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  1. How do I set up Personal Preset Criteria?

    If, when doing research for a particular product, you always choose the same basic criteria then you could save yourself time and set these up as Preset Criteria .  Presets can be set up on a Personal basis (just for you to use) or a Company basis ...
  2. Have you got any tips on filtering?

    Here are some tips when filtering contracts and where relevant, funds: You can see everything you are currently filtering on and why specific contracts/funds are being excluded by using the Audit Trail If you make a recommendation to a client whi...
  3. Why do I get "Agency number mismatch" on Webline?

    How to fix 'agency number mismatch' on Webline
  4. How do I administer my firm's user list?

    You can view all your firm’s users by clicking on the User list  link on the menu bar of the home page. This link is hidden unless either (a) you are an administrator for your firm, or (b) you have been given the ability to carry out file-checks. ...
  5. Can I filter on specific linked funds?

    As well as – or instead of – filtering on sectors, you can also eliminate contracts which do not offer specific linked funds. The functionality for doing this is at the bottom of the sectors list. In the first screenshot, contracts are being eli...
  6. Choosing a product type

    The software’s home page provides access to a number of areas of the system: The Home  tab, containing news about products, companies and information on Synaptic products and training, plus the range of product areas (as many as seven), plus the Fi...
  7. Application Tabs

    There are 7 tabs at the top of the screen that you can choose from: Clients - where you can add or retrieve client details. Risk rating -  Risk rated funds and portfolios Modeller  - an investment planning and risk profiling tool. Comparato...
  8. What products do you have on Synaptic Research?

    Synaptic Research covers all the life, pension and investment products which can be sold by independent financial advisers in the UK. The standard data available through the system is as follows, and is subject to frequent change in the light of in...
  9. How do I navigate the software?

    Synaptic Research behaves like a normal web site – you can use your browsers Back , Forwards , and Refresh buttons in the usual way. All pages have the same general layout: There is an icon in the top left corner (indica...
  10. How is the asset allocation graph calculated?

    The asset allocation graph shows a pie chart of a fund’s industry/sector holdings. It can be used either to illustrate the holdings of a single fund or to compare the holdings of multiple funds. In the example screenshot below a typical UK growth fu...