Customers

Customer is the top-level tenant/organization entity. Usually represents a legal entity, but can also represent several legal entities. All data in MDS is partitioned by customer_id.

Storage Location

{customer_id}-customer.json

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	Yes	Unique ID of customer. Also used as the container name and partition key.
name	string	Yes	Customer/organization name.
formal_name	string	No	Legal name used in official registry.
company_number	string	No	Company number reference from official registry (e.g., org.nr in Norway).
parent_customer_id	integer	No	Reference to parent customer (in group of companies).

Example

{
  "id": "10352",
  "company_number": "990 834 490",
  "name": "BrødBakerne (Kanelsnurren, Steam, Mjøl & Encore)",
  "formal_name": "Brød Bakerne AS"
}

Multi-Tenant Architecture

The customer_id is the primary partition key for all data in MDS:

• Each customer has their own Azure Blob Storage container
• Container name equals customer_id
• All entities reference customer_id for tenant isolation
• Access is controlled per customer via SAS tokens

Related Entities

• BusinessUnits - Business units/legal entities within customer
• Installations - Physical locations
• RevenueUnits - Revenue/cost centers
• Terminals - POS terminals
• Articles - Product catalog
• Accounts - GL account setup
• Users - System users
• Orders - All orders reference customer_id