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  1. What is Ranking?

    Within Synaptic Research you have the ability to filter - which is to remove all contracts that don't meet the client's requirements. Ranking is done if there is more than one contract left, once filtering has been completed, to help decide which is...
  2. How do I use the Fund Picker?

    Once a piece of product research has been worked through to Reports and the contract to be recommended has been selected, there will be a button called Fund Picker . Click on this and you will get the following options: 1) Choose a sector an...
  3. When do presets take effect?

    Presets take effect when the user starts a new piece of research. The preset criteria are copied into the adviser’s research at outset.They are also locked, if the compliance officer chooses this option. Changes by the compliance officer to the pre...
  4. Can I create multiple presets?

    As described above, you can create more than one set of presets for each product type. In the example illustrated by the screenshot below, there are three groups of presets defined for Personal Pensions, based on risk (and you could create a fourth ...
  5. Can I copy research?

    The Copy link on the menu bar creates a new piece of research based on the current research – i.e. new research containing all the same filtering, grid fields, client details, ranking etc. which the current research has. (You can also create a co...
  6. Can I change the order of data fields in the grid?

    Once you have added fields to the research grid you can change the order of the columns by clicking on the  Options link in the top right of the grid, and then choosing the  Change field  order link. This displays the pop-up window illustrated by t...
  7. How do I build grids and filtering contracts?

    The filtering screen provides access to a wealth of functionality. The simplest overview of it is a description of the screen’s layout see article: The layout of the filtering screen. This area of the software doesn’t just handle filtering of th...
  8. How do I create preset criteria?

    Preset criteria can be created using the Preset criteria link on the menu bar of the home page. This displays the screen illustrated by the screenshot to the below. Presets can be created either at product-type level, applying to all sub-types...
  9. Can I create new research based on existing research?

    You can use old research as a template for starting new research. There are two slightly different ways of doing this: creating a copy of the old research, and importing the old research into new research. Copying old research You can create a c...
  10. Can I create bespoke Report Manager Suitability report templates?

    If your firm has paid for the additional functionality, bespoke templates can be created using a copy of Synaptic’s Report Manager Software. The templates are then uploaded from the desktop into Synaptic Research. Multiple templates can be created ...