--- title: "Use location naming conventions for production homebuilding" slug: "use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding" updated: 2026-07-10T22:26:39Z published: 2026-07-10T22:26:39Z canonical: "help.servicetitan.com/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.servicetitan.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Use location naming conventions for production homebuilding ## Overview Use efficient naming conventions with your Location Records to enable strategic and dynamic searchability and reporting in your account. --- ### #### Who uses this feature - Administrators, accountants, estimators, project managers, and operations managers - Applies to Construction business types - Applies to all trades ## Things to know - Filtering location records in search and reporting is easier with coherent naming conventions. - Using naming conventions reduces the need to add custom fields to your location and Customer Records, increasing office efficiency and saving time. - Before you can use these naming conventions, you need to create new service locations. See [Add a new service location in ServiceTitan](/v1/docs/create-a-new-location-record) for more information on adding new location records. ## Use naming conventions for production homebuilding records Due to the overall scope of work in production homebuilding, managing location records is crucial to ensuring a high-level customer experience across all individuals who interact with your business, such as residential homeowners, project managers, builders, and others. By adopting a strategic naming convention, you can create efficiency and better searchability within your location records for each person who interacts with your account. - **Suggested approach**: BUILDER, MAILING ADDRESS, (LOT #), COMMUNITY - **Examples**: - DR Horton 123 Main Street (10) Celebration - Lennar 345 Second Street (1) Ascent Using these naming conventions can make it easier to find answers to common questions on the search page, such as: 1. How many homes have we built for [Builder Name]? 2. How can I search for the homes in [Community]? 3. How can I search for a specific [Lot Number]? See [Move a construction-built home to a residential homeowner](/v1/docs/move-a-construction-built-home-to-a-residential-homeowner) or [Move a construction build to a commercial business owner](/v1/docs/move-a-construction-build-to-a-commercial-business-owner) for more information on adding new records into your system when you don't yet have the official address. ## Search for homes built by a specific builder 1. Go to the navigation bar and click **Search ![](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/icon-search.png)**. 2. Click the **Search** dropdown to select what you want to search for. To search for locations, click **Locations**. ![Dropdown menu displaying various search options including Location, Lead, and Payment.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-zu9d4ym8.png) 3. Use the filters to refine your search. To view all location records that exist in a category, leave these fields blank. When you're ready to perform your search, click **Search** **![](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/icon-search.png)**. 4. To search for all homes built by a specific builder using this naming convention, type the name of the builder into the **Name** field. ![Search interface displaying filters for names, location status, and member status options.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-qoct6rrt.png) 5. From here, you can refine your search further by including a street, city, or ZIP code, if applicable. ## Search for homes built in a specific community 1. Go to the navigation bar and click **Search** **![](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/icon-search.png)**. 2. Click the **Search** dropdown to select what you want to search for. ![Dropdown menu displaying various search options including Location, Lead, and Payment.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-fik4lif8.png) 3. Use the filters to refine your search. To view all location records that exist in a category, leave these fields blank. When you're ready to perform your search, click **Search** **![](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/icon-search.png)**. 4. To search for all homes built within a specific community using this naming convention, type the name of the community into the **Name** field. ![Search interface displaying filters for location and member status with highlighted results.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-gwhwp9a9.png) ## Search for a specific lot number 1. Go to the navigation bar and click **Search ![](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/icon-search.png)**. 2. Click the **Search** dropdown to select what you want to search for. ![Dropdown menu displaying various search options including Location, Lead, and Payment.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-oqm8x4q1.png) 3. Use the filters to refine your search. To view all location records that exist in a category, leave these fields blank. When you're ready to perform your search, click **Search ![](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/icon-search.png)**. 4. To search for a specific home's lot number using this naming convention, type the lot number into the **Name** field. ![Search filters displaying names and statuses for properties in a user interface.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-y8ey1ge6.png) 5. For this example, two results from separate builders were returned. To refine the search, include either the name of the builder or the name of the community in your search. ![Search interface displaying filters for location and active status with highlighted elements.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-gml6gk68.png) ## Report use cases By adopting the suggested naming conventions, you can uncover value in the *Reporting* tab in the same way you can from the search page. With the *Contains* filter, you can efficiently identify location records. ![Table displaying location IDs and names with a filter option for DR Horton.](https://cdn.document360.io/961862ab-d0f2-4d91-bb62-a62ee8184eff/Images/Documentation/use-location-naming-conventions-for-production-homebuilding-image-vhzzwdyu.png) > [!NOTE] > **Note:** If you instead [use custom fields](/v1/docs/use-custom-fields), they can also be used in reporting and on the search page. ## Want to learn more? - See [Add a new service location in ServiceTitan](/v1/docs/create-a-new-location-record) - See [Move a construction-built home to a residential homeowner](/v1/docs/move-a-construction-built-home-to-a-residential-homeowner) - See [Move a construction build to a commercial business owner](/v1/docs/move-a-construction-build-to-a-commercial-business-owner) A physical service address associated with a customer, containing all jobs, equipment, and history for that property. **What it does:** Separates service history by property so businesses serving customers with multiple locations can track work at each site. **Also called:** Service address, Property record **Tags:** Core [See the full glossary →](https://help.servicetitan.com/docs/glossary-overview) The top-level account in ServiceTitan representing a property owner or account holder, containing all locations, jobs, and history. **What it does:** Serves as the single source of truth for all customer interactions, history, and financial data. **Also called:** Customer account, Client record **Tags:** Core [See the full glossary →](https://help.servicetitan.com/docs/glossary-overview)