Record Workspace Overview
The Record Workspace of AdvisorEngine CRM provides access to a Grid of all accessible Records in your database. The Record Workspace is accessed from the Records tile of the Home screen or by clicking from the Site Navigation.
Some of the unique features of the Records Workspace include:
Last 20 Records
The Record Workspace has a built-in Search definition available that shows only the most recent 20 Records you have accessed. View this Search by clicking from the Records tile on the Home screen or by clicking from the Site Navigation. This feature is not to be confused with the quick access drop-down.
Alphabetical Filter
Click any letter on this line to filter the Record Workspace by that letter. You will see all Records whose Record Name begins with the selected letter. Click for any numbers or special characters. Click to remove the filter.
Record Preview
View the summary of any Record in the Record Workspace by clicking the plus 
at the head of the row. Click the minus 
to collapse the preview.
Open a Record
Any Record listed in the Record Workspace can be opened directly from the Grid by clicking on the Record’s row.
Record Selection Tools
Many of the tools available in the Record Workspace Command Bar require first selecting one or more Records to use the tools on. Select Records by clicking the checkbox 
at the head of any Record row. The number of selected items will display at the top of the Grid.
Shortcuts at the top of the grid can also be used to , , or (all the Records in the current visible page of the Grid).
Record Workspace Command Bar
AE CRM contains a number of tools for working on one or more Records quickly from the Record Workspace. The following options are available from the Record Workspace Command Bar:
- Add Action: Create a new Action for one or more Records as selected.
- Email: Create emails for one or more Records as selected.
- Document: Create letters, envelopes, or labels for one or more Records as selected.
- Reports > Meeting Monitor: Check the status of fulfilling regularly scheduled client meetings.
- Reports > Report Assistant: Allows you to generate printable or Excel-based reports built upon saved Advanced Searches.
- Reports > Report Builder: A flexible graphical report building tool allowing the creation of more customized report layouts. This feature is fully functional but currently unsupported.
- Reports > Service Monitor: Track the progress and fulfillment of mapped Services to all Records.
- Reports > Prebuilt Reports: A number of helpful stock report options are available in the Reports menu beneath the Service Monitor report.
- Add New Record: Create a new Record from scratch.
- Tools > Birthdays: View a Grid of client birthdays by month and use that view to add Actions or create correspondence.
- Tools > Duplicate Records – Persons: Scan the database for duplicate Records or Persons.
- Tools > Record Data Change Tool: Make mass changes to fields within selected Records.
- Tools > Record Group Membership: View Records by which Owner or Editor Group they belong to.
- Tools > Record Relationships: View which Relationships exist between Records.
- Tools > Restore Deleted Records Tool: Recover Records that have been deleted.
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