In Client Detail, you can add and manage a wide range of client account information. It is a good habit to review an existing client's detail every time you communicate with them to ensure that their information is up-to-date — this article will assist you in editing that information. Any changes you make are automatically saved when you close the account; the system records your username and the timestamp so others can see who last edited the account. If you need to add a new client, see Add a Client.
Note: This article contains printing instructions that are only applicable if Applied Epic is installed locally on your computer. If you access Epic through a web browser such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge, you cannot print directly from within the system. See Printing for more information about the printing capabilities available from Epic Browser. All other steps in this article are applicable to both methods of accessing Epic unless stated otherwise.
Click Accounts on the navigation panel.
Click Areas > Accounts on the menubar.
Click the down arrow next to Home on the options bar and select Accounts.
Click Locate on the options bar.
To access Accounts from another area of the program, do one of the following:
Click Home > Accounts on the menubar.
Click the down arrow next to Home on the options bar and select Accounts.
Click Locate on the options bar.
Revise the Account name, Lookup code, and Account source if necessary.
Ensure that the checkbox is selected for each Type of business that applies to this client's account.
Select the Do not Purge checkbox. The Do not purge checkbox indicates whether attachments for this account are exempt from the Attachment Purge utility. When this checkbox is selected, the account’s attachments are excluded from the purge even if they meet the purge criteria.
The Account tab contains the following sections:
Note: Typing a description might not be an option, depending on how your organization has set up address descriptions. See Contact Description Configuration for more information.
The Apply Address to Other Items pop-up window displays. Perform the following steps:
Once the address updates are complete, an Address Change Results spreadsheet that documents the changes made is added to the account’s Attachments list. The spreadsheet contains separate worksheets for updated contacts, lines, and transactions, as well as any items that failed to update.
Add comments in this section.
The relationship feature allows you to keep track of accounts that are related to one another, such as a main account and subaccount. For information on making changes to the available relationships in the system, see Define Relationships.
You can do the following in this section:
Note: Press the [Ctrl] or [Shift] key as you click on accounts in the list to choose more than one. To remove an account from the Selected list, click on the account and then click the Delete button to the left of the Selected list.
Click Add to add the new relationship and begin adding another.
Click Cancel to close the window without saving any changes.
Note: If you double click a related account in this list, the detail screen for the related account displays.
Click Cancel to close the window without saving changes.
Note: If you double click a related account in this list, the detail screen for the related account displays.
Use this section to apply agency-defined categories to an account. For instructions on adding new agency-defined categories to the system, see Agency Defined Categories Configuration.
Use the search bar to
display agency-defined categories that meet specific
criteria. Apply a single
filter (using the search fields)
or multiple
filters (using the Edit
Filter button ) to narrow
the list of agency-defined categories.
Selecting multiple criteria performs an "and" search (for example, agency-defined categories that contain a specific Category and a specific Option). Making multiple selections for the same criterion performs an "or" search for that criterion (for example, agency-defined categories with either of two Categories). You can make up to three selections for the Category criterion and up to nine selections for the Option criterion.
Click the Edit
Filter button .
The Edit
Filter pop-up window displays. Click
the Add
button to
add filters.
Select and/or enter
search criteria
using the dropdown menus and fields. Click
the Add
button again to apply additional filters.
Enter additional search criteria.
Click the Delete
button to remove a filter from the list.
Click Finish when you
have applied all of your desired filters.
Hover over the Search
where text to see the filter that is
currently applied to the list.
To clear the currently applied filter (for the
current session only) and start over, click the
Clear
Filter link label. The search bar displays
in blue when filters are applied and in gray when
filters are cleared.
Make a selection in the first dropdown menu.
Enter at least one character of the search criterion (e.g., part of the category) in the field to the right.
Click Find to apply
the filter. Hover over the Search
where text to see the filter that is
currently applied to the list.
To clear the currently applied filter (for
the current session only) and start over,
click the Clear
Filter link label. The search bar displays
in blue when filters are applied and in gray
when filters are cleared.
To save your currently
applied filters as a default for the selected client
account or all client accounts, create Filter Defaults.
Changing the view filter selection (Client,
All, or Line)
clears any filter defaults applied to the list.
Your filter defaults are unique to your user code and
do not affect other users’ saved defaults.
Click the Filter Defaults link label.
Select the Use
as default checkbox to save your selected
filters as the default for all client accounts
that do not already have a filter default
saved.
To replace existing filter defaults for all
client accounts (including those that already
have other filter defaults saved), select
the Override
existing filters for clients checkbox.
Click OK to apply the
filter default.
To clear a filter default, click the Clear
Filter link label, click the Filter
Defaults link label, select the appropriate
checkboxes
in the Filter
Defaults window, and click OK.
Use the search bar
to display agency-defined categories that
meet specific criteria. Apply a single
filter (using the search
fields) or multiple
filters (using the Edit Filter
button )
to narrow the list of agency-defined categories.
