Set folder defaults and workflow preferences

Find the folder settings that save time on every document: coding defaults, workflow preferences, email import and who works in the folder.

Before you start

  • Access to the folder you want to set up.
  • Admin access to the folder for workflow settings.

Follow the workflow

  1. Open the folder and click Folder Menu. Choose Preferences for basic folder settings, or Accounting & Automation for coding and workflow settings.

  2. In Accounting & Automation, set the defaults for new suppliers and documents, including the default view.

  3. Set the workflow preferences and check the saved supplier and customer settings, then save.

  4. In Preferences, check the folder details, who may send documents by email and the users who work in the folder.

Full guide: Folder defaults: settings and permissions

Good to know

  • Folder defaults are the starting values for new suppliers and documents. Settings saved for a supplier take priority, and changes apply to new documents.
  • The settings match your connection: Xero, QuickBooks, FreeAgent or an offline folder.
  • Anyone with folder access can edit the integration defaults; workflow settings are for folder Admins.

Transcript

Cut manual steps by setting up your folder to match your documents, suppliers and team. Inside a folder, click the folder menu and choose Preferences or Accounting & Automation.

Accounting & Automation is where you set default coding for suppliers and customers; workflow preferences such as document splitting, duplicate detection, approvals and export; each supplier’s and customer’s automation settings; and line item rules.

Preferences holds the basic folder details, such as name, client ID and currency; email import, where you choose the addresses or whole domains allowed to send documents; the folder’s users; tags for the Files area; and the extracted contacts, with their details.

In short, the folder menu is where you speed up coding, automate your workflow and keep the folder organised.

You’ll find a step-by-step guide in the Datamolino Help Centre.