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We released several new features this past week:
  • Edit automation emails and project details on the fly
  • Choose which MEC sections to add via
    Quick Add
Edit Automation Emails and Project Details on the Fly
When a task automation triggers an email or creates a new project, we now pause and let you review and edit the details before anything is sent or created.
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Check off a task with a "Send Email" and/or "Create Project" automation and you'll see a full slide-out panel to edit any details before sending and/or creating. Additionally, you have the option to skip sending and/or creating altogether, if needed.
This gives your team more flexibility with automations so you can send or create what you need to, when you need to!
Choose Which MEC Sections to Add via
Quick Add
When adding
Month End Close
sections to a project OR a template via
+ Team Tasks
, you now get to choose exactly which report sections to include.
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A new window appears that lets you expand each section, toggle individual reports on or off, and add only what you need, so your projects stay clean and relevant to the engagement at hand.

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Integrations

Google Drive Two-Way Sync, Bulk Edit Mode, and More!

Recently, we released several new features and improvements:
  • Introducing: Google Drive Two-Way Sync 🎉
  • Bulk Edit Tasks
  • Locked Files Usability Improvements
  • Copy, Move, and Delete
    Project Files
    from the Client Page
  • Hide Old Transactions in Bulk
  • Last Reconciled Transaction Date in
    Account Reconciliation
    Report
Google Drive Two-Way Sync
You can now connect Financial Cents directly to your Google Drive!
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Once linked, files and folders in your
Client Files
sync automatically in both directions, meaning changes made in FC appear in Google Drive, and changes made in Google Drive appear in FC.
To integrate your Google Drive folders to Financial Cents, navigate to
Settings > Integrations
. You can also learn how it works here!
Bulk Edit Mode for Tasks
We've added a
Bulk Edit Mode
to the project task list so you can update multiple tasks at once instead of one by one.
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Enter
Bulk Edit Mode
via the ellipses menu, select the tasks you want to update, and make changes to assignees, due dates, or budgeted time across all of them in a single action.
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Locked Files Usability Improvements
We've made some quality of life improvements when locking files behind an invoice.
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You can now:
  • Search for files across your entire set of
    Client Files
  • See the
    Item Count
    ,
    Uploaded By
    , and
    Date Uploaded
    columns for each folder, and
  • Upload files directly from your computer to the invoice
This should make it easier to both locate the needed file and upload files to be locked on-the-fly!
Copy, Move, and Delete
Project Files
from the Client Page
You can now copy, move, and delete
Project Files
directly from the
Client Details
page (whereas before, you could only do so on the individual project pages).
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Multi-select files using the checkboxes, then use the action toolbar to copy, download, or delete in bulk. This should make it easier to manage your files whether you're looking at the client or the project pages.
Hide Old Transactions in Bulk
We received a lot of feedback in our user group that old, no-longer relevant transactions were displaying in Month End Close, so we've added the option to hide transactions that are older than a certain date.
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Any transactions before the selected date will be hidden from the transactions list, allowing you to efficiently clear closed-period transactions. The setting auto-saves when you change it and can be removed at any time to restore the full transaction history.
This filter applies to transactions only and has no effect on vendors, accounts, or other data.
Last Reconciled Transaction Date in
Account Reconciliation
Report
The
Account Reconciliation
report in
Month End Close
now displays a
Last Reconciled Txn Date
field, showing the date of the most recent transaction that has been marked as reconciled.
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This gives you a quick reference point when reviewing reconciliation status without needing to dig into individual transactions.
We released a couple of improvements this past week:
  • Recent clients in search
  • Disable users without access in mentions
  • Client profile
    About
    fields API
Recent Clients in Search
When you click the search bar, you'll now see the last 5 clients you visited, ordered by most recent.
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This makes it much easier to quickly jump back to a client you were just working on!
Disable User without Access in Mentions
When you @mention a teammate in a client chat, project task, or note, you'll now see right away if they don't have access.
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Their name will appear greyed out with a "Doesn't have access" label. That way, you can't accidentally mention someone who isn't able to access the conversation.
Client Profile About Fields API
We also released new API endpoints so you can now grab and update the
About
fields on client profiles. For more information, see our API documentation here!
