Customizing Terminology
Not every business calls the people they serve “customers” — some say clients, members, or renters. Rentablez lets you rename a few core entities so the words your team sees in menus, lists, and screens match the language your business already uses. Set it once in Settings, and the new labels appear across the app for everyone in your organization.
Why Customize Terminology?
- Familiarity — staff see the words they already use every day, so there’s less to learn.
- Consistency — one choice updates the label everywhere that entity appears, not screen by screen.
- Fit for your industry — an equipment yard, a party-rental shop, and a workspace provider can each pick language that reads naturally.
Terminology only changes the words shown in the interface. It doesn’t change how anything works — a “Client” behaves exactly like a “Customer”, and a “Subscription” behaves exactly like a “Lease”.
What You Can Rename
You choose each label from a short list of preset options. There are three entities you can customize today:
| Entity | Default | Other choices |
|---|---|---|
| Customer | Customer | Client, Member, Guest, Renter |
| Lease | Lease | Subscription, Recurring Order |
| Quick Invoice | Quick Invoice | Standalone Invoice |
Because the options are preset, you pick from a dropdown rather than typing free text — this keeps labels clean and consistent throughout the app.
How to Change a Label
1. Open the Terminology settings
Go to Settings and select Terminology from the left sidebar. You’ll see a row for each entity you can rename, with its current label shown in the dropdown.
2. Pick your preferred labels
For each entity, open the dropdown and choose the wording you want. For example, set Customer to “Client” and Lease to “Subscription”. The option marked (default) is Rentablez’s standard label.
3. Save your changes
Click Save Changes. Rentablez confirms with a success message, and the new labels take effect right away — no page reload is needed. Menus, list screens, and headings that refer to these entities update to your chosen wording.
The Save Changes button stays disabled until you actually change a selection, so you can’t accidentally save an empty edit.
Undoing an Edit Before Saving
If you change a dropdown but haven’t saved yet, click Back to default to discard those unsaved edits and return the selections to your last saved values. Once you’ve clicked Save Changes, the new labels are stored for your organization.
Where the New Labels Appear
Your chosen terms replace the defaults in the places those entities show up — for example the Customer list and customer-related menus, order and lease screens, and Quick Invoice areas. Everyone in your organization sees the same labels, since terminology is set once for the whole account.
Permission required. Only users with Settings write access (the
settings.writepermission) can change terminology. Without it, the dropdowns and buttons are read-only. See Configuring Roles & Permissions.