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Account Selector

If you have a master account or any other multiple-account structure, including linked accounts, many of the pages you access in Account Management, including the Home page, allow you to select or change the account in which to perform a given task. On these pages, you will see the Account Selector appear at the top of the page:

Using the Account Selector

Within the Account Selector, there are several ways to search for and select accounts:

• Click the client or sub account ID to select it. Use the scroll bar to view more accounts.
• Use the Search field to search for specific accounts. Enter an Account ID one character at a time to view dynamic search results.
• Use the Display By: radio buttons to search for accounts by Account ID, Account Title or Account Alias. Matching accounts are displayed below the controls.

If you choose to search by Account Alias and there is no account alias associated with any client or sub accounts, the Account ID + Account Title will be displayed instead.

On some Account Management pages, you can also search for closed accounts. For example, if you are an Advisor and you want to generate a statement for a closed client account, you can select the Include Closed Accounts check box to display closed accounts in the Account Selector.

There are different varieties of the Account Selector, depending on which Account Management page is currently displayed and what kind of account you have:

• Most pages allow to you select a single account, then make changes that affect only that one account. On these pages, you make changes to one account at a time, then click the tab at the top of the page to display the Account Selector, which you use to change accounts. After you select a client or sub account on one page then switch to another page, the account you previously selected will remain the active account until you change it.

The following image shows the Fund Transfers page with the Account Selector tab for a Fully Disclosed Broker account. The information on the page pertains to only the account number shown on the tab.

The Account Selector expands after you click the tab, allowing you to select another account:

• Some pages allow you to select and make changes to more than one account at a time. On these pages, you use the Account Selector to select multiple accounts, clicking the check boxes next to each account you wish to select then clicking the View Accounts button.

The following image shows the Account Selector for the Activity Statements page in an Advisor account. When you select Reports > Activity Statements from the Account Management menu, the page opens with the multiple selection Account Selector open. Click one or more accounts to select them; the accounts turn blue in the Account Selector.

The following image shows a version of the Account Selector that appears on the Manage Clients > Settings > Account Alias and Manage Clients > Settings > Excess Funds Sweep pages. This Account Selector lets you select more than one account, but you must click the Select Accounts button to load the page with your selected accounts.

To select different accounts on these pages, click the Account Selector tab, then click the Reload Accounts button to clear your selections from the Account Selector.

• Some pages allow Advisors and Fully Disclosed Brokers to search for and select households. Once a household is selected in the Account Selector, the names of the members of the household will appear in the Selector.

To search for a household

1. Click the drop-down menu located in the upper left corner the Account Selector, and then click Households. The Account Selector will update to display only households.
2. Click a household to display all of the accounts in that household. For some pages allow you to select more than one account in a household.

Click Accounts from the drop-down to search for accounts instead of households.

The following pages in Account Management support searching and selecting by household:

• Activity Statements
• Activity Flex Queries
• Quarterly Summaries
• Trade Confirmation Flex Queries
• PortfolioAnalyst
• Tax Forms
• Client Invoicing
• Account Alias