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  • Product: SMART Practice Aids

Step 1 – Link SMART Practice Aids engagements to Workpapers CS binders

There are two possible procedures to follow depending on whether you want to link a binder to a
new
 or an
existing
 SMART Practice Aids engagement from Workpapers CS.
  1. From the
    Engagement Binders
     screen in Workpapers CS, click
    PPC
     to open
    PPC SMART Practice Aids Integration
     tab.
  2. Click green plus icon icon below to launch
    Create New Engagement
     wizard from within SMART.
    If the Workpapers CS binder has not previously been associated with your existing engagements in SMART Practice Aids, the
    Select New/Existing Engagement
     window appears with the following two options.
    Create a new engagement selected
  3. Select the appropriate option:
    • If you have created an engagement in SMART Practice Aids, but the client name or engagement name is different than the corresponding engagement in Workpapers CS, select the
      Select an existing engagement
       option.
    • If you have not created a SMART Practice Aids engagement corresponding to the engagement binder in Workpapers CS, select
      Create a new engagement
      .
  4. Click
    OK
    .
Depending on the option selected above, perform one of the following procedures:
If you selected
Create a new engagement
 option,
Create Client Engagement
 wizard from SMART will be displayed on the screen.
  1. On the first page of the
    Create Client Engagement
     wizard, the client and engagement names will be pre-filled with the names of selected client/engagement binder in Workpapers CS.
  2. Enter an
    Engagement Date
    , select the
    Engagement Type
     and click
    Next
    .
  3. You will see the below page in the
    Create New Engagement
     wizard. Here, select the
    Practice Aid Title
     and the
    Practice Aids Modules
     that you wish to include in the engagement.
    note
    The option for using an external engagement management software will be automatically marked to
    Yes
     and
    Workpapers CS
     will be selected as the external software by default.
  4. Click
    Next
     and follow the prompts to finish the
    Create Client Engagement
     process in the wizard. The new SMART engagement will then be linked to your selected Workpapers CS engagement binder.
  5. Next, go to Step 2 in the integration process.
If you selected
Select an existing engagement
 option, the
Open Engagement
 window from SMART will be displayed on the screen.
  1. In the
    Open Engagement
     window, select the existing client engagement that you wish to link to the Workpapers CS binder.
  2. Click
    Open
    .
    This will link the selected SMART client engagement to your Workpapers CS binder. The SMART engagement will be visible in the
    Engagement Binders
     screen within Workpapers CS.
  3. Next, go to Step 2 in the integration process.