Clients List

When you click the Clients menu option, this displays a list of all Clients across the entire practice.

The Clients list is initially set to display "All Clients" which displays all Active clients in alphabetical order.

You can change the view by selecting "My recently used" from the view drop-down. This shows the list sorted by when you last used the client. The number of clients on a page is 25 and this can be expanded to 50 or 100 by selecting the per page option at the bottom of the screen. If required, you can do a further search within the clients that you have most recently used.

Click the down arrow next to the Clients menu option from any list or workspace to select one of the last 10 Client Views you have displayed, or one of the last 5 Clients you have used. From the Quick Access, click a Client View or a Client to display it. Refer to Quick Access to Recently Used Clients and Views.

Expanding the Name Column

You can expand the Name column by clicking the Expand icon in the column heading. This is useful if the Client has a long name, and also when searching to see which of the clients you are looking for in the search results. Click the Expand icon again to return to the usual column width.

If you are saving the view, it can be saved with the Name column expanded by saving the view with Save Advance Search selected. Refer to Saving Changes to the View Layout, Modifying and Deleting Views.

Displaying Clients for a Specific Manager or Partner

Use the Manager or Partner drop-downs to select a specific Manager or Partner within your practice and display the clients that person is responsible for.

To select more than one Manager or Partner, select each in turn from the drop-down lists.

You can also include the Manager and/or Partner columns in the Clients list and you can filter on these.

Displaying Client Groups

You can include the Client Group as a column in the Clients list. Refer to Adding/Removing/Moving Columns in a List.

Displaying Archived or Unmatched Clients

To display the archived clients in the Clients list:

1. Click the filter for the Status column.
2. You can either filter only on "Archived", or you can include these with the "Active" clients.
   
   
   
   The Clients list includes archived clients which display "Archived" in yellow next to the Client Name. Refer to Archived Clients.

In the same way, to display the unmatched clients in the Clients list. Use the filter for the Status column and select "Unmatched". The Clients list includes unmatched clients which display "Unmatched" in yellow next to the Client Name.

Displaying the Include in AutoFile Column

You can include the column Include in Autofile in the Clients list to see which client will be used as the primary client when auto-filing when the email is shared by more than one client. When the Clients list is sorted on the Email column, this shows where clients have a shared email address and you can determine where one of these needs to be marked or unmarked as Include in Autofile. This allows the AutoFile to file emails and documents without a user having to select which of the clients to use. You can use Bulk Update to change the Include in Autofile setting (refer to Clients Bulk Update).

Exporting a List

You can Export the information that is currently displayed in the Clients list as a .CSV file (Comma Delimited) which you can then open in Excel. Refer to Exporting Lists.

Duplicates

On the Clients list, the Duplicates button can be used to display clients who have the same email address.

You can use the Duplicates function to display the emails that are shared by more than one Client and to select which Client to nominate to Include in AutoFile. Refer to Nominating the Primary Client to Include in AutoFile and Setting Filing Defaults for a Client.

Sync

Every 15 minutes, any changed client data in Xero Practice Manager is automatically synchronised with FYI. Overnight, every 24 hours, there is a full automatic synchronisation of clients in Xero Practice Manager with FYI.

A manual sync can be performed if, for example, a client has been added or changed in Xero Practice Manager and needs to be available in FYI straight away. This can be done by any user from the Clients list by clicking the Sync button and will only sync the clients. Refer also to Synchronising Clients, Staff, Jobs, Time, Tax Returns with Xero Practice Manager.

When you have requested a Sync from the Clients list, the following message displays and the Sync button is temporarily disabled. Redisplay the Clients list to check the Sync has finished.

Resolve Clients

As part of migrating historical information, your documents are imported from a folder structure that represents your filing structure. The FYI import function will use folder names to match clients in Xero Practice Manager. If any Clients in Xero Practice Manager do not match your nominated folder structure for FYI, the clients and documents are imported under Unmatched Client names that are created in FYI by the import function. Refer to Resolving Unmatched Clients.

You can also use the Status column in the Clients list to filter on "Unmatched" client as well as "Archived" clients.

You can also use the Unmatched Client Import to match unmatched clients to active clients. Refer to Unmatched Client Import.

Displaying the "Source" of the Client

You can include the Source column in the Clients list to display and filter on the source of the client (refer to Adding/Removing/Moving Columns in a List). This Source column shows the following:

• XPM - The client has been created/synced from XPM.
• Practice Sync - The client has been created/synced with the Generic Practice Management Systems (refer to Integration with Generic Practice Management Systems).
• Legacy - The client has been created from the migration process, but was not matched with a client in FYI, The unmatched client was created in FYI in the Refile function and then shows the Source as Legacy. Refer to Creating and Resolving Unmatched Clients in Implementors: Live Import.