Tips & Tricks

Getting started quick card

Quickly and easily find information needed from quick links and icons to perform important tasks.

 

Sign On to Accountability:

There are two Sign-On options for Accountability.  Using the standard Accountability sign-on, or through Single Sign On (SSO). 

Navigation Bar:

The navigation bar links the user to sections/pages within Accountability. 

Sections / Pages

Description 

Homepage 

Accountability’s configurable main page

To set up: My Menu 

Time & Tasks  

Time and Task include the following sections 

Manage  

Manage includes the following sections

Jobs  

Create and view  

  • Jobs 
  • Estimates  
  • Revenue Tracker  
  • Resource Tracker  
  • Supplier Bids  
  • Purchase Orders 
  • Internal Charges  
  • Job Cost Transfers  
  • Files  
  • Job Reports  
  • Job Summaries  

Media  

View 

  • Media Accounting  
  • Media Summaries 

Accounting 

Create and View  

  • General Ledger 
  • Revenue Tools  
  • Receivables  
  • Payables 
  • Budgets 

Master Files  

Create and View  

  • Prospects  
  • Clients  
  • Employees  
  • Task Types  
  • Suppliers  
  • Contacts 

Set Up Files  

Create, Change, and view  

  • Set-Up Options 
  • Approval Setting   
  • User Access Groups 
  • Offices  
  • Report Set Up  
  • Tax Codes  
  • Withholding Tax Codes  
  • Currencies  
  • Custom Codes  
  • Custom Data  
  • Status  

Quick Add  

Quickly Add  

  • Add Job 
  • Add Timeline 
  • Add Estimate 
  • Add Purchase Order  
  • Add Internal Charge 
  • Add Supplier Invoice  
  • Add Payment  
  • Add Client Job Invoice  
  • Add Client Sundry Invoice  
  • Add WIP Take Up 
  • Add Receipt 
  • Add Journal  

Security Access 

Module and transaction access is based on the User Access Group. Data access is based on restrictions defined for employee records. Data access can be limited to a list of offices or clients and if users are a manager to a list of employees.  

You can reset your password by clicking on Forgot your password? from the login page or by going to My Settings. 

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Icons

Description  

    Filters  

Click on the Icon to filter access to the following  

  • Default dates  
  • Offices  
  • Clients 

    Help  

Click on the icon to access the following  

  • Knowledge Base of help articles/videos,  
  • Submit support tickets 
  • Look up specific records 
  • Job No.  
  • Invoice No.  

    My Favorites 

Users can bookmark frequently used pages and add them to a list of favorites.  

    My Menu 

Allows users to navigate to the following links 

Click for set up:My Menu  

    Switch  

Allows users to switch between dashboards. 

    Date 

References the current date. 

  Files 

Users can use the icon to attach documents or hyperlinks to a relevant record in Accountability.

  Notes  

The Notes hyperlink will be at the top of a page or the icon for a line item.  This allows users to attach header-level or line-level comments.  

 

Access the default homepage.

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Action Buttons

Description 


Download a report or view it in Excel.  

The hyperlink gives relevant pages access to an import template to bulk upload/update records.

 

Allows users to choose from a variety of formats. 

 

Allows users to view a report in PDF format. 

 

Save and view My Dashboard.

 

Allows users to customize the view of My Dashboard.

Hyperlinks  

Clickable text that links to another landing page within Accountability such as  

  • Export  
  • Import 
  • Preview  
  • Journal # 

    Left & Right Arrow Keys  

The Left & Right arrow keys allow users to move, remove and arrange needed data between columns.   

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