We released a big feature and a small usability improvement this past week:
  • Lock Files behind an Invoice
  • Task Dependency Organization
Lock Files behind an Invoice 🔒
You can now lock client files behind an invoice, meaning your client won't be able to access those documents until they've paid in full.
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When creating an invoice, you'll see a new
Lock Documents to this Invoice
option. Click it to browse the files in that client's
Client Files
section, select the ones you want to lock (including bulk selection with shift-click), and confirm. Those files are then tied directly to the invoice and won't be made available to the client until the invoice has been paid.
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For a walkthrough of this feature, watch our quick overview here!
Task Dependency Organization
Previously, when setting a task dependency, the tasks in the dropdown were listed in a random order with no grouping — making it difficult to find the right one, especially on projects with a lot of tasks.
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Now, tasks in the dependency picker are organized to match the section structure of your project, so you can quickly find and select the correct task.
We released a couple of improvements this past week:
  • Incomplete Client Tasks popover on
    Workflow > Projects
  • Pin emails to closed projects
Incomplete Client Tasks Popover
Now you can know exactly what you're walking into before you even click! Hover over the
Client Tasks
cell on the
Workflow > Projects
page to instantly see which tasks are still waiting on your client.
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Spot what needs attention, decide what to tackle next, and click straight into the project when you're ready to act.
Pin Emails to Closed Projects
You can now toggle between open and closed project when pinning emails!
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Previously, pinning was only available on open projects, which made it difficult to track communication that happened after a project wrapped up. Now you can toggle to include closed projects when pinning an email, keeping all relevant context in one place.
We released several new things this past week:
  • Account Reconciliation
    report
  • Expand and collapse task sections and subtasks
  • Edit all fields in the
    1099 and W-9 Preparation
    report
Account Reconciliation Report
We're excited to release a new report as part of our Month End Close feature — the
Account Reconciliation
report!
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The
Account Reconciliation
report gives you a consolidated view of all the accounts you need to reconcile for a client as well as lets you maintain an internal record within Financial Cents of who performed the reconciliation as well as to what date.
For clients with Month End Close enabled, you can configure the report from the client profile, and then add it to your projects so that it's part of your workflow.
From within the report, you can search by account name, manage which accounts and account types are included, open any account directly in QuickBooks Online, and change the "Reconciled By" and "Reconciled Date", as needed.
Lastly, similar to all other Month End Close reports, you can quickly add an "Account Reconciliation" section to your projects by using
+ Team Tasks > Month End Close
.
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Expand and Collapse Task Sections
You can now quickly expand and collapse
Team Task
sections and their subtasks as well as
Client Task
sections on your projects. 🎉
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This makes it easier to navigate to the tasks you need without having to scroll through everything at once.
Edit All Fields in the
1099 and W-9 Preparation
Report
Previously, the only field you could edit directly in the
1099 and W-9 Preparation
report was the vendor email. Now, you can click to edit all remaining vendor fields directly within the report, just like all
Transaction Review
reports. This should make managing your 1099 preparation a lot more efficient!
This past week, we released two usability items:
  • Timestamps on client uploads
  • Cursor placement when tabbing on
    Emails
Timestamps on Client Uploads
We received quite a few votes to add a timestamp on files uploaded by clients, so this is now available!
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Timestamps are now available on:
  • Files and folders in
    Client Files
  • Files uploaded to
    Client Tasks
    by either your firm or your client
  • Files in the
    Project Files
    that were uploaded by your firm or your client
Cursor Placement on Emails
As a small usability fix for keyboard shortcut users, we modified the behavior when tabbing in a new email. Previously, the cursor would go to the bottom of the email body, meaning you would start typing
after
your signature.
We've updated tabbing so that the cursor goes to the top of the message, right where you'd expect it!
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We released several features in this past week:
  • Add Month End Close reports to project templates
  • Shared Transactions
    report
  • Display number of project files on the
    Files
    tab
  • Increased size of the
    Comment
    field on client tasks
  • Create an invoice for clients with no email
  • Download button on the
    Client Uploads
    report
  • Filter for
    Billable
    or
    Nonbillable
    on the
    Time Tracking
    report
  • Remember the
    Unread, Read,
    or
    All
    filter on emails
Add Month End Close Reports to Project Templates
You can now add in Month End Close reports on project templates!
