Use dashboards

Customize your dashboards to create a personalized workspace that puts all your essential information in 1 location.
Accounting CS
offers 4 customizable dashboards: Home, Firm, Staff, and Client. These dashboards help you get important information in 1 place using portlets. You can display:
  • System information
  • Web pages
  • Firm-wide news feeds
  • RSS feeds
  • Tax & Accounting Community
  • CS website and Help Center
  • Accounting CS resources
  • PPC and Checkpoint websites
  • Accounting CS news

Open a dashboard

  1. Go to the
    View
    menu.
  2. Select the dashboard you want (for example, Home Dashboard).

The Home dashboard

The
Home
dashboard is a customizable view that offers access to many frequently used features, including links to various application functions and to helpful resources, and it displays important application information and, if you choose, industry news.
To view the
Home
dashboard, select home dashboard on the toolbar.

Add portlets to your dashboard

  1. Select
    Select Portlets
    (or right-click and select
    Select Portlets
    ).
  2. Mark the checkboxes next to the portlets you want.
  3. Select
    OK
    .

Customize your dashboard

  • You can drag and drop portlets to rearrange them.
  • You can resize portlets by dragging their edges.
  • You can create separate views or stack portlets in tabs for better organization:
    1. Select
      View
      then select the dashboard you want to customize.
    2. Select
      Add View
      at the top of the dashboard.
    3. Go to the
      Description
      field and enter a name for the view. Select
      OK
      .

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