feat(Company): allow setting default sales contact, fetch into sales transaction (backport #50159) (#50599)

Co-authored-by: Raffael Meyer <14891507+barredterra@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Diptanil Saha <diptanil@frappe.io>

erpnext/controllers/selling_controller.py

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ class SellingController(StockController):
 		# set contact and address details for customer, if they are not mentioned
 		self.set_missing_lead_customer_details(for_validate=for_validate)
 		self.set_price_list_and_item_details(for_validate=for_validate)
+		self.set_company_contact_person()
 
 	def set_missing_lead_customer_details(self, for_validate=False):
 		customer, lead = None, None
@@ -150,6 +151,13 @@ class SellingController(StockController):
 		self.set_price_list_currency("Selling")
 		self.set_missing_item_details(for_validate=for_validate)
 
+	def set_company_contact_person(self):
+		"""Set the Company's Default Sales Contact as Company Contact Person."""
+		if self.company and self.meta.has_field("company_contact_person") and not self.company_contact_person:
+			self.company_contact_person = frappe.get_cached_value(
+				"Company", self.company, "default_sales_contact"
+			)
+
 	def remove_shipping_charge(self):
 		if self.shipping_rule:
 			shipping_rule = frappe.get_doc("Shipping Rule", self.shipping_rule)

erpnext/public/js/utils/sales_common.js

@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ erpnext.sales_common = {
 			company() {
 				super.company();
 				this.set_default_company_address();
+				if (!this.is_onload) {
+					// we don't want to override the mapped contact from prevdoc
+					this.set_default_company_contact_person();
+				}
 			}
 
 			set_default_company_address() {
@@ -139,6 +143,24 @@ erpnext.sales_common = {
 				}
 			}
 
+			set_default_company_contact_person() {
+				if (!frappe.meta.has_field(this.frm.doc.doctype, "company_contact_person")) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				if (this.frm.doc.company) {
+					frappe.db
+						.get_value("Company", this.frm.doc.company, "default_sales_contact")
+						.then((r) => {
+							if (r.message?.default_sales_contact) {
+								this.frm.set_value("company_contact_person", r.message.default_sales_contact);
+							} else {
+								this.frm.set_value("company_contact_person", "");
+							}
+						});
+				}
+			}
+
 			customer() {
 				var me = this;
 				erpnext.utils.get_party_details(this.frm, null, null, function () {

erpnext/setup/doctype/company/company.js

@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ frappe.ui.form.on("Company", {
 			return { filters: { selling: 1 } };
 		});
 
+		frm.set_query("default_sales_contact", function (doc) {
+			return {
+				query: "frappe.contacts.doctype.contact.contact.contact_query",
+				filters: { link_doctype: "Company", link_name: doc.name },
+			};
+		});
+
 		frm.set_query("default_buying_terms", function () {
 			return { filters: { buying: 1 } };
 		});

erpnext/setup/doctype/company/company.json

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
   "total_monthly_sales",
   "column_break_goals",
   "default_selling_terms",
+  "default_sales_contact",
   "default_warehouse_for_sales_return",
   "credit_limit",
   "transactions_annual_history",
@@ -851,6 +852,12 @@
    "fieldtype": "Select",
    "label": "Reconciliation Takes Effect On",
    "options": "Advance Payment Date\nOldest Of Invoice Or Advance\nReconciliation Date"
+  },
+  {
+   "fieldname": "default_sales_contact",
+   "fieldtype": "Link",
+   "label": "Default Sales Contact",
+   "options": "Contact"
   }
  ],
  "icon": "fa fa-building",
@@ -858,7 +865,7 @@
  "image_field": "company_logo",
  "is_tree": 1,
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2025-08-25 18:34:03.602046",
+ "modified": "2025-11-16 16:51:27.624096",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Setup",
  "name": "Company",

erpnext/setup/doctype/company/company.py

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Company(NestedSet):
 		default_payable_account: DF.Link | None
 		default_provisional_account: DF.Link | None
 		default_receivable_account: DF.Link | None
+		default_sales_contact: DF.Link | None
 		default_selling_terms: DF.Link | None
 		default_warehouse_for_sales_return: DF.Link | None
 		depreciation_cost_center: DF.Link | None