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🤓 Xplan Hint: Email Signatures That Stick!
Did you know Xplan recently updated how email and SMS signatures work when using the 'Override From Address' option? Why the Change? No more worrying about an email going out with the wrong signature The system now guarantees the signature always matches the sender based on the chosen 'From address' It ensures consistency…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Policy Search
Did you know you can quickly and easily interrogate client insurance policy details using the Policy Search feature in Xplan? Policy search is specifically designed to search across existing insurance policies - it enables targeted searches that would be difficult to achieve with regular advanced search criteria. Ever…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Editing existing insurances inside Risk Researcher
Did you know that you can now edit existing insurances directly within Risk Researcher? A new Edit button has been added next to each existing insurance policy in the scenario. Once clicked, you are redirected to the Client Focus > Existing Insurance section, where you can make the necessary changes. Upon saving the edited…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Stop Scrolling and Master Your File Notes
How often does this happen? You open a client file and spend the first five minutes scrolling through years of note history, desperately looking for that one critical note or maybe all the notes related to a specific topic. Using Notes effectively isn't just about capturing the note. It's about making it findable for you…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Resize multi-fields
Did you know that you can now resize multi-fields on the interface, allowing you to view all options on screen at once? Yep, sometimes it is the little things that make a difference. While string fields have always been resizable, viewing a long list of multiple-choice options previously required scrolling. With this…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Saving time with bulk client actions
Did you know you can perform an action across multiple clients, all at once? If you ever need to do something in bulk for a list of clients, like adding a file note or task for example, then this hint will certainly take the tedium out of your day! On the client list screen (you can filter these via Advanced Search or any…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Use task outcomes to automatically update fields
Did you know you can use a task outcome to update fields in Xplan? That’s right, you don't need to click through pages to update fields, then come back to the task to mark it as done - simply complete the task and have it update the fields for you! Imagine you have a process where every new prospect is asked to log in to…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: What’s that? There’s predictive search functionality in advanced searches now?
Did you know we just made it easier for you to find the field you are looking for in the search criteria field list? Predictive search is an advanced search functionality that uses smart algorithms to anticipate what you’re looking for - before you finish typing. Yes, that’s right, finding the right fields in Advanced…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: L is for Learning
Did you know that accessing the Iress Learning Centre is now as simple as finding Help in the Iress Community? Yep, you all loved H for Help so much that we went ahead and introduced L for Learning. You saw " H for Help " and asked, “Why not have a similar feature to direct the users to the Iress Learning Centre?” We…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Embrace the Emoji
Did you know you can add emojis to the Xplan interface? Ever looked at your Xplan menu or page and scrolled up and down looking for the exact item? Would an image help? As you can see I have added an emoji to Key Details (menu), Main (page) and Title (field). Emojis are part of the Unicode standard, just like regular…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Managed Field Content
Did you know we recently made some updates to how you administer Managed Field Content? Yep, you’ve been asking for a while and we have delivered - with the right capabilities, you can now delete managed field content created by another user. And you can edit the name of saved content without it creating a new item! You’ll…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: H is for Help!
Did you know you can get instant help in Xplan? Just highlight any text on screen, hold down the 'H' key, and be taken straight to the relevant help menu in Iress Community! Imagine you're navigating Xplan and come across a section you need more information on. Instead of breaking your workflow to manually search for…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Supercharge your Searches with Syntax
Did you know you can use search syntax in Xplan to create powerful and specific advanced searches—beyond what the basic interface allows? With just a few lines of code, you can target contact details, user fields, adviser roles, and even partner relationships. It’s a game-changer when you need ultra-targeted search…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Client Hub - your one-stop-shop for client activity
Did you know the Xplan Client Hub is essentially a one-stop-shop for all client activity? Centralise the way you work and stop navigating between screens, the Client Hub should be your go-to page for most of your every day activities. Everything you need (most of the time), right at your fingertips in one location. Why…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: When your file notes need a new home
Did you know that you can move file notes between entities? We still hear (to our collective horror) about users moving file notes between entities by copying and pasting. But there’s a much quicker way! In the file note’s ‘Related’ tab, just click on the Add button to add other entities, and use the chain link button to…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Controlling the name of your xmerge outputs
Did you know you can control the filename of your xmerge outputs? Are you all too familiar with opening attachment after attachment with the default ‘reportout-5583-4567’ generic filename when trying to locate a specific document? If so, then you are doing things the hard way. By adding a simple line of code to your…
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🤓 Xplan Hint: Client List - generating a report
Did you know you can customise your client search list and export the list into either PDF or CSV? Previously only the PDF version was available from this screen, but now you can export the data into a CSV file. What's even better is the newest available feature that will export the exact columns you have in your client…