Drake Portals - Drake Tax Integration - Settings & Reports
Article #: 15910
Last Updated: October 18, 2024
Change settings or view reports
To access settings, click on the settings icon (gear) in the upper right corner of the Drake Portals - SFP pane or go to Setup > SFP Settings from the Drake Documents home window.
There are seven tabs on the settings window:
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Account – Customize elements of your Account
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Email – Customize the content of Emails
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Clients – Search for Clients’ details
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Employees – Search for Employees’ details
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Connect Features – Customize available Features
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Reports – Search for the details of files
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Billing - Search for the details of bills
If your tabs are limited, your account type may be Preparer instead of Admin inside the Employee setup in Drake Portals (not Setup > Preparers in Drake Tax). This setting is found in Drake Documents > Setup > SFP Settings > Employees tab. The administrator can change this selection by clicking Edit.
Account:
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Change plan details and view important documentation such as storage and your domain address.
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Customize the firm name and logo.
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Customize several options for how Drake Portals behaves.
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Set the expiration time for different kinds of files.
For a demonstration of account settings and options, watch the video Account Settings (for firm).
Email:
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Customize a variety of notification options.
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Customize sent from information and storage warnings.
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Customize the content of the emails sent from Drake Portals.
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Customize the content of the email sent from Guest Exchange.
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Customize the common footer for all emails.
Note Changes are autosaved.
For a demonstration of email settings and options, watch the video Email Settings.
If a client is not receiving the automatic emails from Drake Portals, check the following items:
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Confirm with your client that the email is not going into a spam or junk folder instead of the inbox.
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Verify you have the correct email on the client account by checking the client setup (below).
Clients:
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Search for clients by keywords, access status, or create a new client.
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Search results appear in the results pane.
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Edit, delete, and export search results.
Employees:
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Search for employees, add employees, and edit the primary administrator.
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Search results appear in the results pane.
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Edit, delete, and export search results to Excel.
Connect Features:
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Check the box to the left of each feature that you would like to be available in Drake Portals. This is a global change for all clients.
Reports:
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Search by keywords and limit by client or employee and the action taken on the file.
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Search results appear in the results pane.
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Export search results to Excel.
Billing:
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Search for bills and filter results by bill status.
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Search results appear in the results pane.
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Cancel bills, resend bill notifications, and export search results.
Watch the videos Reports and Client Settings for more information.