diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 0e2049e9..8fd97968 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_USER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\userfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_BACKUP_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\backupfiles",
         "AYANOVA_FOLDER_TEMPORARY_SERVER_FILES": "c:\\temp\\RavenTestData\\tempfiles",
-        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "false",
+        "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE": "true",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_SEEDLEVEL": "small",
         "AYANOVA_SERVER_TEST_MODE_TZ_OFFSET": "-7",
         "AYANOVA_BACKUP_PG_DUMP_PATH": "C:\\data\\code\\postgres_13\\bin\\"
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/models/CustomerNote.cs b/server/AyaNova/models/CustomerNote.cs
index 368beb51..ec762ed2 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/models/CustomerNote.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/models/CustomerNote.cs
@@ -1,33 +1,38 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using AyaNova.Biz;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
-using AyaNova.Biz;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Models
 {
-    //NOTE: Any non required field (nullable in DB) sb nullable here, i.e. decimal? not decimal, 
-    //otherwise the server will call it an invalid record if the field isn't sent from client
+    
 
     public class CustomerNote : ICoreBizObjectModel
     {
         public long Id { get; set; }
-        public uint Concurrency { get; set; }   
-
+        public uint Concurrency { get; set; } 
+        [Required]
+        public long UserId { get; set; }
+        [Required]
         public DateTime NoteDate { get; set; }
-
         public string Notes { get; set; }      
         public List<string> Tags { get; set; }
 
 
         public CustomerNote()
         {
+            NoteDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
             Tags = new List<string>();
         }
 
         [NotMapped, JsonIgnore]
         public AyaType AyaType { get => AyaType.CustomerNote; }
 
+         [JsonIgnore]//hide from being returned (as null anyway) with User object in routes
+        public User User { get; set; }
+
     }//eoc
 
 }//eons
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
index 42a192e8..0438a7c8 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/util/AySchema.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImporting WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
         private const int DESIRED_SCHEMA_LEVEL = 15;
 
-        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 450;
-        internal const long EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT = 144;
+        internal const long EXPECTED_COLUMN_COUNT = 455;
+        internal const long EXPECTED_INDEX_COUNT = 145;
 
         //!!!!WARNING: BE SURE TO UPDATE THE DbUtil::EmptyBizDataFromDatabaseForSeedingOrImporting WHEN NEW TABLES ADDED!!!!
 
@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ $BODY$;
                 await ExecQueryAsync("ALTER TABLE auser add FOREIGN KEY (customerid) REFERENCES acustomer(id)");
 
 
+                //CUSTOMER NOTES
+                await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE acustomernotes (id BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, " +
+                "userid bigint not null REFERENCES auser(id), startdate timestamp not null, notes text, tags varchar(255) ARRAY )");
+
                 //CONTRACT                
                 await ExecQueryAsync("CREATE TABLE acontract (id BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, name text not null unique, active bool, " +
                 "notes text, wiki text, customfields text, tags varchar(255) ARRAY )");