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That way, you can standardize your month end close process using the reports from our built-in feature. Once you create a project using the template, the associated report will automatically be linked for clients who have Month End Close enabled. If a client does not have Month End Close enabled, the tasks will still be created, just without the report linked to it.
Shared Transactions
Report
We added an additional report to the
Transaction Review
section of our Month End Close feature so that you can more easily manage transactions that have been shared with your client.
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Similar to other
Transaction Review
reports, you can also add
Shared Transactions
to a task in your project so that you can quickly access it directly from within your workflow.
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This helps you keep all transactions that you've asked your client about in one place so that you (1) have visibility into all shared items, and (2) can respond to client answers all in one report.
Display Number of Project Files on the
Files
Tab
There is now an indicator on the
Files
tab to let you know how many project files are available, giving you at-a-glance information so that you can work more efficiently.
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Increased size of the Comment field on Client Tasks
It was challenging to read what was written in the comment section of
Client Tasks
when there were multiple lines entered. We've improved this by increasing the height of the field as you add additional lines.
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Create an Invoice for a Client with no Email
Previously, you couldn't finalize an invoice if the selected client didn't have an email address on file. Now you can! The invoice email is sent if the client has an email address on file, and skipped if they don't.
Download Button on the
Client Uploads
Report
You can now easily download files from the
Client Uploads
report, either from the
Client Uploads
or
Client Task Uploads
tabs!
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Filter for
Billable
or
Nonbillable
on the
Time Tracking
report
We added a filter to the individual time entries view of the
Time Tracking
reports so that you can quickly filter between
Billable
and
Nonbillable
time.
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Additionally, whenever you filter by
Billable/Nonbillable
on the main reports, we keep the filter applied when clicking to view the individual time entries themselves.
Remember the
Unread, Read,
or
All
filter on emails
When choosing to filter your emails in the
Email > Inbox
tab, we now remember if you chose
Unread, Read,
or
All
so that you don't have to keep re-applying the filter whenever revisiting or refreshing the page.
We released several updates this past week! Mainly:
  • Search notifications
  • Grouped client upload notification
  • Un-approve transactions in the
    Uncategorized Transactions
    report
Search Notifications
We added a search bar to the
Notifications
page so that you can easily locate notifications of interest.
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The search looks through both the title text in green as well as the subtext underneath, so that you can more easily find what you're looking for!
Grouped Client Upload Notifications
We received feedback that client upload notifications were becoming challenging to manage since we sent out one email per uploaded file.
Now, we send out an email immediately after the first uploaded document, and batch together email notifications for all subsequently uploaded files for the next 30 minutes. That way, you're receiving at most 2 emails per client that batch uploads documents.
Un-approve Items in the
Uncategorized Transactions
Report
Previously, once a transaction was approved on the
Uncategorized Transactions
report, you were not able to un-approve it. This created some issues for users because if they made a mistake and needed to undo the approval, there wasn't an easy way to do so within Financial Cents.
Now, you can just go to the
Approved
tab and un-approve the transaction, similar to all the other
Transaction Review
reports 🎉
This last week, we released several new items:
  • Create new vendors and customers in Month End Close reports
  • Remove all tags on a project via automations
  • Bulk download
    Project Files
  • Bulk copy, download, and delete client uploaded files on
    Client Tasks
Create New Vendors and Customers
Within any of the
Transaction Review
reports, you now have the ability to create new customers and vendors directly within Financial Cents.
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Once created, the new vendor/customer will then also be created within QuickBooks Online. This should streamline your Month End Close process in that you can now create needed vendors/customers on the fly. Learn more about Month End Close here!
Remove All Tags via Project Automations
By popular request, we created an automation that will remove all tags on the project!
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Now you can remove all un-needed tags with just one automation (vs. creating an automation per tag previously).
Bulk Download Project Files
Also by popular demand, we've implemented the ability to bulk download
Project Files
from the project page.
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This will download a ZIP file of the selected documents so that you can more readily organize your files either on your computer or in another system altogether.
Bulk Copy, Download, and Delete Client Uploaded Files on
Client Tasks
We've also implemented the bulk Copy, Download, and Delete functionality directly within
Client Tasks.
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That way, you can action on files while viewing them from either the task itself or from within
Project Files
.
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