Managing Users

Updating a User/Assigning a User as Administrator

1. From FYI, click Settings in the top right-hand corner.
2. Select Practice settings from the drop-down, then select Admin
3. Go to the User tab. A list of all users displays. 
   
   
4. Click on a user to open the User Profile drawer.
   
   
   
5. Making a User Active or Inactive
   Mark that a user is "Active" by clicking the Active option to "On".
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   Mark that a user is "Inactive" by clicking the Active option to "Off". An Inactive user will not be able to login to FYI and will see the message "No account associated with your email address"
   
   Note: Making a user inactive in Xero Practice Manager, will not make the user inactive in FYI.
   
   
6. Assigning a User Group and Approval Level to an Active User
   
   User Group - select the User Group that you wish the user to be in.
   To make the user an FYI Administrator, select the User Group as "Admin".
   
   Approval Level - select the Approval Level for the user from the drop-down. This is used in the workflow and allows the more senior members to sign off on documents. Refer to Workflow.
   
   Email Alias - The Email Alias is only relevant for users that are added directly to FYI. An alternate email can be entered so that if the user is unable to use the original email, they can login with the email alias. This can be used where the user has a different email address held in Office 365 to that held in their user details in Xero Practice Manager. You cannot add or edit the Email Alias in an existing user, but you can delete it from a user's profile.
   
   If a user needs login to FYI with an Email Alias, this needs to be linked to the Xero Practice Manager login email address using the Magic Link. Refer to Logging into FYI with an Email Alias set up using Magic Link.
   
   From FYI, clicking Settings in the top right-hand corner, this displays the name of the user and also the email address they logged in as so they can check which email address they used to log in.
   
   Role - For each user, you can enter the user's role within the practice. This is entered as free format text (for example Director, Partner, Accountant). This can be added to the sign-off in emails and documents by including the Merge Code "AuthorRole" in templates. Refer to the articles in the sections Stationery and Templates and Stationery and Templates for Email.
   
   Qualifications - You can enter the user's qualifications. These are entered as free text. This can be added to the sign-off in emails and documents by including the Merge Code "AuthorQualifications" or "OwnerQualifications" (for the owner of the document) in templates. Refer to the articles in the sections Stationery and Templates and Stationery and Templates for Email.
   
   
7. Click Save.

Setting Defaults for a User

When a user is selected in the Users list, you can click the Defaults button to set the default Cabinet and Category for that user.

FYI provides the ability to set filing defaults for the Cabinet and the Categories for each client (refer to Setting Filing Defaults for a Client). If filing defaults are not set up at a client level, FYI checks to see if the user filing the documents has their own personal defaults when creating documents and for AutoFile. Users can set up or change these defaults themselves (refer to Setting Defaults and AutoFile Defaults for your Own Login). The defaults can also be set by an FYI administrator for the user from the Users list.

To set the Defaults for a User:

1. Select the user in the Users list.
2. Click the Defaults button.
   
   
3. In the Set User Default Cabinet & Categories, select the Cabinet.
   Then select the Categories as relevant.
   
   
4. Click OK.
   
   

In the Users list, you can display the Cabinet that has been set as the default for users by adding the Cabinet column to the Users list. Refer to Adding/Removing/Moving Columns in a List. This will also display the default Cabinet where users have set this themselves from their individual settings.

Send Invitation

The Send Invitation button on the Users list can be used to send an email to the relevant user as an invitation to start using FYI. You can invite new users to start using FYI at any time. The Send Invitation button displays for any users who are marked as "Active". The email includes links to the FYI Login page and to the Microsoft AppSource pages so they can add the FYI Apps individually to their Microsoft Office and Outlook accounts. Refer to Inviting New Users.

New Users

New users are automatically imported as active users into FYI when they are added to your Xero Practice Manager.

Adding New Users Directly to FYI

You can also add FYI users directly to FYI. This can be useful, for example, if you have financial planners and that you do not want to add and pay for as users in Xero Practice Manager, but you want them to have access to information in FYI.

1. From the User tab, click Add User.
   A blank User Profile displays.
2. Enter the new user's Name and Email.
3. In the same way as for an imported user, select the User Group, or if the user is an administrator select "Admin". Mark the new user as Active, and if relevant enter the Role and select the Approval Level and enter the Email Alias.
4. Click Save.
   
   
   
   You can update the details of a user created directly in FYI at any time, including updating the Name.

Note: It would be rare to do so, but you can add a user directly to FYI that will also be added to Xero Practice Manager. If you need to do this, you will then need to maintain any changes to that user both in Xero Practice Manager and in FYI.