
- Many Deals have more than one Contact associated with them. If a note were copied down automatically, it would not be clear whether it should appear against all of those Contacts, a subset of them, or just one.
Where Deal notes are actually stored
For these reasons, notes added at Deal level are reflected at Account level rather than at Contact level. Because the Deal itself belongs to the Account, keeping the note there ensures it stays correctly attached to the business relationship even if the Contacts involved change over time.
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