To use the Voyant integration with Iress, you must have active user accounts with both Voyant (as a subscriber or trialist) and Iress. This integration needs switched on by both Iress and Voyant to do this:
Iress: This service can be switched on by your system administrator in Xplan > System Settings > Iress Open. If you have any questions please contact your Iress account manager or assistance.
Voyant: Once set up with Iress your Voyant Subscription Manager would then get in touch via support@planwithvoyant.co.uk for the integration to be set up at Voyant's end.
Once the integration is all set up, log into Voyant and go to AdviserGo as this integration only works via AdviserGo (though anything you make/import in AdviserGo will be also in Adviser).
See this guide if you need instructions for how to log in to AdviserGo: Logging into AdviserGo
When in the AdviserGo home page (where your client list is) click Import client via the + button bottom right
Select Iress from the available accounts
You will then need to login to Iress using your usual login details. You will only need to do this once to authenticate the account.
Note if you are already logged into Iress in your browser you will not need to log in again below.
After logging in click Allow when prompted:
Option A - Create a new client record using information imported from xplan
Search for your client. Click on the client’s name in the list once you have found them to import.
Voyant will then import the client details into the plan. Check the details then click Next
You may see some errors when you first import the plan. This could be due to Voyant needing data that it did not find in Iress. Click on each error to resolve.
For example, for expenses you need to tell Voyant when they exist in the plan. In the expense, go to Timing and select a start and end event for that expense.
Option B - Update an existing client record with information imported from xplan:
If you already have a client in Voyant that you wish to link to the integration to update information from xplan follow the instructions below
In the client record Dashboard view in Voyant click ‘Import’. The system will guide you through the linking process to identify matches between the existing Voyant plan data and the updated client data from Iress.
Find this client in the search box and select Merge
NOTE: Selecting Overwrite will start your plan again from the beginning using the xplan data pulled through and will not include any existing What If scenarios.
After clicking on Merge a list of Finances pulled from xplan will be shown.
Select ‘Connect’ to link existing entries with xplan entries and update these entries with updated values from xplan.
To add in a new entry from xplan, that isn’t currently in Voyant, select Add instead of Connect
In the Summary screen select which entry in Voyant you would like to connect the xplan one to and it will connect and update the values for it:
In Dashboard view this symbol shows it is connected to Iress:
Check the data
For both Options A and B check all the data that has been pulled across via the Dashboard view in AdviserGo.
Click on each entry to see the details.
Checklist – Things to check following the import of a client fact find
Below is a quick list of things to check after you’ve imported a client case. Further details follow on how to address these potential issues.
1. After importing, check the top of the Dashboard screen and within each entry in the software for error messages. These messages are links, which you can click to jump directly to the item in question and correct the problem. Be sure to read the error message. The descriptions in these messages are usually helpful.
2. Click on each entry to check it is entered as you would like for your Voyant model and complete any missing data. Check areas such as:
- Ownership - is the item owned by the correct owner
- Account Type - is the account the right 'type' e.g. check DB pensions for 'deferred' versus 'active'
- Amount and Growth - is the account starting at and growing at the rates you would like to model
- Timing - is the expense, income, contribution timed for how you would like to model it
3. Double-check your client’s expenses for possible double-accounting. If your client is itemizing expenses, verify that they do not include taxes, premiums on protection policies, and debt payments. These expenses are created automatically by the software.
For example, if they included a debt such as a mortgage in their fact find, the software will automatically create for this debt a “debt payment” expense, which can be found on the Expenses > Basics screen of the software. Future premium payments are also scheduled automatically when you manually enter protection policies into Voyant. Taxes are calculated and charged annually by the software.
4. Check planned future contributions to savings, investments and pensions and set the timing of these contributions, if necessary. Also set any employer contributions to defined contribution pension schemes, if applicable.
5. If the plan includes properties that have related debts, such as mortgages, and incomes, such as rental income, link these debts and incomes to the related property.
6. Use Voyant to enter items that are not importable. For example, check multi-benefit insurance plans and the DB pension scheme details.
Updating the plan at Review
Once linked, update the Voyant client plan at any time by clicking the plus button and selecting “Update”.
Firstly, Update and Promote your plan in Voyant to change the Start date and archive last year’s plan.
After making any changes in xplan you can update your plan in Voyant to incorporate these changes. In Dashboard view click on Update in the + button bottom right and it will walk you through an update wizard.
Any questions contact support@planwithvoyant.co.uk