Download Giese Swany LLC Client Portal User Guide: Accessing and Managing Files and more Study notes Accounting in PDF only on Docsity! Client Portal User Guide Last Updated: 9/30/2014 Page 1 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Ic o n L e ge n d Keys Quick reference to the key aspects of a particular function Tip Best practice tips and shortcuts Notes Informational notes about functions Warning Important warnings about a function Page 4 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Quick Start Guide Portal Login Launch your internet browser and browse to https://gieseswany.com Portal Login Getting Started Login Tips Refer to the emails received from the firm for login information. The Login ID (email address) is not case sensitive; the temporary password provided via email is case sensitive. You will be required to change your password upon logging in for the first time and answer at least one security question. Your security questions can help you access your portal if you ever forget your password. Your new password may be from 8 to 32 characters in length, must contain at least one alpha character, one numeric character, and one special character (e.g. !, @, #, etc.). The password is case sensitive. Your password may be reset at anytime by clicking “Forgot your password?” If you cannot, or prefer not to, install Silverlight on your machine, click “Take me to the non‐ Silverlight login” to use our lightweight version of the Portal that does not require Silverlight. Advanced features are not available from the non‐Silverlight version of Portal. Alternately, you can access the non‐Silverlight login page directly at https://portal.cchaxcess.com/sui. Page 5 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Getting Started ribbon Menu Selection Adding Files A short “Welcome to the Portal!” message will be presented to each user upon their initial login to Portal. The welcome message simply directs users to the expandable/collapsible Getting Started menu. Click the Getting Started ribbon on the left side of the screen to expand and view this menu. Click the black arrow to view Getting Started menu options. Creating a Portal User will only be visible Portal Admin users. The Welcome Message and Adding Files will be visible to all Users. Getting Started menu Key Features When clicking on the buttons, the respective feature in Portal will begin to flash in order call attention to it. Perform the suggested (flashing) step, and then click on the next step to easily perform each step required to add files to Portal. This feature is not only for informative purposes, it may be used to add files to Portal for the firm to view (e.g. Returns, Financial Statements) are added to Portal. Page 6 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Download files from Portal Portal Documents File Download Folders are used to organize files on the portal. Simply double‐click on a folder to view your files. A simple way to view or save a file is to double‐click on the file name. Double‐clicking on a file will display the file download screen, displayed below. Click open to view the file or save to download\save a copy to your computer or network. When a file is downloaded a copy is created and does not affect the file on your portal. It is recommended to download/save a copy of your deliverable items from Portal as most files will not remain there indefinitely. The firm can provide more detail regarding how long files will be accessible via Portal. Files and Folders Page 9 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Managing Portal The Portal Admin may grant Portal access to others by creating Portal Users. There are 3 steps to create Portal Users. 1. Create the Portal User 2. Grant the Portal User access to one or more portals 3. Choose the Portal User’s File Management Role for each portal they can access About File Management Roles There are 5 File Management Roles that can be assigned. 1. Administrator – Allows Portal Users to perform all file operations. 2. Standard User – Allows Portal Users to perform the most common file operations. 3. Limited User – Allows Portal Users to perform a limited number of file operations. 4. Read‐only User – Allows Portal Users to download files and review related information. 5. Upload‐only User – Allows Portal Users to upload files and review related information. Recommendations It is our recommendation that administration rights NOT be granted to Portal Users. Administration tab defined Portal User Management ‐ Create, modify and delete Portal Users. Create Portal Users Manage Portal Users From the Administration tab; click “Manage Portal Users”, then click “Create”. Page 10 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Create Portal User On the Personal tab, enter the Login ID (email address), last and first name of the user; these are the only items that are required. The next step is to click the Portal Access and Security tab. Create Portal User Assign a user to a Portal 1. All portals will be displayed, check the Grant Access box to allow access to a Portal. 2. Assign a File Management Role for Portal Users to the selected Portal. 3. Select Save to create the Portal User. Emails containing login information will be sent to the login ID (email address) of the Portal User. Edit Portal Users Access to Portal may be modified or terminated at any time. It is important to terminate access when no longer needed by the Portal User. If you need assistance please contact Giese Swany LLC. 1 2 3 Page 11 of 13 Revision Date 9-30-14 Edit Portal User Select Manage Portal Users to edit or delete a Portal User. If access to the Portal is to be permanently terminated simply click “Delete selected” to remove all Portal access. Folder Security By default, all Portal Users have access to a folder. Folder Security allows you to secure folders by controlling which Portal Users can access them. Folder Menu Right‐click on any folder to access the Folder Menu for that folder. To secure a folder, select Secure Folder from the folder menu and select only the users that should have access to the folder. Folder security can be removed or edited at any time.