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January 12, 2026

# Assigning a customer or vendor to a specific warehouse

### **Introduction**

In ParagonERP a customer or vendor can be linked to a specific warehouse destination or shipping address. On top of this, every transaction you make for that customer/vendor can automatically inherit that warehouse. We do this through the use of **[attribute inheritance](https://support.paragon-erp.com/how-to-set-up-attribute-inheritance?hsLang=en)**. Here, we'll walk you through setting up the inheritance between the customer/vendor addresses and the warehouse of your choice.

#### **Adding the default shipping warehouse attribute**

To start out, first go to the **settings** page.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/DocsDisplay-Feb-02-2024-09-44-57-7303-PM-1-3-1.png)

Choose **screen setup** from the **system** card.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20setup-jpg-Jan-12-2026-01-36-11-3168-PM.jpeg?width=1821&height=773&name=Screen%20setup-jpg-Jan-12-2026-01-36-11-3168-PM.jpeg)

 Then, select **customer** or **vendor** from the column on the left.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-05%20100313-png.png?width=670&height=320&name=Screenshot%202024-06-05%20100313-png.png)

Click the **edit** button.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Edit%20button-jpg.jpeg?width=670&height=308&name=Edit%20button-jpg.jpeg)

 

Now click the **add** button to add the attribute *default shipping warehouse* to the **customer** and/or  **vendor** modules.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/DocsDisplay-Feb-02-2024-09-44-57-2416-PM-1-3-1.png)

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Default%20shipping%20warehouse-jpg.jpeg?width=670&height=183&name=Default%20shipping%20warehouse-jpg.jpeg)

If you do not find the attribute *default shipping warehouse* in the drop-down list of available attributes, then we need to create the [custom attribute](https://support.paragon-erp.com/what-are-attributes-and-attribute-values?hsLang=en) before continuing. Contact us at [support@paragon-erp.com](mailto:support@jonar.com) for the creation of this attribute.

#### **Adding your default to a customer or vendor**

Once your attributes and screens have been correctly configured, go to the **customer** and/or **vendor** module to complete the setup.

Choose the customer or vendor you are working with and then add **default shipping warehouse** to it by selecting it from the list of [available locations](https://support.paragon-erp.com/creating-new-locations?hsLang=en).

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/DocsDisplay-Feb-02-2024-09-44-58-9355-PM-1-3-1.png)

#### **Setting up the inheritance**

Now we will show you how to set Paragon so that every transaction made with a certain customer/vendor will automatically inherit the same default shipping location.

From **settings**, open the **attributes inheritance** module.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Attribute%20inheritance%20setup-jpg-1.jpeg?width=1919&height=773&name=Attribute%20inheritance%20setup-jpg-1.jpeg)

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-05%20102539-png.png?width=670&height=293&name=Screenshot%202024-06-05%20102539-png.png)

On this page you'll need to make a few selections.

Make sure that you're in the **reference** tab since you are inheriting from a reference module (customer/vendor) attribute.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/DocsDisplay-Feb-02-2024-09-45-00-0410-PM-1-3-1.png)

 

Then, you must fill out the drop-down menus for each selection as follows:

1\. **Module**: select the module from which you'd like to inherit the customer/vendor default location. It can be any transaction that involves to/from a customer/vendor, such as order, invoice, purchase order, etc.

2\. **Attribute**: select **ship from warehouse** or **ship to warehouse**

Please refer to the screen below. Using this example, the **attribute** (*ship from warehouse*) for the selected module (*purchase order*) will automatically inherit the *default shipping warehouse* of the specific customer.

3\. **Reference**: choose either **customer** or **vendor.**

4\. **Attribute**: the last column should automatically fill in as *default shipping warehouse.*

5\. Finally, click on the **add** button to add it to the list of **inherited attributes**. You will be able to see this new inheritance in the **lists of defaults**. Make sure to log out and back into Paragon to ensure the changes you have just made.

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/DocsDisplay-Feb-02-2024-09-44-58-3718-PM-1-3-1.png)

 

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/DocsDisplay-Feb-02-2024-09-44-59-4080-PM-1-3-1.png)

 

#### **What's next?**

Now you're all ready to test it. Let's go through this following example. 

Here, we have given an example vendor a default shipping warehouse by setting it in their attributes page.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Default%20shipping%20warehouse-jpg-1.jpeg?width=1290&height=534&name=Default%20shipping%20warehouse-jpg-1.jpeg)

 

 

Then, we [created a purchase order](https://support.paragon-erp.com/creating-a-purchase-order?hsLang=en) for this vendor. You can see our example on the purchase order **more** screen. The default shipping warehouse attribute was directly inherited from the vendor.

![](https://support.paragon-erp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-01-12%20090301-png.png?width=1629&height=199&name=Screenshot%202026-01-12%20090301-png.png)

 

This attribute will show up on the main transaction screen or the more screen, depending on where you set it up in screen settings. If you don't see the default shipping warehouse attribute at all, find out how you can add it on a [transaction screen](https://support.paragon-erp.com/setting-up-transaction-screens?hsLang=en).

 

 

You can link any and all vendors or customers with their respective warehouses at any time. Just repeat the process above and you'll be all set.

 

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