Click the
Edit
Filter button .
The Edit Filter
pop-up window displays. Click the
Add
button to
add filters.
Select
and/or enter search criteria
using the dropdown menus and fields.
Click the Add
button again to apply additional filters.
Enter additional search criteria.
Click the Delete
button to remove a filter from the
list.
Click Finish
when you have applied all of your
desired filters.
Hover over the Search
where text to see the filter
that is currently applied to the list.
To clear the currently applied filter
(for the current session only) and
start over, click the Clear Filter
link label. The search bar displays
in blue when filters are applied and
in gray when filters are cleared.
Make a selection in the first dropdown menu.
Enter at least one character of the search criterion (e.g., part of the category) in the field to the right.
Click Find
to apply the filter. Hover over the
Search
where text to see the filter
that is currently applied to the list.
To clear the currently applied filter
(for the current session only) and
start over, click the Clear Filter
link label. The search bar displays
in blue when filters are applied and
in gray when filters are cleared.
The Billing tab contains the following sections:
This section gives you quick access to broker detail for accounts that are associated with this one, if applicable.
Select the Broker for the related account in the dropdown list provided. The Bill broker net checkbox defaults based on the setting in the broker's account detail, but you may override it.
Use the Broker Details link label on the right to view broker detail for this account.
This section allows you to select a statement format and invoice setup for the account. It also enables you to specify whether or not service charges should be applied to overdue balances for this account.
Note:
If the Page Break
is set to Contact,
the contact information must be the same in order
to apply the page break. Contact information includes
street address, city, state, and zip/postal code,
and address description. If the preferred distribution
method is Email
or Fax, the
contact information also include an email address
or fax number.
If the statement page break is by Contact,
the entire address, including address description,
is used to group items for statements. This means
that if all but one of the address/contact information
fields are identical, the items will be on separate
statements.
If the Page Break
is set to Account,
the contact information is not used.
If transactions billed to this client will often have receivables split among multiple related accounts or multiple contacts, you can enter split receivable templates in this area. When selected during the Add a Transaction workflow, the templates will automatically allocate the transaction total accordingly.
You can do the following in this section:
A copy of the template is added to the list, with the default description Copy of [template description]. To make changes to the copy, see the Edit a Split Receivable Template instructions below.
You cannot delete a split receivable template that has been used on a transaction. If the template should no longer be available for use, you can inactivate it. (See the instructions under Inactivate/Reactivate a Split Receivable Template.)
Inactive split receivable templates cannot be selected when you are adding a transaction. They also do not display by default in client detail. To view inactive templates, click the Include Inactive link label. Click Exclude Inactive to remove them from the list.
To inactivate a split receivable template, do the following:
See Confidential Client Access Configuration for instructions on creating confidential client access groups.
Use the search bar above the list to specify the groups or employees that you want to see.
The choices in the first dropdown menu vary, depending on the radio button selected:
The following choices are available in the second dropdown menu:
Equals: Enter the search criterion (e.g., the full job title or name) in the field to the right, or select the correct date from the dropdown calendar (if applicable). Click Find.
To see the filter that is currently applied to the list, hover over the Search where text.
The Account Servicing Roles client access group cannot be removed, as this group ensures that any employees assigned to servicing roles on the client's account can access it.
If you provide benefits to your staff, the Employee Benefits tab provides you a cohesive view of employee benefits information and enables you to provide more efficient service to Benefits clients.
Account-level employee Benefits information only defaults on new benefits policies. When you renew an existing policy, the information from the expiring policy populates instead.
Applied recommends updating this information at the account level the next time a client’s policies are up for renewal, so you can perform the updates in a controlled manner, rather than all at once.
The Employee Benefits tab contains the following sections:
All of the information entered here will default into the corresponding fields of the Policy Information section on new benefits policies.
For each of the following statistics, enter the number the employer reported and the date on which they reported it:
The other fields in the Background Information section are specific to the United States only.
Entering employee class information at the account level enables you to create new benefit policies more efficiently. Once you enter the information at the account level, it automatically defaults into the detail for new benefits policies.
You may only be able to enter information via lookup fields on the Employee Class pop-up window if your administrator has set them to be read-only.
You can do the following in this section:
Adding an account-level employee class does not add it to an existing policy in the Associated Employee Class list. If necessary, you must add it manually from the Policy Information section in Policy Detail.
Editing an account-level employee class does not update the existing employee class on a policy if it displays in the Associated Employee Class list. Instead, a new employee class is created with your changes. If necessary, to remove the existing employee class and/or add the revised employee class, go to the Policy Information section in Policy Detail, and make the changes to the Associated Employee Class list.
Deleting an account-level employee class does not remove it from an existing policy if the employee class displays in the Associated Employee Class list. To remove it, you must go to the Policy Information section in Policy Detail.
Click Save on the options bar.
Click File > Save on the menubar.
Press [Ctrl]+S.