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Create and Maintain Households: The Direct Members Panel

Contents

Introduction

Add a Direct Member

Remove Accounts or Groups

Include in Net Worth

Create PDF

 

Introduction

On the Direct Members panel, you can add accounts and groups directly to the Household.

When working on the Membership tab, which is available when you edit a Household, you'll have the option to see Direct Members, All Members, or Clients.

All Members shows both direct members and indirect members, which have the following differences:

Direct Members shows only the members assigned directly to the account.

For more information on editing Households, including how to navigate to this panel, visit Create a Household or Edit a Household.

Add a Direct Member

From the Direct Members panel, follow these steps:

  1. Click Add Accounts or Groups.

  1. In the Search for Accounts and Groups to Add box, type the name of the account or group you want to add and then click Search.

  2. Select the accounts you want to add and then click Add Selected Accounts.

  3. Click Save.

Remove Accounts or Groups

You can remove accounts and groups from a Household, but be aware that when you remove a group, you will also remove all of its subaccounts and groups.

To remove an account or group from a Household, follow these steps:

  1. On the Accounts menu, click Households.

  2. Click the Household where you want to remove an account or group.

  1. On the Membership menu of the tab that displays, click Direct Members.

  2. Click Remove next to each direct member you want to remove. If you remove a group, all its sub-accounts and groups will also be removed.

  1. Click Save.

Include in Net Worth

Use this setting to include or exclude an account from the net worth calculation for a Household.

In some cases, you may want to prevent an account or group in a Household from being included in net worth calculations on PDF reports. For example, if a child's parents want to receive information about a child's trust account, you'd include the account in the Household, but not in net worth calculations since it doesn't contribute towards the parent's financial goals.

Create PDF

Select or clear Create PDF to designate which accounts or in a Household groups you build PDF reports for. In some cases, you may not want to create a PDF report when you generate a PDF report from the Households page. For example, you may have an SMA account that might or might not be included in your PDF reporting, but should be part of your client's total net worth picture.