---
title: "Customers Scope index"
slug: "customers-scope-index"
abstract: "Overview of Sitecore Customers Scope index supported infrastructure, references, and privacy and security."
---
# Customers Scope index

The Customers Scope index allows merchandisers to search for and retrieve a specific customer.

## Supported infrastructure

You can host the Customers Scope index on:

- Solr
- SolrCloud
- Azure Search

Refer to the [Sitecore Commerce compatibility table](https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/804595) for compatible versions.

## Reference structure

The Customers Scope index has its place in the Sitecore reference structure. It can be referenced by other roles, and it can also reference other roles.

![Illustration showing the Customers Scope index's place in the Sitecore reference structure.](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/xp/en/developers/92/platform-administration-and-architecture/images/customers-scope.png)

### Referenced by

The Catalog Items Scope index is referenced by the following roles:

- [Authoring](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/92/platform-administration-and-architecture/authoring.html "Authoring")
- [DevOps](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/92/platform-administration-and-architecture/devops.html "DevOps")
- [Minions](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/92/platform-administration-and-architecture/minions.html "Minions")

### References

The Customers Scope index does not reference other roles.

## Privacy and security

The Customers Scope index handles personal data in the following ways:

- Contains personal data such as customer first name, last name, and email.