Custom process: Onboarding a new client

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Onboarding is an important part of your Client’s initial experience with your practice. This Custom Process has been designed to streamline your client onboarding.

This custom automation has been created by the FYI team, ready to be imported to use in your practice. 

For Practices on the Pro plan, be sure to use the Pro version of this automation. For Practices on the Elite plan or who have FYI as Primary enabled, be sure to use the Elite version of this automation to automate the client creation steps.

What's Included

This process will be set to when the New client information request form is submitted.

When importing this automation the following items are included:

Custom Fields

The following Custom Fields and their associated details are used for these processes:

Name Type Applies To
Opt In Drop-down Client

Custom Views

The following Views and their associated details are used for these processes:

Name Type Filters
Forms - Submitted Document View Type = Form

Workflow = Submitted
Primary Clients Client View Primary Client = Yes

Templates

The following Templates and their associated details are used for these processes:

Name Type
FYI: New Client Information Request Form
FYI: Ethical Letter to Previous Accountant Word
FYI: Welcome to Growth Partners Email
FYI: Ethical Letter Cover Email to Previous Accountant Email

Importing this Custom Automation

For Practices on the Pro plan without FYI as Primary enabled, click here to download the file used to import this example Custom Process, ready for you to test and activate or customise to suit your practice (or download the file from the bottom of this article).

For Practices on the Elite Plan or the Pro plan with FYI as Primary enabled, click here to download the file used to import this example Custom Process, ready for you to test and activate or customise to suit your practice (or download the file from the bottom of this article).

Note: If you are using Chrome as your browser, the link may not automatically download the zip file. You need to right-click on the download link above, select Copy link address and paste it into a new browser tab in the browser's URL field.

When you have downloaded the file you can import the Custom Process. Refer to Importing Custom Processes.

What's Next

Ensure you Review your Automation, Templates and Views. 

Templates can be located in your Knowledge workspace, you can review and personalise any imported templates, ensure that you set the Template Status to active when you've finalised your review and customisations.

Review and update the Process Controls and Process Steps for your Automation. Specific comments have been added to the steps where action is required. These will display in blue. 

After reviewing all items for your Automation, ensure you Test the Automation. When ready, set the Status of the Automation to Active. 

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